Show 25 Razors Razor's Strip i I f By RAY LOUIS I The clouds darken and the thunders mumble the wind II rushes by and sweeps the leaves away all in fear foretelling a storm to come about A lightning I strikes and sends a flash of light and In that moment of i light It brings to mind a thought I about the time when Noah was I getting ready to shut the doors I Ito to his great ark To shut shutout out the world filled with wars and all manner of evil and I II THE THE STORM stayed and so as it was the earth was flood flooded d. d and gone were the evil and the wars and the con con- The flood was over and there wa was peace The world be began began be- be i gan to blossom flowers pop out the animals were free and they II fed off the land of plenty the world grew and all was well be because because be- be I cause there was peace The years came and went I Many things came to pass the world changed there were the happy times the lonely times Then came America but no one knew it existed there was America and there were people the Indian people They had their happy hunting grounds THERE WERE no worries of life Ufe and hardships of living And Andone Andone Andone one day from out of the sea j came a boat Oh ah all glory to i Columbus for he has discovered the palm of his hand the people i of Europe Europa feared that he might trip over his hand but no they were w wrong r 0 n g. g He discovered I America I Then came more of Columbus's Columbus's Columbus's Colum- Colum I buss bus's people They came and I said they would help the native I people but first they pushed them aside and told them to wait I until tomorrow The natives believed believed believed be- be I and obey obeyed d. d I II I ONWARD forward westward I bound they came Indians Indians In Indians Indians In- In or But I Ino no white man heard the Indian out Whites whit whites cry e s There was war the whites came and interfered in the struggle between the natives they said I II I they came to help they didn't t i t tsay isay say who they were going to help The Cheyenne the Sioux the I Crow the Blackfoot and a few others tried to stop the movement movement movement move move- ment but they kept coming on onward onward on- on ward forward westward bound t they ey came AND THERE was a tribe a peaceful tribe They he helped 1 p e d those In need Their history represented trust they helped when there ere was trouble they sent their represent representative a t 1 veto to tribal meetings to talk over peace and war etc when the whites came this tribe was peaceful They kept coming on onward onward onward on- on ward forward westward bound they came The Apaches the Navajos the Utes and a few others tried to stop some from coming up across what is now the border of M Mexico xico and the United States The Tha Apaches rip ripped p e d the scalps off the whites tore their eyes out and did all the painful things they could to keep the I whites away but they kept coming coming com com- comI I ing onward forward westward bound they cam came The Indians considered themselves good be because because because be- be cause they were fighting to protect their land and their families But they were considered considered considered consid consid- ered bad because they were I killing people white people Europeans-Americans Europeans and be because because because be- be I cause they were wild living poorly in the land THE PEACEFUL tribe lived for their lives to see another day and to hear the news of Geronimo being run off into the hills and GeneralS General Smith math used his new counter attack device to defeat sleeping cow in the pasture The tribe was good and was bad but they didn't want to take a big chance of joining one side or the other because the I sons of the tribes were out fighting Some to protect theland the theland I Iland land to be free like Geronimo I Flying Cloud or even like Red- Red cloud Some were with the whites being scouts and trying to help bring about peace The whites were considered bad because they were pushing the natives of off their lands and taking over the government making new rules and laws But I they considered themselves e 1 v e s good because the Indians were killing people white people people- I Europeans-Americans Europeans and be because because be- be i cause they knew a better way of life lite with all the nice fragrance I of existence existence with a mansion I built on a cloud where everything everything everything every every- thing was pure and clean and sparkled They were good be because because because be- be cause they came to help make the natives civilized and to protect protect protect pro pro- themselves and all the thenice nice I things so the bad Indians would not take over the peaceful tribes who sat home in peace so the I Indians and the whites fought THE PEACEFUL tribe stood there and prayed for their sons Some of the warriors fought among themselves the chief and the rest of the leaders tried to I settle things by asking the In Indians Indians Indians In- In on the warpath to quit I fighting and make peace They also talked with th the tha whites to I see If they could Influence the theother theother other Indians to make peace t I tI I II The peaceful tribe was afraid of i war and they didn't want to take a aI I I chance of going to war either 1 against the whites or against their own p people ople the young warriors also ran and were forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten but the parents sat home and prayed for their sons and they prayed for peace and happiness happIness happiness happi happI- ness but they didn't want to help their sons fight the war either way Soon the whites took over and started to use the new rules and laws they wanted to have to keep everybody in peace and to give them all freedom The Indians were put in Isolation and the peaceful tribe was also forgotten forgotten for for- gotten their sons were sent back to them from both sides They were put on reservations and the stronger law ruled The Indians were driven to forts a far distance away and there the Indians the warlike and the peaceful were given food the kind of food the Indians never used before and they were sent back to their reservations ion s. s Slowly they went and slowly they died The warlike and the peace peace- ful The stronger ruled the white men the palefaces and for many years they have ruled THE NATIVES were what they wanted to be and they had what they wanted but Columbus had to discover the palm of his hand and today there stands a nation like the peaceful Indians stood What will happen to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow Will the nation be taken taken taken tak tak- en over And where will they be driven Shall we hope for the day when the clouds will darken and the thunders thunders- will mumble the wind will rush by and sweep away the leaves all in fear a lightning will strike and set a afire afire afire fire to the world world and and then there will be a different ark a fireproof fireproof fireproof fire fire- proof ark that would take the righteous two by two two of every kind to safety and start all allover over again The flowers will pop out but this time they will grow slower and there will be a longer peace Is this the hope hope is this our hope and SHALL WE HOPE SHALL WE shun the evil though they are coming onward forward westward bound they come Is there the chance of going to war Is there the chance of students to stand up for a school for a belief for a coun country try and for a cause Will the school improve Its students and will the students improve the school that some someday someday someday day they mi might say that they are proud to be from a certain place or to be proud of being a man manof manof manof of life life to to stand up and better the way of life of his people his country his education and his belief Then Thea will there be hope of being In peace when the people become strong to stop the wrong way of life but to have and live In happiness and joy forever for for- ever |