The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-09
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the Neapolitan proVerb: See Maple
and then die," he would doubtle.
have paraphrased it to suit the o.
casion. There was, however, clou
in the otherwise clear sky of his el
Joyment. He had an apprehe1
sion that when he returned to h
people in the Far West they migl
not believe that he had seen the Gres
Father and talked to him face to fac
as it was his great privilege to do the
and there. Hence he would like to II
turn to his people laden down wit
presents" shining all over like
looking-glass' prove to them tn
friendly relations which existed he
tween himself and the Great Father.
There was no resisting this, an
there was some good-humored laugh
ing, but the faces of all the Indians re
mained serious and reserved.
Mr.. President" said the interpre
ter, "the chiefs would be glad to hea
you talk"
To which Lincoln intinated that h,
would endeavor to do 50.
"My red BRETHREN" said Lincoln
"are anxious to be prosperous anc
have horses and carriages like the pale
faces. propose to tell them how they
may get Them
At this the dusky men We're all at.
tentiOn, and manifested their satisfac.
tlon by the usual Indian gutteraI
sounds.
The plan is simple one" said the
President, as the interpreter turned
his words into the tongue of the red
men. Their curiosity was fully
aroused. Even the spectators looked
inquiringly at Lincoln, to know how
he was going to provide horses and
carriages for those who thus bluntly
asked for them.
You all have land" said Lincoln.
" We will furnish you with agricul-
tural implements, with which you Will
turn up the soil, by hand if you have
not the means to buy an OK, but
think with the aid which you receive
from the Government, you might at
least purchase one OK to do the plow-
ing for several. You will plant corn,
wheat and potatoes, and with the
money for which you will sell these
you will be able each to buy an OK for
himself at the end of the first wear.
AT the end Of the second year, you
will each be able to buy perhaps two
oxen and some sheep and pigs. At the
end of the third, you will probably be
in condition to buy a horse, and in
the course of few years you will
thus be the possessor of horses and
carriages like ourselves
This plan Tor becoming proprietors of
horses and carriages was not relished,
the indans dans bS9sy bS9y 9ha sabbb5hfaEsdf b5 fasfS e2f
preston as the President unfolded it.
81 do not know any other way to
get these things added Lincoln.
at is the plan we have pursued-at
least those of us who have them. You
cannot pick them off the trees, and
they do not fall from the clouds"
Had it not been for the respect which
they owed to the speaker as the Great
Father, it was plain that they would
have exclaimed against his words with
the untutored energy of their Indian
nature. AS he was well acquainted
with that nature, having served as
Captain in the Tippecanoe war and
spent his early life on the frontier, a
suspicion entered my mind that he was
blending with the advice little chatf-
ing. To change the subject and re-
store them to good humor, he requested
one of the attendants to roll up large
globe of the world which stood in a
corner on a three-legged support on
wheels. The President placed his
hand on the globe and turned it round,
saying:
eve pale faces believe that the
world is round, like this
At this point Lincoln caught the in
quiring eyes of the Indians fastened
like note of Interrogation on the legs
of the globe.
"Without the legs" continued Lin
coin, in answer to the mute interroga-
tion, with a twinkle in his eye. I'VE
pale faces can get into big canoe,
showed by steam-here, for instance,
at Washington, or Baltimore near by
go round the world, and come back to
the place from which we started
With due respect to the Great
Father, they evidently thought, to give
it a mild term, that he was given to
exaggeration. He started off again. to
tell about the North Pole, the Torrid
Zone, the length and breadth of the
United States, and how long it would
take a man to walk from one end of it
to the other, in which he got some
what entangled; then seeing we'll
known man of science on his right,
Lincoln placed his hand on his
shoulder, gently urged him forward to
position in front of the Indians, to
whom he said:
"But here is one of our learned
men, who will tell you all about it. "
Saying this, Lincoln bowed and
withdrew, and the saUant, taken by
surprise, endeavored to extricate him.
self from the difficulty as best he could,
by continuing the theme where the
President left off.
One somber event followed the
Indian reception. Big Wolf, who had
expressed the desire to have sausages
like white men, satisfied his appetite
in the hotel on this food without stint
and it was this product of our civiliza
ton which was his bane. In word
sausage killed him.-Albert Rhodes, N
st. Nicholas for Nooember.
Something About Glass Eyes.
A NOVEL exhibit in the German sec
ton of the Exposition Main Building
is large collection of artificial eyes