Posted By:
Russ BrightWow, what a sad story. I never knew anything about Sockalexis... but the thing that I think is the saddest is the comment in the Wiki about him (wikipedia.org)
By 1906, he had returned to his people and most likely stopped drinking or got it under control.
What a callous remark from someone who knows nothing about alcoholism as a disease. He died in 1913 at the age of 42 from heart failure... There weren't good places to "dry out" in those days and I'm sure that the health care afforded a "redman" really didn't help him at all...
He drank himself to death, and it's always sad to hear stories of amazingly talented people who drink/drug themselves to death...
I always learn something new on this board, thanks! Sorry to bring the mood down...