Red Jacket Tu1A.GAZINE SECTION (by Carl Froman) Heroic men, there have been, since then, But there is ene, that we rever. Red Jacket his name, of Iroquois fame, It's to -him-that we r efer. As a Chief.in his day, a great role he did play, Of Longhouse faith was he. In white mans belief, he BaW only grief, And his faith, was his fate, yet to be. Hew He was greatly obsessed, in the faith he professed. In other faiths, - all disagree. Since Nature began, so it is with each rre.n, Apd always, so will it be. His control over land, of the Indian Band, Prevented encroachment by others. Bµt Invaders did come, and he was the one, They sought, to make freaties, as Brothers. Land sales were made, though money not paid, For the future, it vvas placed into Trust. Red Jacket was glad, that finally he had, Accomplished, those things, that were just. The years came and went; till his life almost spent, As the Interest, on sale money grew. But lust was displayed, as no payment was made. The t r uth, - the. Red Jacket knew. ·All articles the~; that came from white men, From -his lodge, he threw to the ground. This act then became, entwined with his name, Tn.ough his people, no f ault with him found. A.shamed and disgusted, with those he had trusted, He grew sadder, more bitter each day. · · Big Sleep claims '1im noi,, , but his people avow, Like him, they stil1 1e1ai t their pay. A martyr he was, serving justly his cause, The Longhouse, - out of the past. His life story ample, outstanding exa mple, Other faiths , - his faith would outlast. Phen Nature is dead, truly t hen, can be said, Ancestral belief, is no more. Y·.;hen Treaties were broken, it served as a t oken, ·An.d thus, - so it be, - evermore. ANSV1iERS TO QUIZ 1} hickory, oak, or ash; 2) driftwood, horn or bone; 3) bone, vvood, stone ; 4) sinew; 5) 60; 6) Plains; 7) travel or movement; 8) war ; 9) death; 10) Maya; 11) I nca. .·_I