The Indian Advocate (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1, Friday, April 1, 1904 Page: 4 of 46
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ioi THE CANADIAN INDIANS
of ponce and the prevention of crime among the tribes which
these warriors dominated.
Such dealing was bound to appeal to the best qualities in
the Indinn. It appealed to his pride to his self-respect to
his love of dignity to his sense of honor. It gave him to
understand that a trust had been committed to him by the
"Big Chief accrops the broad water." Thus was engendered
in the heart of the Indian a deep sense of loyalty to the
Great Father" whom they were told loved hir. Ked Chil-
dren and that loyalty made itself manifest on more than one
battlefield in defense of the empire. 1 have stood on the
banks of the Thames river in Ontario where fell the cele-
brated Shawnee chief Tecumseh in Canada's defense and
the Indian was prominent in the relief expedition sent to
Khartoum to rescue Chinese Gordon.
The Canadian government has always been firm and just
in its dealing with the red man. It was firm in the making
of its treaties and had the fixed intention of fulfilling them
to the letter. It is firm even today in the maintenance of
their conditions. A treaty once made between the govern-
ment and the Indians was binding: was "an end to all strife;"
it was final; it was to endure "so long as the sun shines
and water Hows." Neither party could ignore or re-
cede from its conditions. The Indians have faithfully kept
their part of the compacts and the government has never
failed to fulfil its part. No treaty has ever been broken. But
on two occasions the government out of its bounty and
desire to meet the Indians' wishes has gone beyond the claims
of the Indian upon it and for two tribes increased their per-
petual annuity.
In getting possession of the Indian lands the government
never summarily appropriated them. The Indians' rights and
claims were always considered and the lands were bought.
In consideration of a certain sum of money paid in hand a
tract of land some incidentals suited to the needs of the
peculiar tribe dealt with and a solemn pledge that schools
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The Indian Advocate (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1, Friday, April 1, 1904, newspaper, April 1, 1904; Sacred Heart, Okla.. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc69822/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.