The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
SOUAW BELLIES
TO MADE DECENT
 ON WASHINGTON.
Are Among the Richest-Few Of the Original Land Owning Families of Oklahoma are worth Less
 Than A1O.OO0.


 Are Among the Richest-Few Of the
 Original Land Owning Families
 of OkiahOma are worth Less
 Than e1O.OO0.
 Dallas, Tex, Oct, 20.-When the new Prairie State sends its representatives to Congress Washington may see type Of American woman new at the capital for among the gentlemen rom Oklahoma may be some with lndiah blood in their veins. or married de- scended from the Five Civilized Tribes. The wives and daughters of such mem bers of Congress will be an interesting study.
 In Oklahoma are some of the wealth. fest Indians in America. While peo- pie will speak of them for years 10 come as belonging to the Five CIVIL ized Tribes. tribal relations were dis solved in March lasr-an important step in their progress toward oeihs citizens like their white neighbors.
 But long before this the Chickasaws. Cherokees, Choctaws and others affiii- ated with the white. As gar back as quarter of century ago not only people from the East, but also Ger mans, Swedes and Norwegians from the Middle West and Minnesota began moving into Kansas and the twin Ter ritories. attracted by the advantages of climate and soil. Side by side with the natives they have done their part in turning cattle range and woodland into farm and garden. and as trades men they have founded many of the villages and cities of the new State.
 AS d large number Of tho white pion- eers in the new country were unmar- ried, the question of some one to mako home for them became important. They saw the daughters of their ln- dian neigkbors, and perhaps thought of the fertile fields and herds of cat tie which these maidens would one day inherit. Some of them set an ex- ample by proposing marriage. Liko of Eyes children, the girls were not dispIeased with their white admirers.
 So 1t is that a large proportion of Oklahoma's people are nalf-breeds. not the sort of half-breeds with whom the Eastern man Is familiar through the writing of the novelist, but children of a lawful union. whose parents rank among the oldest and richest residents of the State. To give an idea of the wealth of some of the tribes a compila- ton made by Government agents shortly before the tribunal dissolution placed the value of the farm lands and houses of the Chickasaws and Choc- taws alone at twenty miilion dollars.
 10 these LTlDcS "cT0 dilOtcu TUT " seryation purposes neariy 12,000.00O acres of land, much of 1t containing large deposits of irons read and sine. while some Is believed 70 mold oil and gas. It has been appraised by the government at prices ranging from Poo to $7 an acre, and as there are only 30,000 members of the two tribes, the average to each Indian would be moro than $500.
 In addition. the tribes receive royal ties from companies mining their coal lands, which gives them a large in- come. divided in proportion to the property holdings of each family. In fact, few of the originaI iand-owning families in Oklahoma are worth less than $10.000.
 The Osages living up in the north east corner of the original Oklahoma are said to be worth more money than any other settlemeN of human beint' of the same number in the world. for they are not only rich Tn farm lands, but have over $S.o0o,0o0 on deposit with Uncle Sam. on which they get five per cent interest In addition, they lease lands having oil, coal and gas deposits to the white man. and get revenue from this alone which amounts to $700 a year for each man. woman and child of them.
 TnuS II IS tnht tH0 CHIluTch oI oh- lahoma have had parents able to give them the advantage or an education. While the model schools of the State have fitted the boys for farming. trade and business, and some for professions. the Indian mothers have willingly agreed to the wish of the fathers that the girls should be educated according to white ideas.
 Of the $50 schools which have been
 %t,,A sively for their children, several are intended especially for instruction in music, art, needleworK, dancing and other branches which are supposed to put the finishing touches on a girl and fit her for society. The Indian girl IS not only developed in mind. but in body if necessary. for physical culture Is as popular out on the prairie as 1t is at Vassar or Wellesley.
 When she leaves school and enters the real world she had most. If not all the opportunities which are afforded the Eastern girl whose father has thick pocketbook. It Is this sort Of life that has developed the prairie maiden until she is no longer the her oine pictured by writers as clad in ,, blanket and moccasins-a shy crea- ture of nature with feather in her hair.
 
 shirt waist and walking skirt for ev- Cry day use. and has ner train gown for formal occasions, like her all-white sisters. The feather in her hair has been replaced by a high backed comb. or perhaps an aigrette. when she goes out to an evening entertainment. A moccasin in Oklahoma is about as rare as a snowstorm.
 To put it in a nutshell. any one may walk the streets of Guthrie. Muskogee, Ardmore. or any other city of the new State and see women or half-breed more tastefully and otten more richly dressed than the woman in the average Western city. They know what to wear and how to wear it.
 Another thing that commands atten- tion is the genuine beauty of many or the women-not the bizarre beauty of refinement and intelligence. These children of white fathers and dark hued mothers have features which in- terest artists. While they nave inner, tied the rich, warm tinIs and supple figures of their mothers, among them can te seen girls who would create a sensation on the stage with the blue eyes and blonde skin of their Swedish or German father. yet retaining the