Show RICHEST n rim NATON TON JN TIlE THE WORLD W rho Indiana IndIans Located In Typo ol of o Rod fiod Man Wealth Customs and Their and j Man By S In St Paul Poul Pross v M H H M inn n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n t H M M H M M H H M N TJ 14 the tho extreme northeastern Of ot Oklahoma adjoining on tho north and thu Tor ler Tc on all tho the cast east thoro In is a 11 rl Meador of or country millu wide nod ntH mile mil n length Within Its ha anilines live a e tuition of or genuine an tho the Indian tribe Tho rho rhoy aro nto in n from tin U World and In ago ngo of tit progress a am may well bo 0 classed as i 1 people In tin tho U Unit they have tin nn d to Individual ownership of ut land 1 m mud anti do d sits nothing bettor bolter than to bo IJo left lett on of alono Ilono trl Indiana hold holt this vast counts country in CUll hlo a n deed In ht tee fee from tho mho United Status Hint us giving horn n a claim absolute title tIlla With In cauli hold In ht tuNtel idle tho government drawing G 5 per par cent cont i n your YOM payable In quarterly Installments Installment ia lu II the tho of at their rich Their lam landi pod money afro tho ho outgrowth of ot r It treaty with Uncle Ham fur for fu th U vast uron of ut the tho country they prior litter to 1512 1872 In III which Is In now note thin tho sin of ot Kansas In III thin way tho olio In a 1 position that Is almost Im In I to settlement th ment by hy the till whiten white In a n legal some annee It would bo be fur for the government to open opell their cam conn try tl to settlement without a I t and thu consideration wool have to to 0 bo be something than bun Ind allotment of ut ICO nero acres for man ami child Kach J and every ry Indigo Indian from these th u VU vt sources I from to Ul Ula 11 00 a n year In III on all interest and rental I alone while they arc permitted unfit I their tribal laws lawn to rise UKO all the I the lie land I can call tot fot cattle raising and farming lit He 11 who has hn the largest family faintly roce tin the tl Income in Quito c t ol of ot both fuli bloode and ana half hall breeds have grown Brown w Although tho nominal wards Wt II of ot tin tho Interior department du they aio nio legal and una financially nil Independent timid and haythe hay have tho the right to tho functions 01 at a 11 power This they thoy hay hav l to do o In tho the last tow taw years yearn owls to time tho policy of oC thu tiro of or India l that la is aiming to tu the thi of or tribal government There are aro about seventeen Indians lIs on tho the tribal roll 1011 divided hit III to about ono equally of at full null ant halfbreed The rho full no rim hotel holit tile this upper land and ore are opposed to tho thu Innovation of ot the tho methods of or modern Ino eln civilization Tit The holt on In the other hand are aro tin tho th progressive element yet yot thoy they like the tho full are aro opposed to tho limo allot allotments ments munte In severally of ot tho the common prop While this thin la is true rue true It 11 only has ha to their lute rest t In tho sot mil milIn In n other respects they entertain for fOl ono one on mother the usual animus that lint t teetH fostH Itself among opposing and con contending conteri tending teri Ii faction A PINK FUm TYPE OF OP INDIAN The tull blood Is perhaps as Ono n nt t J po of or physical manhood as ns tho the oyo eye of ot o otile tile the Caucasian will over or sea seo tow tot of or them thom like Hinck DOR Dog ah wo tonka and Tel Yel Yellow Tellow low Horse will compare comparo favorably with tho the white man In ht natural Intelligence Jim Jims U l s the tho Mark of ot tho the tribe and a n mint man of more than thin ordinary politico poll clone cleverness s and tact Our modern Dick and Tom Plaits could learn a n l or 01 two tram iron this wily red man of ot the plains It l lowing la 13 owing largely It If not n t wholly to la tho tin ability of at this duet chief that tho the Osage na nn nation tion has ht neon been Jeon able to maintain Us lis com corn communal communal Integrity against the machina machinations of ot dishonest officials Indian trad traders ers ere rs and land grabbing sharks Chief comes to Washington almost every emery session of or Congress Interest In of or his people Ho Mo Is looked look cd up UI upon upon on by tho the knowing ones OliOS of or the tho lobby nil na a It was duo to tit the friendship of at the chief that tho the writer was able to visit the tho tribe and learn of at of their tho II history habits and customs THE TIIE VISIT HUT After an nn allday all day drive covering over over litty miles through tho thu largest cattle natures In the th country In III company with Mr S B J wo we arrived al nt Pawhuska tho the Indian agency n oney no as I wet well us tho the capital of at the nation My Myr reception r was ryas cordial Mr tho the thong ng agent nt extending to me mo tho the freedom of ot ci tho the reservation Chief arrived arrive the following morning and alter spend spending lug ing a day lilt around tho the agency tho the chief end I started on a II thirtymile drive to tc his homo borne On our arrival I found r a CL modern built cottage collage surrounded by burns barns stables and the usual found on a I western ranch After Actor my Introduction to tho the chiefs wife vita and nn wo