The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-28

have been asked to set iprth what
changesaI III i.nely . take place in the status
of the American Indians during the coming
century. Ii must be confessed that ! nave
considerably less continencei IN my prophets
ability ti!an | had before tie last .'re,!dtn
tial election. hut H. no one Of The '"l.th"d@R
people of tnis country will ever Know
whether my prophecy proves true or false
may venture to iudulgv my imagination
with some degree. Of IMMUNITY
The number Of !rdian~ IT the present
time is about 25o.'ah :, hundred years
hence they will BuEIl2r i million ~ -,
the increase bciu. d&c to the cessation 81
wars. the spread Of intelligence and moral
itv, the improvement Of 't@irnir cG"ui
tons, the disappearance If the medicine
man. the better food supply ANA the inter
marriage with whites.
N,anvliles some tribes will become who!
~ extinct, leaving scarcely II trace 81 thtif
history outside Of the records of the nd,an
bureau. Other tribes. like the sioux and
Navajo. will rapidly increase and will re-
tain most OF their characteristic traits. The
PueBlos Of New Mexico. who are rejecting
so successfully the .ii1rtS Of the govern
ment in their behalf. will continue TO lac a
fayorite people for ethnolo-ist~ ana sell os-
TRACKED journalists who find pleasure and
profit in ban barism
There Will ic here and there wandering
bands of blanEet hcgglT--nhoriGiiii'i
tramps-perpetuating the ahSurdities and
enorrnities of Indian life either as "A piof"s.
sion or as a provit,ential object lesson lmr
students of history, who will thus he able
TO form a fair estimate of the great work
that the Indian bureau has wrought in
helping to redeem the great mass of them.
The tribes will disappear and the isen,
cies become IA thing of the past. thus dis
posinu of the much abused Indian agents
whether civilians or army officers. lht
friction between the interior and the WA
DEPARTMENTS will he produced by othei
causes. ard army Officers. having no loiSel
an excuse for trying to run the Indian oi
fee. will seek other fields for the exercise
of theirtalents. Further, the said Indian "i
Gce-tbat i~neShaustibie source OF new
when all sources fail-will be fore.e
closed. the Indian commissioners will hav'
a rest, and The Catholics ami penny-aliner
on mischief bent will have TO hunt iot otlic
targets.
The great body Of Indians will becom
merged in the indistinguishable mass q
orr popllatiau. and there will spring up
new aristocrncy. claiming distinction u
reason of Indian descent. To be able t
IGdtE tIlt ; Ictti-itV pttN w ''H'N r'
warrior or big chief, or to have the rigLtt
claim descen; from one Of the first grad
ates of Carlisle, will he almost as Gesirab.
as to belong to New Works Four Hun!ret
Many Indians will achieve distinction d
orators. poets, financiers and inventors
|. Some of the finest poetry ever penned vi
find its inspiration and material in India
F, history, and IA whole generation of novels
will win fame and favor by stories who's
leading characters are of Indian dcscen
Chicago university will proudly boast
an Indian laboratory devoted to India
/. life and language.
An Indian will command the Cnitt
States army. and another will be Cur mi
lister to Spain and have the honor Of invi
ing the royal party to attend the centenni
fair to be held in Denver in 1902.
With the Disappearance OF the lndial
n will disappear the Indian Rights associ
ton. or it will turn its ever watchtul eye
q the condition of the perhaps still 'heath'
Chinee," and the army will gladly abard'
the plains and take up its permanent abo
in the ever desired haven of Washington.
THOMAS J.. MORGAN,
Commissioned of Indian Affairs.