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THE NORMAL RECORD. 21 is to sweep from the face of the earth a distinct class of God's people, the American Indian, will be their murderers, and in the next world will have to account for the same —although it is a bill which, as claimed by the gentleman just finished speaking, Mr. Parker, as having in it an element which will make the Indian self-reliant, taking him from the deteriorating reservation and putting him in a position to be fast steamed into the harbor of civilization, and also giving the pioneers, the civilizing germ of all countries at all times, a chance to go into, settle up, and purify this present Indian home, claimed by some as being a nest of robbers from which come all sorts of evils. The pioneer who lives on the border of this reserved land, we are told has many complaints, and one is that he supports the Indian in idleness, i. e. the land which is now held by the Indian is wanted by the pioneer, which always has been. The pioneer moves in upon the reserved land, builds a house, clears a strip of land and, if he is not disturbed within a month or a year, he accepts it as his own. But the Indian objects to such a proceeding, which always has not been. Then the pioneer appeals to the government, and if the government can buy the land from the Indian it does so; and. in turn, the pioneer buys it from the United States, yet the money he pays to the government, he says, supports the Indian in idleness. Now, as an illustration, suppose that in the community in which you live lived a man who was considered by the majority of the population of that community as being one who was mentally incompetent. This same man moves in upon a little tract of land which you own and which is your only resource—all on this earth that is dear to you- yea, it is even your life—and accepts and claims it as his own. Then, after finding out that his premeditated robbery would not work, he pays you the amount that you ask. The next day we see this same man standing on a street corner creating a great howl, in which he says, "Rome was once filled with an idle, worthless class during the free distribution of corn, so then will this community reach the same end, for I am this day supporting one of your number, John Doe, in idleness." I say that then the community would rise as a single man in favor of having him sent to the nearest insane asylum. Yet this man, who has proven himself in my mind to be a would-be robber and a lunatic—does he not stand on the same platform as does the pioneer ? The next great redeeming factor that this bill is professed to be in possession of, is that it teaches the Indian self-reliance. But does not the first clause in this bill say, "That each male Indian of the age of 21 years be given 160 acres of land, and " (the gentleman, as usual, looking out for the ladies) "each female of the age of 18 years be given 160 acres of land ?" Now then this part of the bill, according to the self-reliance argument, would have to be thrown out, because that gift of 160 acres of land that is of such a quality that any Indian will derive a Jiving is, in my judgment, a gift that a king would be proud to receive—for a tract of land that will place all of the crop in the sack at the depot is worth $1,000,000 an acre. For if you can conceive the amount of work that an Indian does who is born with "spring- fever," then you are at a point where you can determine the amount of work that the 160 acres must accomplish. For these two reasons, giving the Indian a vast amount of land the value of which he does not recognize and having for a promoter of this scheme a lunatic, a would-be robber or a thief—for these reasons, he will be fast steamed into a harbor—not one of civilization, but one which will prove to be a more disastrous one to the Indian than has the harbor of Santiago proven itself to our Spanish "friend" across the Atlantic. I said, this bill when once passed would go on a journey of havoc, ruin, destruction and extermination, because, according to the bill, all Indians must be treated alike—those that are civilized and those that are not. After the bill is passed and the law is enforced we will see a stubborn revolt among the civilized Indians. They will say, "From what Father does this order come that makes us all farmers ?" I imagine, and it is plausible, that from his environment the Indian has come into possession of just a little of Uncle Sam's independent spirit and again he says, "I will die before I lower my head to such tyrants"—which speech is in exact
Object Description
Title | The Normal Record. July 1898 |
Original Date | 1898-07 |
Description | The Record. Published by the Associated Students of Chico State College. |
Creator | Chico State College |
Location of Original | Archives |
Call Number | LD723 C57 |
Digital Collection | The Record: Chico State Yearbook Collection |
Digital Repository | Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. |
Description-Abstract | The Record served as both a student magazine and a commencement program for Chico Normal School. In the year 1898, it was published almost monthly. |
Date Digital | 2013 |
Language | eng |
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Title | 1898_07_NormalRecord.026 |
Original Date | 1898-07 |
OCR- Transcript | THE NORMAL RECORD. 21 is to sweep from the face of the earth a distinct class of God's people, the American Indian, will be their murderers, and in the next world will have to account for the same —although it is a bill which, as claimed by the gentleman just finished speaking, Mr. Parker, as having in it an element which will make the Indian self-reliant, taking him from the deteriorating reservation and putting him in a position to be fast steamed into the harbor of civilization, and also giving the pioneers, the civilizing germ of all countries at all times, a chance to go into, settle up, and purify this present Indian home, claimed by some as being a nest of robbers from which come all sorts of evils. The pioneer who lives on the border of this reserved land, we are told has many complaints, and one is that he supports the Indian in idleness, i. e. the land which is now held by the Indian is wanted by the pioneer, which always has been. The pioneer moves in upon the reserved land, builds a house, clears a strip of land and, if he is not disturbed within a month or a year, he accepts it as his own. But the Indian objects to such a proceeding, which always has not been. Then the pioneer appeals to the government, and if the government can buy the land from the Indian it does so; and. in turn, the pioneer buys it from the United States, yet the money he pays to the government, he says, supports the Indian in idleness. Now, as an illustration, suppose that in the community in which you live lived a man who was considered by the majority of the population of that community as being one who was mentally incompetent. This same man moves in upon a little tract of land which you own and which is your only resource—all on this earth that is dear to you- yea, it is even your life—and accepts and claims it as his own. Then, after finding out that his premeditated robbery would not work, he pays you the amount that you ask. The next day we see this same man standing on a street corner creating a great howl, in which he says, "Rome was once filled with an idle, worthless class during the free distribution of corn, so then will this community reach the same end, for I am this day supporting one of your number, John Doe, in idleness." I say that then the community would rise as a single man in favor of having him sent to the nearest insane asylum. Yet this man, who has proven himself in my mind to be a would-be robber and a lunatic—does he not stand on the same platform as does the pioneer ? The next great redeeming factor that this bill is professed to be in possession of, is that it teaches the Indian self-reliance. But does not the first clause in this bill say, "That each male Indian of the age of 21 years be given 160 acres of land, and " (the gentleman, as usual, looking out for the ladies) "each female of the age of 18 years be given 160 acres of land ?" Now then this part of the bill, according to the self-reliance argument, would have to be thrown out, because that gift of 160 acres of land that is of such a quality that any Indian will derive a Jiving is, in my judgment, a gift that a king would be proud to receive—for a tract of land that will place all of the crop in the sack at the depot is worth $1,000,000 an acre. For if you can conceive the amount of work that an Indian does who is born with "spring- fever," then you are at a point where you can determine the amount of work that the 160 acres must accomplish. For these two reasons, giving the Indian a vast amount of land the value of which he does not recognize and having for a promoter of this scheme a lunatic, a would-be robber or a thief—for these reasons, he will be fast steamed into a harbor—not one of civilization, but one which will prove to be a more disastrous one to the Indian than has the harbor of Santiago proven itself to our Spanish "friend" across the Atlantic. I said, this bill when once passed would go on a journey of havoc, ruin, destruction and extermination, because, according to the bill, all Indians must be treated alike—those that are civilized and those that are not. After the bill is passed and the law is enforced we will see a stubborn revolt among the civilized Indians. They will say, "From what Father does this order come that makes us all farmers ?" I imagine, and it is plausible, that from his environment the Indian has come into possession of just a little of Uncle Sam's independent spirit and again he says, "I will die before I lower my head to such tyrants"—which speech is in exact |