Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
NAT|ON'S s ADOPTED
CH|LDREN|NCREASE
Latest Records Show the Ameri-
can Indians Are Not Disap-
pearing as a Race
Lsnecial to The Heraldl

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Tremendous
changes have Just taken place among
Uncle Sans adopted children. Ameri-
can Indians are not dying out as race
Negroes are not turning mulatto, but
are going the other way. EsquimauX
now have reindeer and do not suffer
from hunger and cold as they once did.
Blue Ridge mountaineers have lost
most of their distinctiveness and are
getting hold of modern industrial meth
DDS. The problem in Hawaii is not the
| Hawaiian people but the Japanese, and
| the Porto Ricans kick less than they
used to do about conditions they en-
| counter as members of Uncle SANS
| household.
The American Missionary association
fills a niche all by itself. One appauds
the enterprise of a Presbyterian society
that seeks to advance Presbyterian doc
trines and make new presbyterian
churches. Advance in Methodism is
looked upon as natural when furthered
by organization. But a society that
seeks not to plant new congregational
churches, yet is supported by COngre-
gationaistS, is out of the ordinary.
Such is the association. And its means
and message are for red SKIN, brown
skin, black skin and other brothers OF
Uncle Sans big family who seem to
stand in need of white-skin mems as
sistance. Is there any higher form of
Christian altruism? Five hundred thou
sand dollars a year, all of it expended
in ways most likely to do permanent
good.
NEEDS OF THE ESQUIMAUX
There are 5000 to $4,000 Esquimaux
~, a thew had hard
time of it. Nothing TO keep warm with
and little to eat, insanitary and without
doctors, no wonder they died in almost
as great numbers as they were born.
Some years ago, at the suggestion OF
missionary societies, reindeer from
Lapland were taken to Alaska, the eX-
pense being borne by the United States
government. The government said Lap
landers must be taken to Alaska to
care for the reindeer. The American
Missionary associations representative
at a principal Alaskan Christian sta
ton said leave the care of the reindeer
to the Esqumaux and to me. The gov
ernment did.
Today there are no Laplanders IN
Alaska caring for reindeer. EsqulmauX
care for them. SO successful are they
that a transformation has come about
in the condition of the EsquimauX.
Reindeer in Alaska take the place of
locomotives, even automobiles in the
rest of Uncle Sans domain. Ihelf
flesh is food. Their skins are clothes
Their bones go to make all sorts 'oI
mechanical devices for practical use.
Reindeer are now found all over Alas
ka, and the condition of Esquimaux life
is wholly changed. Industries are COM
ing in. Birth rates begin to beat deatn
rates, and comfort takes the place of
atarnoI diecomfort FducatiOn is GX-
tending and churches are springing up.
Esuuimaux are increasing in number,
and becoming useful and helping citi-
zens. Christian missions in practical
form, and in Uncle Sans own house.
hold.
PROBLEM OF THE INDIANS
Some years ago there was an Indian
problem. Now thhere is only an indian
question. One cannot always ma So
luton to a problem Generally he can
find a way to handle question. There
are 275 1000 Indians out west. The num-
ber is greater than at any time since
Uncle Sam knew anything about, py
actual count, just how many Indians
he did have in his household Indians
are not dying out. Instead, they are
increasing Full blood is more in evil
dence than it used to be. 1t is no long
er necessary to deal with the head OF
tribe, who may in turn deal justly with
members of the tribe. or he may not
Property is owned by individuals nova
days
Industries are coming in. Indians
make gates and sell them to ranchmen
of Nebraska for use in barbed wire
fences The Crows of Montana irrigate
their own lands. Education is spread
ing So are Christian conduct and prac-
tice. Crime is less. And from now on
1t Is said to be likely that Indian
growth in numbers and prosperity will
be factors to be reckoned with by the
newer states of the west The Consre-
gationalists of the west, helped by those
of the east, have been big forces in
bringing about at least a. part Of these
Indian changes.