National Republican., 1882-07-08
LoI THE POOR INDIAN.
uIs Fsture Graphically Described by
MIL Wa

The question Of what Is to be the glorious ulu-
matcly Of the red man in America Is one which
demands Of us, as people, serious consideration.
VIII a few fleeing years cxtirpite and extermin-
ate from the face OF the earth race which has so
long filled our fourth reales and our soho ol deca-
nations with crude oratory exist only rs smoke
tanned, bead trimmed memory2 viii the beau
tifu picture of tho brunette Indian maiden at last
become become, nothing but the frontispSse OF Time
mctory2 Let us hope that 1t Will not.
WE HAVE CROSSED THE WIDE OCEAN
and wrested from these people their lands, and
then TO add insult to injury, we have taught them
man came the doctrine of vicarlous atonement
aud the open-back shirt lie brought with him
the dictionary and the garden hose, salvation and
the vertebrm Of the continent the telephone and
the morning papers are crowding the rod widower
and tho pigeon. .toed scion of powhatan into the
and soap have crowded old
R1sE.UP WILLIAM RILEY
and his whole tribe into the black night OF forget.
fulnoss and death. Gradually he has picked up
his household goods and his wife and upright
piano, aud stolen toward the couch of dying day.
Now he stands upon the rocky battlements that
border the new States and bathed in red sunlight,
and nothing else in particular he shakes hands
with his approaching doom. Had he taken more
kindly TO the
BATHTUB OF THE PALE FACE,
and fraternized more adequately with the crash
towel of the European, his oblivion would have
been less speedy, and the black tom cat night of
eternal sleep less formerly. Silent and unrelent-
ing, unmoved above the broad cemetery of his
people, ht)lidy awaiting forgetfulness and death,
we cannot help admiring tho brawny brave with
the undaunted eye and the buckskin pants with
the seat cut out. Nature gave TO thee, thou dusky
warrior, strength like the eagle and swiflness In
the chase, but In her wisdom
DENIED THEE THE COPPER LINING
that is required to meet and conquer the vintage
OF a progressive age. The Inountan lion may
meet thee and yield up his life at thy hands, but
the juice OF the centipede that Is distilled by the
pale face and sold to thee, tangles up thy deuO
douam and cracks the crown sheet OF thy digester
BRAVE ORATOR OF THE SCHOOL, BOOK,
grim relic of the days Of Pocahontas, we watch
with tear dimmed eyes thy closing hours. Adieu
thou Indian mother standing on the steep, pre-.
cpitous shores of eternity. Behind thee rest tht
dead heroes Of thy race and at thy side the
brindle relic of mighty tribe of Indian dogs
fatigued and listless, pets his fivorite flea. NJ
one can look upon this sad and smoky group un.
moved The fading remnants OF glorious petty
larceny mob. Had he adopted the Prince Alber
coat and the doctrine of q protective tariff, In
stead of
THE PLUG HAT AND THE WHISKY SOUR,
his future might have been resplendaut one, and
his ife less clouded with failure and remorse. We
should learn from this to shun the errors which
have busted the glorious future of the red man
Let us profit by his example and eschew the flow
ing bowl We should also avoid the exposure o
an outdoor life. A constant communion with
nature and wet feet shortens life, and clouds the
pathway with gloom aud catarrh.