Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-09
Federal Official Gives Accepted
Theory Of Extinction a
Severe Jolt
LIQUOR is GREAT ENEMY
"churches and Booze" Given as civiliz-
atoms Contribution to the Red Mon
Indians Still Use Paint and Always
WiII-conditions at Pine Ridge
Agency.
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Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City, Jan. 9.-''Indians are In
creasing in number every year. There
is no reason to believe that the Am
erican Indian will become an extinct
race.
Uncle Sans policy Is to break
down the tribal arrangement, making
the red man the ward directly and UNI
restrictedly of the government.
Churches and booze-that Is higher
civilizations contribution to the In
dian"
So spoke c. A. Bates. the govern
ment officer in charge Of the field work
in the allotment of land to the Indians
Dakota. He is the field engineer in
charge of the survey instituted by the
government in it's allotment of land to
the 6,7OO redskins OF the reservation.
The Pine Ridge reserve is ITO by 70
miles In area The Utes, for the herd
ing OF whom the regulars OF the Fort
Des Moines cavalry We're recently
called out live on the borders Of the
Pine Ridge Indians territory; and
Bates is here from one of the most in
teresting environs of lndiandom of Am
erica, where the redman is rapidly los
ing his type under the hand OF the
government which seems intent on
banshing> his traditions forever.
II see no reason to believe that the
Indian will ever become extinct, said
Bates today He is. of course. being
resolved into different type OF man.
but in actual numbers he is yearly be-
coming stronger. The pureblood In
dian is not being crowded out.
Ever since the treaty Of 1889, when
Chiefs American Horse. Blue Horse
and Red Cloud, all of whom are still
alive, signed articles af agreement
with the United States Indian COM
missioners, it has been the. persistent
policy OF the government to stamp out
the last sign Of tribal form of govern
ment and control. At this time the
Indians of the Pine Ridge look partly
to their chiefs, and partly to the I'm
tied States government. This period OF
their transition is an interesting one.
do they still paint their faces?'
was asked.
"You could as easily stop some of
the women from painting their faces"
said Bates with a laugh. 30
Each decade" he said, els seeing a
great advance in the character of the
red fellows. Their type is advancing,
and they are being improved in many
ways, but will always be Indians. The
general tendency is for a pure blood
Indian to marry blood Indian. In the
same way it is the tendency Of half
bloods to marry halfbloods, and of
quarterbloods to marry quarterbloods.
1.-The missionaries are doing a lot of
propaganda work among the Sioux of
the Pine Ridge. The Indians are join
ing the Methodist, the Presbyterian
and Congregational churches rapidly.
Churches and booZe-those are the two
principal things that higher civilization
is bringing to them. The church is do
ing great good but liquor is handi-
cap.'
Each man is given an allotment OF
$40 acres. His wife gets 800 acres. Each
child over the age Of 1S years receives
an allotment Of 800 acres, and each
child under 10 years $50 acres. The
government wishes to make the indi-
vidual Independent. The tribal form
of government is in this way dealt 4
body blow.
'The Indians of the Pine Ridge"
said Bates, "are an Industrious lot. 1t
is the exception to the rule for one
to rent his land Most of them do their
own farming. The cattle business is
favorite one with many"