Show A WAR FOR LIFE ot of like indian to ller 1114 whatever tho the indian hns has been in the past and in spite of liis his pres present cut condi lion deplorable as it certainly is our nation has still some time left to deal with these people honorably abil 1 justly as it is tho the duty of a got 1 fearing people to do writes AV Th orion parker INI AI D in home and country they will respond in time but it I 1 is not to axi W wondered at it if they seem incredulous at first it is wicked to condemn them as beasts fit only for extermination improve them educate thep this can be done by dealing justly with thern them no words word S 0 of f mine can sufficiently condemn tie the cowardly baling that the only good indian is a demid indian an ali austrian off officer licer once said raid to roe me that lie he considered the british ISri tish soldiers the bravest on the face of the earth because you cannot conquer them or whip them you chirin 11 it is so I 1 with our indians they neither gire nor ask for quarters this is easily understood alien we consider how they have always licen been situated it lias has been with them a war for life a struggle for existence and disputes have always been settled man f abelon on tile the of battle those who know most about our native americans our so called indians respect them most those who have lived longest with them love them most the most brutal and cowardly of our frontiersmen hato them most and they have reason to do 10 so indian character is contradictory they are arc brave rare but cautious and generous dashing in attack stubborn in defense enduring patient stoical stoic nl hardy fond of feasting in but really ready for days of mancl I 1 ing and fighting with scarcely any nourishment ish ment alert unforgiving when in wron wronged ed ill cruel arid and treacherous in war loving as friends indulgent and affectionate as parents sympathetic in adversity clo quentin counsel by nature deeply and truly religious ligi ous our native rec re C americans ime ricans unlike those of new mexico and central and south america are arc believers in god although they call him the great spirit they are absolutely free from profanity and hypocrisy in short they are the noblest race of aborigines aborigine on the face of the earth |