Show INDIAN STOICISM o 7 cheatom right vp up to the ho DRY day of ill aili execution the stoicism sm of the north american indian is proverbial in thelong the long ago vi when bea one tribe A erred another indian prisoners were accustomed to stand torture without flinching the rae race ra e may bw ahne e generated degenerated 1 but its lt remarkable la Is still conspicuous A stor told by a western citizen to a star ie porter furnishes a 0 illustration of 0 the indifference with which abich even the indian of to day views death in ila the choctaw indian nation there is no jail in which coni feted murderers bra are con said bald he ill hen I 1 first w m ent to the indian territory I 1 settled in the choctaw nation and hearing that acci ft certain indian was on nn em ellent hand on tho the ranch I 1 hunted him up and baled him if lie he would work for me 11 1 I will 1 ill work nork until the of month lie he said mud why not loot longer lenrer I 1 inquired 1 I nm am to be hanged the 1 was his re li in an unconcerned woj I 1 hired him and upon inquiry learned that what bat lie he sald bald woi wag true dut but one olle man has haa eier failed to return for hangl banging ng after ter he has been sentenced and my indian did not prove nn an except lou to the rule on tile the day before execution e acu ecu was to take place lie he left us aa calmly is though h going ingon go on a aalt and th the hoap chang ing took place ut at the time appointed approach iu doom u the indian madcone made one of the best ran ranchers h I 1 ever saw and I 1 regretted to lose him y |