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Show dian is disappearing, and the half and quarter-breed replacing him. This may be true to a certain extent among some of the tribes in the north, but the opposite is truo of the southern tribes. "Take the Pueblo Indians for example. Some of the tribes are I so exclusive they will not intermarry with tribes twelve miles away. One town, that had a large population, had dwindled down until there are only 90 members, solely for the ironclad custom against intermarrying. in-termarrying. " , INDIAN IS HOLDING HIS OWN. Contrary to the general opinion the ''noble red man" is not more or less rapidly disappearing from the land. On the other hand, he is more than holding his own numerically in this country despite the baleful effects of the white man's "firewater" and the enervating influences in-fluences of civilization. This information comes from Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, medical inspector in-spector of Indian schools for the government. While the death rate among tho Indians is nearly double that among the whites, according to the most reliable statistics the birth rate is proportionately higher, and the balance is thus fairly maintained. main-tained. The Indian squaw, freed from the artificialities of her white sisters, bears a much larger family. According to the federal census bureau the death rate among whites is a little more than 15 per 1,000, while the birth rate i3 slightly slight-ly in excess of 17 per 1,000. Among the Indians- according to Dr. Murphy, the mortality i3 about 30 to 1,000 and the birth rate about 31 per 1,000. "Tuberculosis is the prime cause of death among the Indians," said Dr. Murphy. "Their mode of living and their unsanitary homes is primarily responsible. Until the Indian children start to school their outdoor life partially offsets the living conditions, but when they are confined in schools many of them quickly break down. "To offset this we have started a vigorous campaign of education educa-tion among the Indians. At the schools open air sleeping quarters are provided for those affected, and a system of weighing the children chil-dren at frequent intervals has been adopted. When a child shows a steady decrease in weight the teacher at once sends it to the physician, physi-cian, and if it has contracted tuberculosis it i3 sent to the open air sleeping quarters. "It is not true, as a general proposition' that tho full -blood In- |