Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-31
P0NCAs WOULD FIGHT SPAIN.
YOUNG MAKING DUST SAYS HE WILL
FORM A COMPANY.
Passes Through Kansas City With
His Uncle, Chief Mcdonald, of the
Poncas, and White Chief, En-
Route to Warrington.

Chief Mcdonald, of the Ponca Indians. in
Oklahoma Territory. passed through Kan
sas City yesterday en- route to Washington
to file a protest with the secretary of the
interior against the realIotment of lands
to members Of his tribe who have affiliated
themselves with the halfbreed faction OF
the tribe under the leadership of Antonio
Roy. who was instrumental sometime ago
in causing the withdrawal of all the half
breeds from the Oklahoma reservation and
In inducing the government to allot them
lands in South Dakota. Roy is the son OF
a Frenchman who married a Ponca squaw.
and is ambitious to become chief of the his.
toric tribe. One hundred halfbreedS followed
him to South Dakota some years ago, but
lave since become dissatisfied and returned
lands in Dakota. They are now asking the
government to reallot them homes, and II
is against this action that Chief Mcdonald
protesting. Roy has stirred up much dis
satisfaction among this usually peaceable
band. and because Of his white blood and
overbearinS disposition is very unpopular
with a great majority of the tribe.
Chief Mcdonald is a picturesque charac-
considerable attention among the incoming
and outgoing passengers at the Union de-
pot yesterday. He has been the chief of his
very old man. His long locks are streaked
with. gray and his dark forehead full of
wrinkles, but his form Is as STRAIGHT as an an
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is an old warrior, and has igured promin-
entity in history. but is noted for the peace
able manner in which he has ruled his
tribe. The Poncas are an industrious peo-
pie and they have not only caused the gov
eminent very little trouble. but have proven
themselves to be self-sustaining Their
reservation is twelve miles square and in
side this narrow enclosure the 200 MEM
bers of the tribe have comfortable homes
and produce an abundance of supplies by
industriously tilling the soil and practicing
the arts Of husbandry.
our people have plenty to eat and good
they have learned to use many of the white
mans inventions In their agricultural pur-
suits" said Chief Mcdonald to a reporter
for The Journal. through an interpreter.
w are located in a splendid section. in
a healthful climate. and with one Or two
It is the object of the chief to prevent
difficulties by keeping renegade halfbreeds
away from the reservation.
Chief Mcdonald was accompanied by his
nephew, Philip Other or Making Dust"
who VIII acts as q, his Interpreter and secretary.
who is his personal adviser.
When Philip Other was a small child
playing about the little tepee of an In
the tribe a visit and were being enter
tanned by the chief. Their presence dis
pleased the little brave and as they neared
his resentment, picked up a handful of
dirt and threw it at the visitors. One of
mother isr'e why ny the pe Child a was making sif eos SO
known as Making Dust" Young Other
was educated at Haskell institute. Law
renee, kas.. and speaks English fuentiy.
accomplishments not usually found among
the red men. Making Dust is anxious
to know what the outcome of the Cuban
situation will be and says he will organize
a company. of Ponca braves if Uncle Sam
should need any help. He reads the news
papers very closely and keeps the aged
chief infinitely informed Upon all matters
of Importance. He Is a great lover of
sport and has introduced the game of foot
ball among the young men of his tribe
he has not abandoned his long hair and the
peculiar dress of his people, is thoroughly
Americanized and takes a great interest
in the events of the day.
Many times has Chief Mcdonald gone to
Washington to see that Great Father and
confer with high officials of the govern
ment as to the best means of overcoming
such difficulties as confronted him. but the
more trips of this kind and this. in fact,
may be the last time that he will visit the
national capital.
II is very old" said his nephew. and
dislikes to leave home. Travel fatigues him
and he will not likely take so long a trip
again. For that reason we may stay in
washington a month as the chief has many
friends there and he seems to think 1t
will be the last time he will ever see them.
He Will also make an effort to have the
as to give the members of the tribe 16O
acres of land instead of eighty acres, as
under the present arrangement which none
Of the fullbloods are willing to accept"
Chief Mcdonald. Philip Other and White
Chief. with heavy blankets thrown over
their shoulders, boarded the s o'clock ELI
of the Burlington and continued on their
journey last night.