The Columbia River . ^ interesting and evennoble traits, whose sad lot it has mainly been to struggleagainst the advent of a civilisation which they couldnot understand nor resist, and before which they havemelted away in pitiful impotency. But they have atleast had the highest dignity of defeat, for they havedied fighting. They have realised the conception ofthe Roman Emperor: ^^3Ie stantem mori oporiet^ The Oregon Indians have essentially the same char-acteristic traits as other Indians, secretiveness, patience,vindictiveness, stoicism; and, in their best state, fidelityand boundless generos
The Columbia River . ^ interesting and evennoble traits, whose sad lot it has mainly been to struggleagainst the advent of a civilisation which they couldnot understand nor resist, and before which they havemelted away in pitiful impotency. But they have atleast had the highest dignity of defeat, for they havedied fighting. They have realised the conception ofthe Roman Emperor: ^^3Ie stantem mori oporiet^ The Oregon Indians have essentially the same char-acteristic traits as other Indians, secretiveness, patience,vindictiveness, stoicism; and, in their best state, fidelityand boundless generosity to friends. The poor broken fragments of the once populoustribes along the Columbia can but affect the present-dayobserver with pity. Most of the tangible memorialsof this fallen race have vanished with them. Notmany of the conquerors have been sympathetic or evenrational in their treatment of the Indians. Hencememorials of memorj?- and imagination which might. • rt 0 ^ 0 cU § 23 y 0) o ir. 1—4 :3 X >^ O +J bb o
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