The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-28
Josh Billings ON I4o the Poor
IS Indian.

i ov krualty tew aninliles. ~ M -. t5i
4 Is Allow me ssinpathisa with yu, by say
], ing that Fam glad ovi it. ~ 7ts7
! 1t is afnoble institushun, and stands aheat
4 .jioytthe prevenshun of krneltystew humans.
: ja tits fakt. that thoze who are kind tev
! animiles are kind tew humans.
!. II Lam not acquainted with Mr.. Bergh. tn,
4 President ov yure assosiashun, whom Vi
speak ov so kindly.I don't kno him personal
4 ly,I kno him at Substance. he IS very tall.
In yure letter tew me, yu speak very ten
derly about the Injuns, and ask me, s.if thart
amt sum way teW alleviate the condishan o,
the noble red man on our frontier"
Yu say yu are willing tew bekum mis-
sionary, and go among them. and labur fol
their good, af., s#7 f.sizs=sg,tfsstlE
The Injt1n, mi dear sir, IL peknliar kuss
q He haz the most ardent simpathisers among
theze who don't kno hsnisthe muchest. .s
4 lnthe kompisishnn OF the skool girl the
n injun maiden becomes brik, and when the
tiboys speak about him they speak oy his DO
rand arrows and hiz noble natur. I
Moss people kno the injun from the Hia-
watha stand point. but git mi Informashun
from the kritter himself. al 8
don't liv amungst him now. but iii the
years ov mi misfor.uties, in this latitude.
bekum striktly acquainted with the noble in
! jun az he IL, not SO much az he ought tew be,
nor az poets hav tost him up. ts=@
hav saw him in hiz natiff buty at home.
II bay al,T I
ing tew impart teW yu, at fnst cost.
Mi advice tew yu IL teW stav with Mr.
| tBergh, and stick tew the stage hoss, and
make him az comfortable az vi can, and not
waste emmy philanthropy, nor hallelujah, on
the border injun. g 3sf = ~ st7s
The mint an injun bek,ims what yn kali
civilized that mint he IL spile. t
! sa If thare can be found al iland, in the
depths ov the sea. WHARF it was sure no white
man, nor black man, nor blue man would
ever 60, it mite do tew stock it with the in
juns now residing on our border, aud let
them eiyiiize each other. zeT#5s
Sunday skools are good place tew learn
katekism, and git the hang ov the 10 COM
mahdments. but teW kno the injun mi dear
sir, ya must 60 a,nungst him. s. #5=.r
/ III Kant study injun and lay under meet
ing house all tie time. l ain sorry for this,
6utl Kant honsider that | am teW blame for
H.. sziss - ..s.z.s
All sed above, stick tew the omnibus hoss,
ne Is. IN tni epinyon, a more fit, and better
paying investment, for yurc Kindness, than
the best BIaekteet injun thare is now in the
Rocky Mountains.
Ii yu should go amungst this tribe as
tust-class missionary. yu mite eskape with
yurss life, and possibly with scalp. if WI did,
yu would hav something tew brag ov the
rest OF yure life. ss5'l a4a
The CRATE trubble il, the injun wont larn
the virtues oy ciyilizashuu,he is satisfied with
iarnng the yieess and only studdez how tew
improve OH them. 461ss
kruelty and deceit are the leading artikles !
il all injuns nalur, and yu mite as well un-
dertaik tew brake the wiggle out oy snaik
or the sting out of q hornet, az tew git theze
two vices out oy emmy specimen og human
natur when they form the basis OF kaoacter.
- Kindness toward an injun il no guarantee
Ov safety. .4 4tf@t ~ 8Isz}57# n f.ss
8 When yu are amungst iniu 8 keep ytlre
hand OH yure revolver and yure eye oyeryure
shoulder. 5staa3a &aEHa3tz SO 'i1S&s5 avs & II
When waz a pretty boy, and fust began
tew dwell alaung romances, red menny oy
the tales told SO we'll, about tile injun, and
thought would like .tew be nobel injull,
and have a,Wagwam and foller the bounding
deer and lay mi venison at the feet OF a dark
buty, and several other things
oy this perswashfln; but sum years after L
found miself OH the trail, and had all the III
un poetry taken out ov me, never more tew
eum back. *s8t5s. zi sz @
L don't wish teW hurt emmy boddys aktual
oheelings, who hav made up their minds that
5he injun IL nobel kritter, but willsay IeW
hem, stay TO home and enjoy yure senti<
nents. f8#az. a .l1as2 g#Hf
Don't. go amung the nobel red man, now
IN our frontier. but stay at hone and write !
um stanzas about him and civilize him at 4,
distance. a=s !,
have never had but one plan teW civilize !,
he injnn since ] have got old tntlff tew do
i'm emmy good. and this plan is more unique !;
han elegant.
Mi plan IL siinpfi this LET the government
ffer 10 dollars Tor every injun civilized, and !.
ct the proof Of civilzashun be the hair oy /,
he injuns head, with the skin attached tew \.
/.
Now menny folks will hold up their hands
number one horror at this plan. but will =
ct on the plan. @
4
This liz the only plan tew ciyifize the ind i
v injun that 4 am takin ov. and not hav teWsI !,
o the work over agin. |fs
i don't kIaim few be the original patentee /,
V this plan ov civiliz shun sumthiEg e like !
occurred in the palmy days OF Noah, when ;.
le best plan for civilIzashuil that could be !;
Waz teW wipe out tue whole race !,
' human beings and make sum more, :,
This IL mi plan for the noble red men on !,
le frontier; wipe them out, but here L !,
auze say, don't make emmy more.
Try some other breed ov human kritter.
Mi opinyun mi dear sir. about the mission AZ
! biziness has always been that it liz q lie
tofitable biziness. well followed, but there b
e several COED ways tew do it, and several "
ood men tew invest in the undertaking. .ai a
sum are kalkulated tew make the good ol
.tts +. sum are kaIkulafed tew make the good w
most perfekt. but fIlare Amt but phew oy Il
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