. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. THE UNITED STATES INDIANS. 753. BDEIING-PLACE, HUTS, AND BUFFALO DANCE OF THE MANDANS. paid to them in the shapeof food, clothing, etc. ;and inasmuch as theyare thus kept from abso-hite want, they are to agreat extent placed in anartificial condition, andthe normal stimulus ofthe struggle for existenceis taken away. For goodor ill, this policy has beenadopted, so that in vast
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. THE UNITED STATES INDIANS. 753. BDEIING-PLACE, HUTS, AND BUFFALO DANCE OF THE MANDANS. paid to them in the shapeof food, clothing, etc. ;and inasmuch as theyare thus kept from abso-hite want, they are to agreat extent placed in anartificial condition, andthe normal stimulus ofthe struggle for existenceis taken away. For goodor ill, this policy has beenadopted, so that in vasttracts formerly roamedover by the Indian hunt-er, not one is now to befound. A large numberof tribes have been congregated in a special Indian territory of about70,000 square miles, chiefly between the Red and Arkansas rivers, be-tween the States of Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. Many smalltribes are located here; but the most numerous are the Cherokees, theCreeks, and the Choctaws, while the Chickasaws, Seminoles, Cheyennes,Comanches, and Osages are all in considerable numbers. The totalpopulation is about 80,000. Of these tribes the first five have Modemmade considerable progress in civilisation. They wear ordinary cl
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