Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-12-28 | Page 11 | In the Pulpit, as Business Men, in Congress, in Science and in Athletics the Red Man is the Peer of the White

5J fa e Pulpit, as Business Men, in S Congress, in Science and in Athr !! letics the Red Man is the Peer of 1 the White. 1 CopjrJgit. 1&12, lr tb New Tork Herald Co. All rlxht rcMrreil.) IVD the Indian ti chance. Z This dcranml that 'America's K legitimate children, the surviving' - members of a wonderful race, be given a squnrc ileal by the country coun-try which rightfully belongs to ihem grows stronger botirly. It is a plea H- that goes up from the heart of every M patriotic citizen, a plea backed by love of B : country and sincere affection for the noble An ; red man. once monarch of all he surveyed 1 on this continent but now making his last Hf tand on the rim of a civilization Hint has M taken all he had and given little in return. ft Tliat it should be necessary to make , Hff such -a pica for the lawful owners cf this. fjl great land will seem strange to residents Mr of other countries, but that prompt action is necessary lo insure them the small com- forts to which they are entitled lias liivn1 shown by the recent disclosures dealing I with life on the Indian icsorvations. disclosures dis-closures thnt brought u twinge of conscience con-science to every one that read them. In--vcstlgntion showed that the picturesque .wards of the govc.'jimcnt were being ncg-, , lected and that those delegated to look' after their simple wauts had been rcmissi in their duties. While many uninformed persons have' been accustomed to point out the useles:-1 ncsH of educating the Indian, basing thei.' contention on the more or less popular be-' lief that no amount of education cau pre-! vent the Indian from reverting to the bar-' bnric life of his fathers, enough members! of the race have made good after getting' a chance to refute that belief. It may he" true that many of them fail to capitalize . the education provided by the government.! going back to their natural stale as soon'