PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Delaware County Institute of Science 



LIBRARY 



NEW YORK 



Vol. V, No. i October, 1909 t^oTANICAL 



QARDBN. 



THE INDIAN NO PROBLEM.* 



BY GEN. R. H. PRATT, U. S. A., RETIRED. 



From a magazine for October, telling about some Indians, 

 I abbreviate as follows : — 



EXTRACTS. 



" Fred Big Horse, a Sioux Indian, is now an extensive 

 ranch owner in South Dakota, having taken up this work 

 after leaving the Government Service as additional farmer. 

 In a letter recently received from him, he says: ' I am inter- 

 ested in Christian Society work ; I am now President of the 

 Brotherhood Christian Unity. This organization is the larg- 

 est among the Dakotas, and has over $1000 invested in its 

 work. The organization has become a recognized power 

 for good.' " 



" Mr. Reuben Quickbear is at present leading a delegation 

 to Washington, D. C, to confer with the Secretary of the 

 Interior on certain treaties. He has been a delegate to Wash- 

 ington several times before. Mr. Quickbear has been clerk- 

 ing for the Jordan Merchandise Company. He has a good 

 home and excellent stock. He is secretary of the General 

 Council of this reservation. It is through the influence of 



* Lecture delivered before the InstiUite. 



