Show THE RED BED MAR MAN 10 GO 60 bach year the report of the corn com missioner miss loner of indian affairs gives opportunity for newspaper writers and others who watch closely the trend of events to be bewail wall the tate late of 0 theIn the indian dlan tribes of north Ajner ioa and the commissioners statement tor for this year la Is again made to do service the aboriginal population of north america at the time of its discovery dit covery haa boa been variously estimated some writers placing it as aa high as ae others low as aa the latter probably la in nearest to the actual number but whatever it was waa history records the fact that one tribe dibe after another has disappeared appeared die and the numbers have gradually grown less lees and lees until now they are but a were mere handful in complete subjection to the masterful whites in 1894 the be o estimated their numbers at about 14 n 1895 at over a quarter of a mil llod lion 21 but bat in 1896 he says baye the total indian population of the united states exclusive of the now new york indians and the five civilized tribes tribe according to the census of the year 1895 taken by this office in IB 11 1 1 the civilized tribes number about while shenew the new york indians are comparatively low lew so that it to la not likely that there here to is now an indian population in our borders exceeding commenting upon the of these theae figures the chicago times herald says mays that at this rate the indian question will soon goon be settled by the utter defacement of these theme people whose history tor for over years has baa been so ao intimately associated with our own and it adds that from king philip to geronimo from the florae fierce to the th fiercer apaches Apa obee there to one unvarying tale of struggle to possess the lano and it la Is doubtful it if the story atory reflects either honor or credit upon the coi race it is ia true that the decree has gone forth that the indian as aa a wild man mac of the forest 91 must go that flat wa issued and placed on record twenty four centuries ago as aa related in the annals of ibe ancestors of the be red man but bua this does doea not say the race shall become extinct on the contrary there is ia the distinct declaration that it shall not but a remnant Ip shall be preserved and aale make their mark amid the civilization and enlightenment of the age in which they dwell now the indian is ia going to school there being some indian pupils now in these government institutions and gradually the change la Is coming the red man became much through the condemnation following a disregard of the he laws lawa of goo gooche the time is ILA approaching when the remnant will give heed to those lawe and the race will retrace its ita steps to the plant plane of a civilized enlightened religious people the red men are doomed to go and while the removal has baa been largely in the diminution or of numbers as aa shown by statistics yet the full accomplishment of the movement Is ia in the transformation of a remnant to a white and delightsome people in ID the latter capacity the aboriginal american to li not dot doomed to disappear from the earth |