. The story of Montana . out stirring a muscle in labor.^ Satans proverbialgift for finding mischief for idle hands, to do camepromptly into play, and the idle hands of the Indianssoon learned to reach for the whisky bottle. Hencecame it that a people once vigorous, strong-willed,untiring on the trail of anything they wanted, be-ca-me debauched by a compulsory life of sloth, andwithin a single generation acquired among the whitesa reputation for laziness, incompetence and generaldegradation. Results of civilization. — Civilizing the Indianshas seemed a hopeless task. Many of the youngerones wh
. The story of Montana . out stirring a muscle in labor.^ Satans proverbialgift for finding mischief for idle hands, to do camepromptly into play, and the idle hands of the Indianssoon learned to reach for the whisky bottle. Hencecame it that a people once vigorous, strong-willed,untiring on the trail of anything they wanted, be-ca-me debauched by a compulsory life of sloth, andwithin a single generation acquired among the whitesa reputation for laziness, incompetence and generaldegradation. Results of civilization. — Civilizing the Indianshas seemed a hopeless task. Many of the youngerones who were sent away from home to be educatedreturned to their blankets and tepees and took up 244 TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDIANS the old life, and rather than face the ridicule of theolder or uneducated ones, tried in every way toforget all they knew about civilization. But therewere many others who started new lives apart fromtheir old tribes; these, who more readily acceptedcivilization, encouraged the Government and th^. The Rising Gexeration missionaries to keep on trj^ing in the hope thateventually Hhe continuous dropping would wearaway the stone. Now they begin to see the fruitsof their labors. It only needs patience to at lastbring all the Indians into their full citizenship. Legislation. — Congress has tried at different timesto better the condition of the Indians by makinggood laws. These laws as time passed have had tobe changed, for the best plans often were not best FRANCIS LEUPP AND INDIAN LEGISLATION ^45 for the Indians. They now have a law which sofar has proved successfuL It is called the BurkeAmendment to the Dawes Act, and it allows theallotting of lands in severalty. This means thatinstead of the reservations being owned by thetribes as tribes, it is now divided up into portionsand each Indian as an individual has his own shareof land. For a certain length of time each Indianmust be under the care and supervision of the Gov-ernment, until he can prove that he
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