The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
PRAISE INDIANS
IN WORLD WAR
Or. ]. K. Dixon Gathers Tributes
and Pictures of Scenes
Where Red Men Fought.
$50 RECEIVED DECORATIONS
Many Crosses in Cemeteries in France
Bear Odd Names Such as Good
Bear and Goes Forth
Clever az Scouts.

L0ndOn.-More than 1900 red In
dams served we'll in the American
Army In France: tributes 10 their
valor have been rendered by the gen
erals of Great Britain. France, Bel
GUM and the United States. These
tributes. aud some important facts
about the Indian soldiers. have been
collected bv Dr. Joseph X. Dixon who
Is now i'm London.
Or Dixon has toured all the battle
fields ~ the Continent where these
red warriors served-twenty-e eight
sectors of the Westera front in all.
For fifteen years he has been study
ing The Indians and their habits and
making historical records in behalf
OF ROGnan WAnamaker Of New York.
Both gentlemen are sincerely inter
ested In tue perpetuation and advance
ment Of the tribes.
Praised by Hsig.
The latest praise of the Indian sol
ders in the American army is sounded
writes Ia Dr Dixon:
american Indians fought under
my command near Amiens. Arras and
Ypres. have much pleasure in ac-
ceding To- your request 70 give you
my npinion az them. Their bravery.
even under heavy shell fire. did not
make them diStirguiShable Us indi-
viduals from the troops of European
blood amongst whom they fought
and ! can give them no higher praise.
They were also conspicuous as scouts
and snIperS and for their skill in the
use 81 ground
Marshal FOch wrote:
Il cannot forget the brilliant ser
Vices which the valiant Indian SOL
dicrs ~ the American army rendered
70 the common cause. and the energy
rs wpll'aS courage which thew have
shown 70 n"h'P"c victOry-deciSive
victory-hy attack"
MarSlal P"-aip END Cen. G"ur' nd
have also hc-,e -thrir teSiimcnr tO
the same u..aI't'es AID Cen. P0rSA'ng
Ia nnvin@ hic trih"tp In the form at
IN intr6luc'ior {" IL book an the sub
ipct which nr DlyOn iS writing.
One hur,'ro,' >""d fifty of the In
clans rcfr'Ned decorations. and The
oxplo'tS of ~" 81 them who received
The CrOix dc Gr"rre are specially
mentioned hy ~" D'von.
Private Iosenh Oklrhombi. ChOc-
taw. on the Argenpe M+nSe front. was
cited I'm orders for daSiIing 200 var'lS
under violent harraee through en-.
tanglements and on ia machine gun
nests. He lurrpd n c"niured gun on
the enemy aud remained In the posi-
ton for fOur 1avS in spite Of con
Stant barra:-o IF lnrgp pro'ortiles and
gas shells: II pr:So' ers surrendered
10 him
Corn. Seva'ia Swam the MeuSe car
heavy machine gun Eve. Letter In RE
day he carried another cable over tho
East Canal end crossed M open f"'d
raked by enPin" fire recurring with a
message Of critical importance.
Among tn. Bravest.
Gen. Pershing Dicked out whit he
regarded ms the hnrdred bravest he
roes in the American army and one
of them was Sevalia. The Indians
looked upon every yard behind them
as American territory and every step
ntnf
10 lick Germany" said one, aS he
started on q patrol.
Dr. Dixon took | 100 photographs Of
thp scenes of battles i'm which the In
dams took part and Of The graves ot
these who fell. The crosses over their
resting places hear such picturesque
names as Tales the Shield. Good
Pear Flights thP Enemy and Goes
Forth. Dr. Dixon has lived among
the Indians in the United States and
Capada for months and expresses
himself strongly ON the hardships and
repressiOns Of their life i'm the reServa-
lions. From 100000 their numbers
have been reduced To $4,000 con-
tained In $50 tribes. since they came
under rule OF the white man.
"The Indians fought for democracy"
saws DR.. Dixon. "ln the battles OF the
Revolutionary war. In the battles Of
the Civil war and In the battles for
the freedom OF France and Belgium.
They fought for a freedom which Is
denied them In the land OF their birth.
How will America now treat the
question? The savagery OF the Red In
dim has never been as the beginning
Of the alphabet compared with the
savagery Of the Hun"