Parowan Times | 1933-09-22 | Page 7 | Trace "White Feather" to American Quakers

trace white feather to american quakers though the white feather Is now regarded as a symbol of cowardice it lias fins an historic right to be considered as a badge of 0 bravery its his tory goes back to the early days of the white settlers in north america on one occasion information was received that red hed indians were plan ning a raid on a certain settlement many of the settlers fled hot but a band of quakers stayed on when the indians arrived they met them without arms and explained that it was against their principles to fight the indians were puzzled but impressed finally they withdrew without doing any harm but first presented the quaker leader with a number of white feathers it if one of these was shown on a house they would know that it belonged to a quaker and it would be safe froin their braves