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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-01-27

not be educated; they were some.
what like human beings, but no,
quite within the line of human
rights; the only hope was to let
the bullets do the work, cover up
the bloody deeds and say no more
God and humanity were forgot
ten"
at that hour, when the Indians
were made good Indians, as q
Tightening from the clear sky, out
from the frontier, among Indian
fighting soldiers, e voice came:
Stay the sword, the Indian is :
man. That voice was no less than
Lieut.. r. H. Pratt, now our most
beloved and honored benefactor,
Brig. General -
''There comes a time in human
events when abandonment of racial
responsibilities become very OPP
pressive, unbearable, intolerable,
and there seems to be no hope
then man must exert himself,
speak and act
''The status of our people is not
on the square, for that reason,
Brothers, that time has come to
our race. The Society of Ameri-
can Indians is not Free"
:'We are wards, we are not freel
In a free country we are not free;
our heritage is freedom, but we
are not free. Wake up, Indians,
all over America!''
1--WE are hoodwinked, duped
more and more every year; we are
made to feel that we are free when
we are not. We are chained hand
and foot, we stand helpless, inno-
Gently waiting for the fulfillment
of promises that will never be full
flied, in the overwhelming great
ocean Of civilization. = Il.
Some well-meaning people feel
1 very bad over this matter Of TAX
ing away the support of the In
dams. They pass their hands over
their foreheads, take long sigh,
sadly look into space and wonde.
how We are going to free the In
dams. And what will become OF
the poor Indians then? This go
ing here and there seeking to find
a solution to the Indian problem
is all nonsense. 1t has been prob
lem so long that it has become Z
problem
"Gen. Pratt's words are true,
that the Indian is no problem It
| is all in our mind. To free the In
dian is to free the Indian. There
is nothing complicated about that.
It is 80 simple that we cannot be.
lieve it. y
THE question of abolishing the
Indian Bureau is not new idea.
Eleven years ago the progress OF
the Indian race had reached that
stage of preparation that enables
them to be independent of Gov.
ernment supervision and to be told
to 90 their own way and be their
own self-supporters.
"Gen. Pratt sounded the key note
when he said: Better, far better
for the Indians had there never
been a Bureau. Then elf-preser.
walton would have led the individ.
ual Indian to find his true place,
and his real emancipation would
have been speedily consumated. :
''Wben Cen Pratt uttered these
words, he thought that the country
and the President were with hin
in heart and soul for the better
ment of the Indians, as in the past
Not so, humiliatingly he was made
to realize that there was someone
higher than he, someone to be con
sidered, someone to be reckoned
with. He found himself relieved
from the great institution he hac
founded and cherished, and where
he mad hoped to see his last days
He had said much. He was in the
Indian service under the Bureau
| and his head was cut off-19O4.o
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-01-27

Entered at the POstoff1ce at White
Earth, Mimi, as mail matter of the
second class.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
HER DREAM NOT FULFILLED
cave Woman's Desires Were Good,
But Humanity Seems Not Yet
Ready to Adopt Them.

At night the cave woman Law awake
while her mate slept, watched the fire.
light playing on the walls, listened to
the bowling of the wolves.
When all the wolves are dead"
she used to think, how good life will
become. My man and | will walk
where we will in the forest, and we
will be great friends, and very tender
and wise with each other. And what
children we shall rear when | know
all the magic herbs that cure their
sickness and they need never die of
famine"
With such dreams she smiled and
slept
Well, all the wolves are dead. But
women do not yet walk freely with
men in the forest. Most men bid them
not CAD about looking for wisdom and
tenderness. but stay by the campfire
twining scarlet berries in their hair:
and most women obey And children
still die from famine and sickness, for
the world seeks more busily for more
scarlet berries than for food and heal
ing herbs
But, bitterest of all to the dead cave
woman. though the world has concen-
trated so extravagantly upon the
adornments she invented, it has for
gotten the meaning that set her whole
body glowing as her fingers twined
them in her hair. Those berries were
the badge of courage of the heart and
of the body; they were an invitation
to love and motherhood. These things
have had no deadlier foe than ele-
West in the New Re.
public.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14

