Show A slow to taw vart h 49 rl R 0 ft 17 z 10 az W 11 diw 17 1 t 4 AA 5 ORE au h anky ENT k 5 1 AM W V W K w I 1 j 15 tm W R W 02 R 1 jr MO jr V UW 1 ak 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON atlis 1113 year marks the tenth anniversary v 0 0 the establish establishment merito of fa a day for honoring the memory ot of i the original of this W continent the tho american indian it wits in 1010 1019 that tile the illinois legislature authorized tile the observance of 0 indian day 06 on tho the fourth friday tn in september of each year since that time the idea luia line spread to other states and nil all over the tha country the day is fil marked with various ceremonies in connection with tit athla I 1 s event it ts Is interesting to note nota how ronny many permanent memorials have been traded within recent years to perpetuate tho fame ofa of ariae olne individual roll red ninn man or of the indian fis as a race the th e past dast year has seen th the addition of to nn an already long list ot of such memorials outstanding among these thesa have been the two indian equestrian statues of heroic size which were mado made a part of the main project of the monumental grant park decorative scheme tile the twin bridges across tile the railroad tracks nt at the foot of congress street on tho the litke lake front of chicago characterized ris as two of the ugliest but most anost impressive indiana ever eve cast tn in bronze these statues modeled by br iann tc the great aeo slav sculptor idealize tile the fighting spirit of tile alio american indian as not done dona before other memorials to a vanished raco race and that terro la Is used purposely because the primitive indian la Is not merely tho the vanishing race hut but very definitely a vanished race include the lifelike life like INO bust ot of chief bruten Ora teni ten of at tile tha Ach kinko tribe which was recently presented to the bergen county historical society in new jersey the monument to chief straw of tile the delawarek Delaw area unveiled nt at strawtown Straw town near Nob noblesville lesville ind and a massive granite boulder erected created nt at surrey courthouse virginia which recalls to tho the people of thrill that state their indebtedness to an indian in dlan named chanco A bronze tablet on tells his fits story it reads in memory of chanco tha file indian who lived with richard pace nt at paces patties in this county and who on the tha night before the massacre of at march 22 1022 informed pace of plot and thus saved the jamestown colony 11 and these are only it a few of tile tha nanny many memo rial to tho the american indian india which have ben been erected tn in overy every state in tho the union an entire book could be written about cheso memorials and the heroic deeds t to which they testify this article therefore cannot to contain a complete list in new england alone for instance a plan was wai set on toot foot several years ago to erect one oae hundred monuments to nil all tho the tribes and to a IlUm number berof of individual indians who lived tn in that section of tho the country just tie the other day it was announced that a memorial of a different sort train tile the usual was to IK be established on mount blount hope I 1 tu rhode island as it a shrine to perpetuate unto the ahe memory of kins king philip tho the great warrior on that historic ridge will bo be built a fireproof muse uniL for housing objects of historic indian value and it will be a shrine an archeo logical sanctuary for new bevy angland history bli tory maa long lone ago tailored honored I 1 tile the memory of king Phill philips tri rather father with a husa huge bronze statue of tho the great sachem bachim of tile the Varo protector and preserver of tile the which was erected at plymouth during the pilgrim tercentenary in ln 1021 the th visitor at anew new barbor nar bor will and ahi 4 there a reminder of another friend of at the ra grim it la IS a granite monument with a bronze tablet bearing this inscription Samo seti V an indian Saga noro inore of Pema Perna quid who welcomed the english at plymouth pave gave a seed deed of the land where this stone wits quarried and ot of that where it stands to john brown of new harbor loth july 1625 5 and acknowledged it before abraham it being the first deed properly executed in new england ono one other now new england statue which should be mentioned before leaving that part ot of the country Is the famous bronze by cyrus 11 dallin the appeal to the great spar it which stands standa before the museum of one arts in boston this was tile the last of a serles of four statues made by the famous sculptor more than twenty years ago which represented the racial tragedy in which our national life began bedon the first the signal of peace aleace stands in lincoln park dark chicago and represents the friendly meet ins of white and red man the medicine mon in fairmount park philadelphia depicts the red mana suspicion of the invader while protest Protes VI shows tho the warfare of the tribesmen against settlers the appeal to tho the great spirit illustrates tile the surrender of the indian not to human wient enemies les but to a n higher friend one other of dallons symbolical sculptors should he kidded ridded to the list of ills masterpieces it la Is the scout which stands in penn valley park in kansas city mo an appropriate locate locale for this was the eastern terminus of the oregon and santa fe trolls and the mounted indian Is looking over the vast empire where he rondo nindo tits his last stand before the onrush of at the white settlement of tho the west thoresent the Tho recent unveiling of the chanco monument in virginia Is a reminder that pocahontas one of the two great indian heroines in american history was not the only one whom virginians have reason to hold tit in grateful remembrance the statue of pocahontas roca hontas which stands on jamestown island la Is perhaps the best known of pit all indian statues to see tile the memorial to another indian heroine you must go clear across the continent to city park in portland Port tand ore there stands her hand outstretched to the west pointing painting the way ns as she rho did more than a hundred years ago when she guided lewis and clork on their fatuous famous expedition into the wilde wilderness mess north dakota