[Chapter IV Footnotes]
1 For reasons for rationing policy and
extent at various times, see Schmeckebier, The Office of Indian Affairs,
pp. 66-70, 252-55, 313-14.
2 For review of the reasons for control
of Indian affairs by the national government, see Schmeckebier, pp.
2-11.
3 For comment on conditions in Oklahoma,
see Schmeckebier, pp. 138-42.
4 An indigent Indian woman who had dissipated
the thousands of dollars received for her allotment appealed for rations.
She ranted against the government for giving her control of property
she was unable to handle. To the superintendent's statement: "You clamored
and fought to get a fee patent," her reply was: "But the government
should have known better."
5 For further detailed discussion of
policy of issuance of patents in fee, see Schmeckebier, pp. 148-65.
6 See pages 472 and 473.
7 For a statement of the finances of
the Indian Service for 1903, 1913, 1923, and 1928, see Schmeckebier,
Appendix 6, pages 509-36. The three brief summary tables from his monograph
are presented as appendices to the present report, pages 183 to 186.
8 See pages 170 to 175 on Statistics,
and pages 191, 196, 197-203, 266-270 in the chapter on Health.
9 At one Indian school the members of
the survey staff were delightfully entertained by the Indian girls of
the senior class in domestic science. Two members of the survey sat
at each table with four Indian girls and were served a simple, yet delicious
meal prepared by the four girls. One girl at each table had to occupy
the difficult position of hostess, a task performed with a quiet grace
and dignity which the survey staff came to regard as characteristic
of Indian women. One hostess said, "My daddy always teases my mother
by telling her he married her for her biscuits," and then by the way
of explanation she added, "Daddy is a white man." Judging that union
by its fruit, one would conclude that the biscuits were symbolic of
substantial domestic virtues. Any man might well be proud of a daughter
like that girl.
10 For history of Indian relations,
see Schmeckebier, pp. 11-90.
