Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-27
THE COWBOY
PASSING AWAY
LARIET THoWERS ARE BOUND
DOWN THE WHITE TRAIL.
REUNION OF OLD TIMERS
Few More Exhibitions az That On
he Anniversary of Cherokee
Strip Can Be Given

Bliss, Okla, Sept 2j.-Thc dis
play OF cowboy horscmanship and
cattle ropng at "l0l" ranch 5 wild
Nc,t exhibition, and thirteenth an
adversary Of the opening of the Cher
Dkcc strip last Sunday, was simply a
postscript to book that had been
written. The occasion gave oppor-
tunlly for a reunion Of old-timers,
and they came by hundreds. 1t was
the "bullIest' bunch Of cow punch
crs ever assembled in Oklahoma.
The cowboys occupation inOkla-
homa is gone, but the cowboy him
self, the genuine, simon pure article,
remains, the last of his generation
and his kind, When he takes his
final departure down thet long, white
trail his campfire will never be re-
lighted, Save in the Texas Pan
handle and in limited portions of
western Oklahoma, and in the biz
grazing pastures Of the Usage res
cryation aud Indian Territory the
cowboy now lives ON n farm. He
wears high hceld boots, his spurs,
his broad big hat, rides a good sad.
die and carries his lariet, but these
things are mostly a matter of old
habit
Indians Live In The Past, Too.
The Indians who smcarcd them
selves with paint, adorned themselve,
with feathers, glttcring armlets anC
wrlstlcts Of German silver, slunl
their war shields across their shoul
spears, bows, arrows and guns
were further removed from theil
old-time life than were the cowboys
Among the Indians, however, wert
men who in younger days had beer
on the war path The younger In
dians were mere imitators, trying tC
10 things as the old men told then
they should be done. 1t was notc
cable that the old men painted no
only themselves, but their ponies,
which was in accordance with tn,
prehistoric Mr., Hoylc, Of the Indiar
Territory.
Unlike the cowboy, the Indians il
Oklahoma strive to live as nearly Il,
possible as they did in the days whcr
the Travelled from place to place anc
made their camps where game anC
good water were most abundant
Their wanderings now is confined
to occasional visits to neighborin.
tribes.
TepeeS Still Their Favorite Home.
The tepceS IN the Indian camp a
the "lOl y ranch were in shape an,
equipment just as they were in for
mcr days. Notwithstanding the fac
,hat the federal government has pro
vldrd houses for its Indian wards
The latter prefer living in their con
cal canvas tcpccS, and remain il
them throughout the summer and
greater part of the winter
TIE Indian women and children
'njoyed the spectacular show wit
possibly greater interest than dit
.hc white persons. They sat il
groups in the grandStand and cacl
place was blaze Of brilliant calic
lrcsSes and CANDY handkerchicfs.
Are Afraid of Kodaks.
The Indians who live in centra
Oklahoma have been targets for ko
iaks for years, but have never los
their fear of them. When kodak
were pointed in their direction las
Sunday many Of the mothers woul,
hide their babies beneath thei
ShaWlS. The SupcrsttiouS India.
fears the kodak for the reason that h,
believes a photograph steals away a
least portion Of the soul of the per
son whose likeness is taken, and that
sickness and death may follow.
The old Indians in Oklahoma have
abundant reasons for remembering
the soldiers Of the regular army, and
the younger ones have listened tC
tales OF welfare until the sight Of
soldiers quickly attracts and holds
theirattention, A company OF milit.
ia from Oklahoma City engaged in
mimic battle with the warriors last
Sunday.
A big Indian, fully armed and
dismounted from his pony and
crawled through the grass, spying
upon the enemy He took the pre-
caution to hobble his pony with his
bis bride rein, to prevent the pony's
stampeding should his owner be
fired upon.
At the sight Of this Indian scou,
there was stir among the Indian
women. They watched him intently
and when he returned to his com