Show INDIAN STOICISM choctaw work A right up tip to the day of ula illi execution the stoicism of the north american indian is proverbial in thelo thelong ng ago when one tribe warred against another indian prisoners were accustomed to tand stand torture without flin flinching ching the race may have degenerated but its remarkable characteristic is still conspicuous A story told by a western citizen to a washington star reporter furnishes a good illustration of the indifference with which even the indian of today to day views death in the choctaw indian nation there is no jail in which convicted murderers IM u rd ere rs arp am confined said he when I 1 first went to the indian territory I 1 settled in the choctaw nation and hearing bearing that a certain indian was an excellent hand on the ranch I 1 hunted bunted him up and asked him if he would work for me 11 1 I will work until the of next month he said aid why not longer I 1 inquired 1 I am to be hanged the was his bis reply in an unconcerned way I 1 hired him and upon inquiry learned that what he said was true but one man has ever failed to return for hanging after he has been sentenced and my indian did not prove an exception to the rule on the day before the execution was to take place he be left as c calmly almly as though going on a visit and the hanging took place at the time appointed notwithstanding his approaching doom the indian made one of the best ranchers I 1 ever saw and I 1 regretted to lose him |