Show i l THE WORST KIND OF INDIAN IND Friends of or Mr h Lo are warmly ilc de the an annual fin fin- Dual nual report of Indian Agent Erwin of Oklahoma r The agent declared that educated Indians arc the J most worthless of the whole tribe II He charges 1 yes th that t very lY few of the young Indians Indian who h have ne graJ graduated gradated fitel from the dIe reservation schools or who have attended aUen cd these schools for a number of years ears do any work at atall I all He lays laJ it down in fact as a l safe rule that the young educated Indian is the most worthless of the whole lot Middle aged and bodied able In Indians ians who cannot write of speak English perform nearly nil all the work done b by the tribe The educated Indian In In- dian coming from rom the schools usually ll gives cs the excuse excuse ex ex- cuse that he be has nothing with which to work neither neith neith- er Ct mone money implements nor stock of any K kind Thib is true but I notice that they manage to live on then their annuities and lease lense money moue and buy horses hOlse bu buggies gics etc on credit and borrow mone money from flom the banks hunks with very yer little prospect of ever el being able a ule to pay their debts Any bodied able man or woman is able to obtain work worl at fair wages Many o of the till people are re addicted to drip drink stud b both th m men n and ald women omen are ue inveterate gamblers Ia have pr practically C IJ no nothing that g to io do dot d l For Por these deplorable conditions Agent Erwin l suggests suggests' some remedies He Ile recommends ls 1 i th that t In In- didn children ch idren n be educated at reservation boarding sch schools only further education being 90 un per pel cen cent waste of effort and He fie further money counsels that tha B schools under the jui jurisdiction diction of Oklahoma be established es es- among g the these e Indians so foO that the latter be he brought into constant contact with white children and finan finally declares that in his opinion the till payments pa payments pay pay- ments menta by the Government from the their l' l trust funds fund now in th the national treasury be use used to enable then them tp 19 start in farming fllming g and Ht stock raising only Dolt But do the young joung Indi n the right kind of an tut education edu cation An education that does not inspire love loye of work is not an education but perverted d trai training n The worst kind of an I Indian inn like like c the worst k land kind nd of ofa ofa a i white while man mun is iH certainly Y the fellow whose education enables him to use his bis brains for COl mischief Mr Los Lo's sentimental t friends would make a l gentleman of him That will require at least five more generations of environment and improved blood Forthe For Fol the Ufe he Indian of the present day intelligent ent manual labor abor ought to be made a compulsory blessing |