we ate LIto a t lunch and LInd Jim Jun end I started out for tor a II mess moss of ot squirrel AVo Wo spent tho the afternoon In tho the woods Vho ho he way that old ol Indian chief could ic cato the bushy tolls tails in tho the thick foliage end tall timber was a 11 revelation Ir r this tenderfoot Jim located tho this squirrels anti and I eliot bot them thorn thornOn On Un ll our return to the house I noticed or thirty Indians old bucks young bucks baby bucks old ohl squaws young squaws baby bobY squaws Indian ponies and LInd wagons I 1 was at a Joss loss to Know where they the came camo from Cram and asked Jim If It that was waR tho the rest ut of his family The rho big duet chief replied Im not Young Indicating the Ike chief possessed n a vein eln of ot humor I 1 told my he hl went on to say you wore were coming coning you had hn helped us as In Washington and were werl the lie bost beat ho had In in the city dt of ot tho the great white chief They have come com to 0 see BOO you jou and will stay with you rou until you leave 1110 I 1 shook drank hands handa with oil nil They had but little to say MY J but ut showed showell mo moby moby moby by their actions that they cro pleased tn to kayo 1110 mo me with them diem Tho The evening meal was prepared and nerved by tho the squaws In III relays The Theelder elder cider bucks with the duet chief and nud the writer were first at nt the table After ACter the plates of ot nil were wore tilled filled It was In ln Int t testing to sea BOO tho the under which some of ot them thorn labored in nn an ef ot effort fort to use u o their knives and forks It was WOH lIa awkward In the extreme estremo I sot the tho rumple example of ot diving In with my fingers and tho the root rest of at them save RaVO the chief followed suit The meal over oer wo we smoked und and they nil gathered around tiB us and listened to tho the heap Mg big talk of f Jim and nud the other brav v a They told mo me their troubles trouble their history their hoes and dep Tres Few Fow of ot them there talk English BUT BIt heart Haart and fassy Calf Calt doing the th Interpreting Rome Bomo of ot these thIC old sold bucks buck had enlist M 01 In the Union army during the Civil war nr aI and n nIl rendered great crell t service tor for tho Union cause Thoy They were especially anxious that I 1 should make known to the world that th they v are Ire good Indians nothing but their Just pro prot t and tho the advancement of ot their posterity Thoy They looked to Dig Big Heart aa no the Romans did to C ar In many re respects neets they arc aro more moro 1110 children than men They are ate reticent and retirIng retiring ing and adverse to communicating with strangers unless they thoy believe b you OU their friend Friendship with them means menns more than a 1 visiting 1 acquaintance acquaint ance It moans menna practical 11 After Actor tha the talk of ot the tho evening I retired to a inn n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n t I U room loom act set naldo n lo by my host while this tha Indians Indiana rolled up In to lieu thair unit end proceeded to sleep on thu hider Jl out douis in ht fact tuot tiny any old place IN CAMP CAMPI I had hoard heard much of ot their great frent medicine man bravo an nil they thor called him him and alter after breakfast tho the next morning wo we nil all started Marled on an horseback lout and In wagons to la the camp rani call of or thu high hight priest of or thu tho Osage nation It was WI known l that lint tho to Os people as ns u II nation wore were In ht a I col cul sense sens the wealthiest people in Inthe tho the world I had bud traveled two thou lieu thousand sand In III order to study stull their ids his history tory Loma and religious rites rite 1 I knova before my III arrival that I would ba hi tho tiro flint Oret white while man In a I generation who have access ucc ss to 10 their cond confidence dance dence and witness their religious core cere rhoy Thoy are more inure than exclusive in iii their religious mysticisms I wits wua now fully tully on my rny way Wit to tho the ex that tl al was to bit be b In tho the main tins tho th object of ot my visit 1 appreciated I till HII opportunity offered l me one and made the best beat use ISO of ot my m observations onsen On our arrival at lit tho tiro camp I found foun It n situated 1 on err tho tiro banks o ot Harmony river It covered about tell tei k khares hares noreA of or land and was well covered with wit till this typical ova wigwams o othis at this thlu vitro tribe As Au wu Wo alighted there theio av ap mil us 1111 the th finest of oC ll llA tin A American nerie n red led roar mon I hull hud ever beheld Ho 1110 forward Co rw 1111 and bull bar bullof barof of ot his hlo hands had bade wo welcome I f win Will wi escorted to a q tent lent carpeted with tic lie Ilch blankets sal told to 0 make miiko myself n ut r Ironic homo Tins This I 1 proceeded proceeded to do du am ar commenced to o 0 tn lit a mental Inventor of at my illy There were a r I t Joust ono one hundred Indians on 01 thi tho tl ground nt tit tho the time of ot our arrival am nn tho tiro squaw WH w ro busying with the rough labor of at tho the camp THE fIlE DnA VI Wo hall hail h icon been OI It camp about halt half ni nil a hour wh n the great groat mod modi cine man who hud bad welcomed