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LO 100 PER CENT AMERICAN AMERICANHow How the original American can be the 100 per cent American lias been revealed to us in many ways Warriors from the surviving tribes are fighting bravely with our troops abroad Commis ¬ sioner Cato Sells reports filed at Washington tell of Indian folk on the reservations responding gen ¬ erously to calls for war help in goods and money Returns covering about a third of the reservations indicate a Red Cross membership of nearly 20000 with cash contributions of 50000 and many gifts of garments knitted or otherwise handmade handmadeWe We read of red mens pledges of sacks of wheat of offeriugs of fleeces of wool from scanty flocks of gifts of bead work and other fancy work of poor squaws The donated pieces will be spun and made into socks and sweaters by women of the reserva ¬ tions tionsWe We learned long ago that the only good Indian had ceased to be a dead Indian Here is fresli evidence that lie is today much alive He looks out upon the world and sees what happens and knows his time to lend a hand Doubtless being a good Indian he remembers his tribe and has tra ¬ ditions of other great days of his race lie may know with satisfaction that not in the times of their greatest misunderstanding and consequent sav ¬ agery did his forefathers excel in calculated cruelty of warfare the ruthless foes of all the world whom he now helps to subdue New York World
