The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-31

section has been agreed upon for some
particular Indian is to mark Il. A
piece of timber is driven into the
ground until eighteen inches is ex-
posed an da small mound built around
it TO make the spot conspicuous, When
night comes the Wichita or Caddo In
dian if the stake is driven on his own
homestead w-!n pun up the stake and
carefully remove the dirt which forms
the mound. The work must be- done
over again and a second effort made
to explain the situation.
The children of the Wichitas and
Caddos have nearly all attended col
lege and all of them speak English
with comparative ease. Many of them
are well educated, but even from
these the allotting agents receive no
assistance The obedience Of the In
dian children to their parents is most
remarkable. The parents do not
want their land allotted and the chill.
dren positively decline to talk. One
conspicuous exception was Caddo
girl about p years old who returned
last year from Carlisle, Pa Her
father was unwilling to make his Sc
lection, but the allottlng agent final
ly persuaded the girl that her father
might lose his home place and, in any
event would not get land which
would please him as well as a place
he would select Emma was the In.
dian maiden's name and she thus ex-
pressed her self; Father would be
willing to select his land, as / have
been talking to him about it, but the
other Indians would drive him out of
the country, if they knew he had done
so. It wouldn't do for him to be seen
with you, so | viii go and select for
him, myself and my brother"
Miss Emma vouchsafed some addi-
tional information which illustrates
a phase Of Indian life that the pale
tace has never been able to under
stand. She was dressed in a calico
dress with a piece of black ribbon
which fastened it at the throat.
Il could not make myself more pre-
sentable than this" she said, with
out giving oGense to father. have
some very good dresses and my grad
uating dres is handsome, but father
doesn't want me to wear them"
Dent you ever expect to dress up?"
asked the agent
Yes, ] will finally be able to talk
father into It."
Push Guy is the name OF the partic
ular father who is so ayerse to any
thing more elaborate In woman's ap
parel than calico dress hung 20 the
feminine form In catch-as- catch-cau
fashion. He Is like all the other faith
ers In the reservation. but Emma IS
an exception among the girls. Few OF
them have any desire TO wear the
: hothersome dress of the white woman
And even If they did want them they
wouldn't have the money to buy them
Indians Who Have Chosen Lands.
The Indians who have chosen their
lands secured desirable farms. Gen
orally speaking they have chosen
homesteads where they have already
tarmed or those they leased to white
mel. The families have ordinarily
slected appointing farms so chat an In
dian who has a wife and several chill
drel viii be abundantly cared for
I The government officers have urged
the Indians TO give care TO THEN
selection and they have received good
advice from others who were con
yersant with conditions The Indian
farming has been chiefly done in the
lowlands along the streams and neai
the woods Between Chickasha and