Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-25
Beautiful Usage Woman
Sues for Third Divorce
Course of True Love Does Not Always Run Smoothly,
Even in Indian Home Story of Famine PIo-
mendon Filled with Unusual Romances.

l''l ~ AN'Whlihr libUuluHbN th'NIt'
ana was at large for several months
being recapturod finally In New Mex
lco II developed that bob" Donald
son was jealous OF the woman,s In
fluence over his brother.
Tho second divorce OF Dave" Don
oldson ana his wife followed this at
tempt on her NE ny his brother Bob.
Az IN the former instance tho divorc,
was granted by Buyard r. Hniner,
number Of years on tho bench n
Northern Oklahoma This was early
IN 1905 and later In that year IN,
Donaldsons were asain remarked Th,
OsaRG Indians are very wealthy Mrs
Donoldson and her two children, all tC
Ecthcr arc entitled to 1890 acres OF
land In addition to $4,000 In cash
now drawing interest for them IN the
national treasury at Washington.
The third marriage was in great
part the result of combined business In
tcrests and in order too, that the wei.
faro Of the children, In lands and
money might be better looked after
and controlled, II was necessary for
the interests of the family, 10 got their
land allotments contiguous. II possible,
thua forming an immense ranch,
whore both agriculture and i've stock
growing could be featured. Both Dom
aldson and his former wife recognized
these facts, and their romarrlago fol-
lowed.
Tho petition Tor the third divorce
was filed by the wife ut Pawhuska,
several months ago and tho trial this
time viii be before District Judge L..
M. Poe, Of Tulsa. She maintains that
II Is simply Impossible for them to live
together In peace and harmony and
declares also that tho third time IL
certainly tho last time she will marry
her husband. The filing Of the petit
ton has caused sensation, for the
third time among the Osages.
In this connection, II develops, that
Dave Donaldson worked diligently
to obtain pardon for his brother.
serving time In the penitentiary for
the attack on Dawes" wife. Tho wo-
man never forgave the brother-in-
law, and II is understood, that she
was greatly offended when she learned
that her husband was using his In
ruenoo to free Bob" Donaldson from
prison. A petition was circulated In
Kay County and the western portion
or Osage County many slgners being
secured for Bob Donaldson's pardon
II was presented to Governor Frantz,
before his retirement from office, now
over three years ago, but was not act
ed upon by him because OF the ne
tition being faulty in several respects.
II was later prepared for presentation
TO Governor G. N. Haskell. who grant
ed tho request.
Tho troubles OF the Donaldson's
have not affected them alone, but also
tho federal commission, which re-
Gently allotted the Osage lands among
tho members of the tribe Prior to III
Ing her third petition for divorce, Dom
aldson and his wife separated, the wife
returning 10 her fathers home In the
big Bend" country near Ponca city.
Each OF the parents took a child but
hey were still Just az Interested to
have their chlldrens lands allotted
'ontiguously.
All the Usage Indians had selected
heir allotments OF 100 acres each. ItI
Nas necessary for the Donaldsons to
visit the offices of the commission to-
;ether, in order to make the proper
selection OF lands, and II soon became
'vdent that while the father attempt
I'd to dictate the lands which the chill
iren should be given, that the mother
also understood business matters Of
his kind thoroughly and was lust as
'apable OF obtaining rich and valuable
and
In the big Rend" country lives
much Of the flower Of the Usage ma
Ion Il is an extremely rich agrlcul-
ural section perhaps as valuable
rom that standpoint as any IN the
'tate. The squawmau. as rule, under
Itood this fact and lntcrmarrled cow
men especially selected these lands for
heir families allotmcnts. within a.
'adlus OF a few miles In this section, is
's much wealth II not more than In
my other section OF tho same size IN
no United States. II is IN this locality
hat the Plomondons and Donaldson
lllotmonts in great part were taken.