The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-08
TELLS STORY
OF THE RED MAN
tcontinued from page 80


required by the American farmers
family. but as a rule, this land is in
ITS virgin state, and the Indian does
not know how TO make II productive
Practical farmers should be sent
among them i'm abundance to teacn
them the arts of agriculturs aud fYu-
lgality. Farming implements should
lalsO be furnished them A few cat
lie and other stock should be furn-
ishcd for they arc natural stock rails
lers Their land holdings should be
lrcduced and as the.-silrpinS OF each.
Indian Is sold. The proceeds should Be
made 20 apply 10 permanent impr0ve
ments upon his homestead close ai4
ltention should be given to seeing thaf'
the Indians original virtues are not
eliminated In the process OF oiviliza
ton
II believe that the enlistment 81
companies and regiments OF regular
soldiers composed entirely OF fun
blood Indians would be q great step
toward The solution Of the Indian prob
/ lem. The love aud conquest and battle
/ Is inherent and tenacious In the In
diam and he Is easily subjected TO mil
iitary discipline. II this plan OF sol
ldierying the indian were followed %
a certain extent. ] believe Il would de-
lyelop some great generals and that
some of the greatest feats Of valor
lever performed on the field Of haitlc
would he accomplished by these bat
talions Of red men
indian Folk Lore
"All Indian tribes are rich Ia folk
/ lore and tradition There Is one little
Indian story. the history of the Chor-
itaws and Chickasaws aud the lradl
/ tiOn of their separation, given TO me
ihy an old full blood Indian aunt ot
lma.e. who died few years ago NJ
lihe ripe age of III years. ! VIII give
in TO You as nearly IN her own la-
lguage as possible As told to me:
MANY. many seasons ago the ChCt-
laws and Chickasaws were one pow
lerful trihe az people and lived far 70
the northwest. at the foot OF the great
menniains Their numbers were re.
duced by local strife and wars with
lneighboiing tribes After a fierce bat
lie with the Kiowas aud Comanches
in which the then Choctaws lost
: many of their braves, a council OF war
WAS held, and the advice Of the medi-
cine men invoked The medicine men
told Of great country lying toward
I the southern seas flowing with beau-
itifui waters and abomding in game
They advised the Choctaws thai they
, had divine guide which could lead
! them TO the promised and. Accord
imgiy within the next few days the
camp WAS packed FOR The long trail 10
the new home.
Divine Guide a Dog.
Al the break OF dawn on the fol-
lowing morning everything was i'm
readiness for the journey and de-
lmands were made for the divine guide.
iThe medicine men produced a pack
lage wrapped in-ia beautifully tanned
buffalo skin Proceeding with very
great ceremony, accompanied by the
beating OF tom-toms and weird chant.
ing OF their rythmic chants the pack
lage VAS opened and the much mooted
divine guide burst forth, II proved to
be beautiful small white dog which
the medicine men declared TO Ae
sacred The dog Immediately started
lin southeasterly course. followed by
the medicine men and chiefs, who
hwere in turn followed by the entire
tribe. Each night a mystic pole OF vii.
low was erected and the direction in
(which The pole leaned on the follow
ing morning indicated the course to
be pursued that day They travelled
lfor many moons toward the rising
sun under the guidance OF the mystic
pole and the sacred dog Finally they
larriyed at a great river which was
,denominated the mississippi on
Feather Of Waters In crossing the
mississippi the sacred dog was
drowned, aud on the next morning the
lpole stood erect, refusing to point 20
lany particular direction These oc
Ecurrences. the medicine men state
we're omens to locate, and signifled
THAT the promised land had been
Preached A minority OF The tribe, in,
leluding some of their medicine men
land chiefs. dissented from this opin
lion. coniending that the promised land
Hay q little farther TO The east but the
most Of tne medicine men ANA the ma
i0rity oi the tribe stood pat saying
they would go no further, Numerous
Excursions were made inso adioinine
loastern country, and flattering reports
returned Another council was held
land this time portion OF the tribe
determined TO pursue tkeir way east
ward aud nOrthwafd bolted the coun
lcil and proceeded % their journey. No
latempt was made 10 stop this onward
march OF the minority So few
lmiies further cast new council ii"f
was built. designated as 'Chiekasha I
lChoctaw word meaning Rebel.
lspot now marked hy a stone mons
ment in Mississippi