The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

portaut factor in the development OF tho
Western States
The opposition OF the parents 70 theis
EDUCATION is constantly diminishing. and
there has been a marked increase fg
school attendance during the past fcw
years IL has risen from less than 200d
in 1898 to upward OF $500 in 1901 Tia
government maintains % boarding schools
and l39 day hools on the reservations.
ln addition 60 these there are D adj
Nanced schools. Of which Carlisle I-nivor<
sity and the Haskell and Hampton Ins
stitltes are the best known
The present Commissioner Of Indian A.
fairs is strongly ~ favor OF practical edu-
cation ANA industrial training for tina
Young redskins. and his ideas shape tia
policy Of the principals Let m, cite ona
instance that recently came 10 my notica
ln evidence 90 the substantial results thai
are being produced. A bridge % span
river was needed by Snohomish county.
Wash Fne officials estimated the cost az
$500" The government employed fn thu
construction tho schoolboys Of the Tulaliu
Reservation. They completed the work
quite satisfactorily and at cost 4
5000 their labor being almost gratuitous.
The affairs % the Indians We're never
in such favorable hands as now Frank
- Ieupp. the present commissioner. un-
d'rstaods and svmpathizes with his
charges. He has had the advantage OF
twenty wears Of close intercourse with the
Indian in his natural environment which
Is the Forest and the plain OF our sparse
F settled states. where in She old hons
and playground 81 the redskin. must 30
found the field Of his future usefulness
What az the future OF the North Amer
i'an Indians As race they have none.
They are fated. not 10 extinction but "a
CAB .l. .r.H.
with the hardy froutiersman who married
the daughter az a red man and begat a
family OF half-brecds. It has progressed
in this direction ever since. with con<
stautly Increasing frequency. These haff-
breeds t!-d ~ thc white strain tha prac.i-
cal qualities lacking in the aboriginal
character. They display ability 10 ta,T
caro- ~ themselves ana to make their wav
'n tHe world in competition with white
men.
Many of them are capable OF occupying
prominent positions in business and tho
professions. The future activity OF thu
coming generation OF educated fuli-bIood.
ed Indians is a less calcuiable quantity.
Ownership of land will draw tie rnaiorifvs
to agricultural pursuits. and there Is rea@
SON 90 believe That as farmers they wifi
make creditable figure in the main. This
Indian is natural diplomatist and Ioef@
clan.
fte may be expected to furnish iarsS
proportion ~ the lawyers ana politicians
of the fature West. but without an in<
fusion of white blood he will never shins
ln the hCli ~ commerce. He utterly lacks
the execuuce faculty. should he find a
mino upon his land he would never work
70. but try to purchase So from him and
De Will drive you the hardest bargain
imaginable
or course. there ara among the voungeR
Indians not Few COB whom the hereditsrs
traits are too strong 10 10 eradicated 81
even suppressed. This element must fn<
ovitcblv DE ont In a few generations n
compliance with the memorable law OF tho
extinction o. the least IT,
There ere graduates or the school vha
20 back 10 tie paint and feathers and
beads and baskets or their fathers. ard
find in the uukempt hair tho dirty blan.
ket and tao SMOKY wiewam relief fronr
t.e irksour restraints OF civilization This
love ~ the win dies hard IN the viriis
frdla0. i have heard ~ physician in
good practice who found the call OF Moths
er Nature 90 strong ar times that ha
would steal away from his city home and
abide ultl his people Tor a while
ON TIE newly opened reservations ths
Indians have built houses upon theis
faru@ hut in many instances this -
merely % concession to self-respect and =
token OF equality with tire white neigh
bop. often beside tho house IS 4 tent.
and in that the redskin lives.