The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-10

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IYIs mind th,r H., s,, DO u.,rl, .,,l.
ward and crn.,. .,f..
! For an ey,uri. ,uca know "a
| uI blood Indian ,,noaa EugI.b mann.
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! poiut,d as Indian r.if,. ,pJ y..,s
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/ mani. fr. y.,,.. DE-. , .....',....
from office s,,..f.ul,. ,ur,..,,,.,, D.,
! his removal guptn,r Indian rtir.l
t,put, -h,riN by h. NAM. nf Nv..I
! Cass roi DRINK shot nm tho town
luf Tisnpuiur, ,,I ,.,ri,,i,., r.
inhabitants c.r,r,lr C,s. ,.,. ,,,...
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ou. man and "a. b.. ,tf,, ID. r.,.
! tn. white man. rrupfr, WHOM q, r..,i
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lam oeirnr could D.. f,,,nd ,n ,,,.'.
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Ibim ,upIiad IN. b,nJ.rr. ,"5
had f5n had ma, nf,I.., i,,,.,,,,.t 10
ING i'm dur.rc, ylr Vl,, ,,,,g't.,.
CA "a IN his ,r,i,, ord imam ..,,
advised by a friend thai n. was No
longer Am officer. mai II VA. ~,
business of his fo cl.ck ,h. ia.
bauch of Cass n, r.. ,li.d ,r hr,Lor
English. No ro ma. mo s,n,r, v.i,L
Government vat Nn ,,.t ,nnJ ,,,,,,,,.
when mo noiice N. ye, rn,i,rs No
get ON fine bIus cI,tbcs Me got ON,
two suit my bousn now NJ. no
work much tbon No,ha so m, res.
mm some moro obouf elayen mr. .i,,b,
then may no so All hc .,r,r, y,i,h
government Now rho ,bnueb, ,b,,
ne had no legal right to Interior.
with Cass. did not enter into the sim.
pie mind of this fellow The only
thought resting with him was rhlt
he had received compensation in eX.
cess OF service rendered. that he,
was still indebted 10 the government.
and that n was his solemn duty to
d1 the tasks of the government until
iu his own expressive language.
I"thoy were square"
think We all admit that the mind
OF no white man. however ignorant
he might be. could hy an abnormal
twist ever be distorted into such A
toruous course OF reasoning as this
As an evidence of the peculiar
meandcrings o fthe Indians mii.a TAX,
his language. which when not di.
vortrd from the natural course. Is
usually expressive of the ruminatiOus
,ut the brain. This, OF course. could
not b" said 10 apply 10 those indi-
viduals trained i'm the science of
grammar and dicrion but the indi-
yidual wholly unsophisticatcd in such
science speaks as he talks. and his
verbal expression may, as a rule be-
considered as indicative OF the cogui.
tions of his intellect.
Take for instance the first utter.
lances i'm the Chickasaw Lords pray.
ar: ABA PmN ish RluaH ma"
Meaning when interpreted into Eng
fish. "Tho Father sitting Above"
Yet strict consecutive trd7-I.tlon
word for word produces this aWkari
INSULT to English s,ntlN. Above the
Father YOU are sitting" This f..uur
an idiOm of language but fair
sample of Indian expression. and
shows that the Indian supak4 as L,
talks backwards and crosS.wiap This
peculiarity I'm mental attitude l1rs not
wuly that the Indian is nfpllec'u-
Ially weak. for when educated
property he has often acquired the
very highest standard of twentieth
century intelligence.
Every human heinp takes , car,oip
share and a verv Iaree sbar. ,o1
lof his knowI.dgo onJ n,e,,,aI ,rai,
inc from hi. smrrronrd,ngs ana an.
rIronmants Anothar large shara 0g
,ncb attrihut.s may no cIossad no n.
hcrnnt Whan II is rer,namharad ,b,,
the Indian has for ccntrries i.d
AHA nomadir Iifn uttariy J,ssirniIi,r
rom any othar class of n.,ule H.
vim mot d. wondered that hi. ch,-.
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