Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1884 — The Poor Indian. [ARTICLE]

The Poor Indian.

He went out as an Indian agent under Hayes’ administration. He kept up a terrible thinking all the war from Washugton to sundown, and when he took charge of the agency he had all his plat s cut and driect. He organized the Bi.* Sioux Creek Navigation Company, and sough*, to float the stock off on the red man at face value. Had tbev accepted, the pav and all assessments were to be taken out of their government rations at a reduced price, but they didn't accept In the language of Big Buffalo one of the chiefs: ‘ Injuu no understand stock. Injun no run steamboat iDjun no business head 4 on him White man (party soon own cteek, steamboat and Injun, too Injun no invest Injun want flour, meat and blankets, or be raise hell and scalp agent ’ Wall StreetJXews •How are times with you?’ asked an •»lc resident Ao-ti-i ■•* • colored barber. T seed clem so bad, boss ’ ‘You don’t have much to do?’ -I recite on not boss. Time" am so hard datout-’ er ten men. eleben ob dem don’t git ahabed at all, and de rest sbabes demselves.’—liftings.

An Arkansas family traveled sixtyfive miles to see a show. ‘lt’s a powerful hard matter for me to keep my religion,’ eaid a church member to bia mini tor. ‘Every time I think I’ve got an everlasting hold on it *om*thirg tarns up to make me cuss: so I am kept on a trot between (the world and the mourner’s bench. This morning I lost all the religion I had while trying to shoot Tom Green. The iron wouldn't go off and I had to cuts.’—Arkansaw Traveler-