Show telephones in indian homes it is a far cry from the old prairie signal fire of the red man to the electric transmitter but many of the rough homes of the osage indians n oklahoma are equipped with telephones and the owners enjoy their use immensely A telephone agent enlisted the interest terest of chief white eagle in the little box bos and wires and soon he warriors home was connected with central it was some time be bc ore his fellow tribesmen gave approval to his recourse to the white mans invention but finally perceiving the line ime travel and trouble saved him by its use they filed solemnly into the telephone headquarters with orders for installation in their own homes |