Show STUDENT LIFE felt honestly a religious assurance of duty huried the other two very They well-perform- ed !09 decently under a pile of loose rock at the foot of the cliff Dauber The Bcinnoch Indian Ordinarily the word Indain does not suggest anything- new or even interesting but rather a vague image of feathers scalps and red paint and oftimes it calls to mind the only part of our old school histories which were not dry and uninteresting Iut one who has spent years among them need use hut little power of observation to see many peculiar and interesting traits The Indian has occupied at least three distinct positions in the eyes of the American people First an enemy then a friend and now a burden At the present rate at which some of the tribes are decreasing in number it may be but a few years until they will become a cur- iosity Although an entirely different tvpe from the early American Indian a fact due undoubtedly to the many different forms of civilization which have been hurled at the un- fortunate vet in open defiance to the efforts of their white friends they cling tenaciously to many of their ancient and One of ' the savage customs first of these to come to my notice was the burial ceremony of |