The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-24

When he gathers a village together TO
ak IL over there In commonly a ohe0Ffui
assent. The only objection comes from
some OF the older men. They regard his
merely as a new card In the national pas
time Of ~iiimfamming h red brother.
But the Indians under %. educated In good
schools. see the good reasons for the change.
The sarly settlers made a mess OF trans
lating Indian names. The leader in the
Minnesota revolt OF az bore a nanoe that
signiHsd Charging Falcon. The French
had let Il degenerate 90 Petit COrheau
little RavenD and the Americans COM
pleted the fall by calling him Little Crow.
the Indian equivalent Of which would Do
Bad Grandmother. a Ohattering. goasiptng
creature
The modern Indian is remote enough
from his traditions TO Accept the WORD.
80 that many are the namesakes Of the
sable marander OF the oOrnfelds. Indiana
named for the falcon. n bird whose noble
appearance and warlike spirit made it the
companion Of kings in the old sport OF
Kalconry. we're degraded to the level OF the
henroost robber when the settlers called
them Black Hawk or tho like.
Indian sense was also Jared by trans
lating their word for raven rs crow. h
former was considered much the nobier
bird. Henry W. LOngfellow ssnsed the
indian conception in -Hiawatha.
When Minnehaha. ROBBED only In dark
ness as a garment. had drawn her magic
circle of footsteps about the grave OF Mon
DAMN, the corn spirit. the body snatching
rabbIe Of Jays, blackbirds and other sable
and croaking marauders was a by
no plebeian crow, but by q cavalier and
--A-l.- KL 49,. Linz ~ rauana
Imagine a crow tapping at Edgar Allan
POe's door and sitting on a bust OF Pallas!
A few oldtimers like Whitehall. a patri-
arch Of 50. give trouble 10 the renamer
The Great Father" DIR. Eastman would
/ say. wishes that you should say which Of
your wives shall take you name. He
wishes the other to take a name as a single
woman"
What"
Tr. Eastman saih lis little speech over
again.
What"
Finally the old fellow grasreH It.. And
Dr. Eastman, inIpaAsivo Indian that he is.
Who will answer your charges Of barbari.y
against his LelOved people in his metrOnonse
voice without accelerandO or crescendo.
has To become dramatic Of gesture when he
tries TO portray the old mans emotion.
Tell tire Great Father that ! have lived
with these two women for aiNty years. We
have lived in peace. Their children have
lived in peace. l cannot put n OF them
aside.
Il have seen the soldiers OF the white a
: have seen the towns OF the white man, I
know the way OF the white man.
IF a man has two wives let him keep
both in sight"
In such cases the Government does not
insist, and the two Mrs. Whitebulls will
lear the name and inherit equally the
property.
The common conception of the Indian
woman as a mere slave In conIbated by Ur.
Eastman.
"She was dignifed as in the case Of her
brother by names given to recognize noble
living" ne says. "Shs ruled the home.
| She was held ian closest reserve that she
might he modest and a true mother. Light
talk with any man vas forbidden, except
perhaps her grandfather or brOthers-in-law,
but not excepting her brothers.
THE Indian cruel? Oh. no. you arethink-
ing Of Philip. not MassasOit. Philip drank
the white mans whiskey for sixty years.
and it made him an anarchist.
~The Indian in his natural state was no
| civilizer, no builder Of cities or creator OF
business. But he was great al a philosopher
and mOralist. He did not measure the dis
lance 90 the stars. But he made the stars
serve him az far as he needed them. to direct
his path by night"
The Sioux. with some exceptions. seem to
be rather unsuccessful farmers as DR.. East
man represents them. But they are doing
something at stock raising, with an average
OF. perhaps fifty head Of stock. some Of them
with herds Of several hundred.
They are getting worldly wisdom. with
| education in Eastern schools rather common
and the visits of some across the Big Sea
Water with Buffalo Bill. They seem TO b
too good spenders to win at business. In the
few reservations where they vote they are
~singulsrly apt at picking up the worst po-
ltical tricks OF the white q
DR.. Eastman spends his winters at his
home here. completing his records Of names
for the Government. He M finished with
all but one or two OF the dozen Sioux reser-
~vations. DR.. Eastman looks very well
tanned. not merely for an Indian but for a
man. with his improbable store clothes. his
library jammed with books. an outdoor
encourage Of college buildings. approxima-
ton TO the college professor type in mental
habit, and the slightly reserved courtesy OF
the best New England type. He is the hus-
band Of Elaine GoOdale. poet and former
teacher and supervisor OF Indian schools.