The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-06
PASSING OF THE INDIAN.
They Are Being Crowded Off The Face
of the Earth.
THE CONDITIONS NOW IN OKLAHOMA
S'Vn'zatlon Is Fast Driving the Natives
from the Land Originally Set
Apart for Them.
S NOW IN OKLAHOMA
lspeelal Correspondence Of rhe Posi-,

Especial Correspondence OF The Post,
hnrt sill, Texas, August 4--Tbe hnr,o.
seekers are gathering in the new count :
As lar as the eye can see long taams :
W. CONS and vehicles of every doserintIon
are Following the trails which lead thronrn
tue reservation. The banks Of the streams
ate hieu with the camps Of the wavfare
'ne pains are dotted with them A.
Ment myriad of lights gllmmer through
GUY me land and before the sun has rlsen
tns multitude is moving again Reforc
thcm are the mountains ana aroun1 n, u
are the plains, broken rolling comntrS
tl'iough which the water courses wind a,
'n'.FNals' the streams being nearly dry IN
m2h places this season. Near by is Fort
siil' and the military reservation viii, h
surrounds It. In the distance one can "a
uie outlines OF the mountains. and the
nehlest of them, Signal noun min ,s IN
plaln view. II was at the ton OF mis- NOM.
tain that a signaling station was loc,t,d
IN Former years, where q detachment ~
soldiers was posted to watch the conntr,
ana notify the garrison at the fort Of The
az preach Of Indians. They could sean tic
pans for many miles around from the r
iollN point of view and see far away into
'he mountains north and west
lbl all thlS Is changed now Tho IN
dians are located on their allotmentS. zen.
etaHy in groups OF claims SO that fhrv
iorip cG'oites. In which they may prrscryr
~ ~, II chatacleustics somewhat Tor years
ine community 0t interest principle, OF
Y Inch the ilnaicial magpates of thn day
huNc so mueh TO say among themselves [,
stirn9hSly imbedded in the Indian NJ nd Ii
VIII be difficult for him 10 realiz, thar
us tribal relations are broken M IT, m.
deed. that can ever be-
agent Bentley OF the Kickapoo India =,
VINO surveyed this country last summer an
inlu II out Tor settlement, has been a close
STUDENT Of The Indians for many Years He
mas spent the best part of his life among
mem ana speaks In pathetic manner al
the fate which awaits them Descr, I'm )
their religion and the faithfulness Sith
when the Wild tribes adhere TO The tn-
ultionsa OF their race, he said in the course
on a c9nYersation: The Indian Will Q
crowded on the earth; he will die and
pass away and the whites viii never know
WHAT manner Of man he was" Centh lag.
No told bow the ladian legends we;
nanuetl down verbally from generation to
generation, repeated by the old men al
Tong conversations at night aroun the
camp hres, and chanted In weird songs III
tine season OF the tribal gatherings when
theS celebrate the great festival with
which they always greet the return If
The summer and the rlpeDlng Of ,orn lhc
green corn dances haVc heen in progi ess
III M ~ stVttsl pa ny, " lue PAS inphlh
that these tribes win gather In the vii h
r. pSrrGate tnS 9nstIN hh,e ~ lheir re-
~ .Vi., tnVf u'hS .luueeu gdther ~ I'm ~
chant and celehrntgothe mysteries o Their
religion hut they Will be fewer in nUm e.
fiom Year 10 year and the white men " !
l,",,, ,,S g VuJu W. ~ lie siStel ri,es
ceremonies will hose 1lIIdr meaning fdr fbs
~ NJ ,, h,nt IL e spi N
a. nsS ~ ua"lusr, us stediihs OF snl
~ sseii u or MicI tne lhqlah SANDS
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~ Sbcioiios ~ ss'ss ms ictnry
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s s,' his Sp a y IS n2t long age maj
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ms pel!el ~ ms srtcie OF me- ,atn uh.
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OF pompseektrs hnusIN LOT lahu ana eager
10 70 enter me stru g i i9t a elAlm' IN
Heat Wonu ,,, OF ene nilu mum ls wh ~
d a} ~ Holie iroiL ne thuugnt Wnen w
i insf seItiemeht tnat n az tne WhiIg neopi.
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thergkee stflp opened, ana now ne gain
efs ms nlanket ABOUT nm anu stArSs u
dtnipi nmazemeh1 Tor ne does not knoN
whni TO say, but sun ne VIII not en-
corn nor AhyihihS that grows IN the ne
nhtli the lrlDe mas assPlnpied 70 retnIi
VI " IIks 70 t1r uIe rem, Splrit TOT Ine sllt'
or nature. Inc medlclne man must Pc,
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