The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-25
INDIANS WHERE NEXI?
What Will Become of Poor Lo
Who Is Always Moving On
ADVANTAGES OF MEXICO
To Which Country a Great
Many Red Men Look.

deeds, leads to the query that has been
made a good many times in the history
Of the United States, to-wit: What viii
become of the Indian?"
1t is believed by many that the f,lu
blood will do what his ancestor has done
move. If the full blood follows the
tribal plan Of race preservation, this the
next exodus will not be TO a home chosen
or dictated for him by the United States,
but out OF the United States altogether
and independent of it-in a word. to
Mexico.
For many months a company has ex-
listed which seeks to encourage this move
ment and profit by it. It has in view and
probably in control large body of land
IN Mexico As soon as the Indians are
able to dispose Of their lands. this COM
pany proposes TO trade its Mexican con-
cession to the Indians for their lands in
the territory. Money will be given to the
indians to boot, of eOurse. The plan has
not been thoroughly discussed with the
Creeks, but the Choctaw Indians and the
others understand 1t well. Only the full
bloods will consent to move TO Mexico
and not all of them.
Their friends view the Mexican propo-
sition in two ways. One group holds that
II Is only another OF a long series of de-
ceptiors practiced on the red men. The
other group holds that 1t is the hest
thlng for the Indian to go to Mexico.
There is evidence that they are right
Mexico is an ideal Indian country; II Is
not a land of high-tensioned Industry and
never will be, and it's Indian population
IS srail-like in its progress. but not being
pushed, that population IS happy. There
are tracts of land in the Cactus Repub-
Lie where all the Indians of the present
Indian territory can live on undisturbed
for the next three hundred years.
The Mormon communities who are
leaving Utah and settling in the state OF
Chihauhau at the present time under
stand that they will not be bothered
and outside the visits of the tax-gatherer
VIII have an independents government Of
their own.
Every section of Mexico presents an in
stance of some Indian tribes living all 10
themselves, their customs and manner
of life entirely undisturbed through the
centuries.
The best example of how little tribal
customs are interfered with is furnished
by the existence of the famous white
Indians" the Quincas. who live in the
Sierra Iadre range in Old Mexico. These
people are neither Aztecs. Mexicans nor
Indians, though their neighbors call them
White Indians" They speak of them
selves. as Quincas and their only village
is called Guinea Ma. 1t Is said that there
are not more than 1000 Of them. and tbev
assert that they have occupied the same
locality for many centuries, though they
have tradition that their ancestors at
some remote period dwelt near a great
salt sea, and in proof of this fact they
show visitors a small collection of shells
carefully preserved in their own temple
These people are nearly white. and IL Is
rarely that the traveller upon meeting one
OF them is not greeted with a friendly
look out OF a pair Of pleasing blue eyes.
By many persons who have made only
a superficial acquaintance with the racial
characteristics and customs Of this tribe
they have been regarded as Albiro Zunis
A little investigation soon convinces one
that they have no relationship whatever
with these peculiar peoples. Their eyes
are not pinkish or weak ike the Albinos
nor IS their hair Of the same color or
texture. They are sun worshIpers but
they do not practice any Of the bldeous
and repulsive rites requiring the use OF
reptiles peculiar TO the Zunis of New
Mexico They are distinguished for their
hospitality TO strangers and for their love
Of peace and good morals Crimes that
ere so common among people Of a higher
civilization are entirely UNKNOWN to them
and 1t Is said that their simple laws are
rarely violated.
They are the pets Of the Mexican gov
eminent from the fact that they are ever
ready 70 pay any tax imposed upon them
without the least protest. When an as
sessment Is made the chief asks how
much his people have 10 pay. and when
the amount IS stated ne replies: ION the
third day my young men viii bring you
the money in the yellow Gust. II Il f. the
VIII Of our God and our Father who
shines above rs" Every impo-tar-1 rat
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give 70 their priests time q consult wlth
their God, as they say. bu: the MexIcars
say that the delay Is 20 give the chief
men 81 the tribe an opportunity q e o.
their secret gold mine and get the rec
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