The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-04
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Indian Cheek.

The noble red man OF the forest has
hitherto been charged with divers and
sundry traits Of character not redounding
10 his credit. Among them are his pro-
clivity for leaving white men bald-headed
and torturing prisoners for drinking fire.
water in unlimited quantities for the
most abstract and unqualified laziness;
for a sublime disregard of his plighted
faith for filth and dirt OF every descrip-
ton and, in fine. for general cussedness.
In addition to these deplorable evidences
of lack of Christian civilization and Of
those social graces and amenities which
make life so delightful the red man OF the
forest has now developed new feature,
which has hitherto been supposed to be
the monopoly Of the pale faces namely,
cheek. He has not only developed cheek,
but cheek of the most extraordinary de-
scription-large, volumnous, approaching
the sublime.
The three gentle savases who have de-
veloped this cheek are spotted Tail, Lone
Horn and Red Cloud. Chiefs of the Sioux
delegation. az present in Washington ne
gotiaiing with the Government for the
cession of the Black Hills. Red Cloud
opened the ball by informing the Great
Father that The whole white race were
liars, and lac took occasion To remark
that he made no exception of the COM
pany present. which included the
President, the Secretary of the Interior,
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and
numerous subalterns and sfipendiaries of
the Departments. Red Cloud having thus
mildly expressed his opinion of pale faces
in general and the Administration in par
ticular. Mr.. Spotted Tail. another untutor-
ed son OF the forest, displayed his lack Of
filial reverence by swapping his fingers i'm
n lf mot a. rtr lal
he must not send them to the Secretary of
the Interior and Commissioner of indian
Affairs. who evidently. In Spotted Tails
estimation. were the champion liars in
this mendacious country. Next came Mr..
Lone Horn. plain. simple, guileless child
of the forest. with the evident intention OF
improving upon the impression made by
Messrs Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, and
OF overwhelming the President and his
Cabinet at one fell swoop. 30 Mr.. Lone
Horn strobe up in all his native dignity,
and, proudly wrapping his blanket about
him. n1tfed the President as follows: II
never claimed owned all the country
before to-day. but now claim it," This
was not all. One is irresistibly reminded of
Fslstaffan Gen. Boum, as Mr.. Lone Horn
adds "These men you see (alluding To
the Indians around HIM are soldiers and
will fight" This was tantamount to an
invitation to the pale faces to come for
ward and contest the title TO this broad do
main. but at this juncture the President
notified Mr.. Lone Horn and his friends
that he was not ready to discuss the ques-
ton. whereupon the owner OF the country
and his friends, Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail and their followers, withdrew.
For sublimity and dimensions of check
commend us TO these simple, untutorod
children Of the forest, who have been
brought up under the sweet and genial in
fuences OF Nature, and nave never been
contaminated with the habits Of cities or
effcminated by the vices Of luxury.
There Is a freedom and directness of speech
about them which are very refreshing,
and there are some people who will be
churlish enough To say that the Indians
we're right. and hit the nail on the head ev-
cry time. 1t is at least the first time that
the management Of Indian affairs has been
struck square in the face. and for ms. NJ
least. the Indians deserve credit. Back oil
all their laughable swagger ana impu-
dence. there was some plain, hard truth,
which was spoken where IL ought TO have
some effect -Chicooo Tribune
Gen. Hawley has decided to accom-