The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-15
kI0WA
INDIAN
HABITS
Same Old Story of NOmadlc
Life Among Tribe.
MAIL DRIVERS STORY
interesting Resume of Their
Schools and Their Life.

Guthrie. 0. T. March IL D. Ward.
writing from Coopertown. Q. T.. 10 his
nome people at Muniavale. tells OF tho
characteristics OF the KIowa Indians al
follows:
As have TO lay over here on Sunday
and ! am little lonesome 1 win write
q few lines te tell you something
have learned since I came down here
last April
"Coope-tcn Is situated twenty-three
miles southeast OF Hobart on a line 10
Lawton. Coeperton Is a small village az
go Inhabitants. NJ negroes and al law
abiding people. There are four church
organizations. and a better nrIshhorhcod
Tor one 70 live in cannot Dc found The
town is situated between the mountains
IN "a very fertile valley about SIX niles
wide. The mountains are being pres
pected by about So miners There Is one
saloon In Coopertoa. There Is suite a
good many Indians trade here. IN fact.
great deal OF business Is done here.
There is one splendid school building es
two rooms. about like The Mulliavins
school house. Two teachers ere en-
p!oyed the principal setting 50 per
month and the assistant 50 per month.
there being about leo scholars. We have
two good Sunday schools and church
every Sunday.
New / VIII tell you something 81 the
red men. This eouniy Was named after
the tribe of the Indians. the Kiowas
They are a stout built class % people.
some weighing over 20a pounds. bat the
men have very little strength as ths
squsws do most OF the hard labor They
are beginning 10 dress more like white
people. bat sthi keep 90 the blanket.
The squaws get a piece ~ goods. cut
holes for the limbs. wrapping the rest
about them. They stan carry the pap
poose on their backs.
They don't Ike 20 live in the frame
houses the government huidt Tor them.
but live In tents and teepees The Rainy
Mountsin Indian school = located az thu
foot Of Rainy Mountain. and the govern
ment has built many fine buildings for
them. such as two large school rooms.
laundry. kitchen. bakery meat house
and four dwellings There are twelve
employees. all white TIE lady who doscs
the baking told me that Il takees from
g. 10 ioo loaves OF bread daily. aud I take
io0 pounds Of meat there each day Tire
dining room Is about forty feet square
and az clean and up-to-date az any nrss
class hotel
Each Indian girl Is taught % cock.
wash. bake. etc. They ere kept "a each
for one month. The boys have brass
band. The rnatron tells uc she has a
hard time 20 keep those Girls clean They
ret lousey ana size calls 81 going buffalo
hunting" for the lice ca ao much larger
than white people have Tho head lice
are awful as they stick like old mo-
iasses and they have o. single out aas
hair AZ a time 20 get them of But ~
soon as school - out they 60 back %
their people and don their Indian clothes
and as soon as lousey as ever.
Some OF the Indians are honest just
yesterday a young Indian. named "Rlg
Harry" gave me S20 end told me 20 pay
Il or a biu gotten during the summer.
They got their pay last week. So each.
and some 81 them paved up what they
owed. There Is a large store kept on the
reservation for The Indian trade a -
b. "A Wide awake white man ard -
Keeps the goods that take the Indian
eye. a sample ~ which J send the editor.
thing Ike them untI 7 came here lt
has showed al night ard 50 atin snow
ing. / am giad thfs ia Sunday ar ] wet
20 lay over today ~ would be pretty
bad 20 have - 20 against such a storm
aa this one today
Il am serving Uncle saul' o. runniax
a bus lire from Cntebe uv way - Toxin
and Courerton and rstarn The trip -
o.
tract pays 80 yearly Tor Carrying the
mail and ray transient ard passenger
pays over 81 ta4 more - you aea : arm
not here for my hsalfh aioHe although
ny health g. good raiaed seven
pounds in January
r use two good mele teams % ny
route and drive through ia f9ur hours.
Weu. yes. it e. dangerous. tat aput
feel afraid know a great n8anF IN
dams and raa speak fheir iagzgazs
some. a great many Dreirad o. h. ny
friends but 7 am alwavs 80 the ebert.
The town Goteao Is onr % thr igeehest
places 7 Wa ever in ~ r. suzH place.
get th~v have four saipons each havfnz
a gaFuhilrz RON. T isy orer rixas here.
I leavs here ~ 2 r.. aaf fefpra af
3. n. giving r1a orig fVe tesrs az hame.
Cocr-eTfoa. The route niH econ -
changed. Then unl stssf ffou copper
con az a. 20. end retara 90 3 81
This 81 3 god elrtf1 AID cairns
are ssIiirx frssa 2. 80 f9 o. per aaar.
ter. This r. lecsfed ahosi DE- r7sfh =
lfaTnans nrsrfy - nErs fhfsfr rg..
ffora Red river We base - sre gsff.
Snow ar1 lafs = ssees ~ 80 81 feed
~ AZ tuf ere ieakeg pfef.y sell 4