Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-06-06
REsOLUTED FREEMAN VERY HARD
Osagos Turn Against Their Agent With .
Lot of Whereases.

Lot of Whereases.
Guthrie, o. T., June 4.-(speciaD--
The war in the Usage country Is on Ia
earnest. The members of the Progress
i've party have met in mass meeting
and passed resolutions scoring Agent
Freeman. Part Of the resolutions
read as follows:
Whereas, The condition OF affairs
connected with the government schools
at Pawhuska that have lately come to
light are disgraceful and immoral and
dangerous to the moral welfare Of the
Usage children in attendance at said
school, and,
Whereas, The superintendent and
employees Of said school have beeen
guilty of using vile oaths in the pres
ence of the children, thereby setting
tended to elevate nor Christianize such
children; and,
Whereas, Ralph Collins, the super
intendent Of said school, has shown
himself utterly incapable of properly
conducting said school and has been
guilty of the aforesaid charges and Of
acting In very ungentlemanly and
discourteous manner toward some Of
the best citizens Of our nation and has
incurred the bitter Ill will of our peo-
pie, thereby placing himself wholly in
inharmony with them and making It
impossible for him ever to be Of any
good service to the Usage people; and,
Whereas, Some of the employees Of
said school have shown themselves in
capable to properly fiji and unworthy
to hold the positions they now hold;
and,
Whereas, Colonel II. b. Freeman, act
ing Indian agent, has sanctioned and
approved Of said Ralph Collins con-
duct, in total disregard Of the known
wishes Of the Usage people, and is now
responsible for the said Collins being
In the position he now occupies, by
reason of certain report he made to
the department of Indian affairs; and,
Whereas, The said Freeman has
stood out against the best interests
and wishes of the Usage people, and
for the wishes and interests OF traders
and combines, and has so conducted
himself toward the Usage people I'm his
official capacity as to incur their ex-
IRENE i'll will, thereby rendering him.
self wholly incapable Of being OF any
valuable service to them; and,
Whereas, By reason of his many acts
OF petty tyranny in dealing with the
Indians and white people on the reser-
walton he has shown himself to be a
man governed by petty prejudices and
passions and wholly unfit for the posi-
ton of Indian agent of the OsagesS
therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That it is deemed best for
the moral and educational welfare Of
the Usage children that they be sent
to other schools at this place, even
though the same must be done at each
members individual expense; and be IT.
further
Resolved, That we demand the Inn
mediate removal of Colonel H. B. Free
man and Ralph Collins and such en-
ployes connected with the schools as
are guilty of the aforesaid conduct; and
be 1t further
Resolved that we are truly gratifIed
to the press of oklahoma for the stand
It has taken in behalf OF the Usage
people by upholding justice and right
and condemning acts of tyranny to-
ward them; and be 1t further
Resolved, That we extend our sim
cere thanks to the Wah-sha-she News
for the manly stand it has taken in de-
Tense Of Usage rights and its endeav-
ors TO place the people of the Usage
nation in a proper light before the
world, and In its attacks upon all eff
forts to injure Usage citizens finan-
cfally, socially and morally.