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Show m'i ' ! V mf j I j( INDIAN BLOOD it I In tho early days of the republic, I'1 'I'll f- oij infusion ot Indian blood would HI ; ll j jlttve boon considered a bar sinister. r1" j H No ono over spolto wc'l for tho half ; ' ,'( breed. Hut as tho generations go on, ;M j ,' many ot our older families aio show-Hi! show-Hi! 1 1 J lng prido in huvlng iu their HnoARC j ll gomo infuslon of Indian bioou. B'1!' 11 , Among them is tho family ot Mrs. B ' Qnlt, tho President's flancco. Thus, B' i J tho Indian tribes for tho first time B will now bo ubln to claim 8ome BK;' p( i slight kinship with un occupant ' of f') .' tho "Whlto Houso. Aj I 'I Soon near to, tho Indian wns never l .popular. Tho Idea that tho only ' . Kood Indian Is tho dead one was al- !ways tho vlow of tho frontier. Ho was' a rebel from tho rosponslblll- 1 tics of clvlUratlon. As many of them I aro now sottllng down and cultlvat- 1 tug land llko whlto folks. Uio vlr- j tues of his raco may bo hotter rcc- H1 : ' qgnUod. Hmli I Most of thu aboriginal strains nro ' 12. j thick wltted earth born creatures, Jj Hlow of thought and dull ot appro-M appro-M if-' ' honslon. Tho Indian was uulcfc, gyj i alert, nervous, lltho of motion, pas-H pas-H Jj'' j slonato. Ho was capable of affec-H affec-H " tlonnto loyalty and fiendish revenge I Ho had his own beauty of imagery ("IM ! nnd was not lacking In flno ideals. BJ if' j Ho was tho poet of tho stono ngo, BAtS'f-M Other undeveloped races have IIIW BrxBBsfllflB SBflVBBflVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBBflH gradually adjusted themselves to tho white man's regiment of sober Indus try. Tho negro novcr rebollrd at being be-ing a howor of wood and drawer of water, nut for the Red man, tiring tho groifnd has been but slavory to a proud spirit. Onco tho owners of a continent, tho Indian is but an insignificant fac tor in our llfo today. Only a slight Infusion ot his blood has cntored our race. If old families llko Mrs. Gait's aro proud of It, It Is as n poetic sentiment sen-timent nnd a sign of tho ago of the family tree. Tho remnant of tho rnco, however, Inherits qualities of endurance and Imagination, which properly tra'nod In tho yoko of Industry In-dustry will yet bo valuable. |