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

Sarah. as the case may be, and the
family name given them at school are
the names they give to the census
enumerators. The Kiowas and Co
manches have fought the whites as
sayagely as they ever fought the
Sioux In proportion to their numbers
the Kiowas have probably killed more
whites than any other Indian tribe.
AS il Is with the Sioux, so it is with
the Kiowas In order to pacify them
they were bountifully cared for. The
Sioux have an annuity. The Kiowas
and Comanches have grazing lands.
But the Caddos and Wichitas were
good Indians" They were willing
to farm and did not require countless
acres OF the plains on which to roam
as did the Comanches, nor thousands
of acres for pasture lands. Therefore,
the wichitas and Caddos get no tribal
pasture lands, as do the Kiowas and
Comanchcs, and have come to believe
that every time an allotting agent
marks a quarter section of land that
particular section of land is going TO
be taken away from them.
The Wichitas complain, too, that
they were deceived by the commits
sioners and signed an agreement IN
der misapprehension. They are max
ing no trorb'e and threatening no
violence The appeal 20 the courts
has been made by Lone Wolf a Kiowa.
Lone Wolf is simply a disgruntled
Indian politician, who was deposed
as principal chief at the last meet
ing Of his tribes council The story
that The telegraph brings from Wash
ington about Lone Wolf retaining
Judge Springer as counsel is regard
cd by everybody oonyersant with the
facts as q joke. Lone Wolf has no
moley 90 institute a fight and the un-
iversal impression is that interested
cattle men are using him as a straw
man. Time was when Lone Wolf was
a big chief He comes from fighting
stock and mas himself been war
rior of renown. AS late as 1874 he fig
ured in a Kiowa- Comanche uprising
against the whites and has lived on
his reputation for years. But he was
deposed by Appeahtone q diplomat
who has shown a facility for getting
along with Uncle Sam. Should Lone,
with the aid Of cattle men, win at
washington he win again be a recog-
nizel leader with .heKiowas and Co.
manches.
The Woshita river enters this res.
eryation from Wushita county Okla.
homa, and divides il north and south.
North of the river is the reservation
of the Wichitas and allied tribes
South of the river are the Comanches.
tliowas aud Apaches. In the Wichita
reservation there are 1850 acres
and In the Comanche-Kiowa reserva-
ton 296S,893 Anadarko twenty
miles east OF the Indian territory and
ia the heart OF the reservation for
the Indians in Oklahoma, is on the
WashNa river conveniently located
for an the tribes in this reservation
Here are the Indian agency and all
the government officials engaged in
( the preliminary work Of the opening.
Wiohitas to Pull up the Stakes,
The troubles which the auottlns
ageats are having with the Wichitas
are legion The governments in
structions are that each Indian shall
be permitted to select his own allo
ment OF 100 acres. Since the WIGHT
tas have declined TO make their own
selections the allottlng agents viii pro
coed from now on to riake their al
lottments for them One OF the duties
Of the allotting agent after quarter