Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-03-20


OS INDIAN AFTAiRs.
come cool enough for human habiiaiion;
that frOm the polar region. as the r,si ~
the earth got cooler. man moved south
ward In every direction, giving 90 each
continent it, own abOrigine-, and that
therefore al are brUthers-north polar
brothers. a. II werv--and equally caIa.
ble ~ civilization aud good government.
Another argue.. AMI with what seeIn.
10 me good r.ason. that u is u no Earth.
IL consequence what th. original ~Iual.
ity II man might have lsen. zinc. m the
~, ,Ooo years since man first APPEARED on
earth the human branches hly. diyerge,l
80 completely that they are practically
no more Que than are dogs and foxes.
which are believed 20 hay. come frUm
Que original" He proyc-. to his own
satisfaction at least, that the Indian l. a
true wild man"-not Wild IN th. --nss
that white man might become wild by
living In the woods. but Wild Ike the
chimpankee.
Admitting for arguments sake tha,
be- might become civilized In 10000 ~
.O,OOo years. he goes ON Ia show that u
IL idle that he can expect Ia b. allowed
that much time and adduce. the conclu.
sion that his only hope !. miscegrnaiion.
By d judici0us mixture with the white
people and by intermarriage among the
advanced tribes the thing might be done.
The instance. 20 prove that all the noted
Indians were the result Of tribal mix
.ures ar. quite numerous. keokuk was
French and Sac. TecuInseh hal a Shaw
nee father and . mother ~ some other
tribe: Logan. an lroquois father anil =
Delaware mother; Osceola, All English
father and q Greek mother. aud 40 on.
a si1s aud . shaddsr.
Highly amusing sre the quotations
made from Different authors showing
how the Judgment u white men yarie'l
as 10 given trib-s. Thus. Of the lndians
who live or did live along the borders of
Utah AMI Nevada aud Wyoming aud
Idaho land mention these particularly
because personally know most about
them), Huber. Howe Bancroft has col.
lected score Of opinions. These range
from statements that the ShOshOnss, 90
Snakes. and Bannacks are lazy. sensual,
.hieying. tr.acherous aud truly deyilish
40 through all the grades ~ honor ani
morality 10 the most extrayagant oulO-
dies on their truth. bravery and fidelity.
Messr-. Renly and Brenchley, Who vis-
tied Utah la isSj and went thence ~
California. declare that the sLo~houes
are ''very rigid In their morals" and
again that they are "hOne,t aud trust
worthy. bat lazy" and yet again that
they are "a very intelligent race" snc'
c@eding visitors describe them In terms
too offensive for reproduction In fami.
" paper. As Ia their bravery ] have
nothing To say. ~ they were happily st
peace when was among them, but their
morals cannot H. mentioned without a
sigh, and their general appearance can
scarcely h. viewed without a shudder.
a Quss,i.a ef sumbsr..
The strang,st feature, however. Il that
the strictly Official accounts differ quite
- widely ~ those u casual travellers,
and. strangsst OF all. Il u impossibl, 10
determine from the census report just
how many Indians there are In the Unit
ell States. The first estimate was made In
i7s9 and set the entire number at 5000.
Two years later Gilbert Inlay collected
the reports Of travellers and military
men and placed the number at co,cco.
Louisiana territory and Florida having
been annexei. In the year 1880 sup-rin.
tendent Morss estimated our Indians st
al ,O3o. The secretary Of war declared