The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-07-16

My people fed your people with the
last handful of corn to save your
forefathers' lives. is this the act of
savageryg~ 40. this is an act of love.
And you call my people sayages. And
The people whoa so call themselves
civilized people, coming across search
ing for gold. And where are they dig
ging for gold? Going away into the
Indians country.s Away from where
1t was dscoverediby Columbus. And
the Indians have the right love for
the land Do YOU blame, therefore,
the Indians taking the bow and ar
rows and fighting? And those who
are civilized people making the In.
dams to become savages. Making
them to paint themselves and dance.
There has got to be savage lives in
i themselves. That was not the nature
of the Indians. And ] say that If
you treat the Indians just like you
treat you that way. Then every way
you think, that is the way.
want to show nothing In the way
your armies have failed to tame, your
government has failed to tame them.
VIII these Indians tame? They are
here in camp, as ] call 1t, a camp
where you are, IL you please, making
them to look back What are they
dancing for? 1t Is the war dance,
when you people made them to be-
come savages. Now you are getting
a slap, now. daughter and applause.)
4 am glad you take 1t happily.
can prove to you, my friends, In
dams were civilized. How do know
this? They wear feathers. Don't
] find that you have feathers?
Laughter and applause.) You ask,
what else dc, you tell makes the In
dian civilized? He paints his face.
What has that to do with 1t? ] see
after | travel from city to city in
this big land. What else? see lots
of people everywhere who paint their
faces. (Ren-newed laughter and ap-
plause.)
You say the the Indians were never
civilized Tell me what it was. |
was standing Chicago speaking to the
men of caste, as you call them
worked. | said; What you call the
white men civilized, when the sa-
looms are open SO that you can go
in and drink? Is that civilization
When you hear people say that Is
right. Is that civilization? When you
hear people say that Is right, Is
that civilization? When you know
how you wound, Is that civilization?
What | wanted to say today, my
friends, Is simply this, that my dear
people have been driven wild, and
and every heart beat is
with sorrow No one could help these
Indians. These people did resist
your people because they have been
And they are today mis-
treated They are recognized as a
distant and useless people, You are
not helping them You are making
Them to look back. Will you civilize
hem? The government is doing all
hat 1t can. But you people are maxi
ne them dance, making them look
back. Is that the way to show them
low? ! say, No. As long as you let
he Indians do these things he will
nsrease, then they will never do what
/ poor missionary tries to tell them
% do, and do the things that your :.
people tell them.
| viii tell You what some people
ire doing for my people. And
hank you heartily for IT. We have
been hearing these men who are
peaking here telling OF the early mis-
ionaries. or Marcus Whitman and
# Spaulding. And Spaulding's name
S dear almost all OF my Nez Perces
Up In the northwest. Savages In the
,arly days, now leading In a Christian
work today. have said, my dear
riends, 1t was hard after you have
,een treated in such way, 1t was
lard for any missionary to 60 and
ell them. But 1t was coming, COM
ng: these sayages hearts that low
d, and changed them into hearts, and
t Is still going on, changed from saw
ge strife to loving hearts. To every
inquiry, 1t Is the missionaries.
After they went and before, see
hey left that way few words, and
hey wanted to search the bible. the
ospel of Jesus Christ. Some of you
cad history, and II says Flat Head.
md we know 1t was Nez cree, who,
shen Lewis and Clarke were there
nd went down the Clear Water and
Columbia and came back, they left
heir horses with the Nez Perces. Be
ore that the Hudson Bay Company
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