The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
BACK FROM TRIP
AMONG INDIANS
WANAMAkER EXPEDITION RE-
TURNS FROM LONG JOURNEY,
INCLUDING VISIT TO NJ. D.
CEREMONY ON ARRlVAL-CAR.
RlED MESSAGE OF GOOD WILL.

New York Sun: A pilgrimage of
patriotism fittingly describes the u.s.
600 mile expedition among the In
dams Of the United States under the
leadership Of DR.. Joseph Kossuth Dix
ON and the patronage of Rodman
Wanamaker, as well as. the official
sanction Of the government at Wash
ington, which eliminates this after
noon in the dedication Of the American
worth. This expedition, WHICH involv-
| ed visits to every ono of the 1S9 In
dian tribes in this country and all Of
the eighty-nine reservations. returned
yesterday to Philadelphia, whence 1t
started On June 7 last. From Phila-
delphia the party reached New York
at 10 o'clock this morning in h pri-
vate car Signet. Those in the party
who made the entire trip, besides DR..
Dixon and his son Rollin' include H.
T. Booth and M. H. Cole. Major NC
Laughlin, U. S. A, who started out
with the party, left the Signet at Dew
lis Lake, N. D., under orders to pro-
coed south to attempt to pacify the
restless Navajos. Another member Of
the expedition, w. M. McConky. the
government photographer, completed
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It will be recalled that last February
President Taft and a distinguished
party went to Fort WadSworth and
there broke ground for the memorial,
which Rodman Wanamaker presented
as a tribute to the vanishing red man.
On that occasion a large American
flag was unfurled and dedicated to
the Indian. 1t is that same flag which
DR.. Dixon took with him on his long
Journey Of good will and peace, and
which he. again unfurls at Fort WadS-
worth this afternoon and again dedi-
Gates to the Indian.
OF the 25,60O miles covered by the
expedition 5000 miles were by stage
and 400 miles by water.
AN expedition Of citizenship" Is
what DR.. Dixon calls it. This country
has been concerned over the veal of
the Filipino, but here we have within
our borders a magnificent race of men,
Of great moral and mental endowment,
not only hitherto neglected, but in
many instances actually starving,
Their spirit has been broken by the
white mans method Of taking from
them what he wanted; they have been
so restricted as to shut them off prac-
tically from all wholesome physical
and mental activity. Their dances
have been forbidden, and yet each
dance is a prayer for rain. They have
no books and all things which mean
to them what books mean to US have
: been largely denied them.
"Why," exclaimed DR.. Dixon, "one
Indian chief told me as he gave the
kiss: of fealty to his flag that he
never felt he was a part Of the United
States before"
DR.. Dixon not only bore his treas
ured flag to the Indian to be used as
, an emblem Of his sworn fealty to the
country, but also messages Of gooc
will from the president, the secretary
Of the interior and Mr.. Wanamaker
|, the founder of the expedition.
"The flag" DR.. Dixon told them, "iE
more than a piece of colored bunting
The red stripes in its fold are sym
bolized by the red blood in your veins
and mine, by the red glow in the sun
set, by the red in your ceremonial
pipe.
9 cit is the only flag in the world tina
takes heaven and earth and man t.
, symbolic. This makes out of it al
= eternal flag, and WI ought to be eter'
nally loyal to IT..
"I therefore dedicate the American
! flag to justice, mercy and fair play t.