The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-24

crease of forty-nine over the preced-
ing year. OF these 1913 were males
Indians on the reservation, an in
and S72 we're females. There were
$50 families, $50 of them living in
permanent homes in houses. OF
these $50 houses, eighty of them
have floors in, the other 800 families
were occupying tents or tepees.
During the year there were sixty
nine births, of which thirty-three
were male children and thirty-six
were females. During the year there
were sixty-three deaths, Of which
fourteen were male adults and fifteen
were female adults, fifteen were male
children and nineteen female child
rem. Twenty-three of the deaths
among children were under three
years of age. Twenty-eight Of the
sixty-three deaths were due to tuber-
culosis. During the year $40 per-
sons were examined for diseases, Of
which POI were males and 279 were
females. Out of this $40 persons,
2UJ had some form of tuberculosis.
Indians With a Cough
About 80 per cent of those ex-
amined have some form of trachoma,
which is a disease of the air pas
sages, the throat and lungs. The
number of total insane persons on
the reservation during the year were
two, one man and one woman.
The total number of children in
schools of all kinds were 1922. Of
this number twenty-one were at the
Mission, where there is capacity for
only twenty. One hundred forty were
in boarding schools like the Manual
Training school and the higher in,
situations mentioned, where the at
tendance was 90 $40 per cent of en-
rollment. There were also on the
reservation forty-two boys and
thirty girls eligible for school and
159 boys and 100 girls not eligible
| for school,
What Kind of Folks
| About half of the Indians on the
reservation wear what is called mod
ern attire, meaning the white mans
clothing. There are forty-nine
Indian citizens, forty-nine voters.
600 that read and write and speak
English. There are 1898 full bloods,
and $50 half breeds. There are 143
that have mixed blood less than half
breeds. There are forty-three Indians
owning patented lands: there are
ninety-fve having certificates of COM
potency, meaning that they can
transact their own business. without
the superintendent or guardianship
of the government.
Big Indian Farmers
The government records show that
there are four Indian farmers worthy
of especial mention to the govern
ment for being successful farmers
on large, scale. They are Roy
Faulkner, Ralph Dixie, Charles Dig
gle and Jacob Browning.
All Indian Crops
Taking the total of all crops har-
vested by the Indians, there were
5000 tons of alfalfa hay, 800 tons
of Timothy hay, wild hay in large
quantities not reported upon. They
raised $1,000 bushels of wheat.
1000 bushels of oats, 23,375 bushels
of potatoes, $500 bushels of corn and
124S tons of sugar beets.
Stock on Reservation
During the year there were on the
reservation $4,000 sheep, 1175 cattle
of a total valuation of $512,S75.
There were twenty bulls, most OF
them highbred animals. There were
$500 cows and heifers. There were
500 steers, $50 calves, the valuation
OF which, was placed at 1881.
There were 1000 head of horses,
about 1900 of them being mares.
These were all kinds of animals from
pretty good HOSES down to small
ponies.
White Folks Privileges
1t is the privilege of white people
t. cross the reservation or to enter
the territory without special permit;
it is not their privilege to hunt and
fish on the reservation. They are
permitted to drive anywhere upon
the Indian lands for sightseeing pur-
poses, but are not at liberty to dis
turh the vegetation, timber or any
thing that grows upon it. BY the
generosity of the Indians, the white
people are permitted to gather the
wild fruit growing in the mountains
if they do not damage the trees and
bushes.
Guilty Conquerers
The Indians formerly owned the
whole country and the white race
are here as trespassers. They took
some Of the land and bought some Of
it, but the white men made most CT
.hc bargains and the Inii LII &C ep,ed
what he could get.
A League With Jndi.,s
In the treaty of 1865 &c Sho-
shones and Bannocks we're promised
about all the country they wanted