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TTH "HlHtrn-y IHMr-ant" prescnftl .Wen nlilc to leave dome article to com-
no micccsHfully by the Hi'tititr ni'nicrat that flans and to liflp lccorat
class of tho Omaha JHerh scho'il the IihIIh of the school buildinK- For th
ha net a new precedent in the iHSt d-cad:- these ways of ralsinc money
annal of high nc1moI enter- have taken tlio shape of a senior Into which
prises. An Interesting bit of the unmiKpcitlng narent and vlKitor was
high rhool history has also been brought d, and broke out again? the shorn lamb,
to light aa a result of th entertainment Tnig yrar some member of th 1910 class
Blv(n- evolved the Idea of giving an exposition of
When the senior eta of last year gave not only the high school work, but also the
Its senior fair the faculty decreed for va- work, of all the grade svhools. However,
rlous good and sufficient reasons that It this scheme fell through because of lack
should be the last fair given by a senior of time In which to prepare the exhibits,
class at the Omaha High school. And when am) so the Idea of making texington day
the rifles of 1910 asked that It be allowed one which would long be remembered was
to present ti fair it was refused. So It was brought forward and was received wim
up to the brilliant members of the class, the greatest enthusiasm,
to think of sometlving to take its place. in fulfilling its purpose as a picture por-
One tf the entertainments put forth to trayal of the early history of the first set-
flU the gap was the pageant Just given. Uer9 ot America the spectacle presented
Another Is to be the entertainment In as an unqualified success. Th different
vaudeville which Is to come off some Cenes shown by. the students were all his-
tlme In May. torirally correct and Impressed on the mind
In former years the Bailor classes of the of the audience as nothing else could the
high school have always had some kind of struggle for this continent and the later
an entertainment at the high school build- fight for liberty.
ing. By means of these each group of For an amateur performance the stage
studonts as it left the school to try its fffects produced tey them In the course of
fortune In a contest with the world, has the pageant were almost wonderful. The
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picture shown above, that of liberty su- filled. As It Is between Mn and $W w. re
premc, would do credit to any professional made clear by the pupils,
stage manager and Is certainly a triumph Kor thl gtNat success tlie students give
for tha girls presenting It. credit t Mrs. Atkinson, the head of the
The business managers of the event r- i,i.,try department of the high school, and
port that financially the event f.ir exceeded to Chandler Trimble, the president of the
their exe;tations. Three performances class. Mrs. Atkinson states that the High
were glv?n on Tuesday and the theater school facility, In Mew of the fact that tli
was packed at all of them. If another per- pupil ran this event so well, are seriously
tfi.rmance could have becn arranged for It considering some, such entertainment every
is thought that it could easily have been jear.
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PLANS AN INDIAN COLONY
Little Bison Would Lead Sioux to
Central America.
WOULD REGAIN VITALITY THESE
Cattle Raising: and Farming- Work
Tkey're Beat Fitted For
Want Five Thousand Dol
lar (o Begin With.
NEW TORK, April 23,-One of the most
Interesting speakers at the recent lunch
eon of the League of Political Education
wag Little Bison, son or Chief Big Foot
of the Sioux Indiana. The second annual
function of this kind was given in honor
of Mrs. Lionel Marks (Miss Josephine Feu
body), on her way to Stratford to witness
the presentation ot her prlie poetry play,
"The Piper," and at the guest table be
ide the two mentioned were Charles Rann
Kennedy and his wife, Edkh Wynne
llathlson, Wlnthrop Ames, Robert Krsklne
Ely and several other notables.
In the home of Miss Nathalie Curtis, who
has spent some years among the various
Indian (tribes, a sojourn resulting In "The
Indian ' Book," Little Bison admits that
the short time allotted his speech hardly
gave him a chance to Introduce the topic
o near his heart, much less explain U
as ha would like to have done. He has
already spoken of it and received the ap
proval of several Indian well wishers,
among them F. S. Dellenbaugh, librarian
of the American Geographical society; Mr.
Stedman, whose Work along this line Is
well known, and Miss Curtis, who Is an
enthusiastic supporter of the "dream."
He has lectured before the public educa
tion boards and at the synagogue of Dr.
Stephen Wise.
In his post-luncheon speech Little Bison
spoke pathetically of the fact that the
government only gave the Indians "ra
tions and reservations." Translated Into
the vernacular it would seem that for any
body to give anybody else board and lodg
ing Is considerable of a gift. But Little
Bison does not think bo and his argument
is based on good common sense and prac
tical experience. What he believes the In
dian wants is to live the life he was In
tended by Nature to live so far as is
possible with the advance of civilization
and to reach the standards demanded by
that civilization by slow and painstaking
steps not to be forced into an Impossible
competition with a people who are gen
erations ahead of him in every path that
can be named,
"What the white man has demanded, ",
says Little Bison, "is that t lie Indian shall
step from his blanket and moccasins Into
a dress suit and patent leather pumps and
be at home In that garb. It is Impossible.
