The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
DOOM OF THE INDIAN RACE,
AND UsELEsS sACRIFICEs MADE M
SONE SQUaW MEN.


View. Of n white Man who In. Long
IpveIt Among the Indians-Tho Redmen
RnpidIy Passing Awny, lie Thinks Pitt
able Lot Of the Breeds aud Their
White Fnthers-Where the Trouble Lies.
N, .,vy,,r Rpapuy ALTON Etpp Mont
~, m .,,,.,rc,, bsa rcccntlv bcen made
-, a.. t,,.,i,, no,o,,n.,t n, w.sbington that
,,,o,o ,,c oho 600 Indians in III. United States.
.J a. ., ,,o,, ar. increasing in numbers Tbere
- H.. s, r,.,,, an ,hc rolls ot the dgeren, aqen-
t. h,,, ,, ali ,hnso Who's. names re- enumerated
40 t,J,.,.. . i,,y. p,opor,ion Of them are
III h,no,,s cn.,,o, and b,lf breeds These
increasing r,pidIv Will, the f,jl. blooded
I,di,,. arc f,s, Diving OH Twenty years ago
a.. ,,.,. .hou, . roo Ipdi,ns and fewer than
100 ,,i ,.d h,,,da upop the rolls Of this agency
A.,,,J;r, IN , =. ,cf,I census tntcn this summer
,h.,. now remain only I. 35O Indiana bu, the
hoit breeds have increased TO go A glance
,i.,cc n, ,b. children bcre In tho Government
schooi ulu c,plcip ,bis startling change: 4, will
bc seen thnt while the full .bloodcd children are
.un,,ing from somc form or other Of tulercu
Isis ,,rcinol,v scto,ula the others the mixed
Moods mr., fairly healthy.
This sc,oful, which il 90 rnpidIy decima,ing
a.. Indians IL n compnratiyely new disease with
Them There WAS rarely n case Of 1, to be seen in
Tho cid buffalo dnvs. and even tuberculosis Of
M, iupys was uncommon I'm, sine. the dianp.
,cornncc Of the game and subsequent hcrding
~ IA, Indians upon n reservation everything
has b.,n favorable 10 the growth and spread Of
,bis u,I,dv In The nrst Mace the constitutions
NJ those pcop,c have bccn weakened by n change
NJ die, and living ns they do large families in
. siprl, room loo cabin. the sanitary conditions
mr. ,x,rcu,cIy bod In the old times the Black.
foo, lived and thrycd on m almost exclusively
rca, diet and their systems crave H. They
quantities ,hnt 1, lasts only two days and the other
i've they subsist upon poor bread raised with
unwholrsonc boxing powder Beans, rice, and
other cereals are also given them bu, they seldom
cook any II these because they do not like them
rlcv r,cfc, IN Wal, and s,,rvc until becf day
ror,c. around again In The old times when thew
lived In tccpccs and seldom campcd In one place
10, more than a few DAYS a, time. there was
" wv, ''' - w " 49, 49, wv"
ais" h'uc chafcc LOT hiS"aS' germs w nc o"mmu
niCatcd from one to another great contrast TO
'nt SUNNI .oE '"''' VII" "S "''u'n"'''0h o'
years OF ar,
Nn'ule' .,'nE ~nun n'uN n"' w "''r," 49,
VIM, "'''"""e W. w. '"'N' ''"' row, VI '''e
people is the fac, tina, they are inbrceding to
some way fc'a'ed !" every o'her member 0 the
they intern, r-ried with the other tribes 81 their
,,,,,, IA. ncods ,rd pi.c,,s and ,,so oh. ,i,.d
much fresh blood through the prisoners they
captured in their wars with other tribes At
The prcsen, rate Of mor,,li,v the nl,ck,ce, will
W, f''''''' ''' W '''''' Wv '''" N,'V' "'
Ill have disappeared IN the course 81 the next
thirty years: probably in less time than that
'!'n ''",, :" Ia, o. ,'''s ",e ''','''"."' NV III
dian problem. which has So long vexcd our leris-
ln,ors. will he solved The Blackicct, however.
nv =" Nv "'' ""'''"' !'""i '"''' "'''N Nv
cor ling to m Inspector Of Indian Agencies who
,rr-l-
.,u.. l.. ..il .,u ..,,,,,,a,s .,, ,i,.i,,, -.
oIk| II" tn'l, H'' N't"'u'ouS ana u',ns away
re, along the hest we can for A few wears and dis.
..sc will do N. ,.s, Tr.,o,s No bo,. 10, ,hor,
md he might have added that there is no place
for them. The white people of the West have
~ use for the Indian; they, covct and need his
lands and the sooner he disappears the better
for all concerned \ great many we'll meaning
pcople; nhilnn,hropists and friends Of tho rcd
men. believe that they can he So educated and
ci"ili7e'l in time az to mngle with the whites
and share in the advantages ri citizenship on
eguai terms But they arc only theorists Those
that this can never be done You cannot change
tho lcopr-1's spots" I'nlc- the fostering core
where thew can neither dispose of their property
nor obtain liquor, they, get along fairly we'll: but
II this birricr were To- hr removed in sixty days
they would, like the Crccs, become = wandering.
ragged band n becgars. subsis,ing upon the
head " stock, the shirts of their backs To obtain
a bottle ~ whisE"v, u II could he got no cheaper
ne iNhcSicrt so Inc Government inspectors
fav. are the bcs' disposed the fu-thcSt advanced,
"" fines, Appearing Of all the various tribes in
The cnuntrv. 1'hcv were not always " docile
pcnrlc however In the old times thew not only
rarr!ri On successful war against other tribes,
bur lHr-" parties II tho warriors We're continually
prowl!ng over III" rlHins even far south as
Utah wyoming and Nebraska. where thev
lad and murdered many q family 81 emigrants
an! here in Montana 'hcv hnver~d abor' the
mines and trails. shooting and robbng hundreds
ri prrSn"ctnrs md miners " last the Govern
men declared that they should receive a lesson.
mn ono 'Hr IN January. 1873 Col Baker. with
Two COMPANIES OF infantry. attacked camp NJ
them. some eighty lodges and killed nearly every
on" men; women and children. Since that dnv
the BlncSt""i have respected the whites, and
through Tear not imv" or even rcsp~ct they have
pen easily c'ntrllie' hy III" Indian Agent. and
b.rn male u nc1uir" IN. n measure, some degree
~'lTln'hnnn 'u'nis 4nlr thin veneer. which,
hS iheF rdmit they would gladly cast nH II they
.Lu' nnrrr more roam the MAINS IN pursuit 81
thc nnnnin ana 'hrlr elbow mon
" non" n' "" wen ,"iSh"r ot the Indian. how.
ryrr ~ nnt IN NOS" YIN" participated in the wild
Irrr Nlc ~ NJ 'hr,'lr, hhF but IN thn Houhger gen
,r-aUph' w we cnllItr,h va, rive been instructed
IN we Narinus u,"''nl tran"S and have learned
~ rn1l M wiz i,nt mere 90, he is doomed
W.cIgs, rn,,,r r." nm'h,N Scars now The
Inhrf''e, YOUR nay" oe"n Obliged To attend
s'h.o ncrr u, c'SeHh"r" Nb"u' zen wears ago