The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-08
TELLS STORY OF THE REDMAN
Congressman Carter, of Oklahoma, Himself az Indian
Breaks Silence 10 Defense of Red Brothers.

for there are as MANY different kinds
OF indian disposition as there are diff
ferent nds Of Indians That the In
dians IA .tifeh kaiiyg, consisted OF a
.wen diUgrentiated rare 81 strong thar
acterlsiics Is facts ihat tney pos
e4#da'iufa general way and to a
marked degree. certain mental and
physical likenesses contra-distngulsh-
ed from all other mankind. Is also
patent and With ;his phase III Indian
character want TO deal IN a brief
manner
THE Indian in his primitive state Is
different from the white man Of any
class on condition His mind does not
work like a white mans nEnd
George Bird Grinnel, who, by the
way has written about the most
comprehensive exposition OF Indian
character Il has been my privilege 90
read saws The Indian ha sthe mind
OF a chid in the body OF an adult And
he is correct SO far as he goes. Ye'
/ believe ID would he proper to amend
his statement by adding the charac-
ter OF an adult So stating the propo-
siiion correctlv The indian has tho
mind of a child in the body and char
acter of an adult.
81 can find no better way to ex-
press the workings of this individuals
mind than to say II works backward
and cross-wise.
For example ! once knew a full
blood Indian whose English name was
Charley Mule. Mule was appointed as
Indian police. and was very brave
and efficient officer. but on account
, q. a little too frequent communication
with the white mans fiTe-water he
was removed from office Sometime
subsequent to his removal another In
dian officer, a deputy sheriff hy the
name Of Wall Cass got drunk. shot 90
the town OF TisEpmingo and terror
lied the inhabitants generally Cass
was considered q very desperate ana
+ dangerous man, and as IS often tht
lease in the white mans country when
( a real bad man is on the rampage
mot an officer could he found TO inter-
ifere although Mules commission hal
leNpired twelve months previously he
could not resist the temptation To talTe
Cass in So he got the dfop on him
iapplied the handouts, md soon had
ithe bad man officer languishing ,n
durance Vile When questioned as 90
his action and upon heing advised bv
a friend that he was no longer an Of
ficer; that II was no business of Ills
to check the dehauch OF Cass. he re
piled in broken English: No no; m
no square with government vet; NE
gel good money when mo police; me
get rations me get EN- fine blue
clothes: me get 'em two suit my
house now: me no work much then
eleven or eight, then maybe SO all be
square with government Now. the
thought that he had no legal right rs
interfere with Cass. did not enter into
the simple mind OF this fellow The
only thought resting With him Was
that he he'd receiyed compensation in
excess OF services rendered, that ne
was still Indebted 10 the government
and that it was his solemn duty TO do
the tasks of the government until in
his own expressive language, they
We're squared
~ mink we will all admit that the
mind OF no white man, however ignor
ant be might be- could by an abnor
NAL twist ever he distorted into such
a tortuous course of reasoning as this.
Lords Prayer in Chiekssaw.
CAS- an evidence of he peculiar
meaBderings OF the lndiaE's mind take
his language, which when pot divert
ed from the natural course. rs usually
expressive OF the ruminations OF The
brain. This. of course could not be
said 10 apply TO those individuals
TRAINED IN the science OF grammar aud
ldiciion. but the individual wholly un-
/ sophisticated in such science speaks
/ as he talks. and his verbal expression
lmay. as a rule. be considered as Indie
ative OF the cogitationr Of his intel
llect.
"Taka for instance the first utter
lance I'm the Chicknsaw's Lord PRAYER
l'hha Pink ish Binali ma. meaning
fwhen interpreted into English The
Father sitting above Net strict
CONSECUTIVE translation word for word
produces this awkward insult 10 Eng
lHsh syntax: Above she Father you arc
isiiting This is not an idiOm OF lan
guaee. but q fair sample of Indian cN-
lpression and shows that the ladian
lspeaks as he talks. backwards AMI
lcross-wise. This pecularity in mem
.tal attitude does not imply that The
Indian is Intellectually feeble on weak,
lfor when educated properly he has Oft
len acquired the very highest stand
lard Of Twentieth century Intelligence.
every human being takes "a certain
lshare, ard very large share too. oi
lhis knowledge and mental training
from his surrounding arS envirou
lments Another large share OF sucn
lattribuies may be classed as inherent.
when it Is remembered thai The in.
idinn has. for centuries. led wild. no-
lmadic lie. utterly disslmilar from any
lother GLASS Of people, II Will not bel
wondered that his characteristics are
radically peculiar 20 himseh
while H. is true that ihe indian in
his primitive conditions was addicted
ia mauy sires not evidenced IN ih :
i,vhiie man. "a ls also a fact that ne
had many virtues which his white
brother docs not possess. As ne liE
, dian becomes educated as be learns
TO take up the white mans burdens