W cannot do it, and for that reason after
the young men leave school or college and
are thrown on their own resources follow
ing the protection of a segregated life,
they frequently find themselves unable to
compete in the fight where many white
men go under, and, in spite of education
and effort, revert to the blanket life.'
"About a year sgo," says Little Bison,
"a luncheon was given at Sherry's in New
York City to dlscufs the gift offered by
Mr. Hodman Wanamakcr of half a million
dollars to be used In the purchase and
erection of the statue of an Indian, this
sculptured form to be the work of Mr.
Frederio Remington, since deceased. The
newspapers which gave the account or the
banquet and the laudatoiy speeches ot
the guests did not contain on allusion ur
suggestion that the tame amount or a
hundredth part of that amount might be
expended for the benefit of the live Indian,
rather than in the perpetuation in marble
of the Indian who Is actually passing away
on account of their n- glect. I do not criti
cise the fine, broad-minded Ideas of Mr.
Wsnsmaker at all, but I do say that for
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AN INDIAN WITH A DREAM.
people" refers particularly to his own
tribe, with ten families from which, or an
aggregate of fifty people, he would prefer
to stall, adding others as timo goes on.
He does not want this colony to revert to
the mere hunting and fishing life; he
wants to make farmers of them, and he
man, who was In 111 health. With him
Little Bison visited not only the usual
European countries, but went also to
unusual places, little frequented parts of
Africa and Asia, Japan and India, Egypt
ard Arabia.
"One day in Arabia." narrates the
some 500.000 acres, to which they moved
from Oklahoma, forced to that place from
Louisiana. Already prosperous, having
the advantage of living in a rich country,
they aro now an Immensely wealthy tribe,
happy and progressive because they have
been allowed to work out their salvation
along the right lines. Mr. Duncan, who
has devoted his lifo to work among the
Indians, has now a large and thriving
colony of them, I believe In Alaska, self
supporting and Influential as individuals
and as a corporation. They have canning
factories, they have mining resources, they
have their own government. They are,
thanks to his wise foresight and experi
ence, a 'saved' people. They have proved,'
a self-evident fact to the student, that
the Indian can work as well as the white
man, but he must be allowed to work in
his own way. He cannot work In confine
ment. Ho loses his nerve. He must have
the outdoor life and the tradeB and pro
fessions that are allied with that for the
present, perhaps for many generations to
come. He cannot compete with the white
man.
"It is not so very long ago that here tn
New York I answered an advertisement
for an electrician. The man who offered
the place for the salary of $10 a week
coolly told me, when I applied, that no
ir.dian could work, but as there seemed
none else who had even an Inkling of what
was needed he finally engaged me. 1
stayed a week merely aa a mater of pride,
fr I felt my earning capacity was greater
than that, but I could not go away and
1 leave In his mind that Impression regard
ing my people. At the end of the time I
announced my departure and he said;
'Why you mustn't go, man; I can't get on
without you.' I said timply, 'Then you
think an Indian can work?' and when he
answered my question in a more flatter
ing manner than I had expected, I felt
that I had accomplished my purpose. But
I still say that the man was right to a
certain extent. 1, with my good health,
my education and my experience, cannot
work in confinement. I would have gone
to pieces in a short time there.
"Used to the buckskins, the IndlaVis can
not all at once adapt themselves to the
while man's dress. They put it on and
take it off at the wrong times; they are
nas not only round an ideal location, but i speaker, "1 mounted a bareback Arabian
has had a large tract of land offered to!talllon and rode him far out In the desert,
him In Central America, far from the j When I returned, triumphant, to have ac
polltical belt of the fcea coast, in the in- compiished something I had been told was
teiior at an altitude of some 6.000 feet, j Impossible for a youth like me to do, the
where all the vegetables can be easily pro- old Arab sheik to whom the beautiful anl-
with its stove, a place which Is never
ventilated and the air of which' soon be
comes vitiated and foul, after a time
breeding consumption and other diseases,
conveyed from one to another because
they do not know the laws of sanitation.
In log houses properly built I want to
teach them those laws of sanitation and
ventilation, and they would learn it In
time and apply it. My own preference
would be for the old-ttme 1epee, but In a
country where there la one month of rain
every year my practical experience teaches
that the log house or the frame dwelling
would be more healthful.
"Knowing that by merely walking out of
their cabins they can get their rations, the
necessity of work has been to a great ex
tent taken from the children of nature.
They were not slothful in the old days;
they would not be In the new conditions
that stimulate their ambition and pride."
