The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
INDIANS MAY GO TO
CENTRAL AMERICA
s;s,,x Tribe Has Secured Option
on Large Tract of Land i'll
Nicaragua.
FORESTS OF MAHOGANY HOGAN, ,ns,
COVER THESE LANDS
pod Men, 1t Is Said, Have Little
~ TO Look Forward to in
Dakota.
RY RALPH JOHNSON.

.! yrW YORK, Dec. 25.-The other day
,..no Bison. full ,fledged Sioux In
go ,:ar sqiled from New York for Nicar
10 make arrangements TO trans
,.mi 400 families of his people, and II
,:mo ,be whole Sioux nation, if possible
- ,bs highlands of Central merica. H'
enthusiastic young man, born II
sap,ock ap hills of Dakota i'll 1865. To
iac ph,s Indian band has It's headquar
oH ~ Rosebud and Lower Brulc agen
Eis and numbers several thousand. Thl:
eaS, ,,. may eventually mean a complete
Iu, lInuce of the personnel in Nicaragua
eaS' aS thereby improve conditions very
literally rnS in that part OF Central Amer
"; Hf;t.le Bison, who was rechristcne6
uT5omas Pollock ~ by the white teach
,od me about the hardships his
,.o,ole 90, endured about the time he was
S,yn and how they were always on the
xarnath. When he was but ten years
Id nractically the whole tribe partlel'
rsiod in the General Custer massacre
+ WAS at that time that lhttlc Bison
yps taken away and put into res
syr,tion school. He was not sent to the
indian school at Carlisle, Pa. near liar'
rsburr. although Captain Pratt, tnen
sloerintendent. made several Efforts 10
sasnrc him. Captain Pratt told me Lat
I'D Bison was such bright and Promis-
ina boy that ne was particularly desir'
~ educating him at the Carlisle
W. 'sSool TSuch Indians, remarked
Tsn,o;r i Pratt, "whcn properly edu.
,a,od are of far more value TO their tel-
law. tbnn many others of thus tribe that
w. m;ght train and educate. Their In
anenoe is far reaching. Little Bison Is
fine Indian.
Becomes Expert Mechanic.
yonug :'Pollock was 4 hustler, and
hIoweI the career of miner after he
anil school. lie became an expert me-
h rbnnc and in course OF time dri1ted 10
Denyer Colo, where he married Il Scotch
woman who proved i good angel to HIM.
sllhough Scotch, his wife instlnctively
moved 10 be good Indian, and their
siy children are naturally also good In
djans. One of the sons Is now attending
fhe Carlisle school In time 'Thomas
Pollock" resumed his Indian name and
entered the services Of Il gentleman who
va, a great traveller. In his travels Lat
ile Bison visited al parts OF the world
But Of all the places he saw, none pleas
"a him So much as Nicaragua Here ne
irll in with the Indians and half breeds
yho partially inhabit that country. and
formed The acquaintance OF the Mlsqulte
Indians. fine and Prospecting. and
sI.o INDUSTRIOUS race. living in the high
lands He also disowned the fact that
,be land in the salubrious country could
BE- bought for thirty cents an acre when
gcuted in large blocks.
Red Man Has Little Show.
"Wc bavc little to look forward to
in Dakota, said he. ''and the thought
Of inducing my people To go To Mica
Ilgua at once took hold OF ne. The
white men out west do not give us
the chance we ought 10 have. There IS
hoilnng thev can do for us on the res
sTaiion. We must plan for ourselves
Nc get an education and certain kind
Of care but what we wish IS the op
Dr'unity Of making it possible 10 ere
SO place of our own in the world
IN Nicaragua ] think this is possible
When the Indian goes out separately
% make living among the whites
be IS Disseminated against cold
Aonldcred and suspected. With thc
Enlle man the Indian has no show
80" III ,Nhlidl -AUl'llio luf lbltSl'
aic full of game. and no game laws
while tho streams arc full of fish. There
nv people hunt and work. and ret3iI
'leIr OVID language and customs ant
seten0nlals.H
Has Option OIL Land.
liltlc Bison is business man anc
lnaerstands exactly what to DO. auC
now TO Proceed To properly acquire prop
uiF ana position for himself aud hi
Tobe' While in Nicaragua he wen
Managna. the capital, where he haC
~ rl audience with Zclaya. who was de
uIn'ed with. his proposition. Mica
ssG' "auts inhabitants, and tho ;Siou'
Noplc were Immediately given Il wei
% ,Ong Little Bison Immediately So
uteu IN option on 10000 acres of land
ua lhen returned 10 the United State.
"nance the scheme. Being a wis,
~" S cclatty lsdlau he quickly called t,
'eneral Estrada. then governor o
ho,1- IN which his tract Law. II,
we'll. '''@'"' 'no cooperation a
., May Move Entire Nation,
,lmc io'O0o acre tract lies COCO fee
~ ,nc sea ON the borders of Scco
e,s "na Me1agaIpa. and aboundg in for
An w mahogany and rubber trees
ym,'s "pprate grains and fruits can b.
n e7,,Iu ~ Is an ideal land for raisin,
t - as well as farming. Ills plan i
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