Miriam Steele slept. Suddenly 1t
seemed to her as il cold blast blew,
and. opening her eyes, she saw the
Death Angel at the bedside. And she
put out her hand to stay the sweep of
that mighty sword.
why must he die?" her heart plead
ed
The little room on the instant faded
from her sight, and she seemed to
see in the following vision an answer
to her question.
She was seated, middleaged wom-
and the boy, a lad of twenty, ran into
her arms.
Mother" he cried Just think,
have got that position in the bank!
Now We'll be rich, and some day
shall be the president; you mark my
words!"
She kissed him; she was very proud
of her son. Her husband came home,
to learn the news. When Charley had
gone from the room they turned and
kissed each other. 1t seemed incred
ible that they had borne this wonder
this prodigy who had secured a post
in the great bank against fifty com
petitors.
A year had passed Miriam Steele
saw the boy again. He had come home
late; his face was flushed, and there
was a curious unsteadiness about him
as he stood, swaying and smiling, upon
the threshold.
Charley" she cried. and then the
awful realization came home to her.
Her boy was drunk. Charley-whom
she had never permitted even to see
intoxicants, whom she had brought up
SO strictly,
She rose and went toward him; she
smelled the liquor upon his breath.
He eyed her foolishly.
Just been out with tn boys, muz.
zer,' he mumbled and collapsed into
chair where he sat, blinking and
trying to assure her that he was all
right
The agony of that night, when, with
HSi al MS duOul ulul, sue USlpeu MIN
up the stairs. The agony upon the
fathers face when he learned: the
sorrow of both when the rumors of
the neighborhood came to them, last
of all. Charley Steele was a notorious
profiigate; he gambled. he drank, he
mixed with gang of wild spirits.
Doors were closed to him. Girls turned
their heads aside when they encoun-
tered him; other girls looked laugh
ingly after him-but these were in
their turn outcasts from the prim so.
ciety of the little town
Then came the day when the boy
stumbled home, discharged by the
bank
He was sober now. and quite impeni-
tent. I'm going to get out of here"
he said. "A man isn't a criminal be-
cause he has a glass of beer Nobody
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
The Dark
Angel
BY H. M. EGBERT


Copyright 1916. by w. G. Chapman)
Although the doctor had told them
that there was nothing more he could
do, Steele and his wife still waited
in the sickroom beside their boy. He
was an only child. eight years Of age.
He lay in stupor now; the lips, which
had mercifully ceased to mutter, re-
manned half open, and the breath
Kissed between them. For several days
the crisis had been approaching; for
hours it had been a losing battle.
Steele, the bank clerk, remained
seated at the bedside. He held one
clammy hand in his own, and his eyes
were fixed unseeingly upon the unsee-
ing eyes Of the child.
Miriam Steele knelt at the boys
side, her head on her arms. She had
not stirred for an hour In her heart
had been the unspoken prayer, always
reiterated:
20 God. If thou art merciful. spare
my boy and take from some other fam.
lily where there are many children!"
1t had almost seemed to her as IL
the intensity Of her prayer must ind
some answer. Yet Charley had stead
lily grown worse, and she had not dared
to meet her husbands eyes.
Worn out by her long vigil, cramped
from the position she had assumed,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
man. He does not understand how
dearly l love Rodney"

