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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  greater 
  security. 
  Pauperism 
  is 
  unusual 
  and 
  the 
  tramp 
  almost 
  

   unknown. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  special 
  agent 
  calls 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  gradual 
  

   elimination 
  of 
  diseases 
  resulting 
  from 
  white 
  association 
  in 
  early 
  

   times. 
  This 
  has 
  reduced 
  mortality 
  and 
  increased 
  longevity. 
  

   The 
  growth 
  of 
  self-reliance 
  is 
  especially 
  noticeable. 
  . 
  . 
  2884 
  

   speak 
  the 
  English 
  language, 
  and 
  1985 
  do 
  not. 
  The 
  total 
  acreage 
  

   of 
  the 
  reservations 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  is 
  82,327.73, 
  with 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   and 
  adopted 
  population 
  of 
  5203, 
  or 
  16.78 
  acres 
  for 
  each 
  person. 
  

  

  The 
  law 
  recognizes 
  each 
  nation 
  " 
  as 
  much 
  sovereignties, 
  by 
  

   treaty 
  and 
  obligation, 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  several 
  states 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  The 
  following 
  words 
  of 
  General 
  Carrington 
  will 
  con- 
  

   vey 
  nothing 
  new 
  to 
  real 
  students 
  of 
  the 
  situation, 
  but 
  they 
  may 
  

   be 
  of 
  use 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  confident 
  they 
  can 
  dispose 
  of 
  every 
  

   difficulty 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  act: 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  native 
  or 
  foreign 
  born, 
  want 
  to 
  become 
  citizens 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  they 
  must 
  renounce 
  allegiance 
  to 
  their 
  own 
  

   people, 
  but, 
  if 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  become 
  such 
  

   citizens, 
  they 
  can 
  not 
  carry 
  their 
  real 
  property 
  interest 
  with 
  

   them. 
  . 
  . 
  This, 
  in 
  fact, 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  a 
  practical 
  inhibition 
  in 
  

   their 
  way 
  to 
  citizenship. 
  The 
  several 
  reservations 
  belong 
  to 
  

   them 
  (St 
  Regis 
  differs 
  somewhat 
  from 
  the 
  rest), 
  and 
  neither 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  nor 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  can 
  legally 
  break 
  them 
  

   up 
  without 
  the 
  Indians' 
  consent, 
  or 
  through 
  conditions 
  analogous 
  

   to 
  those 
  of 
  war. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  title 
  to 
  these 
  reservations 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  

   nation, 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  are 
  therefore 
  at 
  common 
  law 
  " 
  tenants 
  

   in 
  common." 
  Each 
  owns 
  his 
  undivided 
  share 
  absolutely, 
  inde- 
  

   pendently 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  or 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  

   individuals, 
  however, 
  only 
  hold 
  a 
  fee 
  equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  ownership 
  

   of 
  the 
  land 
  they 
  improve, 
  with 
  power 
  to 
  sell 
  or 
  devise 
  among 
  their 
  

   own 
  people, 
  but 
  not 
  to 
  strangers. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  title. 
  The 
  nation 
  

   itself 
  can 
  not 
  disturb 
  it. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  conclusion 
  is 
  irresistible 
  that 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  are 
  nations 
  by 
  treaty 
  and 
  law, 
  and 
  have 
  long 
  

   since 
  been 
  recognized 
  as 
  such 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  an 
  enlightened 
  public 
  will 
  surely 
  hesitate 
  

   before 
  proceeding 
  to 
  divest 
  these 
  people 
  of 
  long 
  established 
  rights 
  

   without 
  their 
  consent. 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  employs 
  an 
  agent, 
  messenger, 
  physician 
  

   and 
  interpreter. 
  The 
  agent 
  receives 
  and 
  distributes 
  money 
  and 
  

   goods 
  annually 
  to 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  St 
  Regis 
  Indians. 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  

   State 
  agent 
  acts 
  for 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  and 
  the 
  attorney 
  for 
  those 
  

   at 
  St 
  Regis. 
  

  

  