The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-09-17

hnh handsome, and always bred after
Che mother having her cinnamon
color. boz straight black hair and Mah
check bones There BE- nu apparent
mixture OF blood o.. chat which appears
in ihe mUIaiiu Hb1 Is lhe half breed OF
whites aud blacks But these Indian
types weaken Ben succeeding ggHem
uHuH Of QHlirnuHH and uelofuauH, and
if owes iho tribes aHe aFel from og.
t.ur.i0a, Be will Boz hy This increasing
condemnation with Che white race
These unions DO not seem 90 shorI
'Hs sentiment of mankind us do Oh,
.fHHH of whites with negroes. Eve
NasHar college would not be horror
stricken at the discovery of an octo-
room among her pupils Indian slu-
dents may be found in many Of our
colleges and are not rejected at hotels
or boarding houses or theatcrs or
churches or ON railroads. In some Of
the tribes, as In the Greeks aud Cher
okees, their features, their beauty and
their traits Of character approximate
the Anglo-Sayon. Schoolcraft, who is
the highest authority, says their ieat-
ures are regular, their expression no.
blei they are taciturn and stoical 10
the last degree, cunning and watchful,
persevering in the pursuit and re-
yengeful In the destruction Of their
enemies, hospitablo and grateful for
iayors, q close observer Of natural phe-
nomena, his temperament poetic and
imagination, and his simple eloquence
of great dignity aud beauty Of express
sion. Many Of the women are really
handsome, and their skin is thinner,
softer and smoother than is the white
races.
Boudinot was a very handsome, inn
pressiye man even in his old age /
met him at Fort Smith some years
ago. He was educated at Princeton.
He was a Cherokee and was born in
Vann's valley, near Rome. His mother
was buried on a hin that overlooks
Cave Spring. When but "A lad he was
taken west with the tribe in 1897 Not
long after that he was sent to Phila-
delphia to school aud was adopted by
Elias Boudinot, a wealthy philanthro-
pist, and took his name. While he
lived he stood high as a learned and
eloquent advocate, and was the agent
and ambassador of the tribe in all
matters connected with the United
States government But now these
tribes do not have to send their chill
dren so far away to get an education.
What our government does is always
we'll done, and handsome school houses
are found all over the territories. In
1877 the policy of educating them
was organized and $4,000 appro-
priated. In 1880 it was increas-
ed to S7j, 900; in 1885 TO 1892, 900,
and in 1890 to 81 1854, 5GS. I reckon it
is two or three millions by this time
And besides this large amount, the
different religious societies of the
United States give largely to the
cause, the Roman Catholic church
/ giving near half a million annually
and having charge of more schools
than all the other denominations put
together. Then, again, Just think of
/ the land they have got-l6O acres to
each head Of a family, so acres to each
child Is years old and 40 to those
younger. Just think of all tie old and
decrepit ones being supported by the
| government and all the young ones ed
ucated free. Why, it would seem that
with all this fraternalism and private
! benefactiOns a child is fortunate to be
born an Indian. The wards of the ma
ton, whether red or black, are having
a good time
There was an old song that was sung
by lazy vagabond, and it said;
Oh, l wish l was a goose
All fOrlOrn all forlorn;
Oh. / wishI was goose,
Eating corn!
But now the song for our thousands
Of tramps to sing is: