Show boston man emphatic in defense of indians based on years of life in the far west among the indians and cow boys cyrus Dallin a boston sculptor who has made a reputation for his indian studies recently delivered an address in which he scored the cow boys and entered a plea of defense for the indian according to the speaker the indian has never been treated fairly by the whites of this country if they had been he says there would never have been the con on filets which have taken place and which are blots on the white race mr dallan described early buffalo game laws the mall mail delivery system among wagon trains and many other incidents of interest about the early pioneer days he cited the killing off of the buffaloes as the greatest blow to the indian for I 1 with the death of every buffalo was seal sealed edthe the death of the indian and he said the red man was not a bloodthirsty sav age but a gentleman with dignity and majesty of bearing who t self restraint |