man. He does not understand how
dearly love Rodney"
The last barrier of suspicious was
broken down with the steadfast law
yer, but he had his duty to perform.
Il am ordered" and he spoke with
a meaning and a commiseration that
even this artless experienced girl fully
understood, Il am ordered to furnish
You proof of the possibility Of all his
means being swept from him." and
William Ashe produced a package of
business documents. These evidence
the fact that if Mr.. Thearle does not
raise nearly fifty thousand dollars by
the fifteenth of the month his credi-
tors will take all he has"
"Oh dear. how sorrowful," futtered
Evelyn Boice. mo, no." she de-
INJURED, touching the documents as the
lawyer was about to replace them in
his pocket. Il am interested. Let
me know all, please. can-perhaps
can help"
The lawyer marveled at the sudden
change in the girl, the expression of
strength that came into her fair face,
at her enigmatical manner as she
handed back the papers with the sim
pie words.
Il thank you Please tell Mr..
Thearle that l sympathize with him
and that really will not be any added
burden to his troubles"
William Ashe returned home to an.
nounce to his client that the young
lady was reconciled to his stern fiat.
Then he partially forgot the lovely
girl amid hard, but a vain effort to
secure an extension from his credi-
tors. They had tied up one hundred
thousand dollars in collateral that, un-
der forced sale, would ruin the old
merchant.
mo arrangement can be made" re-
ported the lawyer one morning. THE
collateral was closed out yesterday
and purchased by some outsider"
Then the creditors will be paid?"
asked his client
Dollar for dollar, but the holder of
the collateral now holds you at his
mercy"
Ashe left the broken merchant max
ing his arrangements to close I'D his
business and begin life all over again.
Two hours later Ashe came rushing
into the office of gloom, madly ex-
cited
Look" he cried, flinging down a
big envelope before his client.
The note cancelled, the collateral
released gasped Gregory Thearle.
What marvel is this?"
Then his eye fell upon the name up-
on the note, that of the person to
whom the bank had transferred it.
Evelyn Boice." he fairly shouted,
and then before the lawyer could
make an explanation the old man col.
lapsed under the shock completely.
But the full explanation came later
and happy chain of circumstances it
involved. indeed. William Ashe sur
missed what had transpired as soon as
he saw that name. The fortune hunt
err" the sweet girl at Dayton, had re-
turned the stern treatment Of Rod
ney's dear father" by saving him from
beggary.
You never told me that you were
rich, that you were an heiress," Rod.
ney said to her day later.
Why should | have done so?" chal-
lenged Evelyn modestly. 1T was so
delightful to be loved just for my poor
little humble SELF
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
Golden
Heart
By WALTER DELANEY

Copyright. 1916. by ". G. Chapman.)
1T must be done" spoke Gregory
Thearle.
Il am sorry to be the medium of
your message. Mr.. Thearle.' spoke
William Ashe. Il am your attorney.
You can command me. but speaking
in q strictly professional sense you
are taking the wrong course in this
matter"
Il differ with you and I have made
an unalterable decision spoke
Thearle stubbornly.
Very well. Mr.. Thearle. l will do
the best l can." said the lawyer.
The attorney went home thoughtful
and a trifle disturbed. His old-time
client had set him hard task, for
he was a sensitive and sympathetic
man at heart. He unbosomed to his
wife.
"A disagreeable mission" he told
her. 1t seems that Mr.. Thearle has
learned that his son Rodney is in
love with young lady at Dayton-a
Miss Evelyn Boice. He knows moth.
ing about her, but assumes that she
has in view the fact that young Rod
ney is a rich mans son. Not only
that, but Mr.. Thearle is in sore trou-
BILE concerning his business. | have
begged him to tell Rodney, who is q
fine fellow, as you know, all about it,
but his father hopes to escape the
threatened embarrassment in his
business and refuses. Looking at the
dark side of affairs further, he says
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14

