The Glenwood post., 1924-02-14
lJadIe Tets Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Chtldrsu
and Grown-ups, Too
HEAP BIG 1NJuNsl

The back yard, side yard and in fact
all the way around the house looked
- If cyclone had been through, ex-
eept where tents and barbados re-
mained standing It was a scene not
soon to be forgotten. 1t was what was
left after Jack, Ruth and their pals
had finished playing Indians.
For 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
together burlack 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 mem carrying
the firearms and looking very big and
proud.
Jack proved quite an inventor, for
after long argument with mother,
mother won out. There would be NO
pistols fired, not even cap pistols. In
other words, Jack was mighty sad for
what kind of Wild West show could
be produced without pistols? How
could the Indians and soldiers fight
without it'll 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
just as the U. S. soldiers attacked the
Indian village. Ruth was the White
girl who had been captured by the In
dams and whom the soldiers were after.
1t was a great show, and now with
supper over, Jack and Ruth were talk
ing about getting up another one.
"Didn't we have good time,
thought" said Jack.
"You seemed to be having a noisy
one," remarked Uncle Ted. "But I
like to see you kiddies have a good
time like that. Playing Indian is all
right, just so long as you are careful
not to get too rough. 1 wonder if you
wouldn t be interested in a story about
the Indians of today"
"You bet we would,' said Jack.
"You see, kiddies, 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 34O,917, an increase
of 13,500 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 1913
tribes living on 200 reservations and
speaking 5s different languages.
five million dollars for the education
of Indians alone. There are 01, ,96s In
dian children of school age, 6,279 of
whom are not eligible for attendance,
and 20,746 are not in school. The
schools are divided into different kinds.
There are PSI boarding and day schools
al;
them Six thousand four hundred sew
enty children attend the 81 mission
schools while state public schools are
giving education to 34,301 Indians.
This makes the total number going to
school, 64,943.
Many people do not realize that
two-thirds of the Indians are American
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 govern
ment. This number amounts to 100000,
but that doesn't keep them from the
privileges of citizenship because the
supreme court of the United 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 total of 3s,OoO,o00 acres has
been allotted to $4,000 Indians. This
leaves 125,000 Indians whose land,