T By ELMO SCOTT WATSON N NOVEMBER 11, 1922, when the Unknown Soldier was enshrined at Arlingt emetery, among the h Is and i & wo ari 5 who took part in impressive ceremony, was the figure of an Indian resplendent in buckskin, s¢ alp chief, shirt, fringed leggings, beaded sins and a magnificent war bonne that swept to the ground. As stepped forward to place on the white marble tomb a war bonnet and a co ip stick, he said in his native tong xe, feel it an honor to the red man that he has taken part In this great event today because it shows that the thou. sands of Indian fought in the great war are appreciated by the white man. I am glad to sent the Indians of the United States In placing on the grave of this noble unknown warrior this coup stick and war bonnet, eagle feather of which represents a deed of valor by my race. I hope that the Great Spirit will grant that these noble warriors have not given up their lives In vain and that there will be peace to men hereafter. This Is the hope and prayer.” This chief who was chosen as the representative of all the Indian tribes to place the red man's tribute upon the grave of the Unknown Soldier is known among his Ab garokees, as Aleek-chea-ahoosh. mean. ing “Many Achievements.” But the white men who call Absarokees Crows, he Is more commonly known as Chief Plenty perhaps the best known Indian In the United States today. For that reason one of the outstanding biographies of the Year Is the book “American” pub- lished recently by the John Day com. pany, for it is “The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows,” as he told it to Frank B. Linderman through the medium of an interpreter and the sign language in which both Plenty Coups and Lin- derman are adepts, “American” is the first Indian autobiography but it Is outstanding because it is the story of a genuinely primitive Indian. When Plenty Coups was born in Montana in the late ‘40s his people were still living their nor- mal nomadic life In the days before the buffalo herds were Swept away, and these wild horsemen of the plains were almost untouched by any contact with the whites. His early life was lived under tribal conditions, but It. tle changed over a period of hundreds of years; In his early manhood he witnessed the first conflict between the two races with their Inevitable climax of the subjugation of the red and the domination of the white and his de. clining years are being passed in an era which Is seeing a century of his- tory concentrated in a decade. So In a sense the life story of this Indian chief Is an epitome of 300 years of American history, from savagery to civilization, from a wilderness to the industrial age. Plenty Coups has remained a boy all his life and the naturalness of childhood is reflected throughout his story “What are your earliest rememe- brances?" Mr, Linderman asked him and«the old man smiled, “Play,” he sald bapplly. “All boys are much alike, Their hearts are young and they let them sing.” And In his tell- ing of the events of his boyhood and his training at the hands of the eld- ers of the tribe, there 1s food for thought by the white man who be- lieves that men of his color are su- perfor in any way to men whose skins are red, No doubt it will be a shock to most white men to realize that In the eyes of the Indians white children are so disgustediy 11 bred. mocesn- soldiers who repre. every all Indian's peo; le, the the Coups, not CHF FIENTY So profiting by the example and the instructions of his elders, Plenty Coups’ boyhood was spent in the kind the { of play which was beginning of his education in physical : io plains and wood cruft and in strict self-discipline of body and mind. He and the other boys played at making with great forward to the out on ti have the chance for development and eagerness Le war, looked day when he e first war and that « tion #0 much desired by all Prospe tive warriors—counting This might be accomplished In one of sey- eral ways. He might strike an enemy with his coup stick, bow or quirt, be. fore otherwise attacking him, or take his weapon while he was still alive He might count coups by striking sim flarly the first of the enemy's dead or his breastworks under fire or by steal. ing horses from the village of an en- Unlike the white man's idea it much an honor to be wounded in action. When a warrior had been wounded donned an feather to commemorate the he must stain It red, and such a feather was esteemed highly than one which bore the distinctive markings showing how a coup was counted, COTE coups, emy. was not so who eagle event, less Plenty Coups’ young manhood was filled with Innumerable skirmishes be- tween the Crows and their traditional enemies, the Sioux, the Cheyennes, the Arapahoes and the Blackfeet. His first real contact with the white men eame when he enlisted as a scout with General Crook and served valorously with that officer In the great battle with the Sloux on the Rosebud. For Americans with their traditional love of “good sportsmanship” there is an interesting example in Plenty Coups’ attitude towards his enemies. In near. Iy every case in which he tells of a foeman whom he fought and killed, he ends the story by adding gravely, “He was a good man, that Sioux, and a brave warrior.” jut the opinions of the white man expressed by this old warrior ig not such comfortable reading for those who fondly believe that the white race is superior to all others. But Is good, perhaps, for the exaggerated self-es- teem of the “conquering white” to read these words of Plenty Coups and reflect upon them with an honest mind: “They spoke very loudly wlen they sald their® laws were made for everybody; but we soon learned that although they expected us to keep them, they thought nothing of break. ing them themselves , . (Thelr priests) sald we might have their re. tiglon, but when we tried to under. stand it, we found that there were too many kinds . . . this bothered us a good deal until we