Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-10
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tell tho truth he goes by the Indian name
for liIr. which means double tongue
The besetting sins OF iha Indian are
drinking and gambling. When once they
take % drink they drink themselves 10
death and they are getting very careful
about beginning the use of nre-MRter,'
because they have seen that Il Invariably
burns the life out Of the man who touchcs
e.
Their love OF gambling amounts 70 y
/ controlling passion. They gamble abour
ever. hing and for everything. I knew
some indian children 10 wears ola Who
had found deck of cards % take plecas
OF pasteboau and make a similar deck.
marking on every spot and every plcture
coloring all with different kinds of chalk.
and making a perfect duplication OF tn.
cards. They kept making copies OF mi,
deck until they had cards enough ,o sup
| ply the agency.
"The Indians here have no ii feeling
| toward the whites They are as amenabls
| To gooI Influence as 10 had. In their
/ natural state their wants are few and
! their ambition inactive i'm proportion. II
! the av rage Indian makes s. he VIII autt
! work until all OF 1t Is spent They arc
| wonderfully stimulated. however hv
seeing the comforts that white peoul.
! nave. II Indian children, who have b...n,
'V'PiHb al thelr hYeS on pallet ON
the ground find other children sleeping
| ~ raisei beds' they want raised beds too.
| Nhen they see others who use knives ana
forks and eat at tables, they wish 10 oult
| sltting on the ground aad eatina. Ui,h
| their fingers. when an Tn,II,n go
Whlte man build a house. he. too. wlshos
to build house"
Miss Howard gave me a very good uIus.
tratlon OF Indian thoughifllness by /,
young Indian fellow who once went v,i,h
her 10 New York. In driving down a
leading street she pointed out 10 him an
apartment house and explained hnvy man,
people family TO a foor-ltved IN tbas
mouse OF ten stories. The boy Immediately
wrote b"ck To his father and mother:
You had better take up your land
fence ii In. build houses on il. 50 uht,e,
people can't take IL away from YOU soon
"hite people are going to come our IN on,,
country. They are so crowded here IN
~" York mat they 1--we ten on ton OF
one another" VI
HER PLANS FOR INDIAN CIvILIZA
TION.
What capacity have the Indiana ,or
higher education, and what do Won thI,i,
are the prospects for their futurer, r
asked Miss Howard.
AS n race, / should hardly sov ,ha.
tney were fitted for higher edueafion 30
she replied. "As individuals. thav arc
Ihere arr several Instances here now m
snow. We have some well-educated In
dlan doctors, one or two Indian LAWYERS.
ana several Indian preachers. A prisx,
was confirmed day or two ago by m,
Episcopal Bishop OF Chamberlain. Edu.
Gated indians are generally preachers.
AS race. the Indians are weak and
unhealthy They are not strong enough
for hard careers. either as Students or
as worknen. and In this country where
land Is plentiful and grass grows well
they do better at stock-ralsing than any
thing else
IF should map out plan for tha
Indians, al would be this: Let them enter
school at 5. and stay until they hav. a
common-school education. Then place
them In training-schools a short distance
from the reservation. where they would
be near enough TO be VISITED by their
parents. and far enough 10 he out from
under their home influence. Teach then,
all kinds u self-supporting work. Teach
them to make their. clothes: to make
their farming utensils; to build their
houses: 20 make everything that they use.
II think the future hope Of the Indian
lies In Industrial education My wish
now Is TO have well-equspped govern
msnt training school established near