A Defense of Fishermen 



just person would for a moment sup- 

 pose that genuine Indians could be 

 treated fairly by measuring them ac- 

 cording to a squaw-man standard. 

 Neither can genuine fishermen be fair- 

 ly treated by judging them according 

 to the standards presented by squaw- 

 fishermen. 



In point of fact, full-blooded fisher- 

 men whose title is clear, and whose 

 natural qualifications are undisputed, 

 have ideas, habits of thought and men- 

 tal tendencies so peculiarly and espe- 

 cially their own, and their beliefs and 

 code of ethics are so exclusively fitted 

 to their needs and surroundings, that 

 an attempt on the part of strangers 

 to speak, or write concerning the char- 

 acter or conduct of its approved mem- 

 bership savors of impudent presurnp- 

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