Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-09-24
Indians.

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q low but broad forehead, the back of
the head fattened, full face and pow
erful jaws. The cheek bones are prom
inent, the lips full, the eyes are small,
dark and deep set. The hair is black,
coarse, long butnot absolutely straight
and is something like q horse's mane,
of 3 glossy hue. In war they always
leave a tuft of hair called the ''scalp-
lock- and paint their faces in bright
colors. He has very little or no beard,
or when he has any it is straight but
is never wavey. His nose is prominent
often being very long and curving.
His eyebrows are very narrow, arched
and black. A full grown Indians
height ranges from feet to the height
OF the very tall Patagonian. Most of
them are of the average height how
ever, but look taller from their slender
figure and erect posture. The women
are generally shorter than the men.
Some Indians dress in blankets. They
sometimes wear skin clothing and when
on the war path their dress is genel-
ally all of the tinery which they have.
An Indian is known to have great en-
| durance- He is so fierce and warlike
that when he is on the warpath he will
stand innumerable hardships before
he will give up and will not even give
up then if there is much chance of VIC
tory. Some Indians have been known
to go a week without food and work at
the same time but OF course this is not
common. Most Indians eat only once
a day, but when on the warpath they
eat only once in two days as they are
eager for fighting and getting scalps.
They never think about what they will
have for the morrow but eat what
they've got. When next day comes
and they hav'nt anything they just
tighten up their belts which keeps them
from feeling the hunger somuch. They
are very good runners, and Gen.
Crooks said he saw an Indian run
1900 feet up the side of a mountain
without the least evidence of fatigue.
An Indian has great love for adorn-
ment. Powhatan was so:'anxious to
get few beads which John Smith said
were worn by the greatest princes that
he gave a ship load fof corn for a
pound of beads. They like bright CO.
lored things very we'll. An Indian is
honest and truthful with those that
are kind to him, bun has an undving
enmity for those that have done him
an injury. In war he is very treach.
erous with an enemy and sneaks down
upon his victims at night and kills
them. Their modes of cooking are
not very fancy. They used to just put
the meat on stick and hold. it over
the fire. When the outside was cook
ed they would bite it off, put it over
the fire and repeat the operation until
they had it eaten. But of late most
have adopted the white methods of
cooking. Their occupations as yet are
not very many. They gather 1nedici-
nal roots, hunt, fish and raise grain.
In some places they cannot fish or
hunt but their reservations are mostly
selected SO that they can do this. The
Indian gets 81 from Uncle Sam-the
market price for every bushel of wheat
he raises, but this is done so as to get
him to work. The articles which the
Indians trade with the whites are corn
furs, moccasins, medicinal herbs and
other things in exchange for firearms,
knives, whiskey, money, etc. DSome-
thing has been done to civilize the In
dians. After the Spaniards settled on
the Pacific coast they sent out mission
aries to convert the Indians and were
partly successful. In the east there
was not much done but to exterminate
and drive the Indians further west.
Now they have good reservations and
good schools where the Indians can
we'll educated. There is fine college
at Carlisle, Pa, where Indians are
sent and generally from each reserva-
ton some students are sent every year
and quite a number have graduated
with high honors. The average atten-
dance at the boarding schools in 1890
was 1855 and the average attendance
at the day schools for the same year
was 1857, the total 1922. There were
140 boarding schools and 1O6 day
schools. During the year 1880 Carlisle
supported 300 pupils, more than half
of whom had the advantage of living
and working with Pennsylvania farm
ers and others. Their work was very
satisfactory and the school was una
BILE to meet the demand made upon
them for help. Every Indian boy or
girl who secures a place at fair wages