of Texas, is reputed to be a millionaire;
Howard Gansworth, a graduate of Carlisle and Princeton, is a successful
business man in Syracuse, N. Y.; and many of more or less Indian blood
have gone forth into the world to do business on a large scale.

In the athletic world this little race has no peer, as is sufficiently
proven by their remarkable record in football, baseball, and track
athletics. A few years ago I asked that good friend of the Indian, Gen.
R. H. Pratt, why he did not introduce football in his school. "Why,"
said he, "if I did that, half the press of the country would attack me
for developing the original war instincts and savagery of the Indian!
The public would be afraid to come to our games!"

"Major," I said, "that is exactly why I want you to do it. We will prove
that the Indian is a gentleman and a sportsman; he will not complain; he
will do nothing unfair or underhand; he will play the game according to
the rules, and will not swear--at least not in public!"

Not long afterward the game was introduced at Carlisle, and I was asked
by the General to visit Montana and the Dakotas to secure pupils for the
school, and, incidentally, recruits for his football warriors. The
Indians' victory was complete. These boys always fight the battle on
its own merits; they play a clean game, and lose very few games during
the season, although they meet all our leading universities, each on its
own home grounds.

From the fleet Deerfoot to this day we boast the noted names of
Longboat, Sockalexis, Bemus Pierce, Frank Hudson, Tewanima, Metoxen,
Myers, Bender, and Jim Thorpe. Thorpe is a graduate of the Carlisle
school, and at the Olympic Games in Sweden in 1912 he won the title of
the greatest all-round athlete in the world.

PROBLEMS OF RACE LEADERSHIP

I have been asked why my race has not produced a Booker Washington.
There are many difficulties in the way of efficient race leadership; one
of them is the large number of different Indian tribes with their
distinct languages, habits, and traditions, and with old tribal
jealousies and antagonisms yet to be overcome. Another, and a more
serious obstacle, is the dependent position of the Indian, and the
almost arbitrary power in the hands of the Indian Bureau.

About fifteen years ago the idea of a national organization of
progressive Indians was discussed at some length by Rev. Sherman
Coolidge, my brother, John Eastman, and myself. At that time we
concluded