The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
dlers or else the Gods they we're
using AZ was 4 gift from Herr iott
Himself r. h.

ataES OF else the scftaS @8 Ctle e
using was asgift from Herr Ifott
| Himself. .5s
Surpassed Rivals as scouts
The. code was nothing more than
||5yhoetaw plains, simple, old fash
I 1loaed, ordinary catch as catchscan,
IeVerydaE Choctaw. There Was .
gnoctaw Indian at The T. G. who
listened to the, order: given hiiSl by.
an American oiflee1; \ y s ssss y le
peated it, III Choc tsa7ss, ~ ~ pw
;tfibesmen at the t,ll :,sas $sss the
|Wire, at the froHsE aeld this is5saian
Translated it fol, the A.ne lee.as4 ls, u I'll
'cer who stood beside iaia sssssades
|of PRINCE Bislnark. sEyerSthing
else had the kaiser taken ir4ls. con
sideration when lie spriated into
che late unpleasan5ness, b'rs a rad
failed to teach his soldiers u. Iot]i-
GERS Choctaw. @ 4.
Asa scout the InaWD sur
passed Arrivals, ever lbs, nch
black troops, even tie Brtgisls adj
|ans being considered his 5lssf prs
in the artiof.night raj as. e;;as,sss IDS,
of feeling tbewsy if6ai,sgsssstt y s t..siiss sspu5
LA Che slightest losing sense 5f d.
reGtion. 1t was ID work uf shis
Kind that the Amarican indianFWas
used to Inc greatest ..tdyaatsage, e, ,
and there is now q recon In,
ton ia the mil..3advsaug that spe-s
cial units be formt OF Indian
scouts to be utilized ;tsS lxilisfies
ip connection With ptaagons SEd
platoon sectious., ]5Tf .,s@s.ssss ssss. .ss MIA
+ Ques,Ionnaires. WEI { u 90 all
divisions, asking whether thg lHdi-
AN could standsnp uader is4ssts,clls
strain, whether be was s n;attg'ai
leader, what were the nasnre Gsff ffsst:s
cisitss9ils with Whils .ti5ls, vi n : :
fitness he had for any particular
Fighting arm, and what his quail
ties were for scouting. A sym
postum of~replaes Showed that he
.stond up we'll under Eantai strain;
that though he. was nat 4 natural
leader, he associated we'll with
white soldiers; athat they regarded
him, on the whole. as a good man;
that be. had showed a5speciaL aptl-
| tude for automatics: anu ! that his
capacity for scouting was boundless
Keen III Sense Of Objection. 4
| In two elements, ability to util-
ize mechanical methods, such as
maps, BUYERS, phones, etc, and
in his ability to report verbal mes
sages accurately, the SYMPOSIUM
Of replies showed that the Indian
was slightly below the averrge, but
lit was taken. for granted that he
could easily be educated to become
proficient III Ties, as we'll, -S
A bove all, he had the sense Of
direction developed to an uube-
lievable extent. The indians al
ways assert that they are never at
Il loss whep it comes to tjriantating
themselves, and ascriba this faculty
to their habituai oDservatioa of
wind. sun, moon, stars, landmarks.
memory Of country tsaVersed, and
the knowiesige of woodcraft. Test
Led, with, white soldiers in whictf
every man wassbliudfuidei in an
open woods. tie Indians were the
only scouts who we're able to reach
previously indicated obiectives 100
feet ahead. They accomplished
this by careful crawling, by feel
ing on thegronnd. and by memory
pictures Of the Intervening terrain.
These tests were made repeatedly
in the Thirty-Si xth division, which
has great many Indians in it.
In addition, the red men were
fonp,ito be nneomplaining. good
T. II nfers-srie n,enbssrs Of The Va! Nav.
aio. Zutii and Iiopi tribes were.
gvcat " rim a small m.ltter Of 10
Aii!es saIec daily: u. aud from
their garden work ip the South
vest patient and reserved. They
are goods shots. stoicai under fire.