Arizona republican., 1906-02-17
THE RED BROTHER
 BY MR. $. f. RISER
The WellknOWn Wsiter Describes s
 Salt River Valley Indians.

MT. s. F. Riser. humorist, poet and editorial writer for the Chicago Re cord Herald, who spent a couple Of weeks in Phoenix is engaged in pre- senting his views of the west through his column, Alternating Currents" This was the first trip of MT. Riser west of the Missouri river and he there naturally took a great interest in Indians. He has written of them aiI along the course of his journey and he thus deals with the red brother as he found him in Phoenix:
 Indians are plentiful in the vicinity of Santa Fe. and there are many O. them scattered all over New Mexico. They are in evidence almost every where along the line of the Santa Fe railroad, but it is in Arizona they flourish in greatest numbers. One O. the largest Indian schools in the coun- try is located at Phoenix, and the su- perintendent of the institution is my authority for the statement that Ari- zona has more Indians than are to D.. found in any other state or territory except Indian Territory. There is a reservation just east of Phoenix whera many of the Indians are farming in a small way. They are to be seen in town daily, usually driving poor weary
 
 to small wagons. It appears to be the fashion for the Indian to take his wife who is always barefooted, with him when he goes to town, but she never sits upon the seat beside him. She IS invariably squatted with the pappoosa in the wagon-bOx. So it may be said that
 To the poor Indian with untutoreI
 mind
 Permits his loving squaw to jolt be-
 hind,
 While he, entitled to more splendid
 things,
 Is perched in lordly state upon the
 springs"
 "In return for the firewood and thp baskets and blankets and pottery which the Indians bring into town they get groceries" meat and cheap cloth ing. It is not customary for the In- dians to buy choice cuts when they select their meat. In Phoenix the shops are all open in front One day chanced to pause before a butchers establishment and. while I was watch ing, It happened that a chop was drop ped in the sawdust on the floor, where Ia dog seized it. After the butcher had succeeded in getting it away from the dog he handed the chunk of meat 70 one or the helpers saying:
 Put that away. It'll do for the In- dlans"
 There are at the Phoenix Indian school about 400 boys and $50 girls. representing thirty-five different tribes In addition to receiving the ordinary common school education they are in- structed in various industries.
 What the superintendent was asked, "becomes of the Indians when they get through here at the schoOIT
 " Most of them go back to the re- servations,' he replied. "A few get work in town. Some of the girls make excellent house servants. It is hard to get the Indian children to come to school, because the older ones make fun of them. We hope. however. that the next geenration will not have this trouble to face. The Indians who arc educated here will not think it a sign of weakness to have their children learn what the white man is able to teach them. So you see it is for the future rather than for the present that our work is being carried on.
 "The Pimas and Maricopas are most fully represented in the Phoenix school. There are few of the Apaches, Maya joes, Papagoes and MOjaves.
 "I have often read of beautiful In