Little Bison doesn't believe the race
would slip back. "The experience of the
colonies I have mentioned In Mexico and
Alaska Is quite opposed to any such be
lief. The colony would be under a leader
and his assistants, men of education and
ambition, graduates of schools and colleges
or of the practical life, men who when they
undertake a thing carry It through to a
successful termination. Their sons would
in time take up the work of progress. The
last outbreak of the Sioux was in 1MS1, when
Sitting Hull was killed. A generation has
passed since then, and In reviving old cus
toms the Bavage rites of the Sun Dance
and the Ghost Dance, to which solemn rites
no white men have ever been admitted,
would not form a part of our recurrent
celebrations. The last time these dances
were .given was in 1879, preceding an up
rising. They are never given except when
the war spirit Is abroad. There would be
no necessity for them in the lire I plan,
for we want to live in a state of peace.
I do not even believe that the co-operation
of different tribes In the colony will be
fruitful of evil, for the old spirit of rivalry
and hate seems to have died out as the
cause has been removed. In the schools
and colleges there Is no evidence of racial
feeling; -young men of tribes that In the
past were always on the warpath now
chum together.
"There Is a side of the Indian's charac
ter which Is quite removed from that de-
not toughened by their attire, they are picted In novels and melodramatic plays,
weakened by it. The open tepee with per- While it la true that In war time an In
fect Ventilation is replaced by the cabin idian will steal ponies, he is a particularly
duced. Including, coffee, cocoa; where there
Is quantities of rubber for export; where
cattle and sheep can be bred, and where
there Is abundance of game of every sort.
mal belonged came and kissed me on both
cheeks. It was from his people I learned
many Interesting facts in regard to veter
inary work, the breeding and csre of
The t'l.OOO which Little Bison mentions I horses and cattle, and know that today 1
modestly as a sum sufficient to start this
colony would be spent for transportation
purposes and the initial expenses. "There
could take a degree us horse doctor if it
were necessary. During this period I
learned many other industrial trades, car
ls no colonisation scheme that can show j pontry. for lnstapce, and even sewing.
results In one year." states Little Bison
"but I can do it in five I am sure."
That Little Bison Is well fitted by ap
pearance, personality and education to be
the leader of such a "cause" Is a fact that
is proved by a short talk with him. as well
as from the testimonials of his many
friends, lie Is a man of 45 years, who
looks ten yeurs younger. He Is stalwart
and firmly built, broad shouldered and
sinewy, ills high cheek bones show only
In profile and his features are clean cut
and arlsloi ratic In outline. He has married
a wife of Scotch-American parentage and
has seven children.
lie tells. In answer to a biographical
question, how he has been educated and
where and says that from the tune when
he v.s the age of his oldest hoy he has
had but cute dream, one project, to colonize
tils people.
Following the bat'.le of the Bi;; Horn,
where his father and most of his relatives
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something like V'.ovO 1 could start witliwc''' li'"'-d. Mule Bison was laken by a
hope and enthusiasm on the colonization
of my people in some place where, with
proper conditions of ciimate and physical
environment, they could develop Into a
fine, sturdy, self-supporting and self-respecting
race instead of dying by hundreds
of consumption and kindred dmene, the
result of Improper feeding, of Improper
clothing and Improper dwelling houses."
missionary to Texas, and lived on u ranch
until he was 18. After that he traveled for
a while, and In Colorado, Kansas and
other western states studied mining engi
neering n a practical wsy and perfected
himself In the pielimtnai les of electric
work. Installation, etc. During this period
he aroused the Interest ,f a rich Call
fornian and the consequence of their
acquaintance was the offer to become a
UUla HUoa eiplatiui that the term "my jsecretary and Uav.lhjg companion of this
I determined to leave no weak polr.t that
I had cognizance of, so that If the future
smiled on my scheme I should feel myself
fully equipped In every practical way. I
have the complete Industrial equipment
i.ecessary for such work.
"It wa on our return from this Journey,
which took several years, that I realized
I had found either In Bouth or Central
America the land of my desire. I thought
of the sterile, stony country, where on the
government reservation among the Black
hills the Sioux now have their home. I
remembered how, even in that desolate
tract, as minerals had been discovered the
Indian had been pushed further and fur
ther back. I stayed In this part of the
world a long time and came in contact
with many Intoj-esting ptople, some of
whom became exceedingly Interested snd
helpful, and It was through the Influence
of thse kind friends tuat the tract or
!and already mentioned was offered to me.
Emigration In those countries Is much de
sirtd snd several of the chiefs of Indian
tiib.s, relics of the ancient Asteca and
Incas, assured me that they would be
only too glad to work In co-operation
with us. Like the best of our people, the
thinking, educated c ass, they wish to
preserve the legends and myths of their
races, fast dying out; they wish to propa
gate their kind now disappearing,
"ilsxico has given the Cherokee Indians
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honest citizen when he Is normal and faun.
