The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-12-16
Ghe '~. GNiner.
Josh and the Border Injun,

lt iL a nobel lDstltUNnNl, ana stands dhCf Of the prevcnsbun oy kruelty tcw humans.
 It is, a iakt, that thoze who are kind tew animiles, arc kind tcw humans
 am not acquainted with Mr. Bergh, the president ov yure assosiashun, whom yu speak ov so kindly, don't kno him personally, but kno him at a distance, he is very tall.
 In yurc letter tew me, yu speak very ten derly about the lnJuns, and ask me. " it thare isn't sum way tcw alleviate the condishun oy the nobel red man on our frontier"
 iu say yu are willing tew bekum mis- slonsry, and go amung them, and labur for their good.
 The injun, mi dear sir, z pukuliar kus,.
 He haz the most ardent simpathizers amung tboze who don't kno him the muchcst
 In the komposishun ov the skool girl the
 njun maiden bekums brik, and when the boys speak about Eim, they speak oy his loo and arrows, and Liz nobel natur.
 Most people kno the injun from the lIia- watha stand point but git mi nferma.hun from the kritter himself
 l don't liv amungst him now, but in the carly years oy mi misfortunes, in this lati. tude, | bekum striktly acquainted with the nobel injun az he iz, not so mutch az he ought tew be, nor az poets hay lost him up.
 hay saw him in hiz natT buty at home 1 ling tew impart tew yu, at fist cost
 My advice tcw yu, iz tew stay with Mir Bergh, and stick tew the stage hoss, and make him az comfortable az yu kan. and not waste emmy philanthropy, nor halleluiah on the border injun.
 AThare aint a more yillainous individual
 lw loating around loose, on the footstool fFhan Mr. Lo the ujun.
 The minnit an injun bekums what yu kall civilized, that rninnet he iz spite.
 A civilized injun aint ov enny more use Jew himself, az means oy grace, nor enny- body else, than tame deer.
 If thare could be found an ilan3 in inc depths oy the sea, where i, yyaz sure. n,, white man, nor blak man, nor blue man would ever go, it mite do tew stock it with the iDuns now residing on our border. and let them civilize each other.
 am willing tew admit, thare iz a differ ence in the various tribes ov iniuns.
 Sum are wuss than others, but ciyilizashun has never been oy enny use tcw an iniun.
 If yu ask enny border man, one who knos the kritters, he will tell yu the same story.
 Sunday skoois are a good place tew learn the kateklsm, and git the hang oy the 10 commandments, brt tew kno the ipiun. mi dear SIT, yu must go amungst him.
 iu kant studdy njun, and lay around T meeting house all the time, i am sorry for this, but don't konsider that am tew blame | for it. '''''i'e
 As sed above, stick tcw the omnibust | hoss, he lz, in mi opinyun, q more fit. and | better paying investment, for yure Kindness than the best Blackfeet injun thare is now in | the rocky mountains.
 fl yu should go amungst this tribe. az fast | class missionary, yu mite eskape with vnre | life, and possibly with yure skalp, if yu did, | yu would have sumthing tew brag ov the, the rest ov yure life.
 The grate trubble iz, the iniun wont larn the virtews oy civilizashun, he iz satisfied with farming the vices, and only studdiz how tew improve on them.
 hruelty, and deceit, arc the leading arti kies Tn an inluns natur, and yu mite az well undertaik tew break the wggle out nv q snaix, or the sting out oy hornet. az tew oi, the@e two wees out ov enny specimen oy hu- man natur, when they form the basis oy karakter @
 Kindness towards an injun, is no guarantee ov safety. e'''S'
 When yu are amungst injuns, keen vuro hand on yure revolver, and yurc eve over yure shoulder. WI when waz very pretty boy, and fust began to dwell amung romances. red men ny ov the tales, told SO well, about the iniun anu thought, how would like tew be an no Del mum, and hay wgwam, and foller tbs pounding deer, aud lay mi yenson at the feet ov dark kompekted buty, and several more thlngs, ov this prerswashun, but sum year. aiter, iouud miself on the trail. and had ali ! tne mum poetry taken out oy me, never more tew cum back. '''o'e don't wish tew hurt enny boddys aktual ! pheehngs, who have made up their minds that the injgn is nobel kritter.. but wiIl | say tew them, stay at home, and enjoy yure sentiments. " '"'' - Don't go amung the nobel red man now 'n our frontier, but stay at home. and write ( !! utn stanzas about him, and ciyilze him at a hay never had but one plan tew civilizo he injun, since hay got old ennfF tcv, do nm !, enny good, and this plan iz more un;oue han elegant N'i''' p. Mi plan iz simpli thus,-the goyernmen, ID her 10 dollars for every iniun civilized ond d et Che proof ov cIylizashun be the hair nv ', ew it. " "''A'ncu Now menny folks will hold up their bards - z at nul'oer . one horror, Ut this plan, but will ihls IF the only way tew ciyiize the kind v iyuh mat am talking oy, and not hay do the work over agin. -. -' | aoht Kahn few be the original pattentce ,a ,' ens PlaN oV ciyilzashun, sumihing like if bl, 'curIea ih tNs palmy daze oy Noah. when 'c oIs pan Tor ciyilizashun, that could he - lVusht oV' Waz te" wipe out the whole race T, human beings, and make sum more. rms iz mn plan, for nob.a red men nm ,b. - v, Soi nipe them out, but here pauze.