Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-01

believes that he has ground for sus-
taining an action against the depart
mcat should it attempt to go right
ahead and approve the leases whether
or no. 1t has been indicated by vari-
Gus circumstances which have not es-
capped attention at Pawhuska that the
department has set out to studiously
ignore the tribe as far as possible.
that recognition of the treaty rights
or any other rights will be grudgingly
conceded If conceded at all The con-
temptuous spirit of the department
was never more fully illustrated than
when 1t fixed up a resolution and
poked it right under the nose of the
members of the Usage council, with
out explanation of any sort, and told
the Indians to sign II or they would
not get anything and if they did not
sign II the officials of the department
would keep them In Washington all
summer under surveillance. Again
the department called a hearing on
the resolution and set the date for
Tuesday of this week without notify
ing the members of the council or
asking them if the date was satisfac-
tory, although the Indians are sup
posed to have originated and passed
the resolution and have been bearing
all of the burden OF the criticism
which has been expressed by pro-
duccrs and others interested. There
fore the Indians were not represented
at the hearing on Tuesday and paid
no attention whatever to the notice
of hearing which was delivered them
by the Indian agent here.
Indian Is Not Duh.
Mr.. Indian is not so dun as he ap-
pears. If he chooses to play the part
Of Simple Simon he can make the
original cast look like an imitation,
and that is just what he is doing at
this time He has already secured one
extension of 80 days in the considera-
tion of the matters embraced in the
resolution passed in June. The rcgu-
lations which were to put the terms
of the resolution in effect have not
been received and the chances are
that they will not be received till
some time in the middle Of August.
1t has taken 40 days to consider the
resolution and it is reasonably GER
tain that it will take two months to
thoroughly thrash out the rules. Thus
the argument will be carried into the
middle of october. BY that time the
question of final approval of the leases
must be passed upon by the members
of the council and this will require
at least two months more. BY this
time congress will be in session and
the door will be open for the Osages
to present their grievances to the
highest tribunal in the land for the
consideration of such questions. In
this policy the Indian shows that he
is an apt scholar Of the fabian game.
If folks doubt his ability to procras-
tlnatc and in such mastery fashion as
to drive the average departmental Of
ficiaI almost crazy, just watch his
course during the next three months.
Watch him practice the art Of di-
plomacy in such mastery fashion That
he will make old politicians like Lane
and Sells sit up and take good deal
Of notice.
There cannot be the slightest ques-
ton that Lane and Sells are in bad
with the Usage council and the body
Of the tribe. They have earned the
dislike, IL not the hatred of the In
dams, by such things as the appoint
ment Of j. George Wright as superin-
tendent of the agency without con
sulting the tribe and the prevention OF
the stomp dance on July because,
according to Mr., Sells it was vlolatlNe
Of his religious scruples that such a
barbarOus custom should be permitted
to 20 ahead on the holy sabbath day,
AS the Indians had invited several
hundred guests from reservations III
all parts of the state and as the guests
were on the ground and the barbecue
was being prepared before the order
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