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Show Indian Proverbs. . Charles Gibson, the Indian sags, In thv , Eufaula Journal, says: "A big warrior does not always drive center with his arrows. A small warrior , can drive center and) to one's vitals. -' 'A cross fractious -man needs to go on , a hunt and stay lri tna mountains till his , system is cleansed of all lmpuritlea. ' "Don't kick or abuse a dog. You don't ' know but what you may be a dog your- . i self after death. "Women should not talk at council be-- " cause they are women, and not men. Mea . go to battle, women never. "If the Great Spirit bad Intended wo-men wo-men to go to battle and make speeches he would have nade them all men. . "An Indian can hear better from the front, his ears being set further In front .' than any other race. A negro hears better bet-ter from the rear on account of his ears'' being set back further than any other race. A white man can hear from any direction, en. account of hist ears being, placed in the center of bl eead. . "The white man and the Indian both work in a field. The white man as soon -as he bitches up his team to a plough' begins stating what-' a pile of money he will make at the gathering season, and forgets bis weariness till night. The In- -dlan.runs to the house after a drink of water or to see how his arrows are sea-, sonlng all day long, letting his team rest. . The negro gets more rest than either, . , having more sense than the others. - He keeps quiet and rests his mind and. body until be sees the boss, whoa he is always' lookirg for when not asleep." Kansas City Journal. . " - |