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Show iJf ' -'0 (Hill TO IPWfTf A IT TP'm3 A "TNT ffTD)lS rSwwrS -- M Ml, .;, - UK .JrELJlAL IrEAilUlRE PAGE " I Si . ... ?x i ::" " m I fH HI AM TJAfF TJF"DTVHTr I Il'A'V' j$ IVp Jmr Wti V'FPW 1 iV -vl .forms one of the brightest pases iu Amer- mIIM "fMSffiMVt jLti jmk JBMr ' CHARLES D. CARTER. ROBERT L. J21Y5N. j movement Iodine' toVn rS MbLrmTt 4 lltir ? ,mm Warn MWlfc 1 SL ' S- m JIM THORPE. " -i-J a the school door cbses Lilnno tli'Mii. . ferriug to "iunt. Iisb oud roam the hill. 10 stru?gllug for a foo:iug in tbe busuie- world, but for thai matter thousands uf civilized wLite men Cut I lo fol.ow up the advantages of an education. A ngainsl those red men who have disappointed dis-appointed their 'veil withers bj throwing away the chance to wl.i an honorable poi- &. TOM LONGBOAT. .on there are huodrs oi lnd-nns who jhaie fought their wa to mic esr in cverv ' branch Oi! endeavor. Tb-Ne sturdv sons of the forest, handicaps. d u the blood of an ancestry that knew no restraint, haw adapted themse'vea to the v ays of civilization civili-zation aud are standing shoulder t shoulder shoul-der with their white brothers on he Bring I line of the business and professional world I In, tho battle against tremendous odds that "loicism which is one of their chief J&PJkQ&S, 'SiOMj characterises has proved a valuable as- VS?s) "F"4iy,'S? set. no rebuff being severe encurh to stay pj$WWV $ l, J$lrY$5 , their onward march to suece This. hMfS J& t!?3vj DR. CHARLES ALEXANDER EASTMAN". $MMl dfc '. splendid determination Las won the admiration ad-miration of all men. Fortunately, those who believe that the Indian should be given every opportunity to raise himself are in the majority. Kverj community can furnish illustrations of what education educa-tion nnd considerate treatment will do for bim. lie is found in the halls of Congress, in' Slate legislatures. In the courts, studios, Pulpits and busine houses. What he ha! done in all branches of outdoor spoct ' L TEWANIMA. y RICHARD C. ADAMS. olficiab are Jmlians or have Indian blood in their veins. In the United States Senate Sen-ate the State is represented by Senator iVS.vvvlv41..-l''i.it,'vfcA..J.l.t Uobcrl L. Owen, a full olooded Cherokee Senator Owen is one of the abb-st legislator? legis-lator? at Washington, a splendid orator, strong in debate and convlrcing in his arguments. ar-guments. Tall, sinewy, with broad shoulders', shoul-ders', ilii'i: black hair nnd snap.nng black eye, he is the typical Indian. He has a winning personality and bag a large circle of acquaintances throughout the country. Hfpn'sentative Charles P Carter, a Choctaw- Indian, reprcscntx an Oklahoma district dis-trict in the House of Representatives. Both are democrats Scnnlor Charles Curtis, a Kaw. is one or the two men who represent Kansas in tho United States Senate. Senator Curtis is a fine talker and holds the at-' tention of his colleagues whenever he addresses the Senate. He is a republican. republi-can. He lives in Topcka, where he lias built up an pxtensive law practice. Two Indians who have distinguished themselves in the pulpit arc the ttcv. S. A, Brigham. an Ojibw.ny, nnd the Rev. Frank Wright, a Choctaw. The Rev. Mr. Brigham is an ordained priest of the Trotestant Kpiscopal Church and the ltcv. Mr. Wright, an evangelist of considerable con-siderable reputatiou in the West. Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman is n noted author and lecturer. Prominent among the archaeologists of the country is Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indiau, for some time past tho official of-ficial archaeologist of the Stale of New York. Richard C. Adams, an hereditary chief of the Delaware?, is grand sachem if thf Brollicrhoo'. of American Indians. Tho first Indian to take out a patent at Washington is T.'icholas Longfcathor. an Apache who has taken steps to protect a preparation for strengthening yonng trees A large number of Indians arc employed em-ployed in the government service, and in every case they have given entire satisfaction. satis-faction. Two rod men arc employed as postmasters Josoph It. Scqnichic at Chelsea. Okla.. ami Albert II. Simpson at lJIbowoods. N. D. I Leaving the serious vocations in which ! tin' ludian hui won uccpjs for the nth-ili'lic nth-ili'lic lipid, where undying fame is the chici I reward. Hip name o( James Thorpe, a Sac JOHN T. MEYERS. np.llnr M CHARLES A. BENDER, H aud Fox Indian, loom far above all otners. Auy story