also has honored tho the memory mory of this indian girl with a 0 statue which stands stands on tho the grounds of the state capital nt at bismarck virginia however la Is not tile the only state which had a near tile the town of benton tenn stands a calm of 0 stones hearing bearing a marker with the following inscription atra in memory of nancy ward princess and prophetess of the cherokee Chero keo nation tile the pocahontas of tennessee the con stunt friend of tits the IVIo pioneer neer born 1733 1738 died I 1 1822 in the cemetery in washington D C Q stands a monument which Is not only unique in that burying ground of notables of OC our nation it la Is also a memorial to no an indian warrior florand and statesman said by ronny many to be the greatest essof of all tits his race known to the he white mun and honored nt at the tha time or of Ms his death with a military funeral accorded only those ranking ns as general officers of the united states army the only red runn man in history to have been paid such a tribute engraved on the plain shaft tint marks his burying place are these words Push pushmataha mataba a choctaw chief lies here this monument to his memory was erector by tits his brohr cli who were associated with him in n dele delegation gutlon from their nation ln n tile the year 1824 to tho the government of tile the united states was a warrior of great distinction tie he was waa wise in counell elo quent to an extraordinary deg degree irre and on all owa ocen alons anler alt all circumstances the white snares mans aa ar Z 2 friend ile died tn in washington on the day of december 2821 ot of croup la in the coth year of his bla ago age it Is to the credit of the white and man at least that not alt all of at the monuments which lie he has baa arec erected t ed have been to friendly indians indiana some soma of them perpetuate the warlike deeds of 0 indians who were in their day the bitterest enemies of the encroaching whites one of these stands in the courthouse yard at point pleasant W va anil and bears witness 0 to o the greatness of cornstalk the shawnee who ho led his warriors in the first brat and greatest alt american battle at point pleasant a at t tile mouth ot of the great kanawha in 1774 when native natalye white frontiersmen under gen andrew lewis strove mightily with native red men under cornstalk although defeated at that hattle battle cornstalks Corn stalks prowess profess and generalship won van the highest praise drom tits his en enemies emles who later were tile the most sincere mourners of his death at the tha hands of treacherous and cowardly whites while he be was detained an ai a ha hostage stage A memorial in a pittsburgh park recalls another great shawnee who fought under cornstalk at point pleasant tie ile was but known along the frontier as black hoof a warrior whose fighting days extended tended cr from braddicks braddocks Brad docka docks defeat in 1765 1755 through the defeats of harmar and st clair until mad anthony wayno wayne finally broke the power of the indians band and peace was signed la 1705 1795 no part of the united states Is richer iw in indian memorials than the great mississippi valley which was for so long the beloved homeland of 0 powerful indian tribes near columbus ohio stands blonds a monument to the memory of leather lips a wyandot chief ceef who was executed by his own people on the site of the monument la in 18 1800 09 this memorial was erected by the wyandot dub club nn an organization dating back to pioneer days because of the fact that althou although kh the Wyan dota dots claim that tho the old chief was executed for practicing witchcraft it was the opinion of the set bet tiers that it was done because wits too friendly with the whites chicago the metropolis of the mississippi valley empire la Is especially rich in indian me memorials mortals in addition to tho the and dallin dallan statues it has also a monument which perpetuates not only the story of a terrible indian massacre but also a noble act on the part of a red man this Is the fort dearborn massacre SIas sacre monument on the take lake front fron t capped by the stirring group which depicts le black partridge the pottawatomie saving the life of mrs helm wife of one of the officers la in the tha fort from the deadly tomahawk of an unfurl infuriated indian braye brave west cesi of Clit cogo the trave traveler lerwill will see on a high bluff above the river a solitary majestic figure outlined sharply against the natural beauty ot of field and woodland in the background although this statue the work of the noted chicago sculptor lorado tuft taft Is popularly believed to be that of blackhawk the great leader of the sacs and foxes its maker has declared that tt it Is neither a representation of that leader nor of any single tribe it symbolizes the indian a a t spirit unconquered white while still a conquered race it Is one of the first large monuments to be rnoda made of concrete still further west la Is another statue by the same sculptor blitch tells tho the story ot of another great sac and fox leader this Is the bronze figure or of chief keokuk which stands in the lown iowa city which bears hta his oshkosh Is an honored name thedarae the name narae of a chieftain of at the menominee indians indiana and several years ago in a beautiful set tins ting in menominee park the citizens of oshkosh wis erected a statue in honor of hta his mentory mentery out in colorado Is another city alch which bears the name of 0 a groat grant indian chief tie lie was chief ouray of the utes on an inglai who repeatedly proved tits hla right to the title of friend of the man A few years ago it a part of their debt of gratitude to him was paid by the unveiling of a monument to ouray and his wife cht chi pets peta on a tract efland of land near montrose Mon trosa which was a part of the original chief ouray ranch and these are but a few of the many memorials to the vanished race As west westward word the star of empire took its way it toofe with it the indian and the sorrowful Borrow rul fate ant which has baa been bis and Is symbolized in one of tho the most famous of oc nil all indian statues the bowed figure flexire of an indian warrior mounted upon n horse home whose drooping hend bend tit Is po pointing kiting toward the setting sun jame carlt Frn sert and of at trall |