Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1919 — Fate of American Indian, Now Slowly Disappearing [ARTICLE]

Fate of American Indian, Now Slowly Disappearing

There is, in the fate of the Indian, much to awaken our sympathy, and much to disturb the sobriety of our judgment; much which may be urged to excuse their own atrocities; much in their characters which betrays us into an involuntary admiration. What can be more melancholy than their history? By a law of their nature, they seem destined to a slow, but sure extinction. . Everywhere, at the approach of the white man. they fade away. We hear the rustling of their footsteps, like that of the withered leaves of autumn, and they are gone forever. — Joseph Story. -