saw that the white man did not take his religion. any thin he aid bis both of them ju fo use when more seriously and thet he kept behing } might do sirangers, We kept our reag in Lis dealis Hesse were not ou » laws we made and We have nes stand the white ms but we know that th He Is sma himse himself W.Ep cools only Br To rend Plenty alize that he de ation of a ! standards, white or be judged. A part of lies In the adjustment made between his people and ours, | his patience, his diplomacy tnd his firmness which saved the Crows from the tragic fate which Indian tribes. Of them he says: “great J ever either be may Freatness other Wy ir azainst the Look at overtook saw that those who made w the white man always failed Ip end and lost thelr lands, the Striped -Feathered-Ars {Chey enttes), Most of them living where they hate the ground that holds their lodges. They cannot ai the mountains as I can, or drinl good water as 1 do, every day, In stead of making a treaty with the white man and by ft holding their country which they loved, they fought. Ah! how those warriors fought! And lost all, taking whatever the white man would give. And when the hearts of the givers are filled with hate thels gifts are small, “The Cheyennes and the Rioux, who fared a little better, have ciways been our enemies, but I am sorry for them today. I have fought hard against them in war, with the white men more than once, and often with my own tribe before the white men came. [Dut when I fought with the white man against them It was not becouse 1 loved him or because 1 hated the Sioux or Cheyennes, but because | saw this was the only way we could keep our land--and It was my dream that taught us the way” Although Plenty Coups talked freely about his early life, even to the In. timate details of his dreams snd all the other elements which make up the mysticiam of the Indlan—a rare oe- currence for the red man to bare his goul to the white man-—his book tells little of his life after the passing of the buffalo. The descent into poverty and dependence upon the white man's bounty broke his spirit, “When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground and they could not lift them up again” he says, “After this nothing happened. There was little singing anywhere,” And those mournful words are na fitting requiem for the whole race of ped men, ws are 006 CENTRE HALL, PA. 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The general use of the motor CHI now permits a radical lengthening of blocks in residential areas In keep- res. blocks Ing with present day convenience anid the points our, aud goes on to give the following rea- sons which advisable this economy, resolution make residential districts: Substantial economies In the the land blocks mean relation to Frequent accidents, use of can be obtained. reduced area In total area. crossings street invite traffic and the problem of traffic and pedestrian supervision, Longer blocks not only Ing up traffic movement but also Cone. tribute a beauty, delay auld In speed Comfort and Safety in Twenty Years ngo fire-safe struction Today inflammable out of ury. lu as yet the average builder of hoy blithely on, houses that wili 1930, knows that but he date as designing burn. fire sof gets little The really modern 1030 house no wa but comes sunlig tains gto space, : insists on ventilatd nt and cleanlines under stances, arporales room garage and does it without ard. It is architecty (neither int" nor treme “moderne” of snecul Such a hon gu 4 § Pros ex ive OD tgp gua style). ntors, | Insist on it 1930 folks homes, home hulld need 1g will road to revival.—Exchange. Beautify Cities and Towns Our cities should be kept best condition possible, Or mar a city or town. be filled In when they appear In the streets. Good drainage is portant, Weeds should be Ktreets Holes should very kept cut sidewalks. Roads leadi have business kept up to prevent d clean road leading | tracts tourists. flowers, trees. and tunities attracts a crowd. A city have system. Cans for trash be conveniently should be used. advertisemenis about houses. Bridges should etours, nto the city recreation oppor- should fn gond water and pinced, a city's attractiveness. —Grit. Charm in Colored Mortar mortar, ings. in other cases to the mellowing infin. ence of age. However, either effect may be produced today through the coloring matter in the mortar. Mortar colors cost but little, yet they often contribute as much to the fine appear ance of a brick home as any other single item. They are avallable in a wide range of colors, Attractive Highways The rapid building of highways In America for several years was al lowed to remnin what seemed to be a virtua! Invitation to a kind of cheap commercialism to make these thorough- fares lanes of ugliness. Indifference and neglect of property owners along the highways contributed to the un. cightliness. But the tide, here and there If not generally, Is turning in the other direction, Through organized and individual effort, through official and citizen enterprise, a movement for attractiveness is being pushed forward. Lure of Modernizing One of the most attractive features of home modernization Js that owners can do as little or as mueh as they desire, never losing sight of the fact that modernizing on elther a large or a small scale adds much to the com. fort, convenience and velue of the house, Beautifying Roadsides Prizes worth more than £1.000 have been offered for the best five examples of roadside beautification In n contest conducted by the Missouri highway de- partment, Unenviable Status of Jackaroo in Australia | The name * given to | ft youth rent hy parents to an | Australinn sheep or entitle station to learn stock and bush work. Ag he re. | gilded and had with the | manager, overseer ceper, | but had to tion | hands, he was’ generally looked upon | as a useless nuisance until he learned | things. 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