Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-23
THE WILD WEST.
101 Ranch Show Will Be a Star At
traction.

Considered from an educational stand
point the 10l Ranch Wild West Show
which will be here on June % fills niche
that no other amusement can fill. The
study it affords of the Indian is lesson
that can be taught by no other institu-
ton. as it literally transports the first
jewellers of this country, from the plains
to the very firesides of civilization. 1t
will only be few years before the In
dian will be race entirely of the past
Not that they are dying off any more
rapidly now than they did wears past
but they are losing their personality
and individuality. by the absorption of
the ways of the white people 1t is no
secret that the embracing of civilization
has materially checked their multiplying
and that the invasion of the white race
to their domains. has had tendency to
introduce many forms or disease that be-
fore the invasion they We're strangers to-
The Indians are race that do not thrive
when away from the life of their fore
fathers and it matters not how good
their intentions may be to live the life
of advancement. the restraint that mas
been put upon them is not unlike to
them the same as that put on a prisoner
They may desire to submit to the inevi-
table, but the submission is so contrary
to their nature that it becomes killing
According to the figures of the Com
missioner of Indian affairs, not including
Alaska there are but 3OO,4l2 Indians in
the United States today Of this number
about 10000 are residents of the new
state of Oklahoma, where is also situat-
ed the 1Ol Ranch, which harbors thous-
ands of Indians. Of the 3OO,4l2 Indians
IN existence 1Ol.22S are members of civil
lized tribes, freed men and those who
have inter- married among the whites
The agency of New York State wards the
following: Cayugas IFS, Oneidas 276,
l,349 Tuscarroras 1868, Oklahoma with its
10000 is followed by Arizona with 40. 600.
California 1900, Colorado $500, Kansas
Loco Loco; Mi saa 600, Minnesota 5000 New
ia 5000 South Dakota 1900. Washington
5000. While there is slight tendency
| on the part of the present younger gen
Grafton of the Indians to become indus
trlous and seek success with their white
| brother, the older ones do not humiliate
themselves by working The Govern
ment has done much to promote the up
llftlng movement and put the Indian on
| d IeVel OF contemporary civilization and
during the past two decades no less than
forty thousand has been added to the
population of those who have inter-mar-
red.
| While the Indian irrespective of age
does not take kindly to labor of any kind
| II Is not entirely impossible to interest
him. and once interested he becomes very
greedy for results The government to
il'elea' MN mas louhd the plan feasible
| to cut down the number of approved
leases on Indian allotments and thous-
ands of Indians have become competent
10 conduct their own affairs free from
governmental control. During the past
year the leases approved by the govern
ment numbered 1000 less than in 1908. The
group of intractable Indians, the real
aborlglnes, are insignificant as compared
20 those trlbesmen who have embraced
industry. At the time old Crazy Snake
was heading his braves on the Warpath
last year, the students of the Carlisle
indian School We're conducting gradual
1is exercises and the Grow Indians in
Montana were sowing seed and blowing
among the older Indians a graduate Of
CarllSle loses caste. Frequently after -
turning to the tribe the graduate will
th ara the education acquired and don
the blanket and take up the nomadic life
that the government sought to hay. ,'I-n
forget in educating. Once when taken
tQ task for doing this young buck gave
d !" government officer the excuse for
dolng SO in these words: The govern
ment gives US the means to secure a good
eaucatlon, but makes no provision for us
a1ter we graduate" Carlisle has done
I haoen, 10 educate the Indian and this will
become more apparent as time advances
sioWever, among the older braves the in
nuence Is not felt to any extent and If
Is these Indians, as they were before
gress that we tbe 1, Of white mans pro-
Show brings win It. Not onlv va the we" ISL
dlans, but their habits, dances, manner
OF or, living, their hunts battles. craftiness
religion and all that goes to make the
t tho.an interesting. In the Indian village
mat exists in connection with the show
prop. roper, the Indian is seen as they are in
me wilds: Not alone for exhibition bur
2oses, but because the Indian prefers if
me Inc squaWs are expert makers of crude
oeau work, blankets, basket and even
pottery. The bucks still make bows ana
arrows arr VS. and will sit for hours. carving
~, ' SOM, some weird design of their idea Of
IN image, without looking up, or saving |
a ri word; Representatives of every known
mat FOR generations have waged war
pEw b a%el am Mica together Not sim
more because thew are compelled 70 fnr
me ne, in 6 are never left without guards
lhey nave no respect for the white mans
laws and have a verv beautiful w .'n - :
10 do so. = Pc h'it'eu
indians are but one of the MANY fea-
lures with this meritorious aggregation
and an, taken in its entirety the i0l Ranch
Wlld west Show is the one truthful de-
life in the War West N INC present