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Show LONGEST LIVED RACE, j INDIANS PUT IN MORE YEARS THAN OTHER PEOPLE. ! Indians Attala Ilia Aea of 13 Yeara. While lillnirUm Are ej,nt C.immni-llrol.ui of ou4 Aged aod l'aiau Tr.ha L. aiisr. V The g.vtrriiitnt trr.i takers. hc nave Ju3t cc-aipi-led the ecu- :s of tin Indian triloi of the In lian T.". : .tory repjrt a r..ir.:bcr cf l:in;r-:ived peoplt who rc?4 la that sct.oi o' the conn try. sa;. the Withita I K 111. Cur-e-poaisc it cf tiie Su Ix'u Rep'.iuKc. '1 r.y fay t'aif the Ir.d'an lie to an oi r a?e thia any o:h. r cia-a cf ;- pie on c?.rth. Many of th i attain the j age of 1?C yiars. wnile a. :-ye:-.r-oM Iallan U nothing out of the ordinary. Here are a fcr of them at J v.nie fa. H j about their Uvea: I White I.or.-e. a ntedl -lae chief cf t:i Oto.3, is now 101 year eld. and B.ya ( that he feels as youn? xa whsij hp I ch?. eit cowyoys and soldie' a uiicer (if- i ronlmo fifty years ago. Ta prove 1:1s j j a,se:tinns he is now planning a I.0"J-i I.0"J-i mile trip aucxs the coua;iy to v -it j foat of hi -!: I lor friends. lie is a 1 gr?n mrdicine man among ti c Otoea, and Is lhir ambassador o the Great Spirit, where he makes frequent trips, accor.iiu to ii.mself. ilo ai.) 1 ail; i:i the violent medicine d inc-'S and m.ikes rr."dicine the tun.e aa he J.d whea a youns chi-f. Ati.ther af-l Intlir-n Is Looking G'.a.-s, a Cheyenne warrior. He is 104 i y. ars eld, and w ill soon be 105. He a with S.t.ing Hull, the great Pio.ix ! warrior. In most cf his ra'.ds. and h has passfd throu -h .seven Ind'an wars. He fiys that he dies not remenilvr J'ist how r.;any white perse r.s he ha? kil'.ed. but thn It nu'.-t be over 10). Hi eyensht is ku n ami hU hearing is excellent, lie docs not speak the . liirrllMi lanaase. ! Nan y Jacobs is a Choctaw woman j lo') years of age. who lives alone la the ! wood rear Antlers. She was a co Jk for the white soldiers darin? the riv.l war. and remembers all of the b:g generals gen-erals and coxmandirs of the ao; the-a ftircrs. She has a married d ititrht- r 5 years of age. who lives i.e.ar by. The old woman has otitlived three hu- ' bands aad still dees her own rooking and housekeeping. William Vatin is a Cherokee freed- ' man living: near Ca tno.st. who ba reaihr.d the ripe old ace of 1I. He w:i ote a slave, but when the sines , e:e f t f.ee iic was owned by a rich Cherokee Ir.di.m nai.ied K'lg.-ra. 'Vi gave him his free. lorn and also a r.itl'.t to share in the l.ir. Ls and f inds of the Cherokee tribe. Van possesses a ' unique piece of paper. It Is a bill of sale of himself. It was given by his 1 owner In West Virginia when Vann i was a yoitua; man, and the consideration considera-tion wa.s $ I. :.. Vann la a wealthy man. and the family Is quite tn Influential Influ-ential one In Cherokee politics. He Is nsile f"r his ac and does not expect to die for a great tinny years to come. I Among the Apaches there are ten or twelve old woir.cn who ii-ive p.is- d i " : the 100 year period. Cine f the cruel features of Cue Apa.h home life is that when a wotnun l.a pi-s'd her period cf usefulness about the h,.u-e i she U t.ik'ii Into the country and ! V. I alone by the ro 1 1 1 to die The whit- p.siple have talkel the Ap.. hes nearly 1 out of this cruel way of treating tlv - old. but In s inie f.iniil s they yet be-J be-J lieve tint 11 Is the right way to tre.it I the Infirm. |