THE INDIAN NO PROBLEM. 21 



tribal life and enjoyed all the recognition socially, to which 

 they were entitled by their education and conduct. 



The General said further that the Indian is one of the 

 most reasonable of men to develop, govern and guide into 

 right channels ; that he had dealt with white men largely, 

 and with Negroes also ; that the Indian in contact with men 

 of intelligence, who desire his highest good and who give 

 give him fair reasons why he should take on intelligence 

 and usefulness, is perfectly amenable, and readily complies. 

 He spoke of a President of the United vStates, who had met 

 an Indian out West, living in a tepee, and when later the 

 Indian called at the White House, dressed in civilized garb, 

 the President said to him, " I like to see you in your Indian 

 dress better than the way you are dressed now." The General 

 said that the influence of such views from so high an autho- 

 rity could not help but be detrimental to the Indians' progress 

 in civilization, especially when enforced as they have been 

 in recent years as a special feature of Indian management. 

 He condemned the new Indian policy, and said it was 

 un American, a reaction against progress, and enhances 

 Bureau control more than the civilization of the Indian 

 people ; that the low education, weak ability and inexperience 

 it fosters continues the Indians an easy prey for the depreda- 

 tors fattening upon their estates. 



There were other questions asked, but these were the most 

 material. 



