The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-09

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 MT. Read was found in his cabin the next morning lying on the floor but no Indians in sight. The Doctor brought Mir. Read to town and sent him to the hospital. He said it was about the worst smash ed up face in a fight he had eyer seen. It tsok some awful hard punches with a fist to smash up bones Ike that way but the skin was not cut any.
 selling eboose to Indians leads to lots of accidents. MT. Read sold some to Llcyd Bell last fall and Lloyd got in jail for six months while his wife got on as best she could. He sold 1t to Tom Bell and Tom ran over a bank and wrecked his car and nearly killed himself. Tom has a wife and two children. MT. Read has sold boose to lots of other Indians and when the Indians buy it and get drunk and fight they have to go to jail and MT. Read had another accident and sold some boCse that he had made and he got in jail himself for six months and paid fine of $5OO.0O and he still likes to sell boOse to the Indians.
 "The Indians are foolish to buy MT. Reads bCose because they have wives and children that need the money and these Indians mostly work for the Ky. and A. R. c. and when they get drunk they loose their jobs and then the Govt has to feed them if 1t can. The govt has school and hospital for the Indians that cost a lot of money but MT. Reads bOose counteracts a lot of the good that these do. MT, Read wants all the money the Indians have for bcose but he says he hates Indians and he calls them awful names. That is probably why he started shooting.
 When MT. Read started shooting the Indians were so frightened and so mad they did not know what all they were doing to MT. Reads face.
 Some Indians are like some white men and are pcor sports. They sneak out at night and buy MT. Reads boose and when there is an accident they want MT. Read to have all the blame.
 "Mr. Read Is very nice man to meet and he works hard on his farm and keeps 1t looking fine and neat. He raises lots of nice straw berries and vegetables and hay and other things beside boose. He has lots of friends because he always behaves like a gentleman when he is sober and when he is not selling boose to Indians.
 "Mr. Read will be in the hospital quite a long time as a result of this accident.
 "Cap Goodletaw will be In jail quite long time as a result of this accident. Cap Goodletaw has a wife and two small children.
 Some people think 1t is difficult for anyone to help the Indians as long as MT. Read sells them lots of boose and they think he should not do it.
 People seem to have different ideas about Indians. Some people think they should be treated as tho they had no rights and no feelings. Some people would give them all the rights and priveleges that they ask for and would not hold them responsible for anything. And some people would give, the Indian and would demand of the Indian just the same that they would white person under the same circumstances and when they understand the same. Some people think that the worst thing that can happen to an Indian is for people to act toward him as tho he were a fool or a child who is not and never can be responsible for what he does"
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