The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

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They did not seem to he sad or dis
trrs>rI abou' anything. 1t was rot
;hat the children died before maturity,
hat thaI liz" mature died faster than
children were born to take their
places The exception to this decline
of the race seemed To be III the families
where white ,uen had mtvllharrirI with
Indian maidcnS. These unions were
prolific Of children who were healthy
and handsome. and always bred after
the mother. having her cinnamon
color, her S,rai"lI, black hair and high
cheek bones. There is no apparent
mixture Of blood as that which appears
IN fine r,uIo,+o who is the half breed of
whites and hlarks. Bu1 these Indian
tvnes yeokeu in Succeeding nenera-
tians Of o-,Jrnons and octoroops. and
;f evar tbe tr;h.s ,rn saved from ey-
tinction. il will he bv this increasing
amalramation with the white race.
These unions DO not seem to shock
the sentiment Of mankind as do the
unions of whites with negroes. Even
"s>ar coileSe Wo''l" not pe i'ofioi
s'tlckeh al 'he discovery Oh an o'to-
room among her pupils. lhdlan SUI
oenls ma! I've louho III many VI our
colleges and are not rejected at hotels
or boarding houses or theaters or
churches or on railroads. In some OF
the tribes. as i'll the Greeks and Cher
| okees, their features, their beauty and
! their traits OF character approximate
the Anslo-SaXon. Schoolcraft, VINO Is
the highest authority, says their feat
| ures are regular their expression no.
| Die; they are taclturn ana S'oltai 10
the last degree cunning ana "a'rhiui'
perseFefmS III the purSulI a.it re-
'enSt'"i III Tue "eN'r'','io" .. 'ii.n
ene'nieS' hoSpi,'''e anu s'"'eir' Loi
ia'"fS' rioSe observer u 'ia' ''ia PM
iioiiic-", MS 'e'i,i, '''t:'A pIS' ,o w
I'm" 'I.''i1"' 1:1 """ n'1 In. ll'p.. ar,,rns
oi s'e". us "isn,s .l ',,t" e'a. ne" " .o rpaI:,.
bani.o-a" I.Un a snI u .,,a;r I " sl;n ;s +binner
s";."mn,i1 ,,.,,'t' "'a..I'on ' .lan ;s +ha wb;te
80 ', '''-' '''-''''-'>' '''''''
i"Ie
bou"iho' was very nanoso'iie' III
presSive man even IN ms oio age.
met nm AT for1 oml'h some wears
IS". nc va, CI'o,,," .I'', "'e ,', " as horn ~
w Te, ".'' a, :" -',o p" d., n,athar
nas I hnr,oJ on n hill that overIooks
Cara Snrinc When bnt q lad he was
tater vast. With tha tribe in 1S37 Not
InnG aftor thot hn was sent 70 Pbila-
IoIs1,;a I e 'tl 20 saLool arJ wos odontad bv
EI;as Bond;not weo,thv nb;Ionthro-
n;s. So anJ .onk bis nome while bs
iE;~"1 iE.., In I s.ooJ L;nh aso Ioornnd and
~ . ne s1o. tIo ,J ".oa tha .ran+
eioqueh, "'' o,a'e' any wa. -, 'ne III
ana amoass"uoI oi ,, 'n1 'ioe Ito I-a;.ad - a."
matters al ~ ~eohhec'e't WI p. 'ue i.e" 49,
states government nuV n1" 'ne n:,
trloes oo no' nave " senu .:l '1en -
aren 50 lar away " se' "n eo'."'ton.
"nat our government uo.s !, ,'A""!'
we'll done, anu nauasoine scnooi nouse'
are 1onnd all over tue terrl'orleS' III
1877 the policy OF educating them
was organized ana sZo'ooo aPPro-
ed TO S75.OC in 1885 to 1892, 900,
o,d IN 1000 90 e1 9e1 56S JracLon II
.'nu IL 1oD9 " -:
is TWO OF tnTee ullllouo w thiS tiiue.
And besides this large amount, the
different religious societies of the
oni'e" c'u,,: Ia,,
giving near half 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-160 acres to
each head of a family, 80 acres to each
child IS wears old and 40 to those
younger. Just think of all the old and
decrepit ones being supported by the
government and all the young ones ed.
-no&al frna "hy- unnlI thaE