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>yithout are not made. Thousands of Creoles have moce 

 or less of Indian blood, and no doubt a great deal of the 

 apparent decrease of the pure aborigine is due to absorp- 

 tion. But, whereas in Spanish America the aliens are 

 being lost in the native, here on the contrary the oppo- 

 site is conspicuous. 



The lines on which the American can live and develop 

 appear to be distin6l from those natural to the European. 

 With the latter fri6lion of tribe with tribe, and race 

 with race, seems to be the great fa6lor ; with the former 

 a very slow progress is possible only apart from outside 

 influences. If brought too suddenly in conta6l with 

 other races the Indian either moves on, or, if he has no- 

 where to go, dies out, notwithstanding every effort of the 

 humane. If it were possible to leave him severely alone 

 he might develop slowly on his own lines, but in presence 

 of the fa£t that this is impossible the question is what 

 can be done ? Even Indian reservations have proved 

 useless in the United States, and here the gold industry 

 is a fa6tor to be reckoned with. Possibly something like 

 the Spanish mission system might be useful, but pro- 

 testant missionaries are as a rule not trained in the 

 mechanical arts and agriculture. To civilize the Indian 

 the first obje6l should be to put him in the way to 

 support himself apart from outside help, i.e.y make 

 him independent, but how can this be done ? Away 

 from the forest the man's occupation is gone, and with 

 nothing to do, he must necessarily degenerate. Under 

 natural conditions the woman has her duties and the man 

 his, both sexes are well fitted for these; but when the 

 man is driven to work in the field or to do anything un- 

 suiti.ble he naturally resents it and no doubt feels more 



