The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-01
WELL-FIXED SQUAW-MEN.
NO TROUBLE IN KEEPING THE
WOLF FROM THE DOOR.

NO IN THE
WoLF FROM THE DOOR.
A sort or Sonr-in.Law OF Uncie Sam, They
Need Not Worry-1ncrense OF Family
Means Greater Income and Prosperity.
Trom the Philadelphia Times.
What moro could o man ask than 10 have
the Government provide n living for his wife
and all his children1 What more could a man
wish for than to be free from all taxes, IRE,
from the cares Of ordinary mortals, and to live
as careless and unrestrained n life as was ever
lived by the wandering Indian tribes on our
Western plnins2
Yet such an earthly paradise is enjoyed by q
class of white mon n the West, and they are
rapidly acquiring wealth under these favorable
conditions. They are mostly n class of men
whose restless spirit and love Of adventure
brought them in contact with the Indians In
the early sos. Many of these men were hunt
ers. supplying wagon trains and United States
troops with wild Rame on their long Journeys to
Utah and California. During these years the
Indians followed the buffalo. elk, and deer over
tho plains Of Kansas and the Valley Of the
Platte. In Nebraska. These early pioneers
and hunters often camped and lived with
the Indians and made their homes In the In
dian tepees. To insure their safety they
were often taken in a. members of q tribe,
which was soon followed by their taking y
wife, generally the daughter Of an influential
chief. II they wished to Join . tribe, taking an
Indian wife was proof of their sincerity-to the
Indian. AS the marriage ceremon consisted
| principally in giving the fathers-in-law q few
| ponies and then conducting the brides to their
own tepees, within q few years the
as they were called, became quite numerous.
BY the treaty of 1868 tho Indians relinquished
| all the territory occupied by them in Kansas and
Nebraska, and were confined to parts Of wyo-
ming and the great Sioux reservation In western
,h.v r.c.ix.d rsep,ar ration. which war. In
NY 49,. ...nu.. 49,
were given them in clothes each year. Those
white men who had married Indian women had
now become engaged In stock raising. When
the Indians were restricted to their reservations.
the squewmeh io'io"oo tner inoian wives ana
children. ihey gave up hunting ana devoted
ne" Sn n.os ~ .ba Ira,..s 60. q. :"
$780, - ,,n,, r.,.,ne -. ,hn s,on. ,
adapted 70 stock raising as .he siooa reserva.
the Indians OF the Black Hills and fertile valleys
Isspp had further reduced their ssasinp landss
Q, 1000, 900 acres. yet the Sioux reservation to-
day is unsur passed for stock purposos. The
fertile valleys OF the wounded Knee. PORCH.
Creeks are green with iuIurisnt ersssea even
dining d'niG. al. the n snm%sr S mon1h' :p whe Srv the T ws't teri,
the stock men Of northern Nebraska fully an.
Of their cattle were erasinS on The Ieserva.
ton. But after numerous disputes BET ween
f feeiip wn't caus sda b 5rai nettv at fSi.S TTnt'no oe M, ~,
part Of both cattiemen and indians the I'M IN"
a q.an ,r hge n, a 81 ZINE mem R'a fa ,. issusa ,S an o o,ocF
from the reservation. But there were a few
soua%m eenW Who 1f han married. nnas gede indian hne Som mere s .ns
had settled on the reservation. They hnd ac.
9 [nnrrfa1 n s h nj n rsr rsgn nIo o an aha.an ~ tnelr
their families. These are the men who .ear not
taxes; and whose families are wards o: the Coy.
ths indians. n sve .rTe sies. HN Whet fRsee mi saI T't IN
quarter blood. who remains on the ressrvAtion.
annuities under the treaty Of 1868. and viii
praetioaily be taken care Of and led Until he
nass for sereral reneraf;ons ~ " jill
The white man who Marie, an Indian NAV
rer,ain on The reserva,ion ,-ith ali ~ r;ah;.
his wife. and has the rights OF q full. biooded
tion 10 concernea; out, o, eourse, draws no ra-
rights worth m.ntioninG' vet q i,e'h has o ana tba, no 70
ss,,i sSes ste sp HH1t%i, ssa r mn.s l for h, s, 1,.sIsiaa
- The whis2 River. in tho southwestern mar, Of
South Dasot is the northern bounder1 o ~ this
S ere so sasst 81 k nc., ct 9ns . soas Sn t.s 'f H.rs Are Are
vegetation is the thictest and most uutritiions'
. .isef over eon 1hs hi,l' s cattle, th 10. STn,s Of ws ~ ed:
.qqawmen. They have made their homes here.
no land Of his own on the reservst!on' ca" When SPh.e1
he wishes to make a home he merely seeks a
favorable location near water and there binds
his house and corrals. Nv hermit Of the Indian
100 acres near his house for his cows and horses.
In most cases the house lie the reeulation iog
chinked with mud. and sod roof. some have
board floors. and Others no floors hut tbo
natural earth. Yet there are several souaw.
men who have neat frame cottages and ssSeral
log buildings for farm and stock purposes' al
though lately there has been no attempt at
farming whatever. Stock raising ia the ouicEs
est and surest road to wealth. FarminT ba,
uncertain. The few acres niante6 n ~ 10,
spring yielded nothing but fodder' VIZ "'s
Why shouldn't . man acquire riches under
such favorable circumstances2 Every two
tiyes. draw from the Goyernmsnt an
ih pounds Of beef on the block Der d ay. Eysrr
month there is the issue of / pound Of four ner
day to every man. woman, and child. or The
equivalent OF l pound of flour in beans. sugar
coffee, and salt. Then there is the issue OF
clothing by the treaty Of ls6s Xbtch 49, nj