OF THE

TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE

OF

FRIENDS OF THE INDIAN AND OTHER
DEPENDENT PEOPLES

1908

REPORTED BY MISS LILIAN D. POWERS

PUBLISHED BY THE

LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE OF FRIENDS OF THE INDIAN AND OTHER

Dependent PEOPLES

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE CONFERENCE,

1908

President: DR. ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN, Washington.

Secretary: DR. CHARLES F. MESERVE, Raleigh, N. C.

Corresponding Secretary: H. C. PHILLIPS, Mohonk Lake, N. Y.
Treasurer: E. M. WISTAR, Philadelphia.

Business Committee: DR. WILLIAM HAYES WARD, New York, Chairman;
DR. LYMAN ABBOTT, New York; DR. SAMUEL J. BARROWS, New
York; HON. GEORGE R. CARTER, Honolulu; Hon. PAUL CHARLTON,
Washington; HON. W. CAMERON FORBES, Manila; DR. MERRILL E.
GATES, Washington; DR. JACOB H. HOLLANDER, Baltimore; DR.
SHELDON JACKSON, Washington; HON. DARWIN R. JAMES, Brooklyn;
HON. FRANCIS E. LEUPP, Washington; DR. CHARLES F. MESERVE,
Raleigh, N. C.; SENOR PABLO OCAMPO, Washington; DANIEL
SMILEY, Mohonk Lake; SENOR MARTIN TRAVIESO, JR., San Juan,
P. R.

Publication Committee: DANIEL SMILEY, Mohonk Lake, Chairman; S. M.
BROSIUS, Washington; H. C. PHILLIPS, Mohonk Lake, N. Y.
Press Committee: DR. JOHN BANCROFT DEVINS, New York, Chairman;
CHARLES HOPKINS CLARK, Hartford; DR. THOMAS O. CONANT, New
York; DR. JOHN B. DRURY, New York; DR. A. E. DUNNING, BOS-
ton; DR. J. N. HALLOCK, New York; ALBERT E. HOYT, Albany;
EDWARD J. WHEELER, New York.

PREFACE

The Twenty-sixth Annual Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and other Dependent Peoples met in the parlor of the Lake Mohonk Mountain House October 21, 22 and 23, 1908. About two hundred members were in attendance as the invited guests of Mr. Albert K. Smiley. The topics discussed included affairs among the Indians and in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska, with clear recognition, however, that the peoples of some of these regions cannot be classed as Dependent Peoples. The discussions are given nearly in full in this Report.

The management of the Conference, while providing opportunity for free discussion of matters not foreign to the purpose of the meeting, assumes no responsibility for individual opinions printed herein.

One copy of this Report is sent to each member of the Conference and several thousand copies are mailed to individuals in public and private life, to libraries and to other institutions. Applications for copies should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary of the Conference.

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