The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-09-05
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A~>t~NeJ 80 ADO$~AAf1 ANA a RA(AN1 WtAC
who is indepently wealthy, let him
betake himself to the Indian village
OF the l01 Ranch Wild West,
when it appears here on Saturday,
September 13, at Walnut aud East
Ave. There he will fud a dozen
wigwam bellies of the Usage nation,
every one of whom has taken a
solemn oath to marry only white
man, and every one of whom is
educated in those essentials that go
to the making of good wives and
housekeepers.
Their sole ambition is to have
happy home. And they provide
the home All the other party to
the nuptual compact has to furnish
is the happiness.
Only those who know how to
plant corn and are handy with cat
tie need apply. Triflers looking
for nothing to do but take the gold
fish out for a walk and watch the
butler open bottles will not be CON
sidered.
These dark-skinned beauties from
the northeast corner of Oklahoma
are in real earnest The Osages,
as a tribe are worth more money
than any other settlement OF human
beings of the same number in the
world for they are not only rich in
farm lands, but have more than
S8, 900, 900 on deposit with Uncle
Sam, on which they receive FIVE
per cent. interest In addition
they lease lands having oil, coal
and gas deposits to the white man,
and get revenue from this alone
which amounts to 500 a year for
each man, woman and child OF
them.
Thus it IS the children of the
Usage Indians havh had parents
able and willing to give them every
advantage of education, The girls
with the l01 Ranch Wild West
have attended western schools
which ms ruct in music, art, need
lework, dancing and other branches
which are supposed to put the
finishing touches for society and
the nome. They have made more
progress in civilization than many
of their aboriginal sisters in the
northern states
Owing PROBABLY u the isolation
OF their homeland, however, the
girls retain many of the curious
customs of the original children of
the forest. They wear the old time
blankets-the brighter the color the
better-and wear them winter and
summer. They prefer their native
moccasi1s and wear no hats at all
over the abundance of long glossy,
black hair.
The paleface who wooes and
wins one o. these Indian maids will
never know the sharp prod of ne
cessity. his bride will be an orig
inal American aud she won't chew
gum, wear picture hats or buy
tailor made gowns. The baby will
have an earning capacity from the
day he is born. After the naming
the little papoose, go to Pawhuska,
the capital of the nation, and have
the name put on the payroll
Once every three months Uncle
Sam pays up the interest on the
money which he holds in trust for
Osages. The amount paid TO each
Indian varies according TO how
many have gone to the happy hunt
ing ground aud how many wee ones
have come to take their places
since last pay day. The latest lit
tie arrival at the newest-built wig
wan receives just as much as does
the oldest grandfather or the most
famous warrior Until the chill
dren reach the age of eighteen
their incomes are paid to their
parents.
If you mean business go to the
10l Ranch Wild West grounds and
get an introduction to Leola Look
Out, Jane Chalogee, Mabel Swift
Wind, Laura Green Grass, Never
more Sharp Blade, Nancy Good
Bear, Minnie Lone Fox or any
other of the contingent of Usage
girls. The Rev. Silver Eagle That
Files Above the Storm Cloud is
waiting at the Pawhuska church
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