The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-29
DECLARES LATTER SOON
LOSES HER CIVILIZATION
lISCsTdS Corset and peiiICOal
for Blanket and FOTgeiS
Her Education
specIal 10 DAILY seader

Special 10 Daily Leader.
Washington. Jan 29"lt seems a.
ne thet the Government wants %
deep the sndlsr just whore he ls. and
ina, ,nere Is q lack Of sincerity IN The
much talked Of policy Of educating
ma making q useful citizen of him.
This was the statement. ilngcd with
bitterness, that was made by Walter
Baptlstc. q fnll.blood Fox indian who
IN Washington pleading with The
government 20 encourage the marrl
age Of Indian men and white women
ly admitting to the rolls white wo.
men when they become the wives OF
indians. Baptlste Is as fne a speci
men Of an indian as has ever beer
cen Ia Washington he Is ane and
obust. perfectly hronzed, speaks Eng
ish with accuracy ana force and dres
sos as we'll sthe average huelness
aan on penusylvaule ayepue Ne II
lcre incidentally in the interests OF
his people while on a trip to Carlisle
o Visit his daughter who Is In schoo
there Mr. Baptlste is himself
yraduate Of Hampton college, Virginia
md took a roet graduate course al
3ridgewateg. Mass. Ee rs the official
interpreter of the Sac and Fox IN
lanA
There are 532 Of these Indians IN OK
lhOma They are reservation Indlanf
md some OF them women included
wear blankets They have allotmontt
VI 100 acres each. and there le mis-
lion bolrilne school on the reseryn
i0n whore the luiian chlld-en are no
lulrol 10 attend school eleven month";
u thc year They study hnlf of me-
lay and work the remainder
Their are Eve white men aud ten
White women wha have married into
he Two tribes. Tae council and mom.
fers OF the trihes want Theses whlies
3 be enrolled u trlhesmen and 10
,0are ln the aunnal payments and
iinal settlement uf moneys Of ihe tfib
~ The annual payments amount %
$40 pef year AMI when the money ~
hnally dlyhed they VIII receive gl
0l each
we want 10 encourage our ynuuf
men 10 marry white girls" sald Mf
laWlsie today. because they make
better wives than our Indian girls
~ matter nov well educated an Ia
dian gin Is, when she comes back 10
Acr tribe she aa6n tiisaws Oft tao clv
llzail0n she hes acquired, diacaids toe
alfeel aui the netlleaat for TIE hlank.
y ana lofgels her education White
somen are ilfefem 1hey have never
known tas Old tribal customs ana
when tiVy marry hn Indian iaey are
iiill white and live like white people
e9chlng their chllaspn 10 DO the same
'hey sehd their children 10 the dis
flct schools Instead Of the Indian
ehool ani educate them among the
whites onr Young men would mar
'y more white girls if they know
heir wives w0ull then be accepted
s irlhespe0rle md get their share Of
dba moneys The same IS true al
ne indian women Sur people have
Seen lniemarryins Fs long ihat II 81
beginning @ ten upon them ana they
eed Willie blont hope to see thp
HAS when the government wlll en-
uurage this. but ! have been yalnly
aoplng e long Time
y WAS here several years ago when
D high Government official told me
frankly that there we're SO many In.
Han agents. Indian inspectors. snper
sls0rs and attaches IN office who ro-
ilsi toe policy Of marrying ont toe
lndians with white blocd that the plan
= hopeless Il seems that this must
be true or coafrae SO long ns there
re Indians that require enarilanahip |
n Che government there Win be Jobs
ior indian agents aud inspectors. Az
iron he the Indians become lhdonen
lent and no longer need gusfaIan
'hiD tnese jobs vii be gone. and Il |
appears 10 me now that the line on
laid before me BY Tie gov.
srnmenf oficlals several years ago n
4oldlne goci This may be GOOD FOR
but d. not believe such |
4 policy Is best ior the lnsl,ns. My
reeple would Be more willing 10 AZ.
'ept the civilization Of the white man
K lbcy hal more white blood Ri lnoif