Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-25
Usage Indians Are Richest
Tribe in World i'll Money
and Romance.
EACH IS WORTH $27, 900


Special to The World.
PAWHUSNA. Okla, July 24.-That
the Foster lease is finally settled no
body who knows the habits of the
Usage Indian believes. The history Of
the Osaees reads like a novel from
the most imaginative hour Of Rider
Haggard and is full of romance
uaiut pathos and success.
The Usage Indians the richest race
or tribe on the face of the earth, did
not desire riches did not accumulate
riches as the result Of their own eX-
crtions but Literally had riches thrust
upon them Each member of the
tribe Cand at present the roll shows
$3.50 names OF all degrees or blood,
according to a decision of the Unlteu
States supreme courD is worth at
least $27. 500, and though this wealth
has been ~ years in the creating,
there is no apparent reason for be
ucyiug that it will not continue 10
multiply I'm undiminished portion FOR
inc next nineteen or twenty years.
Not dependent on the fruitiVity or
the soil or on the variety of seasons
or the prices of necessarles or NE on
Ihe trading exchanges of the world
for his source Oh lhcoInEe, 'ne CSaSv oS.ar,,
ptaNe laheS t'IlnsS oaatod v drawer, of
H'Enl wraps tiit Np.i So a., 1,u,T 10
MS co9cH apoul MN a"u ,',, iir' 1,riT FOR
Sucu ult'i's 90 r Iis rbe two
great commodities which make up the
yoop and woof Of that gigantic and
,yerpoVering combination or WeaItn
I'm mauy forms which is generally rec
ogrized under the generic name OF
S'duddru WI aie CnT P5,,,,, tI,,n-
lne OSdSC9 aliu T." ,,l,,, f ,,ro,,nr
orCds OF JhousaHus Vi "o,'' poTtias w
ana piouuCliNe Oh duu 81 Pi5 20 al
WIN more tIdt .n' t,,.,, tt,,',.,nd five
E'HS anu ltoiu Ill, liz Nv tben, at +he
Hu'l"' ca s"' n,, ,,n+hinc nf nearly
ifestal 'llhc, to say aa.lg9 ILLS ,,bicb are
. million uhdeNe'oPeu ac.oa Wilio @ 80
corSlueItu aS EQTo rPP,itnG VI states CON
IoIN as eNIsls III NV 80 L,icb the
Suiule me SouI uc ilp,r ,,',,,, fD,,r
rloheN lloWS III So.uvl 49, ~ % tbe
tines var ll'o 1"' ,,1 ,ddi-
oNaEtS. Int,e o,,itb to ho sure
'"lla' So"l We VI d ra1ing
tUCh as a6I 'Nu''u'"i II, aF tbe
l'"s's ~ wy " 1H'osa DO nor consti-
l'S'INallo"' w ,ilt'I 4,ir,od fron,
tule ulhe Oh What 10 etua ei. ''rU 49,, 80
me operation ol Oh anu So
Had > Per Cent on So'oOo'oVO'
prior to 1896 the Osages were
o,isteut on the interest from the trust
fuud created bv the sale of their ante
IajIu,n home I'm southern Kansas. This
fIud amounted TO $4,000, 600. drawing
ner cent and PAYABLE in quarterly
iostalnents The reservation in the
thau Indian Territory to which they
lad been removed was not considered
GOOD for any purpose on earth except
to ruise big rocks. 1t was not n min
inc, country. II was not an agricultural
,rlntrv If was not a grazing country
win the exception of portion of it
-, Tho wcst. II was not a timber coun-
tE, # had no railroads and what
sor,od az analogy for roads were mere
Mind trails which began nowhere and
cudca nowhere. There was small
trading post and government agency
al PaWhuska' the capltal oi lne ,,nost o,,o
ara sun us hSaupu ,tiIz,.ilIo 80 III -, tto
adIhs point peIhs ~ - 'lTa 49, t, ii,,od
heroNee hatlo,' nc i..nI o.n,,,J
In dusouls or sldchs' Sti a u'1ru 60 ,bair
with lhelr nidnhetS d. ouiru o,d an
shoulders winter anu 81 "''O
elaborate neau u'9. VI t .t,' o',,stor,,
Ing raw meat acc liiis W i,,ost tI,S ary,
OF lhr lIlpe' dnu M"l.nS % ro,,ias
ne uaS 10 ltduo S'trte rs " 80 no
ior strlhs Vi pSSu9, tldon6
attempt 10 pe sen ~, ,,.Cl ei's, So. 90
thls Is virtue ny! nh,o % Co,,a ,,,,,
CHmulaleu even 10 'his uaS ,,rS,, 20 20
plenuIul ana tney NJ hsiieu n,o,lrl u "a lot
s&usiy the craEIIsS % nun So. fo,,r
things go. at tnat on'e go u.e n and