Show ane 1 G HT ING 4 ref IA C A I 1 4 ak va V V A V X A J 1 4 71 W il X 0 4 1 10 e ceif fa AT rhee UNK OWN 40 IX CEREMONY fly dy EDITHA L WATSON on oil tile the karpath warpath I 1 what a parade ivling a n gorgeous savage blood thrill ing pageant it would bo be to see aeo them trooping across the happy hunting grounds I 1 first would conio come the un an dent clent stone ago warriors clad lit in skins antl and armed with rude lammers hammers trall trail makara t a terrible vanguard for a terrible army then tho the prehistoric tribes which followed them nil all on oil foot glor glorious lotis to behold ns their painted bodies rippled by billero were tho the lords of tho the nod gods goda creation tho the children of 0 mother earth who nevertheless sought battle with their brothers fighting for the cheer joy of tt it then then surely thoro must bo be a little space to mark the coming of the he white men inen and tho the strange consequences consequences of that coming after that again we would seo see tho the tribes which still fought each other and those who fou fought ht with will imd and against the novy comers their bolts bolta hung with scalps their foot feet eager on tho the war path now familiar natues and faces pass by pope leader of th hid pueblo rebellion of 1080 king philllp whose horrible death in tho the marches has been almost forgotten sitting hull bull black hawk and others of those superb lighting men riding by with war bounces bonnets flying and lances ready an eye filling cavalcade whose hatred for their conquerors must still show on their keen faces those who befriended the white men could not inot ride with these grim old war engles even in tho the happy hunting grounds there must bo be a division of opinion which nothing not even death could beall dut but here come cornplanter hod jacket and ouray making tho the friendship sign as they pass and here strides tho the ottawa chief whose choso espousal of tho the american cause in tho the war of 1812 resulted in tits his being driven from ills his home ile iio and hla his people retired to their hunting grounds and raised the american flag over tile the camp to bo be alone nog wagon was visited by british officers who ordered him to strike tits ills lug flag though lie he wag forced to obey the chief wound tho the eni emblem blent around his arm and drawing tits hla tomahawk said eald to tho the officers 11 englishmen Nog wagon Is 18 the friend of the americans ile he lias has but one flag and ono one heart if you talco the one you shall tako take the other women would not bo be lacking in this spectacular parade of fighters hero here Is tho the chippewa woman who defeated a band of sioux although tier her own people ran away and left tier her diore Is winoma tho the woman chief chlof who at the ago age of fifteen rallied lier her people when they would havo have fled during nn an intertribal war here too I 1 Is a that unnamed cherokee Cherok co woman whose body painted and decked like a warriors was found among her dead mon folk where they had bad vainly tried to defend themselves on the trail of tears its as they were driven out of their homeland Wari warriors fors thesel these and the mothers motherland and fathers of warriors I 1 some historians claim that the entire history of america would be changed had the indians not participated in the revolutionary war there Is not a war in the history of the united states in which these first americans did not make themselves known but I 1 it t was not until tho the world war that they took their places as amerlean american citizens and fought for the land of their birth and their ancestry then on strange war paths they fought their grec greatest test tight fight and surely the great warriors of other lays days leaped down the happy hunting grounds rounda CS and strode with the them mover over the battle fields of france nodding grim approval to each other as their children showed themselves mem members lers of the fighting race surely too these world warriors know that they were aided by those abo have haac gone before their faith in ancient things Is as much a part of tb them eraas as their fighting hearts perhaps a tiny stone fetish with iku arrowhead arrow head bead tied to it or soivio other charm that was once the protection of a fighting chief reposed in an olive drab pocket as tt it once had lain inin over another stout heart perhaps while the chaplain invoked the white mans god A silent appeal to or to those above mingled with hla his words what if tile the karpath warpath hns has given place to the highway the fighting heart essential ingredient nt f a warrior never dies thousand indians heard the call to the 1 great bottle in 1017 1917 they enlisted ns as marines sailors physic physicians lans nurses lawyers T ilc jerks clergymen engineers they caroa came V D 4 e V X V p FPH F PH from tile the wigwams of tho the chippewa tho the of the sioux the pueblos of tile the each tribe sent its best to serve the nation and what a service it was bual I 1 two nil all indian companies vere organized there wore were 33 sioux in ili tho the fourth cavalry U S A nt at one alino aline there were between 85 35 and GO 50 indian officers four brothers bla ek feet enlisted as aa privates surely their medicine was strong and their hearts brave for they all ro returned tit nt the end of the war with commissions but wo want to hear stories about individuals the roil red clouds anti chief josephs of this generation perhaps tho the ancient custom of reciting their deeds in council has boon been dropped but wo we will recite some of them here the chippewa evidently have not forgotten liow how to tight light for francis it a young clila gewn in company with two or three others attacked a machine mac lilno gun nest and when left as the only survivor faced till all that remained of the machine gunners and killed or captured the entire group lie he received eleven wounds la in action sergt odis N lender leader choctaw was foreman of a cattle ranch lit in oklahoma when ho entered the war to tits his great indignation rumors gained currency that he was waa a german spy so ho he gave up his business at once and enlisted to