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"THEY KEEP CALLING ME 'BAKER'"

It has been seven years and what seems like hours ago since my mother and father died. My little brother Red Eagle, well, I have no idea what became of him. He was only four winters at the time.

I do not like this place as I wear their clothes, speak their language and they teach me things to serve others, not to better myself. I am discouraged from seeking the friendship of an Apache boy I truly admire. All my friends are separated from me and when we speak our language, we are severely punished. I do not remember my father's name. They did not want me to and I did what they said cause they put me on the "iron horse" and told me I would not see him again if I speak it. So I forgot. They gave me this Anglo name Beatrice.

Before the bluecoats captured me, I ran for a long time and was so hungry. I had to be my mother, father, a man and a woman. There was no food, so I ate what vegetation was available and whatever small animals I could bear to sacrifice. They found me and brought me to this place called "Carlisle."

They got my name off a bag of flour. "Baker's" it was called and they called me Beatrice. This was not my name and all I could wonder was where was my brother.

So what I have now is a new name which they will not tell my people as they do not want me documented and I am here in the east where I see having no future.

When I was 12, my mother made my buckskins and continued since. I kept them all as they were beautiful. I had beadwork and moccasins. When I came here, they took all of it and cut off all my hair to rid the place of lice as we were "dirty." They took it all and replaced it with their culture. My Anglo name is Beatrice Baker.

In later years, I had a son of an Indian man. To their dismay. I have raised him with all the principles my people gave me. Judging how this has gone so far, this will prove to be a problem. His name is Milford. They keep calling him "Evans," cause that is his father's name. But it is NOT his name.


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								"THEY KEEP CALLING ME 'BAKER'" An Essay It has been seven years and what seems like hours ago since my mother and father died. My little brother Red Eagle, well, I have no idea what became of him. He was only four winters at the time. I do not like this place as I wear their clothes, speak their language and they teach me things to serve others, not to better myself. I am discouraged from seeking the friendship of an Apache boy I truly admire. All my friends are separated from me and when we speak our language, we are severely punished. I do not remember my father's name. They did not want me to and I did what they said cause they put me on the "iron horse" and told me I would not see him again if I speak it. So I forgot. They gave me this Anglo name Beatrice. Before the bluecoats captured me, I ran for a long time and was so hungry. I had to be my mother, father, a man and a woman. There was no food, so I ate what vegetation was available and whatever small animals I could bear to sacrifice. They found me and brought me to this place called "Carlisle." They got my name off a bag of flour. "Baker's" it was called and they called me Beatrice. This was not my name and all I could wonder was where was my brother.



								So what I have now is a new name which they will not tell my people as they do not want me documented and I am here in the east where I see having no future. When I was 12, my mother made my buckskins and continued since. I kept them all as they were beautiful. I had beadwork and moccasins. When I came here, they took all of it and cut off all my hair to rid the place of lice as we were "dirty." They took it all and replaced it with their culture. My Anglo name is Beatrice Baker. In later years, I had a son of an Indian man. To their dismay. I have raised him with all the principles my people gave me. Judging how this has gone so far, this will prove to be a problem. His name is Milford. They keep calling him "Evans," cause that is his father's name. But it is NOT his name.



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