The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15

Tss~s-ysssh TIE brave Algonquin sssSrfs
was killed. ara tire IE1ixrs sns1 for peace.
rukaxuz ssgscrss Lis races lSre fer nss
water He SAYS;
~Izssfv p1kag9u -s-st admit ff2zt Re
fsets Ys-y Sssrsg Ere r2ya~%s r-zzSs zrneA8
RS 7ecrse ~ rrs Intoxicating cup We're
Il an open sssr1y cztss6s cur tines Ne
nsaghs -sss. * win success Ba;- aAas.
II + x@as:cr wttnla orr camp. curing ~
ragp~osh ffhs fox4. I. embraces ard sisse@
szst 70 pclsg2 Ike TIE 1ake-@itacsE 1flss
sssss-e rr7eTs rad ssp-oses shsi trey wire
not s1eh SLAVES % thss sosSlssss Iyra'it -
rs rcd nszn. Bur have learned t14f re
crs1eF ssz-s@ euslzvss alike tire while man
"a SIS psaaee &na the red nan IL 1ts 5ut.
alike tfa ct1efia.n ard ne king; ne saw
age art fae sage"
NEscegezztioa. PoEagor believes, VII
scsvs LIS question ot the future O. t-s rs.
MAJ
AS To the future of cur race II seer1ss
to rre si-ses. certain that in tire Il VIII
lose ats identity by ana lg1rias4oa wiia
tie dominant race. No matter now dis
tG4gef.s * nay seem 70 Is. We Ire CON-
PEELED % consider Il as a probable result
Sensitive write people can console sESHa-
Er5TeS however with the facs nat there
ars today Ia tns United States thousands
Of rren ard werns1 OF high social ssanGins
whose forssatns.Fs enc side ware f1li-f3cSst-
&c zo-cassed sayagss. and Yet the society II
which they move. and in many cases they
themselves are ignorant az the fac All
t!ocd IL fact few are proud OF r..
Somewhat naive r. Polka gems comment
or The half breed. Il viii be as interest
Ing as Il Is amusing to the white man.
showing the Indians point ot view. He
says:
Il have made tilizsut inquiries Of the
head men OF different tribes as 10 what
estimate they place on the half-bFeeas
among them. Their general reply has
beer: They are certainly an improve
merit on the pale facs. hut not On the
red man Which no doubt Ia the case.
for Il Is s laEzentable fact that criminals.
outlaws and vaCahon6s are generally the
frs, " no seek homes among US. bringing
with them nearly all the vices ard dis
eases and bgt few o. the virtues o. civ
ilizatioG. Yet. notwithstanding such an
unfortunate mixture, we frd some grand
characters WHO have been able 10 rise
high above the sins Of their parents. I
hare further found. by close observation
that those tinctUred with our blood are
far less subject to nervous diseases, put
whether at the expense Of intellectual
force or otherwise l am not SO certain
Re that as Il may. we cannot safely sg-
more the fact that Il is the physical de-
vetopment OF the people Of nation THAI
gives IL strength and stability; that physi-
cal decay brings loss Of executive ability.
and mas proved the overthrow OF ancient
Kingdoms. / do not wish 10 be under
stood that / advocate or desire the ANAL
ganlatfon Of our people with the white
race. But speak of 1T as an event that
Is almost certain, and We had much bet
ter rock with the boat that oars us on
than fight against the inevitable. I am
frequently asked 'Pokagon do you be-
lieve that the white man and the red man
were originally of one bloody Ny reply
has been: do not know. But from
s,riff fhas. xxr{t. 10
On the eve of his departure for the
happy hunting grounds the Pottawatomie
chief can see nothing in store for the fu-
ture Of the American Indian as a race.
He prophesies its absorption and ohliter-
alton with d note OF sadness In his voice
thus:
The index finger OF the past and pres
ent Is pointing To the future. showing
most conclusiveiy that by the middle OF
the next century all Indian reservations
and tribal relations will have passed
away. Then our people viii begin TO scat
ter and the result will be a general mix
Ing UP Of the races. Through intermar-
riage the blood of our people like the
waters that fow into the great ocean,
will be forever lost in the dominant race.
and generations yet unborn will read the
history Of the red man OF the forest, and
inquire: Where are they"
The dying chief does not utter his last
message without a word of praise for the
new methods now being used by the white
man for the civilization of the Indian.
He argues that the character Of the red
man had not been portrayed as that OF
red-handed murderer had the first visitors
10 these shores appealed TO the kindness
instead Of the cruelty In the nature OF
the Indian. He commends the work OF
the Indian schools especially that at Car
isle and indicates the new feeling OF the
-.
piausc for the Carlisle football team on
its victory over the Wisconsin team in
Chicago last fall. The article in the Fo-
rum is most interesting. and even pathet~
Sc when il is RENE mbered that IL consti-
tutes the dying message Of a noble red
man TO white aud red man alike Polka
gems last word is worth a place in
American historical records