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The Crime Against The Yakimas (1913)

Lucullus Virgil McWhorter

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Excerpt from The Crime Against the Yakimas
As an island defined as a tract of land entirely surrounded by water, so may an Indian Reservation be described as a tract of land entirely surrounded by thieves.
Too often the Indian superintendent, or agent, becomes the agent and co-partner of those who would plunder the Indians rather than attend to his duties as administrator of the affairs of the Indians themselves.
The blundering, wabbling, ofttimes treacherous, administration of Indian affairs, conducted from a seat of power three thousand miles away, is the most sickening, discouraging, disgusting failure in the history of American government.
While the superb, natural sense of honor of the Indian has led him to scrupulously observe every treaty and obligation ever entered into, the Government has left a trail of broken treaties, broken promises, repudiated pledges - an hundred years record that would disgrace a king of the Cannibal Islands.
What ever of relief has been obtained for the Indian has usually been through an appeal from department red tape to the ears and hearts of the people. Here and there is a real friend of the Aborigine, who breaks bread in the wick-i-up; who feels the throbbings of his heart; who understands him; who loves him for his virtues. Such a man is Lucullus V. McWhorter, the writer of the pages to follow.
Years ago McWhorter began mingling with the Yakima Indians. He earned their confidence. He fought their battles. He aired their wrongs in public. He spent his time and money in efforts to secure for them a square deal. He was formally adopted into their tribe by Chief Yoom-tee-bee, and is known among them as He-mene Kawan . And, while he is an adopted member of their tribe and has participated in tribal affairs as a member of their council, he has never sought or received one dollar of benefit from such membership.
Four years ago, when I began operations in Washington, suppressing the liquor traffic among Indians, as chief officer of the Indian service, I first crossed this man McWhorter's trail.

Language: English

Pages: 64

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

Release: October 22, 2007

ISBN: 0548682100

ISBN 13: 9780548682104

The Crime Against The Yakimas (1913)

Lucullus Virgil McWhorter

0/5 ( ratings)

Excerpt from The Crime Against the Yakimas
As an island defined as a tract of land entirely surrounded by water, so may an Indian Reservation be described as a tract of land entirely surrounded by thieves.
Too often the Indian superintendent, or agent, becomes the agent and co-partner of those who would plunder the Indians rather than attend to his duties as administrator of the affairs of the Indians themselves.
The blundering, wabbling, ofttimes treacherous, administration of Indian affairs, conducted from a seat of power three thousand miles away, is the most sickening, discouraging, disgusting failure in the history of American government.
While the superb, natural sense of honor of the Indian has led him to scrupulously observe every treaty and obligation ever entered into, the Government has left a trail of broken treaties, broken promises, repudiated pledges - an hundred years record that would disgrace a king of the Cannibal Islands.
What ever of relief has been obtained for the Indian has usually been through an appeal from department red tape to the ears and hearts of the people. Here and there is a real friend of the Aborigine, who breaks bread in the wick-i-up; who feels the throbbings of his heart; who understands him; who loves him for his virtues. Such a man is Lucullus V. McWhorter, the writer of the pages to follow.
Years ago McWhorter began mingling with the Yakima Indians. He earned their confidence. He fought their battles. He aired their wrongs in public. He spent his time and money in efforts to secure for them a square deal. He was formally adopted into their tribe by Chief Yoom-tee-bee, and is known among them as He-mene Kawan . And, while he is an adopted member of their tribe and has participated in tribal affairs as a member of their council, he has never sought or received one dollar of benefit from such membership.
Four years ago, when I began operations in Washington, suppressing the liquor traffic among Indians, as chief officer of the Indian service, I first crossed this man McWhorter's trail.

Language: English

Pages: 64

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

Release: October 22, 2007

ISBN: 0548682100

ISBN 13: 9780548682104

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