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ONE OE THE CROWS WHO WON" THE TITLE OE "cHIEE" ACCORDING TO THE OLD 

 CUSTOMS OE DARING AND DIPLOMACY 



To fill the Indian's soul with an ambition that will not let him rest content with a war 

 bonnet, a life of ease, and a mind for the past — that will lead him to learn surely, if slowly 

 and by hard knocks, to lean upon himself and to make him able to take care of himself, 

 his family, and his property — such is the aim of our government. "There are many thousand 

 Indians in our charge who are entirely self-supporting, capable, thrifty, far-sighted, sensible 

 men; and, singularly enough, these are most often found among those tribes which were 

 most savage and ruthless in making war upon the whites. Some of these are indeed so far- 

 sighted that they do not wish to enjoy full independence, because their property would then 

 become subject to taxation" (see text, page 85). 



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