The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-14

indian brave OUT LneEr AeFSA SNSA
put on his own shoes il he doesn't care
TO. and he usually doesn't. He has a.
white man to do ii for him. That is the
feature about this tribe attracts the at
tentions of outsiders. Their money has
gained them white men for slaves.
when you hear one Of those Indians
stroll into the agency and say. These
are my white men. want them to do
SO and So Just in the same way that
the old time Southern planter used to
speak of my niggers, It is indeed,
disgusting evidence Of mems subser-
Yienee to money. .--..~~--.g~. ..
"Of course there are numbers Of the
Osages who are well educated and de-
serving of high communication. Such
a man is Big Heart, governor Of the
tribe and the ruler of its councils. With
the average Usage however, life con-
sists of one long, sweet doze. Laziness?
Why. l have never seen or conceived
anything like it. They don't even seem
to like the exertion entailed in horse
back-rfding. If they do go out rid
ing it is usually in conveyance, and
as rule, it is one of my white men
that does the hitching up
DEAD LIFE OF IDLENESS.
Then his majesty, the Usage, who
has been drousing away in his tent,
rolls himself out of his blanket with the
assistance Of his squaw and with a pro-
digous effort Of his usually great body
mounts into the buggy and drives away.
l will never forget the expression OF
supreme contempt which drew from a
Cheyenne Indian one day when hap
pened to ask his opinion about the per-
sonaI character of the 0sages.
Huh" said this naughty brave of
| tribe VIGOROUSLY poor in money, but ex-
ceedingly wealthy in pride and spirit;
just big fat. That's the Usage. He
no good. In great measure that seems
to express my opinion Of the Usage also
He is such big fat that one wonders
If eventually he will not lose the use of
HIS limbs through 1aziness.
THE spending of the money which
the Usage Indian draws from the
Goyernment is principally accomplished
through the very easy method Of gamb-
ling. They are insatiate devotion Of
monte, and seated around blanket IN
/ front of their tepees, hundreds Of dol
lars change hands during a few days
duration of this form of gambling. /
use the word tepees in this connection
adyisedly for, though the greater num-
Der of the Osages have houses, there
are very few of them except the half
breeds who stay in them when the
weather is any way near favorable
The full-bloods live out of doors the
lgreater part Of their life.
Their tents are Of canvas, as that
can be bought easier and requires so
much less exertion to put up than the
regulation rush tent which the former
Indian squaws used to weave. Then
There is the Usage Indians insatiate
desire for gewgaws and trinkets. II is
from this childlike and inane liking for
Just something pretty that the pea
Il dlers who swarm into the agency from
all parts of the surrounding country
treap harvest An Indian will pay all
most any amount to get a pretty bau-
Bile 1t doesn't matter to him whether
they are useful
ALL FOND OF TRINKETs.
For a striking example of this just
take the fact that an Indian squaW will
Invariably be attracted BY a bright-col-
lored washroom set. She will buy with
great glee large basin, pitcher and all
the rest Of the paraphernalia and in
stall them in her bedroom. Now, it is
well known that an Indian squaw ney-
| er washes anywhere, except in the
Icreek. What earthly use can she have
for that prettily decorated basin and
tooth mug? Pretty soon she comes tc
this conclusion herself
1T consists. Of placing the bride on a
pony, which is gay1y decorated with
steamers of calico floating in tbs
breeze. The young brave who is to be
chr husband mounts another pony and
starts in pursuit. AS a rule the pursuit.
is not very spirited; the Indians have
become too lazy. There are two school;
at the reservation and some good is be
ing done in the effort to civilize them
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