It is related that once upon a time the President paid an important
visit to an Indian reservation in the Far and Distant West. In honor of
the great occasion the great chiefs of the tribe were all gathered
together, arrayed in their best bib and tucker, all war-paint and
feathers, and sat cross-legged in a great circle listening to the words
of wisdom from the Great Father.
"Noble Red Men of the Forest," began the President, "Primeval and
Original Proprietors of the Soil of the Land of the Free and the Home of
the Brave! I am delighted to see you!"
And all the Indians round the circle exclaimed: "Walla Walla!" This
evidently being Indian for "Hear! Hear!"
"You have indeed been greatly wronged," continued the speaker, "and I
take your wrongs to my own heart, and I shall take immediate measures
for their redress, and shall demand that hereafter justice shall be done
to the noble Red Men, the Original Proprietors of the Free Soil of
America."