The morning news., 1894-09-17

Ma-she-tah- mole; sheriff, Webster. Caney
district. Julian Trumbly, Joseph Boulan-
ger and w. T. Leahy; sheriff, Charles
Revelette.
Pawhuska is a typical Indian village.
This is the headquarters of all the big
chiefs, and it is here that the plans are
laid for legislation by the Indian council.
This place is very near the center of the
finest body of land in the entire Indian
country. The Usage reservation en-
braces over 1000 square miles, and more
than 1,OO0,0 600 acres, which will sooner or
later be opened to settlement.
The Osages are the richest tribe of In
dians in the world There are not more
than 300 men, women and children, but
they receive annually from the govern
ment about $3.50 for each member of the
tribe in interest on the purchase priceof
lands sold many years ago. While there
is an inducement for the Osages To raise
large families, the tribe is steadily de-
creasing in numbers, and il will not be
many years before the race is extinct In
addition to their annual interest received
from the government, they derive a large
sum each year from the rental of their
lands to cattlemen for grazing purposes.
The Usage Indians are constitutionally
lazy. They realize that they do not have
to work, that the government will provide
for them, so they spend their days in idle
ness. If they squander all their mouey
this year they will have plenty next year,
and sooner or later their million acres of
lands will be sold to the government, and
that will swell their income to large
sum. They buy recklessly, contributing
largely to the support of three new towns
in the Cherokee strip, which have no
other excuse for an existence than to
catch the trade of the wealthy Osapes
The traveller passing through this reser-
walton will be surprised at the luxury no.
where else found on these prairies. Spa
cious homes, beautiful lawns and brightly
painted outbuildigs may be seen here and
there. These homes are occupied by the
more frugal and saving of the tribe. In
many of these prairie palaces are private
teachers for the children, besides drivers,
servants-all of the Caucasian race-who
wait on the pleasure of the swarthy red
skins. One will see carriages that would
grace Pennsylvania avenue, or New
York boulevard, smoothly roll
ing over the prairie, drawn by
horses that boast of the best
| blood. Out in the country, far away
from the hum of the busy street or trade
center, lives the richest Indian of the
| Usage tribe. His name is Frank Denoya.
He is leader in society, and his advice
is sought upon all questions which
trouble or perplex the big chiefs. He
has recently moved into a Sl5,0 900 mansion
that IS replete with every modern conven-
ience-baths, steam heat gas, etc. 1t
would do credit TO Michigan avenue, in
! Chicago. 1t was planned by one Of our
best architects in the west.
This rich Indian seems to have had an
! eye to business. He is the father of
| twelve fat and hearty children, each of
whom gets $50 per month from the gov
ernment, besides a land rental of SO an
! acre on 100 acres of bottom land. The
| family, besides, has the rental of 1900
acres Of upland, making an annual income
of Sl2, 900 free from taxes. Mr.. Denoya's
children are educated free, if he desires
! it, He is well educated, and is a reader
| of newspapers and magazines. Go
! into his modern home any time and you
will find the latest magazines on the
center table in his library and he
will discuss intelligently any sub
! iect In talking of his people he said
The Indians might all have been rich If
they had acted with sense and Judgment.
| We dealt with the government like bust
! ness men, and were accorded honest treat
ment. We are, therefore, financially in
! dependent, and it should not appear
strange if we should desire TO enjoy life
and have a good time on the money which
we get from the government by reason of
our sensible conduct. Our people relish a
change from the wigwam to comfortable
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