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CH. IV 
dation of the North American Indian, their sole hope 
lies in some internal change of character and habit, 
whereby they may become useful members of the 
community. If time or any influence can induce the 
young men either to cultivate the soil, or to go out as 
herdsmen or syces, if the tribe can even be taught to 
regard their surplus cattle as negotiable, there is hope. 
We may be assured that the Government will spare no 
pains to attain this end. 
