INDIANS DROP OLD CUSTOM Reciprocity In Present Giving Is Considered by Them Too Risky. Arkansas City, Kan. Tho Otoe In- ' dlans lately returned to tholr reservation reserva-tion ntter spend'ng a weok visiting tho Kaws near Kuw City. These visits usunlly occupy a longer tlmo nnd tho entire progr.immo Is taken up with dancing, feasting, smoking nnd the giving of gifts by tho entertaining trlbo. Tho visit Just ended broke up a llttlo fcooner than was expected on account ac-count of u streak of iuhospltnllty which dovoloped In tho Kaws. A number of the? Kaws reached th conclusion that this custom of giving nway everything thoy had nnd taking tho ilsk or tho other trlbo returning tho treatment at somo later date was too much or a risk, t'hoy hesitated In 'this Instanco In warming up to tholr jguests tn the matter of giving them a largo number or ponies and other Indian In-dian -icliinblcs. Tho Otocs becamo quito Indignant, and had the tlmo been CO years ago thero would probably huvo been a battle bat-tle Ah It wns tboro was a pow-wow or tho visitors and a row fistic encounters en-counters took place. Wah-Shun-Onh, chlor ol tho Kaws, stepped Into tho breach nnd prevented further hostilities. hostil-ities. Tho visit was cut short nnd It will be somo tlmo beforo tho Kaws aro lnvl'ed to tho Otoo reservation.