The San Francisco call., 1899-11-24
FORClBLE EDUCATION.

T seems We don't have TO go far aheld to find the
white mans burden, for 10. It is already upon that
part ot national shoulder which is represented
by lama County Iowa, the home OF Secretary Wilson
OF the Cabinet. Long years ago by treaty the lands
In Iowa belonging 20 the Sac and Fox Indians the
tribe OF Bac5haWk. were ceded 10 the United States
The Indians were all sent west OF the Missouri River
then down on the geography as the Great American
Desert. 10 grow up with the star-spangled Sahara
The largest band OF them, subnamed Musquakas. IN
der the headship OF Chief Poweshiek, languished on
the Platte. Loup and Elkhorn river bottoms for
time aad then returned and bought several sections OF
land in Tama County, settled thereon and have lived
al peace with all the world ever since They are treated
as reservation Indians and have an agent They
have drawn their annuities, raised squaw corn made
maple sugar and trapped muskrats for more than
thirty years. Their chief Kee-nee-saw, who managed
their return 10 the soil OF their sres died long ago
and was buried in tree-top and others have sue
ceeded him. Among them were hali-castes, in whose
veins ooursed some OF the best pioneer blood OF Iowa
flowing from those iar frontier days when laws and
customs were lax in the settlements"
They would never have been heard OF by the out
side world had their agent been recently seized
with rage for education Desiring to conduct them
across the Pons asnorum TO higher civilization he
built schoolhouse and proceeded TO make education
compulsory. in gathering them into the OF
modern culture he imprudenty corraled a girl
named Le-ah-Pu Puok-a-chee Now, Puckachee in
their language means Get out, GO away" and had
the agent known this he would have avoided trouble
for Le-lah IS married woman and is thereby under
the laws OF Iowa raised OF the class OF school age
who may be rounded up and inoculated with lnowl-
edge of the three RS. Her husband. Mr. Ta-ta-pe-
cha. which "Good-by my dear" refused 70 live
Up 10 IT, and when his wife was taken from him bv
force and imprisoned in the school compound in the
unoongenial company Of a spelling-boo and wash
basf he put his paint and feathers and stirred
the tribe 20 ru;iny and rage. The people OF Toledo
and lama City have been mounting guard for 2 weel,
a preoaution against massacre. The chief
Mica tauco-sy which means horse is minded 70 show
that he is no and does not propose that the
marons of his tribe shall have their domestic duties
suspended by a fool agent Tie very county in which
his lot is cast Is named for shat Tanah learned
chief who figures IN Schoolcraf;s American Indians
and on field so baptized the pride OF the aboririne
this effort 20 unnecessary facts and fig
ures down their throats white man who rejects his
part of the burden has induced special sitting of the
Federal court 20 issue the great writ OF liberty TO
Madam Pucl1-a-chee. and il is probable that white
winged peace viii cau there soon and that the hor-
wrought by Inkpah- -duah At Spirit Lake will not
be repeated The affair raises the very interesting
question whether the Government can compel In
dams 20 attend school, and whether, this power
granted attempts educate by force can produce anv
listing good.