The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-01

suggestion Of her Indian blood Eoth
or these sisters are slightly built
Il ann afraid" said Miss Lucille. that
we are sadly ignorant on the subject OF
our Indian family history know
mat We have Choctaw blood, and that
our great-sreat grandmother was The
daughter OF fun blood This makes
vs. one-e!Ehth Choctaw. We have none
OF the famous old names Of history in
our direct line, OF that, / ann sure.
Indian of To-Dn. Is Different
The Indian Of to-day is very differ
eut, anyway, from the Indian of his
tory. Their houses in the reservation
look like the average Southern home.
CitiHens OF these reservations dress In
the ordinary American manner. As
with all other races Of people in the
world. We have good and bad. intelli-
gent and Ignorant, and cultured and
crude people. Indians are not rela
lively different from other peoples
The tribe of Choctaws years ago
moved TO Indian Territory. or what is
now Oklahoma. with the Chickasaws.
when both OF these tribes sold their
lands in Mississippi They differ little.
raciaily. from the chickasaws. As is
perhaps well known, they are one OF
those usually called the Five Civilized
Tribes
The Choctaws are mlngling with the
whites and marrying among them 10
so great an extent that now one hardly
sees full blood any more. The names
OF the full bioods on the reservation
rolls are fast falling on.
Not the Had Fellow Painted.
TO what do attribute the deca :
dcnce OF the Indian race / do not
know that l should call IL decadencc,' =
isn't the bad fellow the Fastener is
apt TO think him. lie is losing his ra :
cial characteristics through frequent
ntermarriage with the whites and
educa tional advantages. but as for his
moral and mental status I should say
that in some ways lie has gone ahead
and In others he has fallen behind.
But there Is nothing extraordinary
In that. Just as Americans to-day are
not as stra:t-laced nor as strict as
their Pilgrim ancestors. so, too, has the
Indian changed his ideals. 1t Is only
q change. in some respects prog ress
and la others retrogression.
The White Mans T7irewnter.
II do know this. however" declared
Miss Parker. Our Indian did not have
liquor until the white man brought IL,
and the Choctaw language had no curse
word In II. Now Indians swear, but
they do 1t In English.
Certain characteristics OF the Indian
race rs II whole are worthy of emula-
won ny american whites. i think. The
Indian is II good friend. He is ma
quick To show his friendship as his re-
vonge. but he is more liable to make
friends than enemies. He Is essential
ly truthful, and, above all, Is known to
be faithful to his trust and friends
II have heard my brother tell n story
OF the Choctawa which illustrates to
how great nm extent this truthfulncss
may be tried. II seems that Choctaw
brave was sentenced to be executed
FOR murder. Before his execution ne
was allowed to he out. without bail
having promised beforehand that lie
would return on the appointed day
when he should be shot.
Keps Engagement With E1ccntioner.
In the meantime he received sum.
mons from another Judge TO serve as
| Juror in trial ticking place In another
/ county. He wrote an answer to that
judge. telling him that 1t would b,
impossible to serve, because Of his own