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will be a God-send to many of the young men, some of whom can 

 not even read or write ; but probably few of those who will return 

 will remain mountaineers. 



THE VANISHING INDIAN 

 The progress of miscegenation among many of the Indian tribes 

 has progressed to a degree that is surprising even to those who for 



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Fig. 54. — Ruth Spoon-Warrior, T^ v., fulMildud Shawnee. 



many years have been studying the Indian. While the total number 

 of " Indians " as recorded by the census increases from decade to 

 decade, the fact is that this increase is due wholly to that of mixed 

 bloods; the full-bloods of pure strain are in most localities rapidly 

 disappearing and in a considerable proportion of the tribes have 

 become actually extinct or are on the point of extinction. 



