14 GEN. R. H. PRATT: 



and encourage the Indians to remain separate peoples. 



Those Indians who desire to become civilized and to live 

 like white men, who would with little encouragement go out 

 into our communities, are the first to join the missionary- 

 forces. They become his lieutenants to gather in others. 



The missionary must necessarily hold on to eveiy help he 

 can get in order to forward his scheme and plans so that he 

 may make a good report to his church, and in order to enlarge 

 his work and make it a success he must keep his community 

 together. 



Consequently, many who would care to get out into the 

 nation and learn from actual experience what it is to be civi- 

 lized, what is the full length and breadth and height and depth 

 of our civilization, are led to stay and help the missionary. 



The operation of these tribalizing missionary systems has 

 been disastrous to any individual escape from the tribe, has 

 vastly and unnecessarily prolonged the solution of the ques- 

 tion, and has needlessly cost the charitable people of this 

 country large sums of money, to say nothing of the added 

 cost to the Government, through prolonged supervision and 

 the delay in accomplishing their civilization and citizenship. 



If, as sometimes happens, the missionary kindly consents 

 to let, or helps one go out and get these experiences, it is only 

 for the purpose of making him a preacher or a teacher or help 

 of some kind, and such an one must, as soon as he is fitted, 

 and much sooner in most cases, return to the tribe and help 

 the missionary to tribalize his people. 



The Indian who goes out has charitable aid through his 

 school course, forfeits his liberty and is owned by the missionary. 



In an experience of forty years I have known very few 

 missionaries to heartily aid or advocate the disintegration of 

 the tribes and the givmg of individual Indians rights and 

 opportunities among civilized people. 



The missionaries dictate what our policy shall be with the 

 tribes, and their dictations are always along the lines of their 

 colonies and church interests, never towards citizenship, and 



