146 THE WHITE RIVER BADLANDS 



today kind and considerate and many a white settler has 

 reason to rejoice in their friendship. The fathers and 

 mothers, notwithstanding their disadvantages, have gen- 

 erally a fair knowledge of English and most of the children 

 are receiving training in good elementary and industrial 

 schools. The expansive reservations established years ago 

 have nearly disappeared. In opening up these reservations 

 the Indians first receive liberal individual allotments of 

 land, then that which remains is available for settlement by 

 the whites. Opportunity for good financial returns from a 

 large part of the Badlands, notwithstanding their detractive 

 name, has been abundantly proven and with better under- 

 standing of conditions, the wealth of the region will greatly 

 increase. 



