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

TIM. an ab-ur'lity aud placed their mum.
b.rs al iep.336. The next secretary ~
war thought the truth lay between these
extremes and computed the number at
$4,000.
In 1850 Texas. California. etc. having
been ann.xe.l. the first regular census u
the Indians was male under the super
vision 10 N. X. Schoolcraft. and he made
the number 3ss.2e Adding the New
York and other eastern Indians. their
number was placed In the census at .1o..
16i. This was high water mark. Only
10 years later the census reported the
total at 25i, ,SOi. aud the general opinion
was that the race was rapidly dying out.
But Ina 1870 they were reported at Ji3,1i2
C.a.. sf,h. Variance.
And how many are there nowi Well.
Il would take a talented calculator %
make cut just what tho census Office
means by its figures. The number IL
hrst stated generally at 2l1.iOs. Then
ihe different kinds u Indians Are stated,
and the addition makes the number 325..
go. II il added In . foot note that in
the five civilized tTii-. - ths Indian
Territory the white And colorci people to-
gethsr are about twice ~ numerous as
the Indians. and that the whole popula-
tion - that territory j. i's.0g1. This
would at frst s.em tO D. the explanation
of the variance, but this l. followed i'm
mediately by another enumeration nam.
ing the civilized. half civilized. re-@rya-
ton Indians, prisoners, etc. exclusive ~
the five civilized tribc-. and thi. again
brings the number above $1,000.
The final enumeration shows ihose 10
whom rations are issued and the sslf
supporting. etc. and this again brings
the number down much below the fJr.
msr. The only explanation that -eems
tom plausible l. that the 500 Indians
who live In the various states a. citizens.
dress like white men aud are cOuniel In
the general population arr In some ~
the-s tables counted a. Indians AMI In
othsrs A. common folkA II thu. h. cor.
ret. then ~. have In round numbers
S2j,COO Indians.
Are. Are Ci,ill,sd.
Of these almost exactly one fifth are
completely civilized-that l.. they own
and work land. live In well built houses.
dres- aud vote aud pay taIes like white
men, aud incidentally drink whisky aud
chew tobacco "alle. sames Mexican man
Another fifth are 30 far ciyiliz~l a. 90 be
completely sslf supporting. aud still an.
other fifth. though nominally warls q
the nation. are practically under no gov
srnm-ntal supervision. Of the iGi.li1
reservation Indians . very large mum.
b~r are elf supporting. The Nayajo.-,
Tor instance. although living Ia what
seems at hr.t view an almost ooinplets
desert and on q plateau where there B.
frost every month in the year. own
10000 sheep aud have such n surplus
Of horses that they Ill large numbers
every year.
The conclusion bOth u the c.nsu. Au.
thorities aud the Indian burrau u that
the Indian. are certainly not decreasing
AMI are probably increasing. The five
civilized tribes - the Indian Territory
show a steady gain by births over deaths.
a. DO the New York Indians. the Chero-
ke,s ~ North Carolina and the eastern
Indians generally. OF the Indians over
~ year. u age 1855 eau rad. and %
those under ~ years ~ age i3,Os'. while
there arr 20. ilJ Il the nOnciyiliI-i H..
dians Who can speak tolerably plain Eng
h.h.
An IndI.n Dad..
After quoting various testimonies Mr.
Donaldson makc- the following summa-
~; The real reservation Indian j. iiltly
IN person and habits H. eats uncooke,l
food and yerInin. change. hi. cloth,i
when they drop III from decay, l. ~.
f,nsiye Ia O,lOr and thnftlc-s in al thing.
lls j. the constant and agreeable CO...
ramon of every kind u yermin. Ou tao
hank ~ a riyrr stool an Indian IN t.1
land ~ the Hutes. soine years ago. ne
the bracing air ~ q May morning. drcss.
ed In an abandoned suciety cuat. but
tonel backward. a pair Il eyeglaers
aud high white hat with Grape ball.
lie was an Indian dude. the envy ~ hii
tribe. That night he was murdered y
q fellow Indian aud thrown into tie
ri,er. And the neat DAY his murderer ~
Isarci Ia the dr,ss suit."
Certificate. sf ,h.r.si.r
Ia the same document the facetiOrs
Mr. Donaldson pr,ssnts some specimens
u the certificates - characters present 1
BY roaming Indians, among them th.-'.
I,usr FoRk. Ida. July T. p.s
This Indian, nams l. Taytolsr Hs
thoroughbred. H. 50. sithout tie tsll o.
ring. lie l. alsp gentleman. and iou can Z
yuuf lie DO slll DO shat hs agrsss TODD. 81 10
him juur friend. Cor De l. g1-l ous. ID I.e
sguar, thing hy him, ard b. L. honey CO.. D. q.
o. anything mean 90 him. and h. l. JouHh
and stli got sssn. nrase him W sith .si
whsn hs hand. yoa tLis. a. b. j. alsayu l4n-
| gfy-Lo rum. but issf sol plsntl of
WiLiIAA THOTIIn ANp USoiE
URip8tII L. T.. Juns I. t-i;.
Th. will b. presented ~ No. To-. 20
-Dirty pste." a Nashakis sLoshohs. k,sp
him away ahslgt I've feet " hen hs pr,ssh. ii;
,l.o lock Jour ysluablss ~ in yogr trsff,oi
whsn yuu .sc hln coming. fnr he isa grvst l. -
ar In the msantims. n you hay. any isfi "a
neat. turn him .rl-e at 10. lie dat re
shetlsT a. C,ukc,i of hot. Tea o. y Ioui ds
~ guoi meat al-sT, oh. deer 80 buts.'-
/ lunches him. lie dont sAnt any tfimu -
With the meat. and You needn't hand hitA
napkiu sithsr lie u not q bal indiah, bai Le
l. 80 dirty. IL ,0auts iu dirt fof too Indians
when ~. agent rouads the land 20 fof i, 10.
Teat him sell IIi. fault. are 'eS and ,ios.
email ones. lll. woFi's gooi.
lnconclu.icn. II need only h. said that
thO-e who expect a radical change u our
Indian system Ia b. inauguratei by tIis
congress will almost certainly IL dislP
pointel. J. II. BEADII.
Goat raising Is an important and
growing industry In Oregon and some
other northwestern states. One rancher
In Benton county. Or, has hne herd
Of $50 goats. which includes q numler
Of thoroughbred Angora bucks. Twen.
ty.two cents = pound l. the lowest this
man has received for fleece In q dorm
year,.
Jack rabbits from the far wet are
cold In the New York markets. They
ARE sent east In great numbers by frm.
that buy of the pot hunters. They arc
sold side BY side with the native hare
Of the east. and each jack rabbit weighs
about twice a. much A. his eastern
cousin.
| A nluiect l. on foot to intrusluce into