Show l THE FIGHTING D A C E E. E I It M x a 9 t f t 1 a ay y t 1 r Itt f j 1 e d i I I t INDIAN CHIEFS AT THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ENTOMBMENT CEREMONY sit By EDITHA L L. L WATSON S I On In the time Warpath 1 I THOMAS What n a parade what parade what a n gorgeous savage sa thrill blood bloo Q SAUNDERS 1 Ing Ins pageant It would be to see them trooping across the Happy Hunting Grounds 1 I a First would come the ancient an nn dent Stone-Age Stone warriors cladIn cladIn clad cladIn cladIn l In skins and armed with rude ors ers trall trail makers makers a terrible vanguard for L tI army them Then h all nil 11 limo prehistoric h foot M tribes to Irv By EDITHA L L. L WATSON S I On In the time Warpath 1 I What n a parade what parade what a n gorgeous savage sa thrill blood bloo 1 Ing Ins pageant It would be to see them trooping across the Happy Hunting Grounds 1 I First would come the ancient an nn dent Stone-Age Stone warriors cladIn cladIn clad cladIn cladIn In skins and armed with rude ors ers trall trail makers makers a terrible vanguard for army Then limo prehistoric tribes L tI them h all nil 11 h foot M to h followed on glorious told lild ld Id as their painted bodies rippled by Here lIere the lords lord of the Red Gods Gods' GOI creation the theren Siren reD ren of Mother Iother Earth Karth who nevertheless nt ht battle with their brothers fighting lighting for sheer Joy of It sen ID I'D surely there must mast be he n II little space to the coining of the white men and the consequences I i of that coming coning After that 11 we would see 11 the tribes which still fought other and those thoe who fought with Ith and ast the newcomers their belts hun hung bung with ps s S. S their feet flet eager on the wari war war- i x II familiar names manes and faces fac's pass by Pope let eh r of the Pueblo rebellion of In Kin King KingI I p 1 whose horrible death In the marches marchIs has hag almost forgotten Sitting Hull Bull Black Blackk k k and others of those superb fighting mEng men g by with war bonnets bonnets flying and lances lanel's I y an on eje filling ca cavalcade 11 whose hatred their conquerors must still show on their faces ose lose who befriended the white men could couII ride with Ith these grin grim old w war w nr eagles even eren even evenie e ie Happy Hunting Grounds there must be he e a aIon aJon Jon Ion of opinion which nothing not even h b. b could rould heal lI Rut here hErc come ollie Cornplanter Jacket and 1101 Ouray making t the e friendship as they pass d id here strides II p the Ottawa chief se I espousal of the American ln cause In the theof theof theof of ISI resulted In his being driven from home He Ile and his people retired to their tins tin grounds and ral raked raised co the American flag fing fla flathe the camp Happening to tn h be alone Neg Neg- E on 03 3 was cons 1 visited by British o officers who or- or 1 him Fun to 10 strike his 11 flag a Though be hI w was ed td to obey olly th the chief wound the emblem md and hi tin tut I arm and drawing his tomahawk to the Englishmen Is friend of nf the Americans He lie has but one and anil one oar Ill heart hart If tf you ou take the one you yon II Jl tike hake the other omen 1 would and t he bE lacking In this spectacle le of lighters fighters Here Is the woman who defeated a II band of nf Sioux her own people ran away and left here hErI her e I e IS s the woman chief who at ato o ap p n 1 11 fifteen rallied her people when they Id ild II In lii v led fled during an Intertribal war Here Is that at unnamed Cherokee woman whose Y fa ph and docked decked like ilkI a n warriors warrior's was w-ns md nil union her dead where they had hadd my Illy n d 11 y to defend themselves ps on the Trail r- r as they were pre driven out of their Warr arrs these And the mothers and fathers K e irr ira ra h historians claim that the entire history f AnH-f Anra 11 a would world be he changed had the Indians f In the Revolutionary war ar There jD flit Dot a H lr IV In the history of the States tatEs I ln n these first Americans did not make Delves Is known Rut But It was not until the orld arid iMir ur that they took their pIa places PIS PI'S as Amern AmErI Amer Amer- n D I on ens and fought for th the land IlInd of their Fh 11 h and their ancestry Then on rn n strange war war- iH they fought their greatest tight light anti sure sure- the f I reft warriors of other days leaped down m II line IP Hunting Grounds and strode trod th in over O the battle fields of France FroncE nod nod- grim ft approval 11 to each Euch other ns as their showed themselves valiant members of ofis is race ruee s too toe these World Warriors knew knE that sf