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Show INDIANS ARE DYING OF GRIEF. Creeks Cannot Adapt Themselves to New Government. KananH City, Mo. I'lonsant Porter, chief of tho Creeks, states that many ot his pcoplo tiled during tho Inst yoar, nnd that a great many of these deaths aro duo to dlscauragomeut on account of a change ot government, chungo ot conditions nnd environment to which tho Crooks cannot becomo adapted. This roiuarkablo stutomont Is contained In tho annual message of the Crook chief to tho council, which Ib In sosslon bora. Tho words of tho chief aro: "1 regrot to stnto that a largo number num-ber of our people havo died during tho last year. From ray observation, tho cuiiBo of many doatha has beon discouragement. Thoy had lived tholr entire lives under n dlfforent system ot govornmont, and had had tho uso of tholr lands In common. Tho chnngo has had n doclded effect upon the older people, nnd tho chnngo of methods undor which thoy luivo been accustomed to llvo scorned to bo n ?ourcu ot discouragement nnd was a ,-ntcnt fnctor In causing their denths. Tho younger class of our peopV seem to bo moro In harmony with present conditions, nnd tho chaiiio has had a great effect In deciding their higher aspirations, thus bettering better-ing their condition, especially those of our peoplu who havo been to school. I notlco that tho children of our younger women who havo been to school are doing hotter In meeting tho now conditions than others of our people." |