Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
REDSKINS VISIT CITY
Have Come All the Way From
Oklahoma.
CAMP NEAR GEORGETOWN
Mostly Descendants Of Mary Lehan,
a Cherokee.
WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT
Will Ask the Great White Father to
Have Some Land Given
to Them.

The Indians are upon rs. Quick men
grab your muskets and defend the stock
ade. 4 tribe of Cherokecs is proving
| in the woods OF Georgetown not half a
| mile back Of the old red Schoolhouse
| That would be the proper dime move
| introduction to the recording of the fac
| that the Indians have arrived. The ole
| red schoolhouse in this instance Is the
Western High School, and from the cam
| pus of that scholastic institution even q
| one-eyed plainsman could detect the
smoke OF the big chiefs fire as 1t curle6
lazily in front of the doors of the three
large tepees.
Every small boy in Georgetown is tin
Cling with the excitement of having red
skins in Huidekoper's woods. The tribe
is there. and as far as can be learned
nearly every one of them is descendan,
of Mary Lehan, real Cherokee woman
from Oklahoma, who bears with her a
certificate from one of the officials OF
that region to the effect that Mary Lehan
is a worthy Indian, with twenty-one emil
dren
Pushing his way through the thick
moss and fallen leaves of Huidekoper' S
extensive woods yesterday afternoon. the
Indian reporter of The Star found the
tepees of the Cherokees with some diff
Guilty. as they lay far out on the frontier.
Not more than 700 Georgetown boys and
girls were gathered around the camp
when he arrived. although there was. a
side attraction prior to his rea ching the
main show. An Indian girl, whose name
is Pucahontas was trying to learn to
skate in the woods on the moss. One OF
her skates was broken and she had bare
feet and was wearing the skates back
ward Other than that she was doing
real well.
Getting Acquainted.
who are your" came the question
ing a cigarette The Indian reporter eN-
planned.
Ugh" replied Dainty Cigarette. the
| fair Cherokee You Mister News
Yes, / am Mister .,ews," and by that
name he is known to the doughty tribe.
1t wasn't hard to get acquainted with
Mary Ienan and her children. She is
a swarthy woman with a leaning toward
red and yellow ornaments. Don't be so
foolish as to doubt she is an Indian. \
doubling Thomas from Georgetown, aged
ten, let it be known In loud talk that
Them amt no Indians. Them's gypsies.
Me fadder tole me So There was a
small Indian uprising on the spot. Doubt
ing Thomas ran through the woods for
his life, dropping A pocketful OF marbles
as he escaped. Young John Lehan,
swarthy, lean and swift. stopped in the
pursuit to gather the marb es and re-
turned to the camp fire fully satisfied.
Marbles he declared. are just as good as
scalps.
Why They Came.
Mister News Id his hest To find out
why the Lehan tribe had come all the
way from Oklahoma. The large wad of
letters from mayors, police officials and
governors between here and Muskogee
Okla all of which letters the tribe treas
ures closely, indicate that the Lehan
family have been en- route for three
months and that they have been prin-
cipally engaged in the art and science
of telling fortunes and selling Indian
charms.
"Mister News" asked Mary Lehan why
she came east. S ting before a ire,
Mary grunted, Ugh That was her
reply at the time. Later she said she
! wanted to see the Great White Father
Taft to get him to sign a letter for her
and get some land given to the family
free.
did any one ever take any land from