The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-07-09
REV. MIR. DICKSON
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they can get close to God, with free
will. Yes, you know 1t was God. 1t
| is the free man. / can see them be-
| fore this same man came to my peo-
pie. People who loved their children.
And they took our land and our
homes. That is the reason. That is
| the reason my people protected them
selves. And If they had the cannon
I don't think you people would ever
have what you have. They were a
people who loved this country, and
they did do everything that they had
In their power.
You say that those Indians were
| fighting men. Fighting any body. /
say that these people we're a peace
able people that come for good pur-
pose, and they show what Kindness
they have. And with the last hand
full of corn see the Indians going to
the camp. To the camp where your
forefathers were dying. That saw
age, so-called, was going with hand
full of corn. What for? He is go
ing to feed that white man, who Is
your kind Of an American. Ny
friends, am the only genuine, the
only true and genuine American.
Continuous applause.)
My people fed your people with the
last handful of corn to save your
forefathers' lives. Is this the act of
savagery? No, this is an act OF love.
And you call my people savages. And
The people who 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. Away from where
1t was discovered by 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 sayages. Making
them to paint themselves and dance.
There has got to be savage lives in
themselves. That was not the nature
of the Indians. And say that If
you treat the Indians just like you
want to be treated yourselves, he will
treat you that way. Then every way
you think, that is the way. M
| want to show nothing in the way
your armies have failed to tame, your
government has failed to tame them.
Will these Indians tame? They are
here in camp, as call 1T, camp.
where you are, II 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
am glad you take 1t happily.
can prove to you, my friends, In
dams were civilized. How do know
thisy They wear feathers. Don't
j find that you have feathers?
daughter and applause.) You ask,
what else do 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 APP
plause.)
You say the the Indians were never
civilized. Tell me what it was.
was standing Chicago speaking to the
men Oh caste, as you call them
worked. ! said; What you call the
white men civilized, when the sa-
looms are open, SO that you can 60
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
mistreated, and every heart beat is
with sorrow No one could help these
Indians. These people did resist
your people because they have been
mistreated. 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
them? The government is doing all
that 1t can. But you people are maxi
ing them dance, making them look
back. Is that the way to show them
how? ! say, No. AS long as you let.
the Indians do these things he will
insrease, then they will never do what
a poor missionary tries to tell them
to do, and do the things that your
people tell them.
| will tell you what some people
are doing for my people. And |
thank you heartily for it. We have
been hearing these men who are
speaking here telling of the early mis-
sionaries. OF Marcus Whitman and
of Spaulding. And Spaulding's name
Is dear almost all of my Nez Perces
up in the northwest Savages In the
early days, now leading in Christian
work today. | have said, my dear
friends, 1t was hard after you have
been treated in such a way, 1t was
hard for any missionary to go and
tell them. But it was coming, COM
fng these savage's hearts THAT low
ed, and changed them into hehrts, and
1t Is still going on, changed fNpm saw
age strife to loving hearts rs every
inquiry, 1t is the missionaries&
After they went and beforeS@ see
they left that way few word and
they wanted to search the biblj the
gospel of Jesus Christ. Some d You
read history, and it says Flat Nd.
And we know 1t was Nez cree. %,
when Lewis and CIarko ,,,o, IN