1t would be terrible thing for Rodney
to marry and find himself penniless."
And what are you to do, dear?'
submitted Mrs. Ashe
"Brutally speaking. l am to tell the
young lady that the Thearle family
object to the match II, as Mr..
Thearle puts it, she is indeed a for.
tune hunter, | am to show her certain
: documents proving that Mr.. Thearle
may be beggar in a MONTH"
Mr.. Ashe reached Dayton the next
morning. He had the address of Miss
Evelyn Boice. lie found that she was
a boarder in very respectable fam.
lily, had come from another city some
months previous and was taking a
course at an art school.
Refinement, even luxury, were in
evidence in the handsome drawing
room where he sat awaiting the
fiancee of his clients son. Ashe de-
cided that she could not be very poor
to afford so expensive a home, nor
an adventures il she was seeking edu-
cation in line where the practical
worker makes a good living.
He had sent up his card by the serv-
ant In a few minutes Miss Boice
came into the apartment The lawyer
directed one searching analytical look
at that charming face and wished he
was home, anywhere. but in the pres
ence of such righteousness, innocence
and beauty
We are strangers" he observed
arising with all the courtesy and re-
spectfulness he could command. Il
wish we had remained so, Miss Boice."
he added almost sorrowfully.
Her face was void of amazement.
Surely, never had she known SO
strange gathering,
THAT is hard thing to say, is it
not, Miss Boice??" he continued try.
ing to force a whimsical smile, and
l must explain. ! am a lawyer. |
have been sent on a mission most dis.
tasteful TO me. Be indulgent, dear
lady, ! came from Mr.. Gregory
Thearle.
Inc father of Rodney muir
INJURED the girl and slight pallor
came over her face
He objects to the attention of his
son to you, Miss Boice. pursued Ashe
steadily There are reasons. accord
ing to his detached point of view
they are not mine. believe me. Mr..
Thearle is in trouble. There may be
occasion for Rodney to stand by his
father and the family-I-I-"
The lawyer felt wretched. The
sweet girl before him had held him
spellbound with the winsome limo
cence of her lovely eyes Now they
filled with tears.
MIR. Ashe, she said brokenly. oh.
indeed, no attitude of mine shall dis.
tress him. ] would help the poor old
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
Goethe a Product of His Time.


1t would be as impossible now for a
man to be a great poet and great
man of science, like Goethe, as for a
man to be familiar with the whole sum
of contemporary knowledge, as Dante
was. Devotion to science, in this
century, is necessarily followed by
some such experience as that which
Darwin underwent; the meticulous OBJ
servation of facts blunts all finer SEN
sitiyeness to poetry and music. Sci
ence means specialization, and dwells
on the multiplicity of phenomena.
Goethe wished universal outlook.
and was preoccupied with that unity
which binds all to all Atlantic
Monthly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
kaowiedoe Gained b, E.p.r,.,,.

During the last school year teach
81 In the Indianapolis schools asked
her pupils to tell her which was the
most important, TO keep the face or
the teeth clean, and why. One Of her
small boys replied without a moments
hesitation: Your teeth. cause they'll
rot OF. and your face won't"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
sSer<h While ouotation.
whenever you are angry or fed I

Whenever you are angry or tesd II
E-umbhnx or pouting-whenever yus
are gloomy. fretful or morose-yoa
are consuming your energy. wasting
you v.tSlity and opening the sluice-
ways in your mental reservoir instead
OF sending the power over the wheel
70 drive the mental machinery.-Se
lacted
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
Not the ONLY Ones.

Hsv Jersey robins used two-dok
lar bill as material for a nest They
are not the only builders who have
put all the money they could get to
gether into a home
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
Many Way. Of Measuring Stems.

Many Ways Of Measuring Stone.
Because Of the variety OF uses to
which 1t is put In its different forms,
therS IL no uniform system Of measur~
ING stone. Square feet, yards and
rods, perches, cords and tons are all
included In the list
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
Fashion Mates

Short women should avoid much
trimming on their skirts. says a fash
Ion writer. Yes. and so should long
women II their husbands are short
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
Robins and Sparrows Leao.