Py y wre fl e aided by hy who ha who Those gone before 3 f fait th In ln ancient things Is as ns much a part as their lighting fighting hearts Perhaps a tiny lane M nl fetish h with u-Ith an head arrow tied to It It or orlane lane nil then her charm that was once the protection protections jF L s a chief reposed In nn an iU us liS it once hud hind lain over another stout tout iwi 1 art r I while hilI time the chaplain Invoked the rIle r tIte teens In God Gad a ft silent ap appeal Ial to I. I T I to Those Above Aho mingled with his words l hat bat lf mf th the he warpath has hns given place to the rt I The fighting heart hEnrt essential IngrellI jf I t or a 8 warrior never ne dle dies s i i h thousand usand Indians heard th Ih the call toe to 10 I e great grat battle e In 1017 1917 they enlisted ns as nm- nm II soldiers sailors physicians nurses law law- fors clerks clergymen engineers they came camey N r t tY Y 4 r t 3 t t e I f 1 JOSEPH from the wigwams of the Chippewa the of the Sioux the pueblos of the hop Each Kadi tribe sent Its best hEst to serve sene the nation nation and and what a service It was wasl I Two Indian all companies co UI I 11 were organized There were 33 Sioux In the Fourth cavalry U U.S. U. U S S. S A. A at nt one time There were between 35 and CO riO Indian Four brothers enlisted en listed as privates atEs Surely Sun their medicine un IlIe was strong and their hearts brave bra for they all returned returned re rev turned at lit the time end of the war with commissions Hut we want to hear stories about Individuals the lied Hell Clouds and Chief Josephs of this generation the ancient custom of reciting reciting re rev citing their deeds In council has been Icon dropped but hut we e will recite some sumac of them here The ChIppewa evidently have not forgotten how to tight for Francis a n young oung Chippewa Chippewa Chip Chip- In company with two or three others attacked attacked at at- tacked a machine gun nest neat and wll when n left lert as ns the time only survivor faced nil all that remained of the machine gunners anti killed or 01 captured the to entire group He lie received eleven wounds In la action Sergt N N. N Lender Leader ChO was foreman fore fore- man mall of a cattle cuttle retch ranch In Oklahoma when he entered the war To 10 his hili great groat Indignation rumors rumors ru rUe mors gained currency that he was a German sp spy so he gave up 1111 his business at nt once and enlisted 1 to prove pro his lams In loyalty to America lIe He was cited for bravery ry In to the tilt course of his brilliant brilliant bril bril- record which included action at Cantigny Soissons the time Saint- Saint salient mind and the time Argonne Ar Ar- gonne Bonne forest lie He was twice wounded and gassed The French government selected Sergeant Leader as liS the model American soldier of whom hom an oil painting was 18 made to hang on the walls of the French federal building where types of all 1111 the allied races are arl displayed d Sometimes Some times the time warpath leads to high 1 places Private Jo Joseph Choctaw received re rev c cased ld the Croix tie de Guerre under order of Marshal Mar lIar A translation of the order follows Under a violent barrage trashed dished to the attack of th the enemy position covering cO about Ol yards ardi through ha wire barbed wire entanglements He rushed on machine gun nests capturing til prisoners lie He stormed n II strongly hll held l position containing more than 50 roO machine guns uns and a number of or trench mortars Turned the captured guns on the ell enemy Jn and held the position for four days In spite of a constant barrage of large lare projectiles projectiles tiles tills and gas as shells Crossed 0 No Mans Man's Land Ian l many times timE's to get gt Inform Information concerning the enemy and to assist his wounded comrades Here lIEre Is 18 an nn extract from n It letter written by Sergt Major Majol Maurice Long Long- Corporal Thomas D. D Saunders Company A Second engineers while a member of the first wire Ire cutting platoon made mafle his way forward In advance of the unit until he heaM was aM In line with and In company with Private Wilkerson Com Company pany parry R B Second engineers were the first firt soldiers sot sol Biers diers to enter Jaulny then Infested w with ith snipers and S swept w with Ith wicked ked machine m gunfire being occupied by rearguard detachments dt of the enemy They alone captured 01 German prisoners prisoners pris pris- after searching ill th the raves caves of a ft hospital with I insistence and courage This nt at Jaulny Franco France oc on September 1 1 12 HilS Extracted i from rota General Orders No 0 tS Second division