. Annals of Iowa . one has passed him in the race. Thereare a little over two hundred acres in crops this year,—not alarge fraction of 3,000 acres; but the hope lies in the nerveshown in thus defying the prejudices of the fathers and wisemen of the tribe, all of whom are religiously set against anyadvancement. Two binders were bought this harvest by sev-eral joining funds for a single machine. These machineswere run wholly by Indians, and the harvest was finishedwithout accident or repairs. But Sam Lincoln has vaulted ahead and so defied allIndian traditions that he very nearly jumped out of t
. Annals of Iowa . one has passed him in the race. Thereare a little over two hundred acres in crops this year,—not alarge fraction of 3,000 acres; but the hope lies in the nerveshown in thus defying the prejudices of the fathers and wisemen of the tribe, all of whom are religiously set against anyadvancement. Two binders were bought this harvest by sev-eral joining funds for a single machine. These machineswere run wholly by Indians, and the harvest was finishedwithout accident or repairs. But Sam Lincoln has vaulted ahead and so defied allIndian traditions that he very nearly jumped out of the built himself a neat frame dwelling, with a brick chim-ney, and plastered the inside; set up a cook stove and fur-nished the house, even to curtains for the windows. No suchinfidelity to the religion of his people had ever been daredbefore. Sam had the biggest moral battle on his hands thatwas ever waged on the reservation. Often he he felt that he must yield to his friends and give. MUSQUAKIE SQUAW AND PAPOOSE. THE TAMA COUNTY INDIANS. 203 up the fight. But he finally staggered through, and is nowthe sole and proud owner among 400 people, of a house withplastered walls, a brick chimney and curtains at the windows!And I am glad to note that his dusky bride is the neatestand most comely squaw that I saw on the occasion of my visit. Still another long step ahead was made last November inthe appointment by the government agent of three Indianpolicemen, whose duty it is, among other things, to look outfor white sharks who would prey upon the weakness of the In-dian, especially gamblers and bootleggers. Every Indianis a gambler and a natural toper. No effort is made to stopgambling among the Indians, because if one should lose allhe has to another of the tribe, the communal feeling is sostrong that the loser would still be fed and clad, and perhapshe would stalk in and squat at the fire of the very one whohad fleeced him. Sam Lincoln, James Poweshiek
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