New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
IN INDIAN PROTEST.
CHARGE That the Red Man UOn't t
U'OrH Is Pr0rCd False.
To tho Editor of The Tribune:


Ceh
White man say rcd man him no work. Red
born tired. heap lazy no good except when
dead I read these lies and il make me mad
! am red myself, him called TO- the poor
Injun in contemplate epithet. Bois all the
tlool inside me, and l wish TO draw tomahawk.
Nc have tomahawk. II is better use pen, which
is mightier than tomahawk and write article
In paleface language, telling the heap excres
cious falsehood that my people do nothing but
drink fiYeWater and live government pension.
J write article. l take him dictionary and put
n all good words describing my Indignation
aniinosites and tell the facts about We the
first Americans Show the article to Chief
JumT in the Face. He like it when ! translate
everything and make diagram in the earth
Then he say. 1T is fine my boy. You tell pale
tacc how busy red is But will paleface
believe? Him reply he from Missouri Show
him picture of busy red which the sun
spirit prints the glass in the small black box
Thcn il is all proved"
So I thank Chief Jump in the Face for his
wisdom and get pictures of the busy red
man printed by the sun spirit which cannot
:cl lie. like Hon. George Washington. Look
At those pictures How busy is the lazy Indian!
he is busy, is he lazy? Is it lazy to be busy
a railroad ten hours a day? l ask logic
splittcrs tell me honest opinion whether pict-
urcs do not show wild application to toll in
nultitGdinous alterations OF industry. It is an
srgy Of work that the red man is engaged in ,
throughout many Western States. The fierce
pursuit Of labor like him used to spend on buff |
faio and other game. Give example the tribe of
Navajocs reservation in New Mexico and Ari- |
zona, nu. berng 1000 people They farm herd |
sheep. raise horses and goats. The squaws
good silversmiths making ornaments The !
young bucks work section hands the Den |
vor Rio Grande and other railroad, also pick |
fruit in paleface orchard and last season hun
dreds latored at thinning sugar beet fields of |
river valleys in Colorado. These were away |
from the reservation two months at time and |
gave high satisfaction to the bosses.
interview Hon. Leupp, Commissioner Of In !
dian Affairs. in government tepee at Washing |
ton He tell me straight facts how much red |
mar work alone and in gang supervised by |
Indian bureau TWO year ago about 1.lO0
Indians sweat steadily, month after month. on
The work Of controlling the inflow of the Colo
rado River to the Saton Sea. They get from
s. o. 10 s. % a day of ten hours and their
gross earning in nine months amount to S107-
4N4 n Also from 30 TO 125 Indians work as
lab"rcr and teamster the Colorado River near
Yuma receiving s. - and s. day. Also about
6p Indians have been contumaciously and per
sIstontly engaged roadmakers and mechanics
OF the Roosevelt dam. north of Phoenix AriZ |
for en2"luments up to 50 30 a day. Blackfeet
Reservation in Montana had bout 225 red men !
working with teams on canal. The Santa Fe |
Railroad hired gangs OF my race. There were
4'H bucks in the beet fields last year The
sE".I growers in the Southwest hire many .,f
Us ana tho wages paid have doubled in the last
two wears. now being $50 month and board
There Is also lumbering and raising OF canta-
l"upcs for the Arizona bucks. Plenty good
farmers coeXst among the reds
]; is enough. If the libelous Illusions of FIRE
water iazness continue TO be f-propa gated
by The hand OF malice. the red man will wrap
his dignity in the mantle OF truth and remain
profoundly nrnobile while tending 10 his own
b'!S .'''|S nave the honor to ascrbe myself
"SHOV OVEL-IN-THE-HAND"