The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
xVV7EN SENATOR MORGAN PLAYED WITH INDIAN BOYS "a =
tlon j the creeks has passed away for-

ton Of the Creeks has passed away for
ever. FL * Isl N, & 4 4, ~ /, " K, Z, 4 N
q ,iThe chcrokees lived much better thnnnl
the Creeks, and more Ike the whit
people don't ratt,emb's u e. Z. ttie Greeks
ponies but the Cherokees cto,tn1,osed q
farming community very similar to the
farming commtinitieH OF the whites.
$iileVlket,t cattle, hogs and poult Try. They
had bigger horses tEan the ponies owned slle
BY tho Greeks. -.
livery likely tho Cherokecs ho ' were
descended from the horses sa' brought %
ithis continent by the spaniards but ,
should doubt that tho Creeks ponies
were. 1 am not T. all sure that tho
cracks ponies were not Indigenous; OF
aboriginal horse stock. III YOU know that
the frames Of many prehistoric and
necessarily aborlg NAL horses lhava Deen
found in tho far cst--in Oregon re.
and that these frames showed that ~, tile
aboriginal American horse was silaii ~.
the spaniards. The Creeks were more more
warliko than the Chcrokees. n n A +
S Bringing u Indian Children.
Tron, all this It vii 55be seen that It!t the
Ala a1nn s1ndians, particularly the Chero-
kces. we're fairly along on the road to
sciyllizatfon, Is 4 for. redskins even ty-odd
ycnts ago. and ali the records bear stes-l
iifnony to Senator Morgan > 4 nemory
3upohES this 5noint.t Speaking OF the way
5the Indian ldren were renred, q the;
Senator said II III n Ne X i3 IS
SGi5mrhcy didn't have mucc p 5ablrinsin ing up
that I knew o Gil but they were wonder. r.
fully we'll taugh wood IA ore--in az
things pertaining to the forest md md ii to
game IA d nd n they were wen the ra SC. E u
Bs,,nnose they knew these things by In
sheritnnce, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 50 me ,as ex-;
tent. though, OF course, they were told
things by their. pa rents. Il S 5l
n1tawould be impoaalb bic ora boy TO as rs
Bsocinte constantly, his ather who VINO
va liz eat herwise md tioro ghly 70 Hillar
With Tthe habits and pcculinrlti of wild
an mails 7 without picking $sup, little by
little VIVA tever the IA herSs Y new And "a
there must have been some definite tn-s
/ struction Of boys by their "a Their, only Is
didn't KIN W d bout It u The girls were
trained BY their mothers to do the Ho *,
the planting and ilarv esting the COOK
ing and to ma ke y the simple garments Is
they needed. The Greek boys were we're z !, =
taught to work az al Sork was Ior Wy y.
men; 4 the men had to 3say We their 81 rer1Gtn
tonight their oes--w wild animals strange
INDIANS and white mer--a1lId 70 70 lioWatlel
hunt and provide the 1nca e b, .86f
9aS,Thcsc children "a idn,t wear an ythlng u
all In the warm s,llnmer-tine. There was
no#false rnodesty among them. Tor was
there any mmodesty what ever.f BOYS ana
girls played together, raced toscthlNes'rr'
swan together, fisNed together were re
together constantly, but supreme I'M M
consciousness that there was al y! u use
for clothing, except to keep the body
warm IN a the cold weather the boys
and girls dressed about alike, wea ring
hunting shirts-oose bouses-trouse
and moccasins. n
i"They all learned early to swim every
young Indian I knew could swim. m aype
tho knowledge was born In them---to.
shoot. to hunt all sorts Of wild game
and to track every four-footed beast of
the woods. "A 5ls AZ II. \,
! f$S4 The Indian men had guns and used TO
shoot with powder and ball, but the small
boys had only bows and arrows rs s'slr
bows were made OF hickory, or money
lacug THE latter were best-Tand the bow
& rings { OF deer sinews, twisted II which
made the toughest kind OF cords. The
n r r, s were made OF cane the tips being
jhard ened and asharp en- ed by fire. y re. re-
mem Der no metal or flint arr whea ds,1 but but
a CAREFULLY and skilfully roasted IL cane cane
arrow point would Kill q fish In the water,
squirrel inRn tree or g bird IN the ar.
Shooting, Canoe eng Riding
All tho Indian children that I ]. n knew
wen we're expert canoeists There were '..
no bark canoes In Ala bama In my day.
They were all dugouts, made, pre- fer q .;
out OF poplar logs. I can't say that they they
we're graceful Graf t-I don t remember as
to that-but do remember that they ~
travelled we'll, and that they had h ~ !
onds-prow and stern-to make them cut cut
the water right. ~.
.NThey did much OF their fishing from
their canoes and often went after .1 ~ n
with them. They knew nothing about t' 9 Y.
7anEllng-I never saw Q fish hook among .e !,
|@them-but they speared and shot the fish, aNf
The mon used to- spear fish at night ana
take the boys with them. The spear'szHmallnl
would sit lin front Of the paddler and q
lighted torch would be held high IN the
air. The fish would keep quite still Wh len
they saw the torch, and by It's l1g IN
could be plainly seen. y, VS. Y,
~ said that II knew OF no speci1l q IN
struction being given to the indian boys,
but that was amista the boy n ne !,
tgken out spearing fish at night, would (
b. made spenrsmen, and patiently ta 'ls =
how and when to strike. and all the
olner3 things they ought to know N order essH