The Washington herald., 1914-02-22
College Graduates as Sachems of Their Tribes-Farm
ers and Bankers as Chiefs-Pitcher Bender of
Baseball Fame Carlisle Aumnus,
Jeweler by Trade.

bank. amount TO $1,000. Some of IN,
boys on leaving Carlisle have from 500
TO 500 with which to begin life among
their own people. Often the money Is
used to continue their education in col
leges and universities. There are Indian
! lawyers, dentists, judges and physicians
In white communities throughout the
country.
People do not know what the Ameri-
can Indian is accomplishing. He Is too
often regarded as a parasite and vaga-
bond. Indian farmers are cuItivatins
100000 acres Of land in the West The
timber interests of Indians on allotted
and tribal lands are valued at SS4.O0oOOo.
Tribal funds in the United States Treas
ury total sf1,O .OOc.
Indians are not beggars. Man for
man, the Indians are better of than
their white neighbors. Each Usage In
dlan has property TO the value OF about
$1,000. Those Indians that show they
know how to work and want to work.
and who can take care OF their money
and do not sTuander IL are given then
allotmcnts Of land in fes-that is. il
th-fr cWn names-and thus automatically
become citizens Of the United States.
whites Are Marrying Indians.
There are 1000 voting Indians. I ven
ture to say, in the country. All told
the Indians number 300O0Q. There are
more Indians now by 1000 than there
were IN 1850. The fuIl-bloods are de-
creasinS; the miXSd-bIoods are increasing
White men marry Indian women because
Indian women have property and be-
cause the Indian has never been IN
slavery but has always been a free and
decidedly independent unit in our popu-
Of
no lndians-they will slowly vanish into
the white race. But while they remain
everything possible should be done for
their enlightenment. And they really
want to be enlightened.
The young Indian is unlike his father.
1t was difficult in early days to get an
Indian to attend school Solicitors can
vassed the reservations like agents and
peddlers- One man Travelled around in a
red and yellow wagon so as to make the
Indians believe that going to school was
like going to a circus where bands PLAYED
and athletes turned handsprings and
leaped over elephants
Il have been on a reservation when
there were six solicitor, rom as MAJ
schools bssging for students. The Indian
naturally thought that he was doing ti:e
national government a great favor II he
consented TO let his children go to school.
He stood alOOf and silently permitted the
solicitors to solicit, enjoying in his own
way. ! suppose, the humor OF the sitIS-
ton.
But the attitude OF the rcd man mas
changed. The returned students are in
spring the boys and girls at home with a
desire TO learn the white mans ways and
TO live as he lives. 1t is no longer ncces-
sary to plead for students. Plenty of In
dian boys would rather hunt and fish than
study. Plenty OF white boys leave school
a: the first opportunity.
'On the whole, however. young Indians
are ambitious TO get along in the world.
and see the day when the Indian w:I!
be doing his share OF the work OF tha
country and will be receiving his snare
of LIES honOrs and substantial rewards
(CoTyuSht. 1911. By James B. Morrow