Corporal Thomas r I D. D Saunders Company A. A Se Second nd tn engineers i at St. St t. t Etienne Etienne-a n Armes Armes on 1 ODIS LEADER LEADEN October 1018 1118 he bravely conducted a patrol patrol pa pa- under heavy lire fire During the night he made a n reconnaissance close to the enemy of the position which his section was to occupy In the front and returning conducted It to that position Such heroism Is understood by hy a mans man's comrades com corn rades ratios more than can be explained In writing as during time of stress the time one who does what Saunders rs did does It with no thought thou of self but only of carr carrying out to the time best het of his abilIty ability abil abil- ity what be lie believes ls his duty to be hE In my ray close cloe contacts during and since the tho World war wal with SaundErs I can state that everything he does dols Is a bit hit better and with more energy than other men of equal physique would do the same thing During DurIn the World Corid war Saunders served with valor alor at Chateau Chatau Thierry and aud was evacuated from there thre lie He served sEr at nt St St. Blanc Rhine Mont Champagne ne where again he was evacuated wounded and In n Germany during the occupation occupation pation of the Second division dl He III received Cd the Distinguished Service cross for his hili valorous conduct on October 1018 1118 and the Croix de Guerre with Palm for his valorous conduct on September 12 lZ 1018 1918 And this man Is a Cheyenne Chyenne of which tribe Mooney famous ethnologist sa says s They are aro proud contentious and brave e to desperation Saunders U is a worthy son of his beloved d people The Croix de Guerre awarded for gallant action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion In war decorates a fine tIne representation from various tribes Among them are Ordnance Her Sergt t. t James M M. M Gordon a n Chippewa who received re reo received this honor for rescuing while hilI under shell shellfire tire fire a lieutenant of the French a army rillY who was wounded while on an Inspection tour Chester Armstrong Armstron Fourbear Sioux who was cited for bravery In swift running as ns a n messenger at nt John lohn Ute UtI Thomas D. D Saunders Cheyenne Ch Enne Marty Beaver Blaver Creek Crek and Nicholas r I 13 l. Brown lirow n Choctaw ChOr who was killed In Inaction action He lie was n a corporal In the One Hundred and second Infantry composed largely of Oklahoma Indians and was cons posthumously awarded the medal The Time Crow tribe proudly speak of Joe who wh was given the time I Distinguished Service medal ns liS well 11 as the time Croix de do Guerre A SEnea Seneca Seneca-Modoc lodo Bert 11 ay man also receiver received the French III modal metal I la I. I and among the Pueblos are lire Indian Joe Ta A a 0 Hop to whom was W awarded time the Distinguished 1 Service SIr medal I amid Gus Ins a II Pueblo bugler who ho has the time Croix de Guerre Four tribes tribE's were represented In the ceremonies nies nl's at mt the burial of th the Unknown Soldier In Arlington Ar Ar- lington cemetery Whit If this Unknown was an nn Indian Perhaps he too follows the great warpath In the Happy Hunting Grounds I Whirlwind Soldier amid Hl Iced Owl Pine Ridge Sioux and Stranger Horse from the time Rosebud I Reservation Ione Lone Wolf a and Plenty I Coups c a Crow row chief assisted In the ceremonies cerII I Thomas D D. Saunders whose story was told above was one of the pall hearers I I Joseph Takes the Shield Sioux and Ray Hay Red HEd Fox Chippewa are also at rest In Arlington Arling Arling- I i I ton Ancient foes these nations but their chil hll children dren then burled buried the hatchet that they might further I the cause of their allied d country and now they thy are honored together for their devotion de Their warpath ended In everlasting pence peace I There Is something strange and a n little pathetic pathetic pa pa- la In the thought of American AmErlan Indian soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers so sn far fur from all al althEY they had hall ever VEr known enduring en en- during hardships danger and death for fol over I COO k hrin up the rear of that glorious parade In the Happy Hunting Grounds with that ad ad- stoicism for which they are famous Toda Today as RS Old Glor Glory floats float serenely In the time sunlight over liver a n deserted warpath words come hack back to us Seventeen SI thousand fighting Indians have han proved pro them tru true Time The he Indian Is the friend n of the AI American He lie lull has Let bit one flag ling and one heart If you jou OU take talca the one y y u u 11 shall hull take the other othel O by N Celoa 1 |