The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-12
A WOMAN LEADER
kickApoo INDIANS osEy MAN
DATES or THEIR CHOSEN
WOMAN CHIEF.
RtHOUHcE ALLEGIANCE TO AMERICA

uexiesn Government Encourages
Their immigration By Offering Them
Good Lsnd-Tribe 10 Settle Down
and Live . Civilized Life
The Kickapoo Indians. known the
country over as the most persistent
wanderers on the western continent
have taken into their tribal council as
a chieftess one Of their women, and on
her advice they have renowned al
legiance forever to the United States
and settled down for all time IN the
mountains Of Old Mexico. The woman
Who Is TO direct the destinies here
after Of the Kickapoos has thwarted
the plans Of this government 70 induce
her DeopIe to return to this country
and has declared her intentions Of ig-
uoriug all future oyertures that may
be made to them by Washington.
Mexico. recognizing In the Kickapoo
an industrious redman, skilled in the
art Of fghting and hunting and being
an exceptional clean Indian, has IN
sured him a permanent home In the
neighboring republic, guaranteeing
him facilities for furthering his agri-
cultural and stock raising plans and
giving him ample territory over which
he may roam unmolested.
Il win be remembered that
officials at Washington sent an agent
to Mexico to see II the tribe could be
induced to abandon it's plans 'or
adopting Mexico as its future home.
Designing the purpose Of the agent
chieftess Wapahoka, who Is about
forty.fye years old, and very shrewd
woman, appealed to President Diaz
who ordered that the Washington rep
resentative leave the reservation al
once. For years Chieftess Wapahoka
has been striving to get the remnants
OF her once strong tribes together on
the other side Of the border, and hei
ufe's ambition has been realized az
last In bands Of a dozen or 50 the
K,ckapoos have been quietly crossing
over the Mexican border. Having go'
her people together. Wapahota has DO
termined that the tribe shall remain
intact in the future. and TO that enc
she has enforced from the men
nIedge that they will abandon thei
wandering forever and live out thei
lives peacefully in Mexico
T, AT the present time few Kickapoo
I are remaining in Oklahoma. me
have nocked to their kinsmen u
I Mexico whenever an opportunity ha
presented itself. Their removal wa
|. opposed at first by the government
: but finally they were allowed 70 NOV
when they desired to do 50. NO II
|. dian in moving was allowed to tax
anv live stock OF property OF any KIN
! which had been furnished MIN py u
limited States government.
(, Their lands in Oklahoma, six mile
!, south of Shawnee are leased out IN
I, rentals average one hundred dollar
a wear for an average farm OF eign'
acres. This fund will support u
indian and furnish him all the luxuri'
q he desires. For years the goyernmel
d has made an annual appropriation
e. $4,000 for the Kickapoos, this FUND D
s. ing dIsbursed by the Indian agent i
II agricultural implements, stock al
y wearing apparel
T. Some time ago the Indian depal
10 ment at Washington was iniorm'
/ that unlawful inducements were pen
Is made to the Kickapoos to part WI
II their belongings and that thelr
70 moval to Mexico was part OF y
r. scheme to do them out Of their ian
and cattle.