dea.Iug with the athletes of the universe for some time to come wili have I to s'ait with the achievements of Thorpe, for this sturdy young buck is the champion all round athlete of the world. He wo.. that enviable title at the Olympic games in Stx Uiolnt bust summer, and he won it by I'tiiU a wide margin thnt experts figure it j will bo many a day before his wonderful ' rccord is beaten. Only twenty-four years old. this real American met the pick or the world's athletes ath-letes aud wrested victory from them without with-out exerting himself, As will be remembered remem-bered he was given a splendid ovation on his return to this country, an ovation led by the other members of tho team that represented America in die Olympic games. Thorpe stood tlie adulation for a day or two aud then slipped back to the Indian school nt Cai lisle, Pa., the place that has turned out so many Indian ath-l letes. He went to work with the football! squad with - s much eagerness as if he hadi 'not just beeu crowned the king of athletes. His 'ork on the football team this year ihais been up to his usual athletic standard. While on the subject of football it is worth while recalling that Carlisle has always put out ono of the best tear. in the country. coun-try. As football players the Indians are great drawing cards, lovers of the game knowing there will bc pienry of action any H time they start. M "Tom" Longtoat and Lewis Tewanima .H are Indian athletes who have established " H themselves ivs distance runners, each bar- ,H ing won a number of gruelling Marathon H contexts. Tcwnnima's progress iu the H athletic world has been extremely rapid. H It N only a few years ago that he was H roaming the forests, a member of Iho Hop! H tribe of Indians. With a dozen other H youngsters he arrived nt Carlisle, and bc- H fore be had been there a great while H showed his class as afiinner. Baseball has opened np the trail to glory H for a nnmber of Indians, but none of the M I members of the race who took up this M branch of sport achieved the fajnc that has come to John Meyer?, of the Ncx York Giants, and Charles Bender, of tbo H Philadelphia Athletics. Meyers, a Mis- H sion Indian, is ranked as one of the best H catchers in the great national game. He ix one of the most popular players on Manager McG raw's team. Render's claim to baseball glory is too well known to need repetition. A member of tho Chippewa H tribe, he Is regarded as one of the greatest pitchers that ever entered the hot, hi H wonderful performances putting him in M the clas3 with Mathewsoo, Wood and other stars of the diamond. H The New York Fire Department has an Indian on its roster of whom it is ex- H (rcmcly proud, his rare courage in I fie face H of great danger endearing him to his com- H rades. He Is Seneca Larkc.'Jr., and, as IH lite name implies, is a descendant of the powerful tribe that once roamed New H York State. At the fire which destroyed H the Fquimblc Building last January be H rescued Mr. William Giblin, president of H the Mercantile Safe Depoit Company, at H great risk lo his own life. Mr. Giblin H pvas imprisoned iu a steel' cage and bai jH practical) r given up hope of being rescuec IH 'when Larkc sawed through tho steel bars IJ and dragged him to safety. Larkc hud jJ been ordered by his superior officer to give B up the struggle to get lo the imprisoned IH men, but he refused to abandon his danger- H j AI the Xew York papers devoted conoid- H erablc space to Larkc heroic work at IH 1 1 lint lime, but a more substantial rccogni- H jtion enme n few weeks apo, when he re- reived a oliock for $,'00 from the Bankers' Polico and Firemen's Fund, organized jH shortly after the Kquitable Ore. Mayor H Gayuor, Fire Commissioner Johnson and H many municipal and church ollicials at H tended the presentation ceremonies and IH paid glowing tributes to I.arkc's courage. H Lnrkc is an experc engineer and is at- H (ached to L'ngmc No. 20, i nLafayctto H street. He operates a searchlight H If these interesting human fads do not H convince the reader that education for the Indian is worth while, a few dry statistics H about the Indian School at Carlisle may jH change his mind. Of the D14 graduates H of the school 03 are in the government H service. 71 are merchants, doctors, law- H yerc, journalists, lecturers or engineers; H oO arc farmers or much owners, SG arc H working nt trades and 112 arc housewives. t H Of the -1.000 who were there for part H terms .",000 are earning an honest living. H |