The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-25

the white boy and Girl in our public
schools. but also that which they learn at
the fireside and in Christian homes.
However desirable, it does not as yeI
seem practicable, in this generation at
least, to segregate the great body OF In
dams and distribute them throughout TINS
country. Hence conditions have necessar.
lily fixed and limited an educatlonal poll-
cy for their benefit
The reservation system of the United
states was the necessary outcome OF
conditions prevailing between the whites
and Indians in the settlement and devel-
opment of the country. The government
was forced to deal with large bands or
Indians who were gradually driven back
as the borders of civilization were ex-
tended, while the busy hum OF INDUSTRY
began to be heard where all mad been
stiffness under the ownership or TINS
people Angry and revengeful. their
predatory attacks were inmical to the
best interests of the settlers; therefore
two alternatives presented themselves
determination or absolute control. Hu-
manitarian principles prevailed and the
latter was accepted. Hence as a matter
of military and commercial necessity the
Indians were placed upon tracts OF land
reserved and set apart for their beneht,
where they could be at all times unde<
proper and efficient surveillance. De-
prived in course of time of the game
upon which they had formerly subsisteu.
the government gave freely for their sup
port. Such assistance was not intended as
a perpetual mortgage upon their own ex-
ertions, but just SO soon as the tribes
ceased to be formidable it was and IN
the policy that they must begin to rely
upon their own labors, being forced to I'M
derstand that those who eat must also
work. The reservation was not intended
as place where these savages could bs
merely disarmed, nor to surround them
with a wall to be built each year higher
and higher by their own pauperism ana
idleness forever to debar them from act
i've participation in the duties of life and
citizenship; nor were they to be permit
ted to wander as yagabonds. gypsyliks,
over the country, nuisance to the people
and themselves, dependent upon public
charity.
when this result has been accomplish
ed the necessity for Indian reservations
will cease. 1t is therefore essential that
the education Of the present generation
of young Indians shall be along this line.
which will prepare them to take and
properly appreciate their share of the
common land belonging to themselves and
parents when the same is allotted in sew
crafty. This being the goal the danger in
the system lies in its being delayed too
long. While it is true the best and most
permanent results are only looked for
from the education of the young, yet the
older ones cannot be neglected, so the
gospel of work is preached to parents as
well as to their children.
1.-The purpose Of many large non-reser-
walton schools is through the outing sys-
tenn to train the boys in farming, stock
raising and other kindred industries,
while the girls receive practical instruc-
ton in dairying. cooking, housewifery,
etc, in order that they may find per-
manent homes among farmers and others
in civilized communities. Where remun-
erative positions can be obtained in such
places the authorities of the school offer
every inducement to these bright boys
and girls to remain away from the reser-
walton and make their homes where they
will be surrounded by the comforts and
enjoyments of the life which they should
lead. If they persist. however, in desir-
ing to return to their old homes. or it
seems impossible to secure permanent
employment, the training which they
have received among these honest farm
ers and at the firesides of rural homes
will be of inestimable benefit when they
get back among their own people. The
entire educational system of the Indian
office is therefore ,predicated upon the
final adjustment Of the anomalous In.
dian reservation system"
HOSFORD