The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-03
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Hennessey had SO prize fight. which
resulted in a draw.
a charter has been granted to the First
Christian church of Orlando.
Mulhall's bank was opened few day,
ago with appropriate ceremonies.
Mr.. Hewitt, the man who was so badly
burned in Beaver county last week, has
since died Of his in uries.
The agricultural college at Saltwater
will experiment this season with forty
four varieties of corn. They are also ex-
perimenting with 225 varieties Of wheat.
As an evidence of the assorted sizes of
climate enjoyed here, says the Beaver Adj
vocate, we saw a party sleigh-riding the
other day who were carrying an open UNI
brella
Ed L. Dunn has resigned his position as
chief clerk of the council, and has gone TO
Washington to look after his chances for
| the receivership of the Oklahoma City
| land Office.
A small number of persons, who had
| become tired of waiting for congressional
action, left Saltwater with the intention
OF settling on the strip. They had better
| have waited few days.
The Seventh Day Adventists OF Okla
homa City are building church on Noble
street, in the same block as the Congrega-
tional church. Work was commenced on
| 1t last Monday It will be 24x36. and the
plan shows neat and pretty structure.
Extensive repairs are being made on the
Choctaw between FL Reno and Oklahoma
City. The track is being put in excellent
condition, and, considering the aifability
of Conductor McEwen and Baggageman
Conner. it is a positive pleasure to ride
over the line. The editor Of the Eagle
has no doubt received a new pass.
Beaver Advocate: The supreme court
of Oklahoma has decided that Beaver
county is under free range law. 1t viii
now be necessary for those districts desir-
ing the herd law system, to get up petit
tion to that effect and present the same to
the county commissioners whose duty it
Will be, if the petition is according to law
in such cases, to call an election upon the
proposition for herd law. Instead Of vot-
ing on proposition for free range, as has
been done under the decision rendered by
Governor Seay when he was district Judge,
the question will now be for herd law
Minco Minstrel: In investigating the
Indian language the first thing is to ascer-
tain the family to which it belongs. This
Is done by comparing their numerals, parts
of the human body, the words for water, /
fire, sun, moon and other fundamental |
terms. In this way it was found that the |
Delawares and Shawnees belong to the |
same families, commonly called the AL |
although both tribes cannot |
readily understand each other The
Cherokees belong to the Iroquois family
of the Six Nations of New York state, and
there belong also the Seneca and the
Wyandotte. The Natchez forms a family
for itself without any known dialect, and
so does the Uchee. OF the languages
spoken on the Quapaw reservation, the
Ottawa, Miami, Wea and Peoria all be-
long to the Algonquin family also.
Modoc belongs to tie klamath
of southwestern Oregon, and Qua
paw to the great Dakota stock
of the Mississippi valley. The other Ian
guages in the Indian and Oklahoma terri
tories have TO be classed as follows: To
the Muskogee family pertain the Choctaw,
Chickasaw. Apalatche, Greek and Semi
1ole; Hitchiti and Mikasuki. Alibamu, and
koassati, Cheyenne and Arapahoe are
dialects, though extremely
Instant from the eastern Algonquin forms
If speech; Pawnee, Caddo, Wichita, Ktchai
md Wake are Pawnee dialects; Kansas,
oonca and Usage are Dakota languages:
iiowa and Tonkawa represent families by
themselves Independent of any other:
Apache belongs to the great Time stock
esiding north of the Saskatchewan river
4 Canada and Commanche is an off-shoot !
f the Shoshonian family of the Interior
'asin and sounds almost like the Snake {
anguage of Wyoming How many beau
lful Indian songs, myths and stories
ave been lost in the course of time be- I
ause no trained person was present to {
preserve them in writing. In many points '
he native languages far surpass those of
he white man, as in precision, abundance ,
t forms, and expressiveness. But edu- ,
ated Indians should themselves take a
and in their notation, for their facilities
xceed by far those Of the white man in
his speciality. To rescue the memory of
ne RED man in this way from oblivion
hould be the highest aim of the Indian of {
ur times. Any Jealous patriot who will u
ndertake the task viii OF course be ridi- c
uled by miscreants and ignorants. s
hould this occur, then simply be mindful a
the proverb: Men damn what they do f
OF understand"