The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-11
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

! Does anybody in Oklahoma ever write
| poetry any more?
Governor Steele seems to be shying clear
| of the interviewers.
| The boot-blacks, of Oklahoma City, have
to pay dollar month license.
The Oklahoma City and Guthrie base
| ball clubs cross bats next Sunday.
Most of the chickens Matched in Okla
homa during the late rains were ducks.
If it were possible, what would a popu-
lar vote for governor of Oklahoma today
bring forth?
The Oklahoma City Gazette believes
4hat Deputy Marshal Thornton will yet
capture the Dalton boys.
The Guthrie News remarks that the Dial
ton boys are very much absent. But not
more than the officers are tardy.
The News says the Guthrie mosquitoes
are so large that they have to get down on
their knees to drink out of a tin cup.
The young Oklahoma City man who is
said to use curling iron on his hair,
probably uses Choctaw railroad spike.
In the new country west. there will be
big town on the Washita and big town on
the North Canadian. Mark the predic-
ton.
The Oklahoma City Times is responsible
for the statement that "a workman is
known by his chips" How about the
poker-player?
Edmond is the "City of Firsts." It built
the first school house. the first church, and
had the first graduating class, and alto
gether is first-class little town.
The old Indian practice is to count up to
ten on the fingers, and then count by tens.
Some of the tribes more intelligent than
others were able to count tens of tens.
The Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college bond was filed yesterday in the
secretary's office. It's amount is $4,000.
The board to locate will soon be appointed.
The International Loan and Trust COM
pany of Oklahoma City have gone out of
business. They claim that in accordance
with the laws Of the territory, money can
not be loaned without undue risk to the
| loaner
Guthrie Capital: Oldsmith's locksmith
seems to have q dead cinch on the county
records. He prepared the combination to
the safe in the Rsgsdale building and
locked the safe, and now, because the
county commissioner failed TO allow him
as much as he asked for some job previ-
ously performed, be refuses TO tell how an
entrance may be gained to the vault, and
as consequence the records are without
protection and cover.
Territorial Advocate: Sheep shearing is
now at hand A number OF our sheep
raisers will begin shearing this week. The
Hulits commenced Monday with six men,
and expect to finish in about ten days
They will shear about 2, 400 head this time
and VIII tells us the clip promises TO be
good one. Wool sacks arrived Saturday
for Mr.. Hulit, and also for Mr. Slavon,
who will shear probably $500 sheep. Our
wool growers count Cd about 81 per head
net profit annually. Sheep raising is q
paying industry here, and no mistake
Purcell Topic: By a careful research of
Indian history and the Chata Leksikun as
well as consulting with those familiar
with the Choctaw language, We are en-
abled TO give the following history and
meaning OF the word Oklahoma" X Is
taken from the Choctaw words, "Okla," "
which means people aud "Homaiyt," which
means red; thus we have the word Okla
homa, the 'fyi" being dropped from the
adjective when used in connection with
another word the literal translation Of
which is red people. The word was
first used in the Indian treaties Of lsf5,
and is found in the tenth section OF article
Of the Choctaw and Chickasaw treaty.
Il was intended 70 apply the new territory
contemplated by that treaty the cover
nor Of which should be the superi1ten-
dent OF Indian affairs and the legislative
body an Indian council composed OF dele
gates from each of the tribes IN the In
dian territory. Notice how applicable the
term. territory OF red people, Oklshonz,"
would have been then and IL - used the
same still There is no Oklahoma terri
tory, it is: Territory OF Oklahoma The
pronunciation as found in the ChoctAw Is
OKLA ho-rna, fOke lah-ho-HAh-l
Chicksssw Chief,asa: There are those
who pretend 10 see danger 70 the Indisns
in the great influx of noucIr.Zens 20 the
Chiokasaw nation. They argue that il
means the rsurpatioa Of their lands snd
their rights by 3 rapacious horde OF boom
ers. and The final i'm poverishne1t and ex-
termination Of the Red race. II the ChOc-
taw ard Ch.ck2saw people held the.- Lands |