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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  be 
  forgotten 
  that 
  after 
  all 
  the 
  Indian 
  is 
  a 
  savage, 
  with 
  the 
  character- 
  

   istics 
  lit' 
  a 
  savage, 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  exalted 
  even 
  above 
  the 
  civilized 
  man. 
  

   The 
  tendency 
  is 
  exactly 
  the 
  reverse 
  of 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  those 
  

   who 
  view 
  the 
  Indian 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  and 
  with 
  no 
  precise 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   any 
  of 
  his 
  characteristics. 
  In 
  the 
  estimation 
  of 
  such 
  persons 
  the 
  

   Indian's 
  vices 
  greatly 
  outweigh 
  his 
  virtues; 
  his 
  language 
  is 
  a 
  gib- 
  

   berish, 
  his 
  methods 
  of 
  war 
  cowardly, 
  his 
  ideas 
  of 
  religion 
  utterly 
  

   puerile. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  tendencies 
  are 
  accentuated 
  in 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  estimate 
  

   the 
  comparative 
  worth 
  and 
  position 
  of 
  individual 
  tribes. 
  No 
  being 
  

   is 
  more 
  patriotic 
  than 
  the 
  Indian. 
  He 
  believes 
  himself 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   result 
  of 
  a 
  special 
  creation 
  by 
  a 
  partial 
  deity 
  and 
  holds 
  that 
  his 
  is 
  

   the 
  one 
  favored 
  race. 
  The 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  tribes 
  distinguish 
  

   themselves 
  from 
  other 
  tribes 
  indicates 
  the 
  further 
  conviction 
  that, 
  

   as 
  the 
  Indian 
  is 
  above 
  all 
  created 
  things, 
  so 
  in 
  like 
  manner 
  each 
  par- 
  

   ticular 
  tribe 
  is 
  exalted 
  above 
  all 
  others. 
  ' 
  ; 
  Men 
  of 
  men 
  " 
  is 
  the 
  literal 
  

   translation 
  of 
  one 
  name; 
  "the 
  only 
  men" 
  of 
  another, 
  and 
  so 
  on 
  

   through 
  the 
  whole 
  category. 
  A 
  long 
  residence 
  with 
  any 
  one 
  tribe 
  

   frequently 
  inoculates 
  the 
  student 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  patriotic 
  spirit. 
  

   Bringing 
  to 
  his 
  study 
  of 
  a 
  particular 
  tribe 
  an 
  inadequate 
  conception 
  

   of 
  Indian 
  attainments 
  and 
  a 
  low 
  impression 
  of 
  their 
  moral 
  and 
  in- 
  

   tellectual 
  plane, 
  the 
  constant 
  recital 
  of 
  its 
  virtues, 
  the 
  bravery 
  and 
  

   prowess 
  of 
  its 
  men 
  in 
  war, 
  their 
  generosity, 
  the 
  chaste 
  conduct 
  and 
  

   obedience 
  of 
  its 
  women 
  as 
  contrasted 
  with 
  the 
  opposite 
  qualities 
  of 
  

   all 
  other 
  tribes, 
  speedily 
  tends 
  to 
  partisanship. 
  He 
  discovers 
  many 
  

   virtues 
  and 
  finds 
  that 
  the 
  moral 
  and 
  intellectual 
  attainments 
  are 
  

   higher 
  than 
  he 
  supposed; 
  but 
  these 
  advantages 
  he 
  imagines 
  to 
  be 
  

   possessed 
  solely, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  an 
  unusual 
  degree, 
  by 
  the 
  tribe 
  in 
  

   question. 
  Other 
  tribes 
  are 
  assigned 
  much 
  lower 
  rank 
  in 
  the 
  scale. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  is 
  peculiarly 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  student 
  of 
  language. 
  He 
  who 
  

   studies 
  only 
  one 
  Indian 
  language 
  and 
  learns 
  its 
  manifold 
  ciirious 
  

   grammatic 
  devices, 
  its 
  wealth 
  of 
  words, 
  its 
  capacity 
  of 
  expression, 
  

   is 
  speedily 
  convinced 
  of 
  its 
  superiority 
  to 
  all 
  other 
  Indian 
  tongues, 
  

   and 
  not 
  infrequently 
  to 
  all 
  languages 
  by 
  whomsoever 
  spoken. 
  

  

  If 
  like 
  admirable 
  characteristics 
  are 
  asserted 
  for 
  other 
  tongues 
  he 
  

   is 
  apt 
  to 
  view 
  them 
  but 
  as 
  derivatives 
  from 
  one 
  original. 
  Thus 
  he 
  

   is 
  led 
  to 
  overlook 
  the 
  great 
  truth 
  that 
  the 
  mind 
  of 
  man 
  is 
  everywhere 
  

   practically 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  innumerable 
  differences 
  of 
  its 
  

   products 
  are 
  indices 
  merely 
  of 
  different 
  stages 
  of 
  growth 
  or 
  are 
  the 
  

   results 
  of 
  different 
  conditions 
  of 
  environment. 
  In 
  its 
  development 
  

   the 
  human 
  mind 
  is 
  limited 
  by 
  no 
  boundaries 
  of 
  tribe 
  or 
  race. 
  

  

  Again, 
  a 
  long 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  many 
  tribes 
  in 
  their 
  homes 
  leads 
  

   to 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  savage 
  people 
  do 
  not 
  lack 
  industry 
  so 
  much 
  as 
  

   wisdom. 
  They 
  are 
  capable 
  of 
  performing, 
  and 
  often 
  do 
  perform, 
  

   great 
  and 
  continuous 
  labor. 
  The 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  alike 
  toil 
  from 
  

   day 
  to 
  day 
  and 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  engaged 
  in 
  those 
  tasks 
  that 
  are 
  

  

  