Of the many tribes the one best known to
the American people is the Sioux; It Is his
dress and his habits that have been most
often and most graphically described in
song and story. He is and I am now
Fpeaklng of the conclusions of students and
experts the finest from an Intellectual
and physical standpoint, and It Is fitting
that ho should he selected to found an ex
perimental colony.
"I wore a chief's hpaddress at the
luncheon of the League of Political Educa
tion, and it is this adornment that is
known as the 'Indian' headdress every
where. In reality It Is only worn correctly
by the Sioux, from whom it was copied by
I ho Ojibway Indians . It Is a 'war bon
net,' made of undyed eagle plumes, and Its
length Is determined by the rank of the
and anxious to take part in the colonization
scheme. They see in It a future for their
children and for the race. They are wait
ing for the clock to strike."
IJttle Bison has only the warmest words
of praise for the present Indian commis
sioner, Mr. Valentine, and for the work of
his predecessor, Francis Leupp, whose
published work on the subject of "The In
dian, His Problem," he considers a clas
sic, but he thinks the authorities, hampered
as they arc, have difficult problems to con
front nnd answer. "In this colony scheme
I do not not seo how, according to the In
ternational law, I could expect any except
a negative aid, but as an economic consider
atlou it certainly should arouse Interest.
Take the matter of breeding cattle alone.
Where, In a few years, are you going to
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wearer. The tunic l aaso wore was em
broidered in the old quill work, which
antedated the use of beads. We have no
totom poles like many of the tribes, our
crests and symbols are written on our
tepees and shields and our myths and
legends are preserved, if preserved at all
except in the memories of the older In
habitants, In the picture writing on skins,
stones and any seemingly imperishable
substance.
"Every year or two," continues Little
Bison. "I go back to the tribe and renew
my relations with them. I find them ready
get what you need In this direction? All
the western country is being built up. The
cattle and sheep are passing as the buffs'j
has passed, as the Indian is passing.
"There are more citizen Indians todJ
than you have any idea of and a citizen
does not have to have government permis
sion to- go where he wishes, but such help
as individuals of tho government could
give would be very welcome Indeed. I think
all these Individuals need Is to have their
Interests awakened and to learn some of
the true facts of the Indian's character, his
needs and his possibilities."
Lawyer Ruffles Court's Feathers
The supreme court of California has
cited Attorney Ralph Schoonover of Santa
Barbara for contempt because he used
George Ade's slang In prefpjence to the
language of Blackstone In a brief recently
submitted to the learned Judges.
When the rourt nut en banc to review
tiie puptrs In the appealed case of Wil
liams against Lane one of the Justices took
up the brief of Attorney Huhoonover and
btgan to read It aloud.
"Then the state court buns Into tho
game," he read in sn amazed tone,
"Beg pardon, I didn't follow," inter
rupted one of the learned associate Jus
tices. "Then the slate court butts In "
"My gracious," exclaimed a Justice, "did
Blackstone ever use such language'.'"
"If my memory serves me," suggested
Justice Melvin, "It sounds like a newer
master, Ueorge Ade, I believe his name is."
The Justice who was reading the brief
continued :
"Then a state court butts Into the game,
and when It has gotten Its butter going
It is unable to stop, but continues with all
the Judicial solemnity of an owl. Its ac
tions would doubtless pass muster in a
circus or a moving picture studio, but
certainly do not comport very well with
the dignity and caution"
"Dignity and caution, does he say sac
rilege," muttered a learned Judge. "But
ko on; we must get this nightmare over.
And they talk of abolishing capital pun-
IklilllCUt."
Ttas reading of the brief wag continued;
"Do not comport very well with dignity
and caution and evenmss of mind popu
larly believed to be personified In one who
wears the Judicial ermine and is presumed
to know the law and to administer it."
There was a general judicial gasp en
banc.
"The decision is a peach," continued tho
reader.
"What!" exclaimed a learned Judge,
"What!"
"In the vernacular, explained Justice
Melvin, "the word 'peach' signifies any
thing rare, pretty 1 gather that It is used
here In an Ironical ' sense."
"Said rotten .decision," continued the
reader, "was the rottenest decision that '
ever disgraced the records of any court,
for It wiped out the entire story ot his
perfidy. It Is a raw decision."
"That, I fancy, Is another colloquialism,"
asserted Justice Henshaw.
"The said Judgment," the brief read,
is one of the wonders of the legal world."
"It I a finding not only frivolous, but
false as well, and was intended simply, si
a cloak to cover more villainy."
There were phi uses that never before
had found their way into the pure lexicon
of the supreme court. "The decision was
putrid."
Thus was sarcasm, too. Atiorney
Si'hoonover said: "The Judgment 1 the f
conclusion of a sapient court, of massive
brains, a masterpiece of Wlelal wisdom '
And all this the supi ei sLj m t "f Cali
fornia declared to he "scandalous, dis
graceful, insulting auJ cuiislitul'S A C0
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