me one canto can cam to my ray lent tont accompanied by b Chief Big Ill heart unit and S lo Calf the tho Indian inter proter prator lido flan JIan mud high hig priest of ot the tribe they thoy all and Ina It If there ever evor was n It ty of a prince of oC the time royal blood he h slot In my InY presence now A man roan of ot six et tout toot two to III In exact proportion clear ciani don gaze u r u a I cairn culm and hemI that drat married carried with Iris his a 11 sun DC of ut conscious power Ho lie spot spoke no word of at l yet ot he lie came worn I t to talk n The rime four roue of at us seated ourselves upon the blanketed ground mind and LInt looking Ini spore purt the mho 10 In iii a n soft sort voice to talk In his hla ow oln tongue AH An Imo iio 10 proceeded I learned the that I had hll met awl no common man maim lie He dwell diva upon tho the dignity nod possibilities c ol olman or man nian the tiro purposes of oC nn an exalted lOll Ion Ih I the h way to learn tho the deeper my 1 and ail secrets of ot the lire universe lit n seemed to possess tho lima combined win WIM windom dom of both tho the ancients and the tile moil mod eras He lie swayed and charmed th mind oven even Ii the time poor channel n ol oC U Ills HIM w discourse lasted an a hour or at ihor J It COli more maIO es essence sence and anal LInt nobility nt of soul seul than th the studied rhetoric of or reducing to language tho tM Ideals of ot the tho mind 1 I Indicated I T understood the tho thought ho Intended acil to t convoy convey Thi I pleased hint him greatly He Ile mi m I learned to un I 1 told to hUnt him In the tho tI o of or the tho great Do le In yond ond the th realm of ot Universal thought the domain of or the Soul At this ho lie stalled smiled lilt his taco faco aeo took on u I radiant hue hU 1 its his eye CO already bright OR nil new now luster ho rose anti to the th sinking sun ho bowed bowell In rover nn Then turning to us tie talked again As Interpreted to me his tile words were w er these Man bran ra like sun no die ho Imo nom again MtH eating tho time evening mead con can stating of ot beet beef broiled over tho the lire fir In Indian I 1111 lUll style beans potatoes baked bake in hi napes the four tour of ot us tie took a 1 stroll along ulong tho the border bordor of ot the tho river During Durin this walk ho said and did dill many thing that recalled to my m mind tho the riot fact thin tha few along moral anti and spiritual lines Ines ever eer spring from thickly pope hated centers They aro Usually the tho product of ot tho the desert or the tho wilder wilderness ness noss WEIRD U DANCE On our return to camp nil all was WILS quiet t save chant reminded that mot mo of save a 11 weird chant that reminded mo moot of ofa n a soul In agony Wo We at nt once proceeded to the largest tent on Oil tho the ground from tram which emanated tho the noise As we entered I 1 beheld a n scene that few rol mon mOil monever ever over havo have a n chance to gaze upon Around an nn egg cemented In iii In tho the earth about ten len feet long lon by b eight In width without paint and thinly clad slowly marching and in the tho attitude of ot prayer were twenty one Indian bucks walking aro mid and chanting then them were many squaws straining with hypnotic gaze upon the tho Incensed lire Iro that slowly burned burnell from rota within tho the center of ot the marching group For hours this title scone scene went wont on an without interruption Finally when in n II high state ot of men mental tal lal exaltation they gave cavo way wn and the same lance number of ot squaws tool took their places daces and continued going around chanting chanting chanting Theiron The Themen Themon mon men walked out In single file Into the theother timer other tent there thero I 1 followed them thorn Bend Bending ing In ng over oer an open cask with cup In n hand stood a II something that was once a n 0 woman Sho She must have havo been beell n a hun hUll hundred huntrod trod dred years of or age LIRe the living archetype of at She of ot Ender This being of ot skin bones but five feet high looked like Ike a n hideous demon from the under underworld world vend She filled the cup and passed It once met around then beckoned d me I Ironic drank Iwas She placed the th cup up upon the lie cask anti and punned In silence from rout tho the tent Tho The bucks buds eyes cres wore all upon anon me tie as ns I gazed In muto mute astonish astonishment h ment neat Tho The Brave came In and occupied pied let tho the place the woman had vacated d dIh The Limo Ih men flied filed out Into the tho other tent and urd watched tho the Incense burn ns IS the s wanted walked around and chanted harried chanted chanted This time the hag was there inside tho the circle dropping rush frosh Incense Incont e on the tho tire Ore An hour lour must roust have hlo rive passed to me It seemed a 1 century and then thon the tho women flied filed d out and as each one ono stepped from Cram tho the circle a aman anun nun man slid In and nn took her h r place the never nevor breaking as ns they went round round round chanting chant chanting chantIng ing rig chanting I J followed the Ihn women omen into nto the other tent whore where sot BItt the Brave e eHe He Ho Ie passed the cup as ns had the hag The rime F mo performance was LIS repeated |