The Washington herald., 1911-06-11

young nissTUnur z.,and Can.
lunna, meaning The Raven, was ther
/ mead chief of the seven clans Beame1
married Quatris, sister of CauIunna. She
vas sixteen years old; Beamor was
tWenty-three. The missionary and his
Indian wife had several children and be-
came the great-great-great-gra
of Senator Owen.
The second son Of Caulunna was
named Chic-sa-te-he. He was the nephew
oy marriage Of the Rev. John Beamor.
Becoming intoxicated, emuIating the ex-
ample OF some of the whites, he rumpled
MS scalp lock and then lay down to
sIeep. Other Cherokees, seeing him,
lausned and passed on, while a wit
among them said that he was not Chic
sa-te-he at all. but Bushyhead, as could
De seen by his hair. Thus was named
famous family, springing from the
man snoozing on the ground. Bushv
heao, the governor, whose THANKSGIVING
proclamation I have quoted, was edu
Gated at Princeton. There are many rich
ana conspicuous Bushyheads now in the
Southwest.
Among the children of Rev. John Bea-
NOR and his Indian wife were three
daughters. Peggy, one of the daughters
married Col. Holmes. Martha Holmes,
the daughter of Peggy, became the
notner or Thomas Chisholm, the last of
the HEREDITARY chiefs OF the western
Cherokees. Thomas Chisholm was the
iather or Narcissa Owen, and the grand
Idtner' therefore, Of Senator Owen. Ac-
~ senator Owen is a prince of
the olood and would have full authority
TO rule to-day If the Cherokee Nation
We're still in existence.
n SON OF the Rev. Mr.. Beamor was
named Oconostota. Historians have con-
FUSED their dates. but it is supposed that |
Cconostota came to the Cherokee throne
ABOUT II4O succeeding his uncle Caulunna.
VINO was killed in a battle near the |
pieseht CITY OF Pittsburg. Oconostota
ruled the Cherokees and their allies the
Sreeks. He led an army against the
bngish when the settlers charged some
d mis- braves with horse stealing. Dur
ns the American Revolution, however.
ne Fought on the side of Great Britain
Z Is said that he commanded 10000 war
lors John Sewer. later governor of
tennessee, with a handful of men, de-
eated him repeatedly.
How Oconostotn Lost His Throne.
After the war, Oconostota was de-
'osed, and Rayetayah. a more peaceful :
indian, became head chief of the Chero-
ices. The old chief was alive as late ;.
5 1902 Return Jonathan Meigs, the hero
( Sag Harbor, was appointed Indian
gent Of the Cherokees in 1901 and lived :.
mong them in Georgia. He wrote in :
is diary that his daily readings of the
lassics were often interrupted by the :
ppearance in his tent of ''the Rreasv
Id Oconostota," who came to complaIn +
bout the glories he had lost to Rave Il
yah, his successor. Senator Owen was oi
AIMED by his mother after this famous
Iaracter in Indian history. Among the ie
herokees, who are now farmers. mer- - -
lants, lawyers, and doctors, and are 81
altered throughout Oklahoma, he Is n
the Second, head chief of the gC
ven clans that disappeared as a nation ~
thin the civilization OF the white in of
der. Sc
rhe mother Of Senator Owen was edu- ~ ~
ted at mission schools in Indian Terri an
ry and at academies in Arkansas and
DIANA and became a teacher of music WI
Jonesboro, Tenn, having her own as
mo. She met Robert Latham owen
Jonesboro and they were married. At - -
It time he was engaged In surveying ~
route for the East Tennessee and yfr- wi
ia Railroad. now known as the Nor ~,
and Western. Senator Owen grew ws
IN Lynchburg, on the banks of the on,
said: s "a
Ny grandfather. DR.. owen. practiced