The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-10-29
SCATTERED FAR And NEAR.
Remnants of Indian Tribes Are Found
in Every Part of the Country.

Remnants of Indian Tribes Are Found
in Ever Part of the Country.
The Indians under jurisdiction of the
Omitted States are divided with very lit
tie sentiment into two classes-the
taxed Indians and the Indians not
.axed. The taxed Indians are those
who are recognized by law as civilized;
Inc untaXed Indians are those who are
regarded by law as sayages, the test
IF civilization established by Uncle
Sans Government being, in the east
d. Indians, but Of nobody else. axes.
h are in all the United States 250.-
UO Indians at present. and OF these
about 10000 come under the designa-
ton of civilized Indians taxed and
10000 are barbarian Indians or saw
ages (untaXed). The theory of the law
appears to be hat when an Indian
knows enough to pay taxes or to be
subject to taxation, then he is civilized.
When he refrains from paying taxes,
or has no money to pay them with, then
he is not civilized.
There are $4,000 Indians in the liz
dian Territory maintaining a separate
tribal government of their own. indie
pendent Of the laws of the United
States Except so far as their actions
affect American citizens). but who have
not the right to vote, to participate in
political matters, or to leave their re-
spective nations. In addition to these
Indians under tribal government, there
are 5000 other Indians in the Indian
Territory and a number scattered over
some of the other territories, 10000 in
New Mexico $500 of them civilized,
10000 in Arizona $500 of them civil
led, $500 in Oklahoma Gten returned
by the nsu as civilized). This list
Goes not exhaust the number of In
dams in the United States, for nearly
every State has a few-some civilized
and taxed, some barbarians and I'M
taxed. BY the last Federal report. for
instance, there were four Indians in
Ielaware-all civilized. There was one
Indian in Illinois, the condition of whose
civilization was not reported. and there
were twenty-eight civilized Indians in
New York (mOSt of them on Long
Island) exclusive of 726 more or less
civilized Indians in the various coun-
tie of the State in addition to the In
dams of the Six Nations on reserva-
tons, the largest of which is in the vi.
Guilty of Syracuse.
The Indians of the Six nations in
cluded by the last report $500 persons,
though at n time the total number
was $4,000. By the last report there
were $50 Indians in Maine, 424 in Mas
sachusetts, $50 in Rhode Island, 22S in
Connecticut, 81 in New Jersey. "a in
Vermont and 16 in New Hampshire.
census Of West Virginia returned
nine Indians within that State. but the
helghboring State of North Carolina
had 1,514; South Carolina, 173: Ala
bama, 759, and Mississippi, 2,036. There
were but vestiges of the once numerous
indian population of Florida, and Tex
has fewer than 700. The Pacific
States, however. continue to have
fairly large Indian population. there
being 10000 in California 11. 900 civil |
led, 1900 in Oregon 1900 civilized, |
5000 in Nevada $500 civiIized). 2.4OO |
IN Utah and 10000 $4,000 civilized) in
Washington. All the trans-Mississippi
States have a resident Indian popula-
ton (Montana has 10000, but the Ohio
valley States have few, there being |
200 in Ohio, 300 in Indiana and 100 in
Kentucky. In government bulletins
the Indians are treated with very little
consideration, one item of the Indian
population being: Indians in prison,
iS4."-New York Sum-.