The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
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them to oblivion, came his way |
he arose IN his dignity and assert
ed his right to rule hinse... TIE |
white man may place hts foot on
the Negroes neck and hold HIM
in subjec..on, but he WI Use |
smiling and call him master, not
so, with the Indian. When he
rises, it is to seize his tonlafawk
and to shout vengeance betr cen
his teeth. For unlike the Negro
he cannot smile when he is trod-
den upon.
The white man may place the
Chinaman in a hot and stutfy
laundry room and maxi linn toll
his earthly life away, but il he
has the right to say, mo checkie
no shirtie," he will thrive and be
happy. Not so with the Indian,
by nature he is severe, stern and
| gloomy. He is stranger to mirth
and laughter, and is devoid OF a
sense of humor. The outward ex'
preston OF pain, or pleasure he
regards as a weakness. He never
YIELDED to feeling only as it ex-
presses itself in boisterous JOY
in the dance and war-whoop, or
under the stimulation OF the eS-
citement when intoxicantS in
hame him. He has sought ever to
resist encroachment of the white
man until he finds himself an
alien in his own country, with
each year making the decay OF his
tribe and the decreasing members
of his nation.
He has had to Civ, way to a
strong race and before civiliza-
ton in which he found no pleas
ure. He has been forced 10 retire
, before it's rising tide, to give UP
all that was dear to him. He has
| been driven from his native fields
and forests. He has seen his wig
wan and tepee burned before his
eyes, that he might not hope to
, return to it. He hath shed the
! tear OF despair on the grave of
his dead, and bid their spirits
farewell, and under marshal step
turn his face away toward I'M
known fields and lakes, rivers
/ and jungled forests, because he
> could not give up the life nature
has made him to enjoy. The
: stronger hand was laid upon him
;, and he was forced away. He had
q no method of appeal. No court Of
justice was open to him, no ap-
|, peal to conscience favored him
:, and no man arose to plead his
u cause. He stood alone while ar
! inevitable fate threw about him
its mysterious power, leading
n him away to desolation and des-
pair.
: 1t hath taken many years fol
d the world to realize that the In
II dian ever had a case before the
y Bar of Justice. But that day ha.
l. come. We hail it with gladness
for it means the supremacy o.
justice in the whiteman's breast
\ No greater tribute can be paiC
. TO race than that which declare:
, that whatever wrongs it may
{ commit against its brother man
N those wrongs will some time bt
:" recognized and righted. Som,
time a tall son of the race with
u large heart, with broad outlook
with fearless soul shall declare
, f'Our Fathers have done a wrong
W and it is the glory of sons of no
~ bic sires to make it right.
Is When the Indian had no advo
- cate and the world felt he had n,
II case before the Bar of Justice on,
II strong son of noble sire rose t.
10 plead the cause of the INDIAN
= and that strong son of noble sire
~ with a great heart and strons
mind and indomitable will is ;
:, son of Marshall county soil, ant
- a man whom we ought to homo
= Daniel Mcdonald of Plymouth
., 1t is he who hath called us t.
~ this hour. Out of the records o
the past, one soul spoke to hin
! and won his sympathy. The gooc
= chief Menominee made bare hi
wounds which bore mute witnes
10 10 the wrongs and injustice tina
sirove him to his grave. Where
:, ~ ever an incident of his life wa
= discovered it spoke witnes
40 against those who drove hin
=" from his home and robbed hin
:, of his lands. He was not wa
VI chief but chief of peace. H
:. carried not the club of the brav
:" but the wand OF peace on whicl
le he cut notch for every sermo
- he preached. He was a preache
!, a. of righteousness among his pee
" pie and his voice was Away
~ heard in their defense and whe
a. the lips of clay were closed hi
~ life went on preaching until final
y ly one heard his voice out of tn
:. past and called us to this hour.
to Erected to the Memory of Chic
R Menominee."
Is it a mere fate, that thi
Id name appeals to us out of tn
SIS past? Has it been conjured from
h oblivion that poets might repea
70 it in some epic OF forgotten
is race? "Menominee. 1t swing
I'd with the euphony of music. TIL
h. sweetness Of the evening winds
I'd sings in it. The very traditions o
ir the Drimeval forests spring I,