Bryant Junior High School - Junior Life Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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9 A J tubents: J$e salute you! 2$e l]a e confibence in your ability to make goob. ay you make the most of your talents. Jz. 3J. 24arbaker

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The Indian A glimmer of bronze from the jading sun, From its rays of burnished gold. His grim silhouette when the day is done Pause his soul to unfold. Like a symbolic statue, grim, alone, The fate of his dying race; So free of a whimper, sigh, or a moan Of sorrow; no, not an evident trace. If only defeat could always be met With the nobleness of the past, The victories would be secrets kept And friendship would always last. —Richard Turcott.

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THE J UN I OK LIFE 5 LdJjtojrLaLa The First American The American Indian was the most picturesque of the primitive races, but after the advent of the white man he lost most of that charm. He was tall and sinewy with dark brown skin caused by his hard, clean, outdoor living. He had very distinguishing features, the broad face giving the effect of high cheek bones and the slight Chinese slant of the eyes. No man will ever rival the charm of the American Indian although they will never be what they were before the coming of the white man. To most persons an Indian is usually thought of as a scalper and a cruel warrior. Few people realize what we owe to the Indian or appreciate the highly important part he has played in our history. As a matter of fact we owe him almost everything — even our country which was taken from him. When the early settlers came to America, they really took advantage of the Indians. Within a dozen years after the landing of Columbus on the Bahama Islands, not an Indian was left alive. To them an Indian was no more than a wild beast. It is interesting to note that no case is known where the Indians were the aggressors; that is, the one who struck the first blow, at least where the Indian met the white for the first time. Very often the Indians were the most patient, forgiving, longsuffering, and endured every affront before they arose and strove to assert themselves to gain their rights. Have you ever stopped to think of all the many things we owe to this Indian? When you realize that many of the world's most useful products and foods are due to the Indian, then you will have some conception of the things we have inherited from him. They include maize, white potatoes, buckwheat, pumpkins, squashes, many kinds of melons, lima and string beans, peanuts, cacao, tapioca, tobacco, hemp, many spices, sarsaparilla, quinine, arnica, cocaine, vanilla, rubber, turkeys, llamas, and alpaca. These are only a few of the innumerable things which were unknown to the world prior to the discovery of America but which had been known and used by Indians for centuries before. But let us look at the Indian himself. The typical American Indian loves practical jokes and has a very highly developed sense of humor. The age-old belief that Indians are immune to suffering has been proved wrong in many instances. Too, we usually associate war-