The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-21
MESSAGE OF TRIBES
Chief Mexes and Princess Lone Feath-
err in Patriotic Appeal Here.

Messengers from Chief Thunder
bearer have arrived in Topeka and de-
livered the message of the Council of
Tribes. an Indian organization of 49,
900 members, to the people of the
city from points of vantage on Kan
sas avenue Chief Mexes and his
wife, the Princess Lone Feather.
called on the governor and on Mayor
House for the purpose of obtaining
permission to speak on the streets. In
an interview Chief Mexes declared
that at no point on their journey have
they received more courteous or con-
siderate treatment than that accorded
them by the mayor and the people or
the city of Topeka. The Indians car
ried credentials from the executive
secretary of the National Red Cross
society, of which body they are mem
bers at large.
Far to the east in the land of the
rising sun in a great white city was
the Council of the Tribes, gathered
together from the uttermost bounds
of the land And the members of the
council were chieftains among their
people, but the greatest among them
was Thunderbearer, chief of the Sacs
and Foxes, and High Chief of the
Tribes. Now were the chiefs gath
cred about the council fires to discuss
great war and the righteousness
thereof, and many questions were
asked the great chief, SO that he went
forth from the council lodge,
and the great Spirit, Gitche Mantle,
the Mighty, Vouchsafed him clear vi
sion that he might order his people
wisely and we'll And this is the mes
sage of Gitche Mantle, the Mighty,
as revealed to the Sachem of the
Tribes for dissemination among the
peoples of Indian flood:
Know now that here is the an
swer to your many questions with re-
gard to the events now in process of
execution and our part therein.
Does one of my sons ask the right
and the wrong of this great evil?
dom and given you eyes to see, ears
to hear and hearts of compassion to
feel for your fellows?
The leaves of the trees and the
blades OF grass never infringe upon
the rights of their neigkbor, nor shall
man do so longer.
And I charge my people in this
wise: rather tHan serve a master who
listens not to Gus voice, it were bet
ter to die under the stars; letting our
blood flow in a crimson stream; that
the pure white stripe of brotherly
love, dignity and eternal peace be in
stituted for the benefit of future gem
erations. And [ lay upon my people
| these four things which they are to
do:
Let every American Indian, in
whole or in part, protect every act of
the governments opposed to the kaiser.
Inform the department of justice of
any genuinely suspicious act or utter
ance.
Protect the interests of every SOL
der whether he be here or abroad
Permit no utterance or act against
either our father, the president of the
United States, or his majesty, King
George v, for the destiny of democ-
racy, the preservation and dignity of
the governments of the American con-
tinent rest upon the executive ability
of these men.
And this is the message of Gitche
Mantle to his people, revealed to Og-
hema Niagara, Chief Thunderwater
Tehotiokwawakon of the Tribes, and
disseminated among the people of To-
peka by Mexes, the Mescalero Apache
( and his wife Lone Feather. the Pass
amaquaty. And as a symbol of their
mission these enissaries bear a sym
boil of liberty, unfurled and unencased
and surmounted by the War Eagle of
the nation.