The Indian Dispossessed
English education. In this way we can soon make some return for the lands we have driven them from, and make them self-supporting, intelligent, local citizens. Oft-repeated promises and disappointments cause them to distrust any statement made by civil officers, with reason."
Here again, in 1894, are the San Pasqual Indians, after many years in oblivion:
"San Pasqual Village. These Indians have been treated by the United States in a very unfair and unjust manner. Their lands in San Pasqual Valley were granted to them by the Mexican Government. Notwithstanding this, the United States patented the same lands to whites, and, as a result, the Indians had to leave and seek a new home, which, when found, does not in the slightest compare with their former lands in San Pasqual Valley. They are quiet, law-abiding people, and deserve consideration at the hands of the Government."
1848–1898. Fifty years under the glorious flag of the United States. In this year, 1898, did the Mission Indians celebrate the semi-centennial with a grand jubilee, or joyously sing, "My country 't is of thee, sweet land of libertee, of thee I sing"? If they did, there is no record of it. The agent's report for that year mentions no singing:
"Once they possessed the best of this land, in fact, owned it all. The advent of the white man has resulted in their discomfiture, and they have
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