Show 1 r NEW CHIEF OF CREEKS ECCENTRICITIES OF MOTY TIGER PORTERS SUCCESSOR Has Long Been a Leader In Affairs cf Hit TribesmenInsists on Doing All Official Business In Native Tongue Okmulgce I TIull blood Indian bank director president of an oil company Methodist minister Moty Tiger the new elicit of the Creeks presents an anomaly In the mixture of human races Refusing to speak any but his native tongue ho assumes tho role of a recalcitrant and by taking tak-ing part In the active business enterprises enter-prises of his nation and the development develop-ment of Its resources lie at once becomes be-comes a loader of tho progressives and a man of moment Tiger Is 65 years old lIe has been prominent In Creek national affairs since 1883 when he was second In command under tho Proctor forces In tho Green Peach war against Ispar heecher wjilch In reality was a war to determine whether tho Creeks should establish n school system and become an educated race or should cling to the ancient tribal modes and customs He became a member of tho louse of kings In the Creek legislature legisla-ture and held that position for many years Ho was elected second chief when General Porter was elected chief for his first term and was reelected re-elected when that term oxplred Otherwise Oth-erwise ho has led an uneventful Ho has lived for many years on a farm on Deep fork five miles west of Okmulgee Ho has been twice married mar-ried the first time to a full blood Indian In-dian woman to whom three children were born and the second time to a white woman who Is now his wife Ho has been a liberal man In the education edu-cation of his children and they are accounted among the very brightest or the younger generation of creeks They have college educations and stand well In their community There was considerable talk about the now chiefs moving the executive offices to Okmulgeo which Is tho capital of tho nation but ho has announced that ho will continue tho offices in Musko geo and move there Following the precedent set by Chief Checote many years ago Chief Tiger Insists that all olllctal business bo conducted In his native tongue Chief Checote was a good English scholar but when It came to official business he would not listen to a word of English Insisting that all business with his nation bo conducted In his national tongue So Chief Tiger will not talk In English though he understands under-stands perfectly and can speak good English Shortly after his appointment appoint-ment ho was In the office of the cpru missIoner to the Five tribes and that official tried to transact some official business Tho chief would not speak After half an hours work the commissIoners taskatbadcjob a had job mIn gave It up as m-In his own office the chief speaks Creek entirely He answers tho slm J plest questions through his Interpreter Interpre-ter though It Is plainly evident from his expression that ho understands It In English Since his Induction Into office there has been a constant stream of Indians In to consult tho chief Any day one may find him In consultation with hall a dozen Indians all of them talking Crock so that It Is almost Impossible to toll what Is going on In tho office Even the stenographers and confidential confiden-tial secretary arc unable to grasp the situation The duties of the chief are light So Is his salary Ho receives 2000 a year and ho will spend more than f I m 1 I I I I t t t I rrorrYJc24 that paying tho railroad faro for Indians In-dians who come to town get stranded and have to borrow money to pay their railroad faro home Tho department of the Interior has usurped practically all of the power that was formerly delegated to tho Indian legislatures and their executives All matters must now bo passed upon by the government r govern-ment and the existence of an Indian I council and a chief so far as tho Five tribes are concerned is merely a nominal nom-inal national life The ascendency of Tiger to the office of-fice of principal chief is purely accidental ac-cidental Chief Porters term of office would have expired this month Under Un-der tho law the president would then havo appointed a chief Porter would have been reappolnted but Tiger would not have been second chief and had Porter lived a month longer in all probability some one else would fill the place Moty Tiger now occupies |