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their agricultural activities with considerable suc- 

 cess, but others generally lease their allotments, liv- 

 ing on their rentals. 



To help him make his living, the government 

 will make loans for purchase of seed, tools, cattle, 

 hogs, sheep, even in some cases chickens. 



Excepting some proportion of Navahos, prac- 

 tice shows that few full blood Indians are able to 

 earn the most modest livings without the helping 

 hand of government, and few enriched by chance 

 finds of oil or mineral on their properties have kept 

 their own without the restraining or protective hand 

 as the case may be, of the Indian bureau. 



It is the belief of experienced observers that, in 

 spite of a good education, the Indian will never much 

 improve in those respects which make for competi- 

 tive success except by intermixture of white blood. 

 This often has yielded excellent results. Crossing 

 with Asiatic and African stock, which happens ex- 

 tensively in Oklahoma, works no improvement. 



President Jefferson's dream was "to let our 

 settlements and theirs meet and blend together, to 

 intermix and become one people. Incorporating 

 themselves with us as citizens of the United States 

 is what the natural progress of things will bring on ; 

 it is better to promote than retard it. It is better for 

 them to be identified with us and preserved in the oc- 

 cupation of their lands than to be exposed to the dan- 

 gers of being a separate people." 



While admixture of Indian and White blood 



