Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11

covered every one that the unselhsh
advocate of communal existence can
advance. practicable when the 50 call.
cd rclvilized man" has become as CON
tented as were the primitive children
of prairie land and forest. but, lacking
which, this survival of the fittest
seems TO decree the fate Of the Indian
and control the relative prosperity Of
the white. The fire horse caused
prairie fires. His attendants Increased
until they came with shovel, spade and
, carpenter tools. They first erected
tcpecs. got lonely and brought their
squaws. Their friends soon came to
Join them. and soon wooden tcpees
were built and camps became villages
and villages towns until cities were
filed with crowds Of people, such as
Bismarck. Mandnn. etc. Then the
"mnn In the dark sold the land.
Later, when the crops failed and the
lessee did not pay, he kicked the tenant
out and resold the land. lie took the
money back In the dark toward the
rising sun. II poor man had no
money he could not ride. but there was
plenty OF room: he had TO walk-often
to die by the roadside OF hardshlps or
starvation, IL some Samaritan Indian
did not feed him. The man In the
dark" never came there when he and
his chief made complaints. No one
was responsible. They were told to
send letters or speak by the lightning
TO the man In the dark" but he never
answered. When the government trea.
ties were broken u similar discourteous
lack OF consideration occurred. my
chiefs and me, who signed, were al.
ways here. The great fathers head
men General Harvey and others were
not They never returned. New white
chiefs took their places, and every four
years new great fathers took power and
their men laughed ut what their prcde-
cessors had done"
The breaking OF treaties SO frequent.
ly and the invasion of the Black Hills
and other sections by the gold seekers,
prospectors and trappers became the
cause Of constant irritation, leading Ia
almost continual contests, raids and
massacres. This condition had really
brought on the war Of 1850, resulting
In the Custer fight as well as Its many
succeeding clcanups.
The forfeiture OF the Black Hills and
injudicious reductions of rations kept
discomfort alive. When In 1850 con.
grcss passed n law dividing the Sioux
reservation into many smaller ones 50
as TO isolate the different tribes OF
clans OF the Dakota nation treaty
was submitted to their vote whereby
by reinstating the cutoff rations and
paying for ponies captured or. destroy
cd In the 20 war and other certain
conditions they coded about one.hali
their land-li. 100000 acres. Fulfill
| ment OF conditions was delayed, post
poned-forgotten, almost-by congress
At this time, through some mysteri
Gus mountain phantom or trickster
the medicine men, became easy vic
tins Of craze. This was based OF
the assertion that the Messiah (thS
Manitou) was coming back on earth tc
use his miraculous power In favor OF
the red man TO crush out the whites
to restore everything to the idealistiS
condition OF former years. restock tn,
ranges with big game, buffnloes, elk
deer, etc. This created univcrsa
fanatlcal fervor. and not alone among
the Sioux, but affected all Indian,
OH this continent. Former foes be
came fast friends, and from the va
quis In old Mexico 20 the Alaskan
tribes In the far north tho religious
ghost dance festivities famed tn,
flames of war. The "mcdicine mems
preaching that the holy medicina
ghost shirts would protect the wearer
turn the white mans bullets, was nc
cepted and made recruits by thou
sands to the cause. The dancing
frightened the settlers, shocked the re
ligious, philanthropic friends Of thu
Indians and was officially ordered
stopped. Easy orders, chr" Instead
II they had been allowed TO dance
even II some did so TO the death. OK
hanstlon, like a boilers safety valve
and m afterthought might soon hav'
made II appear to them In the ride
ulous light that so effectively kills alb
surdities. '
was at the time IN Alsacc.L orraln
with my exhibition and had with m
seventy-five Travelled Indians. We ha'
all the facts, and myself and partne
decided to close, camp the rest Of tn
outfit In an old castle near Strassbur
BenfeldD with a large domain, and
myself left by fast steamer via Eng
land for New York, while Major Burke
with the Indians as pacihers, cam
+ via Antwerp and Philadelphia an
To- hastened to the scene Of strife.
The Indians brought home made
0 strong peace contingent OF Pine Ridge
Q while hastened, with General Milei
II appreciation, 10 visit Sitting Bull
I person. feeling sure that my old enem
h and later friend would listen 10 my al
Il vice. The fact that l was willing
O take the risk myself alarmed some we
|. meaning phllanthroplsts, who divine
y sinister motive In my action, an
!. those who were crying strongest fc
Q Sitting Bulls suppression now elaine
q .hat his person was endangered by III
!. bloodthirsty voyager-I, the one VIII