Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1924-02-08
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The back yard, side yard and in fact
all the way around the house looked
as if a cyclone had been through, eX-
cept where tents and barbados re-
NAMED standing. 1t was a scene not
soon to be forgotten. 1t was what was
left after Jack, Ruth and their pals
had finished playing Indians.
For a week before the big event, at
every spare moment, Jack had gone
into the woods and cut poles for the
tepees. They were all fashioned care
fully. He tied them at the top for each
tent in true Indian fashion, and the
coverings were obtained by putting to-
gether burlap sacks. They were pre-
pared in fine shape, and after two re-
hearsals Jack was ready to put on the
big show. First came the Indians with
their squaws pulling the tents and
camp equipment, the men carrying
the firearms and looking very big ana
proud.
Jack proved quite an inventor, for
after a long argument with mother,
mother won out. There would be no
DlSLOlS
other words Jack was mighty sad Tor
what kind of Wild West show coulo
be produced without noise. How could
the Indians and soldiers fight Wltnout
it? Jack remembered that he had -FOUR
packages of firecrackers left. so by
putting some old oilclOth at each OF
four corners of the yard to protect the
grass. the firecrackers were lighted
lust as the U. S. soldiers attacked the
Indian village. Ruth was the white
girl who had been captured by the In
dia1is and whom the soldiers were al
ter. 1t was a great show, and now with
supper over Jack and Ruth, were
talking about getting up another one
Didn't we have good time
thought" said Jack.
you seemed to be having noisy
one" remarked Uncle Ted. But !
like to see you kiddies have GOOD
time like that Playing Indian IS all
right, Just so long as you are care.
full not to get too rough. wonder Il
YOU wouldn't be interested in story
about the Indians of today.
"You bet we would" said Jack.
"You see, Riddles, we got this great
country from the Indians but we have
tried to be fair with them. Many OF
them are rich from their lands and oil
and their money is kept for them by
the Government so that bad people
won't be able to get it away from
them. The Indian population OF the
United States is 340,917, an increase
of 1880 in ten years. From that we
can see that the Indians are not dying
out as so many believe to be true;
These Indians are scattered into l93
tribes living on 200 reservations and
speaking So different languages.
1.-THE Government spends every year
five million dollars for the education
of Indians alone. There are 91,96S In
dian children of school age, 6,279 OF
whom are not eligible for attendance,
and 2O,746 are not in school. The
schools are divided into different
kinds. There are 251 boarding and day
schools with 24,222 children going to
school in them. Six thousand four
hundred seventy children attend the
81 mission schools while State public
schools are giving education to 34,3OI
Indians. This makes the total num-
Der going to school, 64,94S.
MANY people do not realize that
two-thirds Of the Indians are Ameri-
can citizens which means that there
are about $4,000 voters of both sexes.
OF course, not all of the Indians are
still under the guardianship of the
Government. This number amounts to
100000 but that doesn't keep them
from the privileges of citizenship be-
cause the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States has said so.
MANY of the Indians have been
given their land-those who seem to
be able to take care of themselves. In
fact a total of 38,000,000 acres has
been allotted to $4,000 Indians. This
leaves $4,000 Indians whose land
amounting to 35,0O0,000 acres has not
vet been turned over to them.
"a great amount OF work mas peen
done toward improving the health OF
the Indians and providing every con-
venience possible. The Government
appropriated $4,000 for the care OF
the Indians health during the past
year. Why, there are 7S hospitals ana
sanatariums with enough beds TO
take care Of 2,400 sick Indians at one
time. One hundred fifty doctors are
working and caring for the SICK In
dams and there are 80 nurses, 70 ma
irons and z dentists who travel from
one reservation to the other keeping
the Indians teeth in good shape. There
were 10000 Indians treated in 1922.
IF any one ever says the Govern
nent hasn't treated the Indians right
remember this-that from 1871 10 the
present time, $422,0O0,O00 has been
appropriated by Uncle Sam for the 1t
indians. There are two kinds Of funds
that are being kept in trust for the
indians by Uncle Sam. The tribal
find is the first, amounting to $25'OOO;:-
mo with interest at to 5 per cent.
The second is composed of the funds
Of Individual Indians. amounting 70
oLo,,t COX mo 600"