The San Francisco call. [volume], September 01, 1907, Page 16, Image 16

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THE INDIAN AND THE AUTO - A MEETING OF EXTREMES
% IF; f HEN ; the tall < of ; civilization ; eurts ted ) far., aroana .;' thVjwwid^ lt ; meet* |
-^/y , ; started Yon theipath • that 7 never a ends. :\u25a0 .- Tha coalition * iof { the \u25a0 tvro"«x-l
:-\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0;;• tremea was -.witnessed : the;other\flayr when; the '^primeval ; and the-;
wonder. of the, civilized '*K% met. •to^'tb'ejunalloyed Jby'of Ithe primeval//; . ; |
It -.was " In TbledoV: Ohio? . t Colonel iCody, {otherwise] Buffalo ." Bill; t aixd a \u25a0 «r»upl?
of Indian i•• lo J. nil; .war L'palnt '.wefe'^ there>: • They J were^ ylewlnir I the.< town." Op- "
poslte ' them 1 was % a hujse\ automobile" factory.; Brand Whltldok,*' mayor '} of )
Toledo.' wpV* rtiowtng x hls : jred^ gueita) through the'bulldlnkr.'and Vthe > parity'
wUr^ipholdiagywo'nders :'of i'whlch/ theoe; erstwhile .children , of ;the; forest (had;'
. neviy dtfeamedi,; \u25a0 C- .-,;•;*; "'..''>;;-'..'; ; > '- : .* \u0084,\u25a0•\u25a0 :; - '\u25a0)'\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 : ".••-,. ; ." :-." .-;- .• v '-^<*;' •
i" ' .? Tli«\ factory^, wag In?- full' bias t J^. : So , ; were the iau toe, > whizzing I past » like 5
streak«". of dlrzy'xolor.,'- *The ; big chief,* tfon Taili^bVsM Jn^a;dlarnlfled^way t Jto^
examine these* new^wonpers/*j;LlttleVby : 'litUe^a3m^^
grained courage. » Then', ho ; placed \u25a0\u25a0 his * hand 'on the i Bteerlng ; wheel. ; .v • -.? ; . .? : "
.. \u0084"Heap «ood,t- he grunted.; ;fMe"go.'V;' ti-.XXT.^ -7''V : ; ; --- ? ! .-.i----. -.!«.; r--,.-'" .y^/^.'':^
'' Hl*.?. people followed' him aa he 'climbed;- upward."- The^ braves iflUed-ith'e;,
\u25a0 tonneau. of the ,blg touring- car' and thnngi'bn.the *sldes.K-> lron':. Tall, ,at:-the-r
wheel, let : her out; rslowly^ at 'firsts then. x as v the /roadway^ began ;to| glide
another ' notch , was loosed. • Another, and; another,: and' soon ithe/'noble *red ; man" \
was flying over: the highway, breathless, epeechlesa, but Incidentally having
hl» first. rlde^ln-an: auto,\and,.lncldentally,;theUlme'<>f(hlsaifa.' j£^~X* "i-HWi
\u25a0 - To , the -onlookers » It ! waa i a i remarkable* scene. ,/The< group i of 'lndians and
the auto. - products >of the - past : and '2 present; t the 4 wonder,'^ fear and triumph
i creaking through the, stolidity,. of their^duiky s cottntenancea;?°th«|,lmpassiv«; i
-•big chief! ' at the itrheel steering, his car with < oar c (and? certainty, I presented $
too striking. a cjantrast between the^days .when? the J only; means jof «travellwasi
en foot and the day of thla latest evolution of a Uorieless age to bo Ignored.
The; group of red^men- stood ; : for* long ;»nd. weary; days^ of slow and! toilsome^
locomotion; of tracking the pathless forest by means of twigs and forest
signs; of v weeks andimonthsi spent Intarrtvlng, at! their, ;gbal. Thai big machine J
bearing them as "If • onLwlngs ; stands for space rconquered,^ distance annihilated,
tlini counted by, minutes • Instead \u25a0of hours. A Truly, ' the contrast I* . great. " ~
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