The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24
4 Gss,AT Lea IIEtEeS.
Two Nigh. In &c mpe Iaacc Hall.

kE KI-OU-KAH, or Star, civiliz d and
educated Indian, lectured IN Temperance
Hall here on Thursday and Saturds :
nights OF last week Ills lecture Thurs
day night was alb ut an hour and thirty
minutes Iorg
The speaker took up the Indian ques-
ton and showed, with remarkable famil
lliarity it'll the history Of the country.
how for four hunirel years the white
man has been driving back he poor
Indian, ~ ing t. ciyIiIz hi n with pow
der and Lad, until he Is now driven al
last tt the far northwest where 1t is 40
leg ees belov L no and where 10 one else
could live; and, declared the speaker. the
white man Is not satisfied yet. lie showed
how land sharks, corcp Oratlons and
monop lists have, IN the name Of the l.
nlttd >tates Government, systematically
s*indled the poor IndIan out Of the lands
that have been given him, aud he has
been driven time after tine ruthl.ssly
from his home which was gwen him W
der solemn treaty by the Government
which SAID 10 the Indian: LAS long as
grass grows and water flows this shall be
yours"
He said that the question has come
down to this: Civilization or exiermina-
ton for the Indian. And he SAID the
proper and only way to crvilizc the
Indian is to educate him. The Govern
ment pays out annually an average Of
twenty-five millions Of dollars fighting
every one Killed. This would educate
thousands Of them.
HIS appeals to the power Of Christisni-
t. in behalf Of the Indians were touch
ingly eloquent, and at times there were
many eyes not dry in the audience The
lecture was free and the hall was literal
i packed full.
On Saturday night an admission fee Of
X and 10 cents was charged. The hall
was again well filed, and the lecturer
held his audience in almost breathless
The audience alternately laughed and
sighed while they followed the eloquent
Indian il his desc, Upton Of the Black
Hill war, General Clusters last fight, the
campaingns of Sitting Bull and the
causes of these bloody struggles.
He closed with description of the Gus
toms and habits Of the Indians IN their
different Reservations, with an account
Of their mrriages, feasts, buffalo, bear
and panther hunts, and the Wigwam lie
of the squaw and the children.
ke-ke-ou kan was taken froLa Resreva
ton in the Ia(ian Territory at the age
sixteen ami educated in Kansas. lie re-
named in school seven years. For seven
years he has been studying the Indian
question and lecturirg to the people
of the diff rent tates. He is now thirty
years old and proposes to devote his life
to stirring up an interest among the
white people in behalf of the civilization
and ChristlanizatiOn of the Indians. He is
ready Of speech, although at times his
language is little broken and ingram
NAUTICAL but on the whole, he is a most
remarkable man.
Fourteen years ago he did not know
word Of English, and now he
IS well posted OIL almost any subject
that interests the American people. He
is perfectly f.mililr with the laws of the
country ard the various reports made
at Washington City, especially those per-
tanning to the interest of the Indians
lie is a strict member Of the Baptist
church, strong temperance man and
a modest, polished gentleman. Such
was the impression he made upon the
people of Scotland Neck, who feel a new
in,erest in bis race and bid HIN God
speed in his work.