Evening star., 1914-01-25
.appy because a brighter day Is COM

happy because a brighter day is COM
.Then the clouds Of suspicion melted
ity and a sense of obligation, feeling
that they have assumed a larger meas
ure Of responsibility and that they
new order of things. they received tho
flag with revercnt enthusiasm
Said Antonito. chief Of the Pimas.
We are glad of this meeting. We have
had trials with the white man-hard
trials. Today you bring us the nag.
We turn our backs upon the past and
will follow the nag
Said a Papago chief: We are glad
to have a chance given us to own n
fiag. and I tell you we will stand by
1t. We viii do everything we can to
protect II. We will hght for 1t. we will
take care of 1t. and We will do every
thing we can for our own flag. That Ia
just the thing We have been looking
for for some time. We appreciate the
honor and kindness shown US In your
visit to our reservation.
"A Pawnee warrior said: This Is y
very peculiar thing for an Indian to-
understand-such thing as VIC have
had today We Pawnee Indians know
the stars We understand the heavens
We understand their Importance: and
although tho Spanish flag once waved
over us, when We see the blue in this
flag, representing the blue skies OF
the heavens: when wo SEQ tho stars
upon the blue whicl, we know ara
from the heavens. We think God must
have put II into the hearts OF the peo-
plo to mako such a flag. and II comes
to us today for the first time as our
flag. and we are ready to honor it
Thus, from the lips Of red men have
- hat will httrr
on tho pages of history.
"A Menominee chief said: Tho song
America is loved by the white man,
country Is yours. Sweet land Of lib-
erty'' was once the Indian heritage,
but not now. Yet we feel that tho
time will come when 1t win be for
us 'sweet land of liberty" because you
have brought us the flag
The Indian has felt a new hand
shake He has felt the thrill of
new heartbeat in his body which must
arouse new heartbeat In the nation
He feels now his life story. both print
tive and present. is to be accurately
given to the country. and that with n
full understanding of his condition. his
needs and his nature must come his
release from bondage.
"Everywhere the Indian has said:
We now have a tribal fag-our coun-
try's flag: for us there Is a new hope.
new life, a new day. The new day
has already dawned. And an emanoi-
patton proclamation has been issued
for the North American Indian
Indian superintendents have de-
clared that the expedition has tre-
mendously forwarded their work.
The Makahs. as well as two or three
other tribes, declared an Indian or a
lob inc ho atp
of the visit of the expedition. The
Makahs occupy a strip Of land at Cape
Flattery. on Neah bay, the western
most portion of land in the United
States.
"They gain their livelihood by fish,
ing. They are men Injured to the perils
of the sea-men Of Drawn and brain.
They said il the fish were running in
schools thick enough to walk upon
across the bay that they would leave
their seines and canoes and hoist the
flag which has come to them as
pledge Of freedom.
..Reyerent enthusiasm has everywhere
been manifested and the expedition
has federated far-distant and disints-
grated tribes into one united host.
pledeing allegiance to the common
The infiuehce of the flag has pre-
nared the red man to unite with the
white man in a common purpose. COM
siizes now. for the first time, that he
is part Of the great country which
was once his own. but was taken away
from him.
He realizes now. for the first time.
that he must do something for him
self. He realizes now. for the first time.
that the white man Is sincere In his
friendship and spirit Of brotherhood.
and thus the expedition has changed
the destiny Of whole race Of people.
One Of the five great races Of the world
faces a new morning.
Said a Uintah chief at Fort Ouch
esne Utah: What you say about the
flag is good. Hitherto we have talked
land, we have talked roads. we have
talked schools. we have talked irriga-
ton canals. We have never thought
nag and we have never talked flag"