The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-05-29

lu vogue hl tue government hNnppl III
the Usage Nation, led the Leader last
week 10 send II correspondent To that
place 20 investigate the rumors. Fol
lowing In the result Ed Leader
Special to the Loader
PAwuusKA, May 27.-Your cores
pondont arrived here late yesterday
evening aud at once set 10 work To
nud out the cause Of all this stencil
that has been rising from the fair city
Ot 1awhuska during the past few
wcrlts This was NO hard task, as an
indignant outraged people, who
kcculy feel the weight of oppression,
corruption and vice under which they
are struggling are apt to take advan.
tetr ot every opportunity TO complain
OF thc outragcs pcrpctrated against
them.
Perhaps the most disgraccful condi-
tiun of affairs that has come To light
recently In Indian affairs was the eN-
posture few weeks ago OF the
loose, iiccntious way In which the In
dian school at this place has been con
ducted during the past winter II
seems that lust has had full sway and
that the employees as well AS the pu.
nAlh HANN lOllhWNN ~ VIII int hfnN hi
their baser natures aud the result is
that Indian girls Just In their teens
are in u condition soon To become
mothers, aud have been by their pa
rents. forced into marriage relations
with Indian boys scarcely their senior
More disgraceful yet Is the fact that
half formed babes are found among
the rocks and wood pile to the rear of
the school, and some Of the employees
being forced 10 return To their parents
or aunts TO pay the penalty OF violat-
ing the long established laws uf NOR.
nlity aud virtue
Tho story with reference 10 the In
dian girls aud how it was found out
runs thus; Some time ago the super
intcndcut, Ralph Collins, aud the car.
pcutor, 4 T. Buguall, had a degrading
alteration in the presence Of the
children aud BaguaN was discharged
Before leaving the reservation, how
ever, lac notified the people OF the con
ditiou of affairs at the school aud
an investigation proved that all he
had said was too true. The Indian
youth under supposed christian mdu.
CuCcs, was guilty of lccutouSucss un-
known In the wigwam. The BOYS had
bccu accustomed To, Tor moro than SiN
b
ter the employees had retired Tor the
night and by means ot ladder, reach
the rooms ot the larger girls aud there
spend few hours of the night I'm.
known 10 anyone save themselves, At
last they were discovered 10y one OF
employees whose duty II Is 10 patrol
the huildipgS at night to see tnat
thrrc II NO danger OF fire he al once
informed the matron of the girls
doraitory, who with the superintcnd
cnL al once made raid on the night
larkS They captured one boy aud the
others escaped through The window.
This boy told IL all Night after
night during the whole winter he aud
"a number ~ other boys had been visit
ing the girls rooms, They had prac.
uccd their tricks unchcck "a and with
cut detection, although they had often
left their tracks behind them. aud had
acted - openly that 40 reasonable eX-
cuSc can be given, why they were not
discovered sooner \ number OF the
girls were found TO hc pregnant and
were, 10y their parents, forced - mar
~ the OoyS FOR an Indian woman VINO
bears a bastard, Is forever loaded with
iguomiuy,
The boys were forced to carry 100
sticks OF cord wood each into the en-.
yiuc house aS punishment, Us.3y tSe
superintendent guarded them with
siN shooter, now and ;hen pointing it
at one ~ them. declaring he would
htO them n they ever were guilty OF
such a decd again The girls were an
placed ,u a row In their dormitory.
aad their Infamous acts explained 10
the other girls, who We're instructed 10
tauut and ridiculc them.
Al about the same time wcrc found
thc half,formcd babes and the fact
that thc emp owes had as little virtue
as thc pupils came 20 light. and some
ot the gvutlsr sex were forced 60 70 20
their homes or "a some place where
tbey were unknown iu vain attempt
to c1vcr up their shame. A warrant
Was obtained fur the arrest ~ the boSs
farmer, but he evaded the oAiccr aud
made good his escape.
10 should be understood that the
girls who are ga'iiy ot this immortality
we're full-olo,,is, aud that not single
instance has ever yet came o. light ~
one ~ the half hrccd girls forgetting
the teachings ~ her christian mother.
aud there are many such mothers
among she bali breeds ~ the Osages
Tho Usage y, oplN aud mOre cs
pccially the educated portion. are
allied With Indignation ana only their
better Judgment prevents them from
re>or,lug Go mob iaW violence In order
to rij themselves % the parties having
supervision ~ the education % their
children,
Slucc these facts have Some 10 light
the half 0rveJs aUd soguc ~ ne tall
ho>,j> have taken their children trom
school aU1 refuse % RETURN them
They viii pay for the schooling of
their children else where next year. uu-
less q great change Is ,nsde in the
management ~ the School An irdlg-
nation meeting is cA,led Tor mex; We'd
ncsday night when some ds6uite az
tion Wlil h. taSVn
These conditions arc Well knowR 20
Nol RrccNan acting Indian agent at
ihi, place and yet be persists "a ae-
tcnd,ug tho superintendent Tor no
oiher rcason tAae that shey are both
nhlicans
tttn 40 winter an indiAu school