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Show The Clever Indian Charles H. Burke, commissioner of Indian affairs, said ill Washington the other day : "WTe have some very rich Indians in the West, thanks to oil, and we have some very clever ones, too, "An English lady was visiting an Indian reservation last year. An Indian In-dian rode up on a blooded mare, and when he was introduced to her she said : " 'Why, dear me' and she studied his smart riding togs through her lorgnette T thought you Indians all wore feathers !' " 'We do, ma'am,' said lie, 'but we've been moulting.'" |