Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-04
WILEY ON HOLSTERS
He Marks Southern Indiana the
Genius Region.
TRACES DESCENT OF PEOPLE
Derived From Southern Appalachians,
Whose Race Of Mountaineers He
Calls Last Remnant of the.
Un5efiied" in Country.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.


Washington.-Dr. Harvey ". Wiley
who recently resigned as the govern
ment's chief chemist, was born in In
diana. The doctor is very interested
IN all Hoosiers, but he is little hard.
perhaps, on native Indianans who
were born in the northern halt of the
state. He puts them in a genius
class below that of the Hoosiers who
were born nearer the Ohio river.
Dr. Wiley has produced a map of In
diana on which he illustrates some OF
MS views with respect TO intellectual
Ity in the state. About where the old
national road crosses from east to
west he has drawn a red line. and
across the territory lying south Of this
line he has written in bold letters the
word Genius. Across the north half
OF the state appears the words Near
Geniuses." As concession to two of
his friends he has indicated what
might be called a lane extending
northward from the genius belt so as
TO include Kin Hubbard, better known
as Abe Martin and George AIDE.
Of Fine Mountain Stock.
DR.. Wiley exhibited this map of his
own making the first time at a meet
ing of the Indiana Society of Wash
ington this week He used it as ba-
sis for most interesting talk which
he gave on the people of southern In
diana as he knew them thirty. forty
and fifty years ago. He pointed out
the southern half of the state was set
tied almost exclusively by mountain
GERS from the Carolinas, Virginia and
Tennessee. The men and women, ne
said, were perfect specimens of ply
steal development He traced to this
stock many of the great men Indiana
has turned out. The Indiana genius
began to appear, he said, when this
hne mountain stock began to mix with
the people from the east and north.
The mountain regions of Virginia.
North Carolina. South Carolina and
| Tennessee, Doctor Wiley said, are still
the homes of the rugged people Of the
type that settled southern Indiana and
from which Indiana geniuses have
NPA Ill A1C ctEoSCt ISN L1clL ItGoG 1LiOi4
taineers of the Carolinas, Virginia and
Tennessee are misunderstood by most
persons. They are not degeneTates,
| he said ION the contrary, they are
the best human specimens to be found
in this country today, and probably in
the world. They have their peculiari-
ties. due to their environment De
| fa0co If thar ouy1 Foroil,r o15 oP +bo
clan to which they belong is the first
thing that is taught them. They are
/ thoroughly honest, and all deeply re-
ligious.'
According to Doctor Wiley there are
great possibilities in this race of noun
taineers. He referred to it as the
last remnant of the undefiled" in this
country, and pointed out that if in
some way education and culture could
be brought to these people, results
that would almost startIe the world
would be produced.
Dr. Wiley said that while no one
would attempt to defend the shooting
down of a Judge and other court off
Gals by a gang OF these mountaineers
in southern Virginia near the North
Carolina line, IL was only fair to the
men who participated in that crime
to say that they are not degenerates,
and are not bad citizens in the com
mon sense of the term. 1--WE of south
ern Indiana birth may not like to ad-
nit it." he said, but the men who
did that shooting in southern Virginia
are of the stock from which we sprung.
In taking the law into their own hands
in defense of their clan, they were
only living up to a principle that had
been instilled into them and their
forefathers."
Our Apache Wards.
Secretary of War Stimson, in
response to a request from Con
gress, has told the lawmakers
all about the Apache prisoners of
war who are now on the Fort Sill
Oklahoma, reservation There are 257
,of the prisoners and Is of the number
are borne on the morning reports as
scouts Thirty of the Indians are
known to have been engaged in hos
tiIities against the United States or
to have committed acts Of violation
against white citizens. Six of the
braves now held in check in Okla
boma were on the war path with
Geronimo and surrendered with that
great chief in 1886
The secretary in his report gives
the names of the six Indians who
were known to have been on the war
path with Geronimo. After each name
there is an aUnotation to tell of the
health and the conduct Of the pris-
oner. It might be noted that they are
all set down as being Of fair report
except one whose name is Christian,
and he apparently now has had a
change Of heart and is reported as
having been very good for about a
year"
Their Status Explained.
The judge advocate general of the
army adds memorandum to the Sec
rotary of wars report. He says:
The band c. Apache Indians who
we're established on the Indian reser-
walton at Fort Sill in 1894 had been
engaged for many years prior to 1886
in acts of hostility against the people
of the United States. These acts
were terminated by their surrender
Caught Eieer by the Ears.
While Arthur B. Goodspeed was re-