THE
DISCARDS
BY
He-mene Ka-wan: "Old Wolf"
(LUCULLUS VIRGIL McWHORTER)
PRICE, 25 CENTS
Supplement to The Discards Copyright
WE YALLUP WA YA CIKA
Chief of the Ahtanum Clan of the Yakimas, Deceased Dec. 17, 1915
See the Chief's Memorial to the "higher officials," April 13, 1913,in which he prayed for simple justice relative to his stolen waterrights. The venerable Chieftain passed over the Last Trail, stillhoping for the relief that never came. See Lyman's Hist. YakimaValley, Vol I, pp 916-920. Continued Crime Against the Yakimas,1913.
Price 10c.
THE DISCARDS
By HE-MENE KA-WAN: "Old Wolf"
============ Author of ============
| "The Crime Against the Yakimas" |
| "Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia" |
| "Rebellion (?) of the Yakimas" |
| "The Continued Crime Against the Yakimas" |
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when weremembered Zion.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one ofthe Songs of Zion.—Psalms 137:1-2-3.
Foreword
An explanation is the only excuse for this little publication. TheDiscards were primarily to appear in the Second or Summer Season Numberof The American Indian Tepee, a quarterly launched for the avowedpurpose of combating the manifest evils of the Indian Bureau; the fraudand graft imposed with impunity on the child-minded tribesmen by therobber speculator, land thief and all round crooks who swarm thereservations; as well as creating a deeper sentiment of respect for theRed race by giving first hand the Indian side of life; his poetry,music, philosophy and tribal history.
As an adopted Yakima, the chief editorship was tendered me and wasaccepted with no thought of compensation other than the satisfaction ofattempting to do something for a greatly maligned and hampered people.The first editorial in the initiative number of the Tepee, reveals thefaith that was placed in the declared purpose of the management, whichwould now appear as mere ostentation. This became more apparent as workon the second number progressed. Reproductions foreign to the vitalIndian cause were given precedence over "fighting" originality; and whenthe Wolf howled, he was summarily bounced by the Fox, who then assumedfull control as both manager and editor.
The contribution by Hal-ish Ho-sat: Klickitat for "Old Wolf"; was thefirst of a series of h