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Show POOR LO IS INDOLENT. Young Educated Indlnns Said to Be the Most Worthless Ones in n Tribe Washington Oct II A severe nr ralgnment of the Indians on the Ton-ca Ton-ca Otoe and Oakland reservitlon In Oklahoma Is made by Agent trwln, In tharge of the reservation In his an nual report to the Commlsloner of Indian In-dian Affairs The report says Hirdly any of the young Indans, thoe who have graduated from non-reservation non-reservation schools ns well as tho-e who hive attended tor a number of years do any work nt all It can be set down ns a perfectly Kite rule that as a class the young educated Indians nre the most worthless ones In the whole tribe Nearly all of the work done by the tribes Is performed by the middle-aged ones, who cunnot write or speak English ' The educated Indian coming from the schools usually gives the excuse that he hn nothing with which to work neither money Implement nor stock of nny kind This la true but I noticed that they manage to live on their annuities and lease money and buy horses, buggies, etc, on credit and borrow money fiom the banks with but Utile prospect of ever being nblo to pay their elehls Aiy able. bodied man or woman Is able to obtain work at fair wiges Many of the people aic addicted to drink and both min and women aro In-velerete In-velerete gamblers. They huvn practically prac-tically nothing lo do. Ihelr days are si ent In ilmeist utter Idleness and vice nnd debauchery nre rumpint The degradation of theeo people, will continue con-tinue nnd Increase until they nre made to work und live by the result of thtlr 1 iliors As n remedy for this condition, -of affairs af-fairs the agent rotommends thnt Indian In-dian children be educated only nt reservation res-ervation bo irdlng-schools further education edu-cation being 90 per cent waste of effort nnd money, that the schools un ler the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma government govern-ment be established among these In dlnns so tint tho latter can eomo Into contact with white children nnl that payments of the Government from these I trust funds now- In the l'nlted Slates treasury be used to enable them to start In farming and stock "raising |