The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-24
Usage COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
FulI- Bloods are Reported TO be TAX
ing Their Medicine.

| ing Inetf McOAStGc.
| Guthrie, o. T., April 23.-The Usage full
| bloods are taking their medicine. Their
| council has met and the account OF its
proceedings is given in the Pawhuska
| JourneI as follows:
'The Usage council met Tuesday for
the purpose of considering matters in
| general and particularly to take their
medicine as prescribed by the powers that
| be. There were ten members present
| and H. B. Pray acted as secretary of
| the council Thomas Mosier officiated
| as interpreter and ]. G. MCGUIRE as high
| sheriff
| THE meeting was called to order by
Peter Bigheart. president of the coun-
| ell, who made long winded speech upon
| the changes that had come upon the
! Osages. He ended by asking that the
| agent be called upon to tell the reasons
of the changes. He had hardly sat down
when the agent came.
Everybody in town knew that some
! thing was going to happen that morning.
and so a goodly number Of them had
! gathered in the council chamber to hear
the proceedings. Colonel Pollock said: I
had talk with Black Dog and Peter
Big heart yesterday in which 1 explained
to them briefly what had been done and
fly The adjustment of the Usage Of
fees by the secretary of the interior, the
highest power. was done because the
Osages had not done business in a BUSH
ness-like manner When the council met,
they came together to pass resolutions
about something or someone they knew
nothing about, and about matters that
did not concern them. The honorable sec
rotary of the interior wants harmony
among the Osages. I come here as the
representative of the government to tell
you that the secretary wants you to stop
quareeling and do business like men; leave
other peoples matters alone and do
something for yourselves. The 30tn OF
last month the secretary made an order
doing away with all the Usage offices ex-
cept council Two officers We're left the
principal chief, assistant principal thief
ant fifteen councilmen. The secretary
says in his letter, fifteen councilmen. I
did not call the three Coney district
members. because 1 wanted this council
to consider this matter and. like brothers,
call them yourselves
''He then proceeded to tell them why he
did not call them together and to read
and explain the letter of the secretary Of
the interior.
after the agent retired, Peter Bigheart
and Ne-kah- wah-she-tum-kah spoke, and
the council adjourned until O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon was spent by the
council in talk and the radical members
Of the Bigheart faction was opposed to
sanctioning the order of the department.
Ne-kah- wah-she-to m-kar made a long
winded speech in which he moved that
the action OF the department be not
sanctioned. Me-she-tsa-a seconded the
motion After they had all aired them
selves to their hearts content, W. s.
Mathews arose and demanded that they
call the roll upon the motion and that
all who voted for and against the motion
be SO recorded. The wise man Of the
council, Peter Bigheart, said that would
do and so he declared that ne would not
put the motion and so the matter end
ed as it had begun, in talk.
"AI day Wednesday the members
talked and that was all they did. There
was no business transacted, not even
motion made except to adjourn from
time to time. The principal speech Of the
day was made by Block Dog, the prin-
cipal chief He made very conservative
speech and advised them to accept the
ruling of the secretary.
Thursday morning was spent mostly in 1
talking. but finally they got down to
business and proceeded TO pass resolu-
ton w s. Mathews offered the follow
ing resolution which received but four
votes:
"'Be it Resolved by the Usage national
council, that we respectfully ask the sec
rotary of the interior and commissioner
of Indian affairs to authorize the Indian
agent at the Usage agency to appoint
member of the tribe as secretary Of the
Usage nation council.
1.-THE majority then presentd resolu-
ton requesting the agent to appoint mem
bers Of the tribe to the place of the pres
ent acting clerk. interpreter and high
sheriff The motion carried by the usual
vate, and the council adjourned"