The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-07

bounty Of the government would
nearly support them. They have
good framed houses to live in and
have as good schoolhousca and
churches as our country people have
in Georgia. They are classed az
civilized, and dress just like white
folks, and cook and eat as nourish
ing food as wo do. What ia tho
matterY asked Of one of thoir cd
ucated ministers. "God knows"
said ne. l mingled with their people
and talked with them. They did not
seem to be sad or distressed about
anything. It was not that tho chill
dren died before maturity, but that
mature died faster than children
were born to take their places. The
exception to this decline of the race
seemed to be in the families where
white men had intermarried with In
dian maidens. These unions we're
prolific of children who we're healthy
and handsome, and always bred after
the mother, having her cinnamon
color, hor straight black hair and
high cheek bones. There ,s no ap-
parent mixture of blood 90 in the
mulatto who is tho half breed Of the
whites and blacks. But these In
dian types weaken in succeeding gen.
erations Of quadroons and octoroons,
and il ever the tribes are saved from
extinction, it will he by this increas.
ing amalgamation with tho white race.
These unions do not seem to shock
the sentiment of mankind as do the
unions OF whites with negroes. Even
Vassar college would not be horror
stricken at the discovery Of an octo
room among her pupils. Indian stu
dents may be found in many of our
colleges and are not rejected at ho-
tells or boarding houses or theaters
or churches or on railroads. In some
of the tribes, as in the Greeks and
Chorokees, their features, their beau-
ty and their traits Of character ap.
proximate the Anglo Saxon. School
craft, who is the highest authority,
says their features are regular, their
expression noble; they are taciturn
and stolcial to the last degree, Gun.
ming and watchful, persevering in th o
pursuit and revengeful in the dostruc-
tion of their enemies, hospitable and
grateful for favors, close observer
of natural phenomena, his tempera.
mont poetic and imagination and his
simple eloquence of great dignity and
beauty Of expression. Many of the
'omen are really handsome, and their
skin is thinner, softer and smoother
than is the white races.
Boudinot was very handsome,
Impressive man even in his old ay"
| mot him at Fort Smith some years
ago. He was educated at Princeton.
Flo was of Cherokee and was born
in Vann's valley near Rome. His
mother was bp"ied on n hill that
overiooks Cave Spring. When but
lad he was taken west with the
tribe in 1887. Not long after that
he was sent to Philadelphia to
school and was adopted by ELIAS
Boudinot, a wealthy philanthropist,
and took his name. While he lived
he stood high rs learned and elo-
quent advocate, and was the agent
and ambassador Of the tribe in all
matters connected with the United
States government. but now those
tribes do not have to send their chill
dren 30 far away to get an education.
What our government does is always
we'll done, and handsome school
houses arc found all over the terri
tories In 1877 the policy of edu
eating them WAS organized and $780,.
600 appropriated. In 1880 it was
increased to $4,000. In 1885 to
100000, and in 1890 to S1,364, ,588.
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 tho cause, the Roman
Catholic church giving near half
million annually and having charge
of moro schools than all tho other
denominations put together. Then,
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