New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-14
INDIANS GO TO WORK.
Some of Them Now Making Lving-The
Case of Mrs Sitting Bull.

Yankton Is. ID letter TO The Chicago Chronicle.
The Sioux Indian has gone to work He has
contrary TO the advice Of his father and his
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VINO says that II man viii not work neither Shall
he cat. The rauons have been cut OF from those
VINO able TO work 90 the lnoan mas t cast aside
his blanket and with II the leisure OF Hlote cen
cepted the new order Of things as he accepts
eEsry talng else w''n g man offers yoG WORK
Nom edSS' ola t+5tep 5ed Cloud when Inc Young
the rations that promised under the Bia~
s Te e3 YOU ag must vi ma Il Tor yourselves they
wiz give you nothing. They VIII 90 nothing Tor
But the time has gone by when the word Of the
on Nv Pine Ridgs Reservation about one-fourtn
OF the Indians are self supper ing, Iney work on
they get s. 30 a day Several OF them have been
TeseeTyafIon a fSw DO a little farming and raise
cattle III Is difacult to make farmers Of them
while they own land from when white man
long enough yet TO noosibifies seem yiited
Most OF them irresponsible ana immature;
seemed to have gained nothing IN It's place, You
have seen one generation OF 4noIaIs sIow , VP aia
I'D clergyman who has devoted his life 70 the
sioux What do YOU think education has done
Tor them - THE clergyman shook his head II
don't know" ne said. IN some respects the y2Hng
men are much worse than men @ I5 r ney
have learned raany vices OF when Ss ol9 e La9a
heftsr mt sG,on't nov
The prosecuting attorney OF wyoming while az
the incipient between the lndlans and inc
sheriff, made q speech TO pupils OF the Ogalla1a
boarding school IN which he mace q Suggess,'a
as 10 how the Sioux nation might become wealthy.
he suggested that the old tendency toward tribal
relations be used form 4 huge corporation
FOR raising cattle on the Pine Ridge reservation
Most OF the reservation land IS gooG IoT grazing
and with the amount they have ana what cattle
they have 10 begin with they could organize q
roupany. hire experienced 'cadteman as man
aver and IN ten years be independently fich IN
fhs mean time, however. there Is suffering among
tie sioux The ratious inadequate and most
OF the Indians incompetent. The Indian women
are beinR encouraged 10 take up their bsadWork
again which for a long time was discouraged
Indian women teach II 70 their daughters, and
No one but an Indian woman can do the genuine
beadwork watch is on buckskin bat the woven
work. which has become fad among white
women ia the traders say. running the sale OF the
genufne article Girls the Pine Ridge reser-
Vation are also being taught basketry. an art
cultural college has been asked 10 furnish sweet
grass seed. TO be sown along the creeks ana used
Among tie indians who, under the new regime.
are irving hard 20 make q living, is old ME-
Sitting BJll widow Of the last Of tho hostile sioux
She Isl res cea be old squaw and sits IN her little
e. hin out on the reservation making gorgeous
beaded uoccasins for which there Is a limited
sale When tne announcement was made last
spring that the Indian must 80 10 work the NORTH
offer 10 helm solve the problem During the sum
uaer the company employed about 100 Sioux from
the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. They
were enoDoved as section hands and coal shoFeiers
and made 81 20 A daY. Coal shcveling was the most
popular with them. They We're not n the sun
shovel = while and then sit around In the shade