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iy ca»t upon it by men who have been successful in the professions and in commerce.CIV1LJ2IXU TUB INDIANS,Judge HhirttH* decision denying the power of the* Indian agent to compel a girl from the Tama Indian reservation to attend the government school may mean the closing of the school and to the children of the reservation the loss of an opportunity for training that would tit them for a variety of pursuits.Tills is regrettable, but there is no helt# for it. The history t»f the Tama reservation Is strongly similar to thatof the Indians of the American continent since the pilgrims first set foot on Plymouth Hoc k. The tribal instinct haic survived and with St* aversion to intercourse with the whites and to the surrounding civilisation. This tribal instinct has even been manifested in the conduct of the graduate* of the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. it is a fact against which the government can legislate only with disadvantage to the paac# and safety of the border and the happiness of the Indian. It make* compulsion unwise and the unwisdom isall the more apparent because the Indian* are small and decreasing in numbers. They occupy now but a speck comparatively on the earth’s surfaceand have no participation in the gov-trnment.Under *uch circumstances the question of their education can properly be considered only from the standpoint of their happiness. The government has performed its full duty by offering them the opportunity presented in the school at Tama- This opportunity they should be free to decline without sacrificing any provision the governmentha* made for their support A school they will attend of their own free will is the only one worthy to be main-as pamot txMaisettlerHutheHcotclfilverthe la know i Steve: north Mr.ed tfcdingdrtnand oPriceIowa.Mrs 111., * Mrs.ChrchurcurdayChrlsigatloithe Hunt ahappMisiHinuEhamother*Maryear* for mW«i in HeO. ILainedJ. D Wl8, a broa ion urlt; Mis at Of with M m Mrs, A. Inofta the wiLouat ternMi*Is vi*HotsteadpactaWn
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Daily Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sun, Dec 31, 1899
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