Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06


have to some extent associated with
them in many quarters, especially in
the lake region of Canada, in Mexico,
Texas, Florida and Iowa and on some
of the West India islands.
The wild man has ever been found
with nature to protect his property.
Some suppose that Sitting Bulls de-
feat and slaughter of Gen. Custer
d and troops waszan extraordinary In
dian feat. This hold dash for victory
or death falls for short of that made
by Chief Oseola, CTalking Bird of
the Seminoles, who defeated and put
Maj. Dade and his well drilled regi-
ment to death, during the Seminole
war in the thirties, after he had
scalped Gen. Thompson.
Nor did the Custer defeat and
slaughter compare in magnitude to
the defeat and slaughter of the
British troops under Col. Sanford. by
the wild Maroons of Jamaica under
their renowned Chief Cudjoe who had
| constantly held the British at bay
and placed them ON the defensive.
l must place on record to preserve
! for the distant future, the names of
the most noted Indian tribes of North
America, leaving out many of the
weaker tribes.
| | shall commence at the northern
lakes and carry my momentous his
| tory toward the Atlantic, and thence
northwest TO the Pacific ocean, nam
ing the Indian nations who were once
the lords of the New World, most of
whom are now blotted from off the
earth.
Upon the southern line of the Brit
ish dominion, and the northern line of
| Uncle Sans domain. resides the HUI
rons. Mohicannies. Chippewas. Onon-
| dagagas, Oneidas. Cayugas. Narragan-
sets. Pokanoketes. Pawtuckets, Otta-
was. Senicas. Menimences. Pequods,
Sacs and Foxes. Mohawks. Della
wares. Winnebagoes. Lenno-lenopes.
Powhatans, Abenallis, Pottawa tonnes,
Iriquois. Miamis. Shawnees, Kicka-
poos, Tuscaroras. Meaumies. Kaskas-
kias, Monahoskacks, Allegenies.
Cherokees, Catabas, Wyndots, Chicka-
saws. Matches, Choctaws, Yemasees,
Mobilians, Creeks, Seminoles, Digger,
Missourias, Otoes, Iowas, Kansas.
Sioux, Nanktons. Cheyennes, Black
feet, Cayuses. Pimos, Mariaopas.
Ctahs, Umatillas. Ponchas, Ogalallas.
Chrynns, Mandans, Nez Perces. eros
Nentres, Modocs, Mountain Crows,
Sans Arc. Minne-Con-Jous. River
Crows. Wichitas. Camanches. kiowos.
Quapaws, Noncompliance, Shoshone.
Araphoes. Apaches. Here | name 81
tribes or nations, and l pass p un-
named. and more than one of them
possessing numbers and courage to
be able to meet the regular troops of
this union in the open field since my
day. Where are they now? Yes.
where are they? Three-fourths of the
81 nations have been blotted from off
the earth, sent to their account with |
a white mans tear. And where are
King Philips and OSceola's braves?
OF them but n small remnant remains. |
Most of the remainder of this once |
numerous and powerful people are
now carralled within the Indian reser |
vations of the trans-NIississippi.
\ small number of the once power |
full, and most intelligent Indians of
my day, the Seminoles of Florida, who |
have now -dNindled down to a small |
band of slaves, in mind and soul, is |
now carralled upon bleak western |
WASTE no sunny SOuiH. no huIlONCh
tomb but only n shallow grave upon |
snow-drift plain, for the descend |
ants of the noble and the brave. a |
miserable remnant of a once great |
and intelligent people, for superior to |
over one-fifth of Americas white vot-
ing races-the highly favored who |
claim Office and command their SUI
periors, and who have named some of |
Americas presidents.
In the sixties l thought L had not |
been rightly treated by the taxing |
and other powers. One wrong l will |
name. l was full and proper owner
of 80 by over 400 feet. 1t was wanted |
for a street, several others had larger |
tracts, and they claimed cutting otf30
feet would be an injury to the remain
der, and all were paid full value, O |
was absent) and the tribunal de
creed that Fulton sustained no dam
age as the others, because no land
remained to be damaged. Not one dol
lar was awarded to Fulton.
| had some land i'm the center of
the city, some seven blocks from, the
court house, that / had paid city taxes
on during some years. Taking this
land alone, | might have continued to
pay, but it appeared to be the only
large tax point to obtain justice at. l
called it farm land.
/ refused to pay city taxes and the
city marshal, Harvey Leonard, pub
lished the property for sale. L APP
piled to the court for a temporary
injunction to stay the sale. The learn
ed city attorney appeared with a bas-
ket of well bound law books. His first |
utterance was, that he would nip |
Fulton's folly in the bud. He talked
and read his books for two hours. l
had no books, but the city attorney
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