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WHAT THE WHITE RACE MAY
LEARN FROM THE INDIAN
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| BOOKS BY GEORGE WHARTON JAMES |
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| What the White Race May Learn from the Indian. |
| In and Around the Grand Canyon. |
| Indians of the Painted Desert Region. |
| In and Out of the Old Missions of California. |
| The Wonders of the Colorado Desert. |
| The Story of Scraggles. |
| Indian Basketry. |
| How to Make Indian and Other Baskets. |
| Travelers’ Handbook to Southern California. |
| The Beacon Light. |
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GROUP OF HOPI MAIDENS AND AN OLD MAN AT MASHONGANAVI.7
What the White Race May
Learn from the Indian
BY
GEORGE WHARTON JAMES
Author of “In and Around the Grand Canyon,” “Indian Basketry,” “How
to Make Indian and Other Baskets,” “Practical Basket Making,”
“The Indians of the Painted Desert Region,” “Travelers’ Handbook
to Southern California,” “In and Out of the Old
Missions of California,” “The Story of Scraggles,”
“The Wonders of the Colorado Desert,” “Through
Ramona’s Country,” “Living the Radiant
Life,” “The Beacon Light,” etc.
CHICAGO
FORBES & COMPANY
1908
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Copyright, 1908
BY
EDITH E. FARNSWORTH
The Lakeside Press
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
CHICAGO
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WHAT THE WHITE RACEMAY LEARN FROM THE INDIAN
FOREWORD
I would not have it thought that I commend indiscriminatelyeverything that the Indian does and is.There are scores of things about the Indian that arereprehensible and to be avoided. Most Indians smoke,and to me the habit is a vile and nauseating one. Indiansoften wear filthy clothes. They are often coarsein their acts, words, and their humor. Some of theirhabits are repulsive. I have seen Indian boys andmen maltreat helpless animals until my blood hasboiled with an indignation I could not suppress, and10I have taken the animals away from them. Theyare generally vindictive and relentless in pursuit oftheir enemies. They often content themselves withimpure and filthy water when a little careful laborwould give them a supply of fairly good water.
Indeed, in numerous things and ways I have personallyseen the Indian is not to be co