The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-24

THE VANISHING RACE GIVES STORY
Il 0FTE TRAGIC FATE OF The INDIAN

trachoma. pyorrhea and those .insidi-
Gus ills that follow civilization. These
are the causes Of devastation of a
people that fully justify DR.. Dixon's
title Of his book, 1.-THE Vanishing
Race" To combat the menace of
pyorrhea among the quarter million
Indians there are six dentists. The
folly Of expecting each dentist 70 care
for 10000 patients is evident.
Refutes Inaccurate Statements
The statements recklessly made that
the Indian population is as great to-
day as when Columbus arrived is dis
proved by ample statistics. If future
generations would know anything Of
the American Indian they must con-
suit the pictures and the book al
! ready made. And the future student
and historian will find DR.. Dixons vol
ume storehouse of information
about the Indian that is unexampled
in the literature on that subject.
DR.. Dixon deplores the neglect Of
the psychology Of the Indian. The
! world cannot understand the soul Of
the Indian. the workings Of his mind.
The Indian found in the phenomena
! OF the universe an answer To his long
ings and the high expression of every
|
| stand this, because "the Indian chased
the ethereal, the weird. the sublime.
| the mysterious; we chase the dollar.
He heard the voice of nature; we
! listen for the cuckoo clock to COM
| mence!"
The Soul Of the Indian
Few have studied the Indians as DR..
Dixon has studied him, few have
sought to get at the inner self Of the
Indian as has DR.. Dixon. The Indian
was visited in his wigwam BY DR..
Dixon. who gained his confidence and
friendship. Dr.. Dixon sat with the
Indians at the camp fire, amid hum
dreds of tepees, and there heard the
story Of the Indians boyhood. youth
and manhood. At the suggestion Of
the leader of the expedition council
of Indian chiefs was held in the Val
ley Of the little Big Horn in Montana
with reproduction of the customs
costumes, traditions Of the race
There much Of the material used by
DR.. Dixon and hundreds Of proto-
graphs were obtained, all of which
will prove a priceless legacy to flu
turc generations.
An Epic Farewell
DIR. Dix0n's final chapter is an epic
a great and solemn picture Of the
| final scenes of the Great Council
Of the Chiefs" This description OF
the Indian passing down the trail to
the setting sun is worthy of a high
place in the worlds literature. 1t is
; marked by understanding Of and sym.
pathy with a race that the world will
possess but few generations longer.
History and Interpretation
As a record of the real Indian, as q
work Of history and of Interpretation
and as a tribute to people that once
were masters Of our continent, "rht
Vanishing Race" has no peer. DR.
Dixon knows his subject so well thai
none can successfully question hi.
statements. His care in gathering hi.
facts, and the graceful style in which
he writes make his story unique il
that field of research. The character
of the Indian has never been more
clearly interpreted, and the back
I ground Of the Indian never more
graphically presented.
DR.. Dixon has taken thousands o.
pictures Of Indians and their country
and his collection is of inestimablt
: value, which will increase in import
vance with the passing of the years
DR.. Dixon has lcctured many times o,
the Indian question. He is writing /,
history Of the American Indian in thu
world war. in which conflict NOR,
than 1900 Of the race we're engaged
DR.. Dixon was in the war zone ant
took thousands Of pictures of Indian:
who we're in the service.
Canada has one mile of railway Il
every 900 persons.