The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-12
ms tortured by the whites.

ans tortured by the whites.
"Thirty years g an unarmed
white man was safe among the Indi-
ans unless he ran up against some
Indian who had degenerated through
contact with the whites. No Indians
committed rape upon white women.
The red man never practiced this dis
gushing crime.
He'll and Congress.
During the past winter I had all
hell and a part of congress on my
neck" declared the doctor, but I'm
going to keep up this agitation till we
land somewhere.
ga human being has some rights.
The Indian has always been mistreat-
ed.
THE beef trust minions have stolen
the Indians cattle. They rented a
few tracts Of land, then overran all
the reservations and drove off cattle.
When others saw them succeed IN
this nefarious practice everybody was
doing 1t and they stole the cattle by
the trainload from these helpless peo-
pie who could secure no justice,
And If they undertook it they were
abused until they were glad to keep
silent. Civil service gives the Indian
a much inferior brand of agent than
the old spells system. Some of these
agents. are the attaches of Washington
women who are the guilty favorites
Of senators and congressman who
secure them such appointments. The
system is rotten.
"They have stolen also the horses
Of the Indians and their sufferings are
acute and destined to Increase. There
are not 1000 cattle left. When 1 wrote
this to Washington they replied by
quoting the statistics IN file in the
~pigeonholes there.
There is nothing so lying Is docu-
! mentary evidnece. The official reports
are without foundation in fact.
Cato Sells Honest.
"Cato Sells was honest" continued
the doctor, "for he was a democrat
He started in to reform some of the
worst abuses but within ten days he
had the lumber trust (Weyerhausers)
the beef trust and the implement trust
had surrendered.
There was no difference between
the democracy of Jefferson and the re
publicianism Of Lincoln. The essentia
Of developing a people is for them tt
have a local government.
"C~entralizing government will hav,
but one certain effect whether il
France, in Ireland, or among the lnd1
ans. The Indian department is a cor
rupt bureaucracy.
"The Indians are not At for thu
initiative Of business life or of farm
ing. Nineteen out of twenty Of then
must work for somebody else. The!
need freedom to develop them. The!
need to be given the opportunity o
other men.
1.-THE dignity and nobility Of labor i
the necessity for them. They don
want reform. We want social redemp
ton for the Indian"
Has No Peer.
AS a bearer of the gospel, Rev. Dr.
Beede has no superior in the priest
hood of the Episcopal church Of tn
northwest. Eloquent, forceful, h
stands fearlessly a notable figure o
the times in bold relief as one no
afraid to speak the truth on all &C
casions and to all persons
His wonderful work among the Indi
ans Of North Dakota will make hin
one Of the greatest characters. in tn
history of the fickertail state and tn
northwest in years to ONE A ma,
Of great personality the good he ha
done as the Christian friend an
protector Of a simple minded peopl
helpless against the encroachment
of government agents and some of tn
INSCRIPTIONS, cannot be estimated.