The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-24
Indian oheek.9

The noble red man Of the forest has
hitherto been charged with divers and
sundry traits OF character not rebound
ng to his credit. Among them are his
prOelivity for leaving white men bald
headed and torturing prisoners for
drinking ire-water IN unlimited quanti-
ties for the most abstract and unquali-
f d laziness for a sublime disregard OF
his plighted faith for filth and dirt of
every description and. In fine, for gen
eral cussedness. In addition to these
deplorabie evidences of lack of Chris
tian civilization, and those social graces
and amenities whish make life so de-
Hghtful, the red man OF the forest has
now developed new feature, which has
hitherto been supposed to be the monoD-
oily of the pale face, namely, cheek. BE
has not only developed cheek, but
cheek of the most extraordinary descrip-
tion-large. voluminous, approaching
the sublime.
The three gentle sava0es who have
developed this cheek are Spotted Tail.
Lone Horn and Red Cloud, chiefs of
the Sioux delegation, at present in
Washington negotiating with the gov
ernment for the cession of the Black
Hills. Red Cloud opened the ball by
informing the Great Father that the
whole white race we're liars. and he took
occasion to remark that he made no
exception of the company present,
which included the president, the secre-
tary of the interior, the commissioner
of Indian affairs, and numerous subal-
terms and stipendiaries of the depart
ments. Red Cloud having thus mildly
expressed his opinion of pale faces in
general and the administration in par
ticular, Mr.. Spotted Tail, another un-
tutored son of the forest, displayed his
lack of filial reverence by snapping his
fingers in the Great Fathers face, and
notifying him he must not send them to
the secretary Of the interior and COM
missioner of Indian affairs, who evident
ly, 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 i'm
proving npon the impression made by
Messrs. Esd Cloud and Spotted Tail,
and OF overwhelming the president and
his cabinet at one fell swOop. Sc Mr..
Lone horn strobe up in all his native
dignity, and, proudly wrapping his
blanket about him, notified the pfesi-
dent as follows ''I never claimed I
owned all the country. before to-day,
but now I claim it" This was not all
One is irresistibly reminded of F'alstaff
and Gen. Boum, as MIR. Lone Horn
odds:
"These men you see taIluding to the
Indians around himJ 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
domain, but at this iuncture the presi-
dent notified Mr.. Lone Horn and his
friends that he was not ready TO discuss
the question, whereupon the owner of
the country and his friends, Red Cloud
ana Spotted Tail ami their followers,
withdrew.
For sublimity and dimensions of
cheek commend us to these simple, M
tutored children of the forest, who have
been brought up under the sweet and
genial Influences of nature, and have
never been contaminated with the hab
its of cities or efEeminated by the vices
Of luxury. There IL 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 were right, and hit
the nail on the head every time. It Is
at least the first time that the manage
ment of Indian affairs has been struck
square in the face, and for this, at least,
the Indians deserve credit. Back OF all
their laughable swagger and impudence
there was some plain, hard truth. which
WAS spoken where it ought to have some
eff CT Chicago Tribune.