Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-22

tioa. swssh hseAAsuaxsesu ~ PAilnAel-
phis. under the srcrctAxyship of Her
bers WelcA. Thsn there - lAd1ss'
isdian Rights ss.ccistion Of which
Miss Qsinton u president Then thsrU
are. throag hoss the cosnsry, loeal -
sociAsions In cosancceion With thee bwo
central national bodies All three 90
cississ sgres. substantially. - - What
shall b. done for shc Indian. ko0s
yean ego there was society called
~rhe Indian Defense associasion.'
which fought ~ maintain The ressrvs-
sion sysasm. end Published newspapsr
Tor the sAvsncssnene II iss views, bas
I think that has dishandsA
The character Of the Indian leGials-
sion during Gea- HArrisoa's sAminissr1r
ton 10 not easy 70 define. Ths mAia
question wss that Of increasing the sP-
propris tions for the schoola- They were
incrsaasd. perhaps. - fAxs - 10 could
b reaaonsbly expected Hat snosAes
thing that the Indian vesy much nssds
II some extension Of the coarta. "a pro
tcct his rights, % one hand. aud %
make him amsnable 20 Law On the
other. Ny Judgment Il that plan sAouid
be carried ous by the sppotntmens of
police justices by the federal judges.
and the protection and judicial sdmin-
istrstion Of the Indians sAould bs in
trusted "a these branches Of The federal
courtA-
IL believe moreover that the sooner
the Indian IL treated like any other
man. the better. ] am In favor Of MAX
ing them citixenA AZ one time there
were some complications In the Five
Tribes which made IL dificult. II noe
impossible, for us 10 force them 20 take
that action But. IL they are ready fus
cttisenAhip. we ought 70 DO ready for
H. The whole Indian problem would
be solved In . moment II tho nation
would treat the rcd man - We trvat
any other.
largo scale, have shown the Indians 20
be Amcnsblc 10 government, 20 be good
soldiers and industrious workcr~A do
not believe in any mans power 20 sit In
his own library and form IN . priori
conception OF what Ia the possible de-
velopment Of somebody elss. Let every
man. white, black and red. have free
chance TO grow and make what he can
of himself. The result alone can de-
termine what his power Of growth and
development Is"
+. "Do you think the Indian d tresch-
erous?"
t"No. He has been. ON the whole.
more Trustworthy in dealing with the
whites than the whites have been in
dealing with him. And - 70 that re-
mark about dead Indian. apart from
further considerations. the statistics
conclusively show that IL costs tho
government q great deal less 20 edu-
cate the Indian and make him seh-sup-
porting than II does To either kill him
or support him In idleness. As far as
work and the desire for work are CON.
cerned Indians are like most white
folks-some do and some don't like 20
work. There Ia rs much difference be-
tween the different tribes Of Indians
rs there is between the different classes
Of whites. They have made very good
police. good agriculturists, they have
been successful in caring for stock
anil. where they have had the proper
advantages. they have made them
selves efficient In mechanical and in
dustrial pursuits Of various kinds.
THE social future Of the Indian may
he foresecn in his incipient tendency
tn intermarry and gradually be alb
sorbed in tho white race. That he
will continue TO SO intermarry moro
and more ! am convinced. Tn
doubtedly there are many such mar
riages contracted at the present time. :"
How are Indians taught religion"
1.-THE Catholics have extensive mis-
sions among the Indians, and IN have
the Protestant denominations. Ilither-
r., most Of the schools have been mis-
sionary schools. A. they become scc-
ular schools. carried on by tho fedcr-
al government, the churches will have
To concentrate their work on churches
and Sunday schools instead Of ON SC
ular education. In the east the
Hampton school in Virginia is private
enterprise. having relations with
the government, which sends In
dinns there and pays for their
tuition. It has u rnise fifty
Thousand dollars every year In order To
carry on it's work. aud there il no bet
ter cause ever presented 20 the people
than this school. There II smother
school under Capt. Pratt st Csriisle,
Pa Then there are number Of
schools In the west. besides the schools
on the reservations themselves. and
which are cared for by the government,
also schools Of private enterprise. In
these schools the Indians are tsa,gh
the rudiments Of English education.
also industrial pursuits But some Of
the schools carry ont the industrial
trimming better than others because
they are better equipped
Judging from President Clevcland's
administration. l think that during the
next four years he will carry on the
dissolution 81 the reservation system
and the giving 81 land in s~vcrsliy.
hut he will do that somewhat cautions
ly. lie win push forward the work of
education ms rapidly as congress will
give him the means Ia do II. lie re-
CARDS education ~ the KEY W the
whole situation"
do you think the Indian bureau
should la an independent depart
ment2'
NO; think IL Is better to keep II n
branch ~ the department 81 the In
terror | do not see any advantage
that would accrue Tn the Indian nv
making IL independent Int think .
great deal more regard should he paid
- the indspcnds Of the Indian
commissioner than has heen done in
the T,ast croRov Y Ns~eop