Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-01-26

abode of the departed or the
damned and they care not which
Switzerland and Prussia have
school systems in which every
child is made a producer; there Is
a notable absence of Swiss and
Prussian immigrants in the annals
Of American crime and pauperism.
| do not think that a Prussian lib,
erality of education is too good for
a Cherokee; | have high estimate
of the Cherokees; if | had not |
would hardly have spent every dol
lar in my possession and six of the
best years of my life in the effort to
educate their children. The story
of Leyden in Holland is full of sug-
gestiveness to the Chetokees at the
present time; it is no wonder that
the people whose deeds are record.
ed in this story are now counted as
the most prosperous and contented
people inhabiting the earth. In
1913, pent up within the walls of
their burgh the brave citizens of
Leyden were withstanding the siege
OF Spanish Philip, who was deter.
mined to bring all Europe under
the joint control OF himself and the
Pope. The towns-people were
able to communicate with the
Prince of Orange outside only by
means of carrier pigeons; a Gordon
of 60 forts surrounded the town and
successfully held the people in and
their defender at bay; many were
the efforts made for liberty by the
brave people, but all proved futile
till the courage and fortitude of the
citizens were put to the last test:
every man became a hero and every
woman an orator; cattle, horses.
dogs, weeds, nettles, roots, were
eaten; the carrier pigeons brought
the message to the friends outside,
" When we have nothing else to
eat we will eat our left hands and
fight with our right" once a fam
ished mob ran through the streets
crying, " Give US bread or surren-
der, " aud the burgomaster (mayor)
said, " If my body is OF any use to
you tear it to pieces and eat it; |
will not surrender; "the dauntless
Dutch cut their dikes and let the
sea in upon the land, running the
labor of centuries; still the
enemy held his ground; but at last
though the sea did not defeat the
Spaniards it furnished the means
of doing so; the Prince of Orange
drove a fleet Of transport boats
through the Spanish lines, brought
food to the famished burghers and
by uniting forces with those within
the city repelled the besiegers and
ultimately freed Holland. With a
nation as with a man indeed charac.
ter, not money, is fortune or mis-
fortune. But the story is yet to
come; the raising of the siege found
the people III the extreme ofmisery;
their costly dikes dismantled; their
lands overflowed; every head of
their horses and cattle killed and
eaten together with the seed for
their crops. William offered them
in recognition of their extraordin-
airy bravery a remission of their
taxes for a number of years or a
university to be founded in their
town; they despised the lucre and
took the university. The result of
this choice is a splendid history in
itself; | will cite but one incident:
A Dutch youth walked to Leyden,
too poor to afford any other means
of conveyance; he was taken i'm as
a student of the university; in due
time he became professor and one
of the worlds great philosopher
theologians - Jacobus Arminius.
whose theology lies at the basis of
Methodism and but for whom the
vastly beneficent influence of
Methodism nigh. yet be unfelt in
the world, think it quite possible
that there may be an Arminius in
some obscure cabin in Indian Ter.
ritory; the Cherokee people will
not consign their brightest youth
unknown and unhonored to their
native dust; the Cherokees are as
good as the Dutch and | look for
the coming days to prove it.
john MCCARTHY,
Principal Worcester Academy.
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JUDGE JOHN MARTIN was elected