The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-16
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Chas. Gibson in Indian Journal.
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 Chas Gibson in Indian Journal.
 It will not be long now when the old people that were little children in Ala bama will be no more. Now and then we see him come to a railroad town and sit him down and look at the work the white man has done. He is very quiet as he gazes at the Improvements on his once wild country. He hardly realizes the change. He wonders fin curious way how a white can can accomplish this work; he admits that the white man is a great wonder to him. The great rocks which he thought were of no use. and the red sand banks, have been and are converted into square blocks and are making beautiful homes for the white man and his family. He wonders now what the Indian was created for; he is no account; he is in the way of advance ment; he sits and wonders at his little ness In the makeup of the world.
 Yet he is here, but not to stay. Yet a little while. say 50 or 75 years, and his mother earth will receive him, the last of the red race. He will be known in lit- tie sketches of history only. He was once the happiest man. on the face of the earth; not so today, the hands of all men seem to be against him. Some would speak a good word for him, some would like to help this fallen brother, but this man with his sympathy has nothing else that will stay the hand of the Indians enemy. Sympathy is good when it is widespread but they who are in sympathy with the Indian are very few, and are people who have nothing else to offer for the Indians good. This sweet sympathy is found without the halls of Congress. where it wastes it's cu ttn ha asr Ifp tt-,ta friends in Congress have long deserted him. and left him to his fate. Have they given him a fair show at civilization be- fore pulling him? Does not the white mans history tell us that it has taken them thousands of years to reach the standard which they now occupy?
 The Indian is being hurried into civili- ration. and also to his doom. He has not had the time to attain the polish of the white man. yet he is expected to gulp down civilization at once This looks hard, but maybe 100 years hence the h. dian will be forgotten, likewise his troubles.
 And it will still be a puzzle to the world to know just his mission on this earth. as he has nothing to show to the world of his accomplishments. He has tackled all the paths of fortune of the white man and he has made a botch of Ill of 1t. He has been as complete a failure as was ever gotten up. The In- dian has been willing and lots of them have tried to follow the beaten paths of fortune, but were not a success. This would look like he was not built right for the times he now lives in He seems to be misfit.
 But they are fast fading off of the earth and will soon be gone. White man, pare the Indian: he will not be in your way long; the little Indian infant at the breast today will live but a short life at best, and he is about the last generation of the North American Indian. One hun dred years from this. the first day of January, 1902. an Indian of North Amer let will be the grandest curiosity of ths 1ge. White man, stop and think who has brought this upon this poor ignor mt race, if not directly, then indirectly. You say the red devils are treacherous. How came him so? Did he not meet William Penn with outstretched arms ? How was it with him? They loved this white man, William Penn. Why? He .reated them like men as they were. Then treat him today as Penn did and you will not meet manlier man than the Indian of North America. The Indian 1oes not ask to be pitied or fed by aims he is not begging for mercy; he Is not asking to be put at the head of society; he Is not pauper; all he asks Is justice, right. and to be treated like a man; that is all. He wants the great officers at Washington city to carry out their prom ises. He does not ask the Government to go out of her way to please the h. dian. No, no! It is to carry out these sacred promises that have been given them from the powerful voice of the United States, whose voice is heard and obeyed to the ends of the world that is all and no more.
 God made man in his own image; Is not m Indian built like other men? Then why ignore his appeals for justice and his rights? Does not the white race own there is God? Then why be Pharo again? This is not bluff; 1t is a little Bible. Does it look good where Moses begged for his people? No. The good Christian will say it did not look good in Pharo to do as he did. Then don't oppress the Indians any more than can be helped. He Is now hemmed up so that he is as harmless as a dove. Ills ace is run, speak gently to the Indian. It will be but a short while when he may be an angel. He Is some of Gods peo- pie. The white man is the conqueror. his Indian-fighting days are over. The Indian is trying in his simple way to obey the commands of his great father at Washington yet a little while. and he may hear the voice from the Great Throne in the happy hunting grounds asking him how he was treated by his stronger brother, the white man, and how shall he answer that he was treated like man and brother. or otherwise?
 We leave the reading public to ponder over this great probem-who is right
 
 been a mistake made. who is the mis- taken2