The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-18
PASSING OF RED MAN
In Twenty-Five Years He Will Be
Known No More.
His Passing is Said to BE Due to the
Policy the Government Has tuf-
sued Toward Him.

sued Toward Him.
In twenty-five years. according to
estimates made by government Off
cials. the American lndian---that is,
the befeathered, blanketed and
nainted Red Man---will have passed
into history and in this country will
be Anown no more forever.
The passing Of the Indian is due
to the policy pursued by the govern
ment. Now, and for many years
past, the Indians have been wards Of
the American government. They
have been nurtured and protected
and fostered in every possible way.
At immense expense the govern
ment has provided for them, lest
they should starve. Reservations
have been given them, food has
been furnished them and they have
been cared for as children.
During the past ten or twelve
years, a definite policy has been pur-
sued, the government looking to the
limination Of the Indian, not in his
personality, butin his tribal relations.
After years Of experience it was
found that tribal relations Of the In
dian were not good for him. They
encouraged laziness and shiftless-
ness. Under the conditions the In
dian would not work. He depend
ed entirely upon the government for
! his subsistence and, having nothing
else to do, spent much of his time IN
fomeating trouble.
Congress finally decided to break
up, as for as possible, the In
dian reservations and to parcel them
out among Indians and whites to the
best Advantage possible. The lands
we're allotted among the Indians in
severalty. wherever that scheme
seemed feasible, so that each Indian
might have a definite portion which
he could call his own and which ne
was at liberty to dispose of as he saw
fit. Many of the the Indians, partlc-
ularly of the Usage and Cherokee tri'
bes, are in good financial clrcum,
stances. Some Of them are doing
well on their farms and all OF them
have better chances than white men
are given by the government.
Francis E. Loupp, commlsslonel!
of Indian affairs, who has devoted
much of his life to study of the In
dian problem, is convinced that the
only way to make the Indian pro-
gressive and self-supporting is tc
place him on his own resources. He
says, therefore, that it is the policy
of the government to induce the In
dians to, give up their tribal relations
and to mingle with the whites as IN
dividuals. Naturally, he says, the
Indian is bright and is well able tc
! take care of himself, if he finds him
self forced to do so. Placed in sur
roundings where he must learn n
order to live, the Indian will do vel
in most instances. and that is just
what the government is doing now;
Commissioner Loupp believes that
it will require twenty-five or thirty
years TO bring about the complete
change in the Indians condition
but in the end, the change
will be of great benefit to the In
dians, One difficulty is being expe,
rienced just now that, Of course
cannot be remedied by the govern
ment. In the allotment of lands II
severalty to the Indians, many Of
the individuals Of the various tribes
have become possessed Of a small
number cultivate the lands themsel,
but the majority Of them sci!
the land and live on the proceeds.
The last named class cannot be IN
duced to work at all. They proba.
bly, will not do a stroke Of work un.
til their resources are exhausted ano
they will have to work or starve.
In view of all the conditions,
therefore it is only a matter Of time
until the Indian shall have been ab'
sorbed into the nation and shall have
disappeared as a distinct entity,
The Indian of yesterday will have
become tradition and the Indian of
tomorrow will work out his destiny
as the whites work out theirs and
the Indian blood will be blend of
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