Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18
GREAT BATTLE
At CLARENORE
NAMED AFTER OSAGE CHIEF
WHO WAS KILLED
THERE.
Find RELICS ON MOUND
After the Great Battle Peace Conn
pact Was Made That Has
Never Been Broken. .selA.


:. The city Of Claremore, Okla, Is
'named in honor Of Claremue, chief
Of the Osagos, who was killed togcth-
er with about four hundred of his
braves by Tahchee Cratsi) who had
with him about four or five hundred
Cherokee warriors, among whom
were few Delawares and ShaWnees
: who assisted in couquering the
'Osagcs This battle was fought in
Sept 1928. The bones Of the slain
were left to bleach in the sunshine.
The remaining few of the Usage war
riors retroated west 10 the Big Bend
of the Arkansas river, here they were
again attacked by the Cherokees, and
after a fierce battle, the victorious
Cherokees and conquered Osiges
smoked the pipe of peace. and this
compact of friendship has existed
ever since. and | hope will continue to
exist as long as we are a nation Of
Indians.
! have in my possession two Toma-
hawks, which We're picked up on the
Clarcmorc Mound soon after this
great battle, also have flints and
other things picked up on this mound
whore there appears to have been in
an early day place where the Indians
manufactured flint arrow spikes.
The last great council'' was held at
Tahloquah in 1913. The Indians of
the Five Civilized Tribes ana all Of the
western tribes met and went into a
4 compact to always be friends, and
= never again to molest each other in
person or property, Major George
Lowry, second chief of the Cherokees,
interpreted the wampum between the
various tribes who met at this great
council" at which the Cherokees kill
ed three hundred beeyes for the en-
y tertainment of their 'red brothers."
Major Lowry was the only living
Cherokee, or in fact the only living
man who was able to read the wam-
pun between the various tribes.
As a Cherokee Indian, / have taken
pains to collect the above historical
facts. believing that at some future
time, when we shall have merged in
to American citizens, some patriotic
Cherokee or Usage Indian will cause
monument to be erected upon the
Claremore Mound, suitable to the
memory Of this historic battle.
> Under the city Of Claremore, named
after the Usage chief, there has been
discovered at a depth of 1900 feet the
most wonderful mineral water ever
discovered by man. Expert chemists
claim that this water contains radium
salts. or radium, which according to
medical science is the most wonderful
and the most valuable mineral known.
Thousands of afflicted people come
here annually to bathe in this radium
water
Just miles west Of Claremore
There has recently been discovered 40
feet of oil sand at depth of only 700
feet, which according to oil experts
tests 80 per cent which is per cent
better than any oil heretofore dis
covered in the Indian Territory.
Thus the town of Claremore will
ever be a monument in history to the
-Chieftain who lost his life seventy
eight years ago.
Therefore, I hope that If congress
should give us statehood, that the
name Of the Fourth Commissioners
district be Claremore County.
Signed JOHN NJ. TAYLOR,
Cherokee Indian.
Claremore, Indian Territory. April 5th.
1906.