The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-29

! few separators, but sold nary one.
| 1 expected to find a large number Of
Indians when I got to Geary, but found
| very few. The white folks did all the
talking, and to hear some of them be-
wall the sad fate of their red sisters, a
| man from Plymouth Rock would aatur-
ally suppose that a house Of refuge was
| badly needed at Darlington. Such is not
| the case. and if the good people of the
! east are so extremely anxious TO help the
| Indians, why don't they send them some.
| substantial encouragement such as COWS.
| hogs, chickens and such? Oh no. That
would cost something. The good Chris
| tan people Of the east are not going
around doing anything of that kind They
| think a few kind words and a promise of
| more is all that the Indian requires to
keep food in his teepee and buy clothes
! for his children. A young Indian, who
| has been educated at one of the govern
ment training schools. told the Deacon
| that he was sick of all this cant and ~
| pccrisy he had been listening to for
years There was nothing in it, He
J said he went to one of those Indian-lov-
| ers who owned a store, and asked him
| for a job as clerk. The man told him
| he was sorry that he could not give lm
one, as his nephew had come on from the
east on a visit, and for the purpose of
getting an insight into the Indian char
acter. He also told the Indian that his
nephew intended to write book. and any
information he could give his relative
would be thankfully received
Jesse Witcher and ]. H. Seger have
solved the Indian problem, to the queens
taste Both are practical men and know
that soft words are not all the InIian
needs. Last year Johnnie Seger got en-
ployment for a large number of the fr-
dams over whom he has charge They
worked in the cotton and corn fields.
They hauled wood for the cotton Gins IN
weather that was too tough Cor white
men to be out in. and in every instance
received their pay without a whimper
This year Jesse Witcher. who is dis
trict farmer of No. 10, turned his indi-
ans loose in the white mans cotton and
corn fields and they have been compli-
meuted very highly on he way tiiey
performed the various tasks allot-eI to
them. Jess is not much II morali 7, bIt,
| as he told the convention, he would te
willing to bet something pretty with any
Indian-lover in the crowd. that among
his little band Of full-blood Indian worn
en- they could not pick out one who was
not as morally good as any white woman
in the territorv.
The convention is over. Now all that
is to be done is to write I'D the minutes
of the meeting and send them to the In
dians' friends in the east 1t may be dry
reading, but it won't cost anything.
One thing I noticed, and that was when
the white folks adjourned for a while
to eat the few Indians that were there
received no invitations to do the same
trick
At the last session of the legislature
there was a. law enacted that prohibited
the Indians from using remedies that hal
been used by them for years. Five years
ago there was Cheyenne Indian at OAR
lngton by the name of Leonard Tyler
Leonard was given UP by four reputable
doctors as being too far gone with tu-
berculosis to live more than six months.
When the verdict was told him by the
learned medicine men, he proceeded at
once to try what effect the mescaI bean
would have upon him. He took the beans
In small doses for three months and to-
day he is enjoying good health
learn from various Indians that the
law governing Indian medicine men is as
much respected in Oklahoma as the pro-
hibition law is in Kansas
to spend few hours with the Ell Reno
club. and he did as requested The club
occupies six large and finely furnished
rooms in the new Anheuser-Busch Brew
ing company's brick building on the cor
ner of Rock Island and Russell streets
The rooms are beautifully furnished with
all the necessary things needed for insti-
tutions of that kind. The room facing on
Rock Island avenue is fitted I'D for
reading. room; the next is a card room:
next is the reception room and room for
board of directors; next is billiard and
pool room next is a card room. and the
room in the rear is used for holding Sc
cret caucuses along about election time
c. o. Blake is the president of the club
Mark D. Libby is secretary, and w. /
Goh is treasurer. There are at present
seventy members in the club. and It is
the duty of each to do everything he can
for the welfare of FL Reno, Various
committees have been appointed for vari-
Gus objects. The club is a permanent
fixture in FL Reno and will have some
thing TO say in the future relating to new
enterprises. good roads and good gov
eminent. There is nothing political about
the organization, but every member is I'm
favor Of statehood
Judge p. c. Hughes, late of Arapahoe.
was in town yesterday getting a few
pointers about law from c. o. Blake
The judge resides at Weatherford and to
hear him talk about that town a stranger
would think 1t was a second Wichita
The Judge IS a firm believer in the Re
publican party. and he also firmly be-
heves that at the next session Of con-
gress we will, through the help Of the
Little Giant get passed an enabling
act that will give US statehood. The
judge incidentally remarked while he
and the Deacon were partaking Of some
refreshments. that he did not go very
much on the free homes theory. He
said that Mr. Flynn would no doubt
work as he has never done before to have
the free homes bill pushed through. but
he did not think he could make # stick.
the old-timers who made the race for the
land were all gone and the government
would not ne in a very big hurry TO re-
imburse the parties who bought the land
Ny old warm and esteemed friend.
Amos A Ewing. he that has the JOB OF
testing coal Oh o nd aas ras n - -