prove tits his loyalty to america lie iio W was 6 cited for bravery in the course of tits his arll llant lit pt record which included notion action nt at Cant cantieny cantigny igny soissons Sols sons the saint mitilee salient and the AT ar gonne forest lie ile was waa twice wounded and gassed the french government selected sergeant leader its as the model american soldier of whom an oil painting was made to liang hang on the walls of tile the french federal building where types of nil all the allied races fire are displayed some times the warpath karpath leads to high places I 1 private joseph choctaw re calved the croix do de ouerre duerre under order of alar marshal retain A translation of the alie order follows under ft a violent barrage dashed to the attack of tho the enemy position covering about yards through barbed wire enta entanglements entangle ments ants he rushed on tun machine chine gun nests capturing prisoners ile he stormed a strongly hot held position containing more than BO 50 machine guns gung and a number of trench mortars turned the captured guns on the enemy and held the position for four days in spite of a constant barrage of largo projectiles and gas shells crossed no mans land many times to get information concerning tile the enemy tin and to assist hta his wounded comrades hero here Is tin an extract from froin a letter written by sergt major Aln maurice urice long corporal thomas D saunders company A second engineers while a member of the first wire cutting platoon made hla his way forward in advance of the unit until lie ho was in line with and in company with private wilkerson Wll kerson company B second engineers were the first soldiers to enter gauny jaulny then infested with snipers and swept with wicked machine gunfire being occupied by rearguard rear guard detachments of the enemy they alone captured achl german prisoners after searching vie tsie eaves caves of a hospital with persistence find and courage this tit nt jaulny saulny france on Sp september 12 1018 1 extracted from general orders no 88 second division corporal thomas D sounders saunders company A second engineers at st etionne a armes on ODIS LEADER october esth 1018 lie he bravely conducted a pa arol under heavy lire fire during the night h lif made a reconnaissance close to the enemy ot of thy the position which hla his section was to occupy in the front and returning conducted it to io that position such heroism la Is understood by a mans corn coin rades moro more than can bo be explained in writing na as during time of stress the one who does doca what saunders did does it with no thought of self but only of carrying out to the best of hla his abit ity what lie ho believes his duty to be in my close contacts during anti and since the world war with saunders I 1 can state that flint everything he does Is a bit better and with more energy than other men of equal physique would do the same thing during the world war saunders served with valor nt chateau thierry and was evacuated from froin there lie ho served at st mittel blanc mont champagne where again ho he was evacuated wounded and in germany during the occupation of the second division ve lie received the distinguished service cross for his valorous conduct on october ath 1018 find and the croix do de guerre with palm pahn for his valorous conduct on september 12 1018 11 and this man la Is a cheyenne of which tribe mooney famous ethnologist says saya they tire are proud contentious and brave to desperation saunders dera la is it a worthy son of his beloved people the croix do guerre awarded for gallant action in ili war decorates a fine representation from various tribes i among them thein are arc ordnance sergt james IAL M gordon a chippewa who received this honor for yes rescuing cuing while under shell fire a of tile tho french army who was wounded while on tin nn inspection tour chester armstrong fourbear sioux who was cited for bravery in swift running as a messenger nt at Belll bellicourt court john harper ute thomas D saunders cheyenne marty beaver tl eaver creek and nicholas 11 1 1 brown choctaw who was killed in action lie ile was a corporal in the one hundred anti and forty second infantry composed largely of oklahoma indians and was posthumously awarded the medal the crow tribe proudly speak of joe darleon de lerl rleon con who wits was given tho the distinguished service medal as well as the croix de guerre A seneca sencca modoc bert ll blayman ayman also received the french medal and among the pueblos are indian joe na aliv A tn ta a hopi to whom was waa awarded the he distinguished service medal and otis gus Gert gertler lez a pueblo bugler who has the croix de guerre four tribes were represented in the ceremonies nt fit the burial of the en soldier in arlington cemetery what if this unknown was waa an indian perhaps he too follows the tha great warpath karpath in the happy hunting grounds 1 whirlwind soldier and red owl pine ridge sioux and stranger horse from the Rob rosebud tid reservation lone wolf a blown and plenty coups a crow crew chief assisted in the ceremonies thomas D saunders whose story was told told above was one of the pall pali bearers joseph takes the shield sioux and ray red fox chippewa are also nt at rest in arlington ancient foes these nat nations lono but their dill dren burled the hatchet that they might further the cause of their allied country and now they are honored together for their devotion their karpath warpath ended in everlasting peace there Is something strange and a little pathetic in the thought of american indian sol adlers so BO far from froin all they had ever known enduring hardships danger and death for over bring up tile tho reir rear of that glorious parado in tho the happy hunting grounds with that admirable stoicism for which they are famous today as old glory flonta floats serenely in tho the sunlight over a deserted war karpath warpath path Neg wagons words come back to us its seventeen thousand fighting indians have proved them true the indian Is the friend of the american ile he hns has but one ling flag and one heart if you take the one you shall take the other 0 by Newe Neway saper aper union 1 |