The commonest bird in the north
eastern part of the United States is
the robin. The English sparrow comes
a close second.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
Surely Not.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. h the ~
tfonal motto OF Hawaii, q sentiment
TO which none but the most particular
can possibly take exceptons.-Er
change.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
lonrI-Enlt Wanf

A sahetha man. Doc Tennal reportx
working hard TO perfect q device
by which an umbrella can be opened
only by its owner.-Kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14

Yesterdays highest point Of
achievement is the starting point Of
today s.n-Paulist Fathers Motto.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14

Granite is the bottom of the earth's
crust.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
oystmlztio Thought

Evn report IS easy to lift but difacun
20 carry
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14

1t would be terrible thing for Rodney
to marry and find himself penniless."
And what are you to do, dear?"
submitted Mrs. Ashe.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

ters meets at the home of Mrs. L. D. Howe on Tuesday evening.
 Miss Gertrude Coates of MiddIeboro, Mass, was a recent guest at her cou- sins, Mrs. G. A. Haskelrs.
 Sunday in the Churches.
 At the Baptist church Sunday morn ing the pastor, Rev. J. A. Spideu preached on The Unexcelled Excel lence of Christ. The ordinance of the Lords Supper was observed at this service. His evening subject was Three Great Steps in Life.
 At the Methodist church, Rev. Sam uel Thatcher's morning subject was Our mAbitions. In the evening Miss Josephine s. Fisk, superintendent of deaconess work in Providence, R. l., spoke. The Epworth League meeting was held at D. m.. with Miss Nellie Saunders leader.
 At the Congregational church, Rev Albert Donnell pastor, the morning subject was The Pilgrim Tercenten- ary. The Y. P. S. c. B. met at D. n., subject. What New Work Shall Our Society Undertake? The pastor s subject was The Faithful Servant s Reward.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
Brief Mention

Robert Kelly of New Haven spent the weekend at his home in this city.
 Miss Marguerite Cotter of this city is spending some time With her broth CT in Roslindale, Mass.
 Mrs. D. F. Mccarthy of Providence. R. l., is spending some time in this city as the guest of Mrs. John Hickey. of Jackson street.
 Omer Palhus, Joseph Gaudreau and FIorimond Normandin lett Sunday for Boston, where they will attend the second game of the worlds series. The trip will be made in a automo- bile.
 Many from this city went to Put nam as we'll as South Windhann, Sum- day, to witness the ball games in those two places. Most of those that went to Putnam made the trip by au- tomobile.
 Sunday. Chief E. H. Richmond re- ceived a complaint from a y,lrng lady who lives on Windham Road stating that she had heen struck by bicycIe that was being ridden on the sidewal lI1 when she was returning to her home Saturday evening. The authorities are investigating the matter.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
BODY OF BOY
 FOUND IN OLD WELL Seven Year Old Peter Gater1bie ~ski Discovered By His Stepfather.

Saturday morning the body of Pe- ter, the seven year old son of Mrs. Galembiewski of Windham. was found by Peter Galembiewski, step-father of the child, in an old we'll some dis tance from the house. The child had been playing around the house as us ual during the morning and was not missed until the step father returned to the house from looking after the cows After calling and receiving no response to their calls the couple started a search for the boy that last ed nearly an hour. AS some boards had been removed from the top of the well the fathers attention was called to that point and upon investigation the body was discovered.
 The father of the boy succeeded in getting the body out of the well be- fore medical aid reached the scene which was some time latter. Upon his arrival on the scene the doctor stated that the boy had been dead for at least two hours.
 Coroner A. G. Bill was notified of
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

medicine took. Every month since I was a young girl I had suffered with cramps in my sides at periods and was never regular. saw your advertise ment in the newspaper and the picture of woman who had been saved from an operation and this picture was inn pressed on my mind. The doctor had given me only two more days to make up my mind so sent my husband to the drug store at once for bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and believe me, only took four doses be- fore I felt change and when l had fin ished the third bottle I was cured and never felt better. I grant you the priv ilege to publish my letter and am only too glad to let other women know of my e."-Mrs. THos. MCGoNIGAL, 5432 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa.