The Washington herald., 1911-06-11

modified red and brown:--TneV eIdel
Owen, a Virginian. and a civil engineer
had blond hair and a thick blond beard
Physically. therefore. Senator Owen is
cherokee. He dresses in the best OF
clothing and rides to the Senate in lan
automobile.
There are three Indians in Congress-
Curtis. the Senator from Kansas; Car
ter, member of the House of Repre-
sentatives from Oklahoma, and Owen.
Curtis is a Kaw. in part. and looks like
a modern Indian, being small-featured,
| round, and compact. Carter is seven
| sixteenths Chickasaw and Cherokee and
nine-sixteenths Scotch-Irish, so he SAYS.
But Owen, less of an Indian than the
| rest; reserved, except when making a
speech; slender, alert, and graceful on
his feet; big-jawed and large-mouthed,
a handsome man in fact, could instantly
fit into war party if he were given a
bow and arrow, some paint, a head-dress
OF feathers, and horse.
Not n Tragedy, hut a Comedy.
rs the disappearance of the Ameri-
can Indian one of the tragedies of his
tory?" I asked him.
NO" he Immediately replied eft Is a
pleasant domestic comedy. He marries
white woman and is happy for the
rest of his life" Thus speaking. he
looked and smiled at his wife
The inspiration for his political ideas
came to Senator Owen, probably. from
two sources-Thomas Jefferson and the
Cherokees themselves. Our system of
society and government" Gov. d. w
Bushyhead wrote in his THANKSGIVING
proclamation to the Cherokee Nation in |
1856, will not allow of excessive in
dlvidual wealth nor it's sure attendant
excessive poverty-for which let us give
special thanks and hold fast to that |
which is good
The Cherokees, through Senator or,a,
or Oconostota. their hereditary chief
and his Democratic Federation. have
been transmitted and introduced i,to
current events. The Owens bava "a,
Naroissa. the mother
-that seven brothers founded the Chero-
zee nation. They were Long Hair, Blind
savannah, The Painter, The Deer Tha
Moit' The Acorn, and The HolIv Sir
waiter Raleigh found them growing
'orh, Deans, tobacco, and potatoes ne
arrleo some or the potatoes he found in
america back to Ireland and had tban,
,ianted In the province of Munster Tbrs
f diet. drucle l
OSAOhSc DTOIlerS lived IN | q
e.ner , IN peace and affection until after G
ney We're married and had cbi,Sre,
Yhen their wives began quarreline tbs
rothers separated, but kept together IN
ioose confederation, meeting annUa,i,, n
consider the welfare of the nsttoI C
no 10 renew their brotherlv relations a
ons Hair was chosen head chief 60, | o
le seven clans and settled the disnntss a
iat were brought to him at the vsorII, :,
'nIerences and reunions. Centuries :
ave passed, but Senator Owen hos oo,,ea
oWn In straight line to the chjeftsincv G.
oii Long hair, or Arni Kflawhi. as =
m, was cailed In the Cherokee language. cl
Inc laws of the seven brothers formed Sc
drastic but an intelligent iurispru- O
snee. children of the same clan were GO
ohiOlted from marrying among them :,
ives. Theft, If 1t were the first Of :"
nse' cost the culprit one OF his ears. Ss
oth ears were cut on at the second
tense. and the end OF the nose II theft ca
ere proved the third time Murderers to
ere executed by the relatives of the In
I'm. The bones of those who died were
Ken TO the annual meetings and buried =,
a sacred mound. one of which can pl'
seen to-day in Georgia. Senator IN
ven says that it is 70 feet high and thi
ieet In circumference and Is covered
tn trees 500 years old. gin
nator Owens Missionary Ancestor. Lol
% the Cherokees lived and Fought, r.,
med and hunted. until the coming he
long them in 1850 OF John Beamor, . /"