Democratic messenger., 1911-11-11

That Is all ! know about myself.
IL stayed in the reservation school
and was II good hoy Till was twelve.
Then the bureau of education sent
me east TO un Indian school. IL I'm.
tended 10 make 4 civilized Indian OF
me. attended SNat school two years.
| was Il good boy again and learned
my lessons. Hut all this time was
thinking. thinking. The white teach
ers looked down on us Indian boys.
They felt themselves far above us.
The people OF the village where the
school was looked down on us too.
| looked at myself IN the still water
OF the river. shook my fist and i'm.
agined was shaking 1t In the face
OF the teacher | dIsliked most. I'm
whittier than you are. said to him in
my imagination. III run away from
this school
n Mokl boy and ran away togeth
or. We went To his people. and |
lived among his tribe. An old Moki
woman with face like the wrinkled
bark OF brown tree adopted me for
her grandson. learned to do dances
and reel of incantatious with the best
of them. II was not bad life. |
would have been happy. but ! had
learned white mems ways. felt half
white. half Molii. Sometimes the
white man was uppermost. sometimes
the MOl,i. In one OF my white fits /
said: i won't be an Indian. I'll turn
white. The white mans learning. the
white mans money and power-they
shall bc mine
II was seventeen then-reservation
waif. Mol;i blanket Indian boy. | am
twenty-fOur now-collcge senior. mem
Ter of the most extravagant Greek
letter society and-yes. maybe the
fairest girl-but never mind. What !
have done have done all myself
How? Would these proud white pco-
pie accept me as one of them II they
knew?
when was seventeen and had
made up my mind TO turn white a
Snowman came among our tribe look
ing for presentable Indians 10 go in n
circus and perform the tribal dances
and the Juggling feats Of our medicine
men. | went made circus of my
self became a professional snake
charmcr and Moki medicine man. !
got money enough that season 10 20 to
a white boys school as white boy
have been doing the same thing sum
mer vacations ever since. and nobody
ever appeared TO recognize me till TO
day wonder II ! deceived the DO
CARTS.
The summer turned white the old
woman who had adopted me made me
give her my solemn promise that !
would come back TO her after ! left
school She told me It was Of the ut
most importance: that she knew how
to give me power and the hidden treas
ure OF the Snake Mokis. am going
next summer Old Teresa never told
me a lie
"Now have written my story down
II is fixed in my mind My purpose Is
fixed In my mind Naonoro. the Mohi
medicine man. will get riches He will
marry the lily of the white people. and
she will not he ashamed OF him"
1T suppose our class will never all
see one nnoiher again after this com
mcncemeni night. Mr. Moran" said
Laura Dcgart n year later
Moran looked nj her
"Afiss Dcgart. you will see me again
II you wish to. am going away Ia
make my fortune. Before 60 would
like to hear you say. Carl Moran. come
back 10 me F"
"Carl Moran. when you think you
have made your fortune come back"
Say come back TO me-"
"Well. ihcn-come back-to me-"
In the sands among the cactus and
sagebrush. in the shadow OF cllif
stand two an aged blanket squaw
with a face Ike the wrinkled bark OF
brown tree and n man in white peo
pies dress. Il black haired young man.
proud with the splendid pride or youth
and power
"Naonoro not red Indian" said the
old sGuaw "Naonoro half white. half
brown Mol;l Naonoro sure old Tcrcsa's
grandson Mother white mans girl
She run away from father with Ra
mono. Tereaa's son. She took him
away from Teresa. Teresa very sor
rowful, bui she love Naonoro. Ra
mono's little child by IN by white
wife tired Of Molii ways She hate
Ramona Run away, take baby with
her. Ramona want son He look every
place for him. little Moro with the big
black eyes Ramona never ind son.
Ramona die. Teresa have No child
But Teresa know white woman would
run away by m by She put mark on
Noro's arm one day: mark never come
on II Is mark OF Tcresa's own pco
pie. the Snake Mokis Has Teresa's
adopted grandson a serpent. a very
little serpent. on right ARM
Naonoro jumped ITS there. sure