Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-25

N'bkr SIGN ana lbh0'tltht l'NI I lhNi
la days work Take Dodsou's Liver
Tone instead and feel fine, fun of
vlgor and amblton-AdN
or any part of them whatever without
the consent of the tribal council, act
in" under the approval of the secre-
tary OF the interior. The young
OsaEes claim that while this system
may have been a good thing 20 years
ago and doubtless was yet. that IL
does not fit conditions which obtain
today So far as a large proportion of
the membership Of the tribe is con
ccrned, and should he SO changed and
worked over as to give those who are
really capable and ambitious a chance
TO demonstrate their capacity for bus
mess and for participation I'm the af-
fairs concerning the government and
distribution Of their hereditary prop
critics They also contend that the
fund Of SS,000.000 which has been ly-
ing idle i'm the United States treasury
since 1868 should be distributed
among the members OF the tribe so
that they could get the benefit of it
while they are alive, and it should not
be boarded forever i'm the vaults at
Washington, where ii does not belong
and where il is not doing anybody any
good.
Property Dwindlcs.
Recent sharp differences Of opinion
between Influential members of the
tribe and the secretary of the interior
have reminded students Of rndian his
tory how little is known OF this once
powerful race which dominated and
owned every foot of the land embraced
~
France in 1903 and which now en-
braces the states of Arkansas, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, the
Dakotas, Kansas, Minnesota and Wis
consin, or a portion of 1t. Just where
they came from originally is lost in
the twilight shades OF antiquity be-
cause they have no written language
and have never had. La Sale and Pere
Marquette found them in great mum
bers along the shores of the Mis-
sssppi and mention the facts of the
meeting and subjects OF the palavers
in their notes
being unusually friendly and he took
them TO the trading post at st. Louis,
the principal men of all the tribe going
to the clearing on the banks of the
river. Ever after the Osages We're
the stanch and unwaVering friends of
the French, in fact the Voyageurs
were the only people of white blood
who have ever been admitted into fun
fellowship with this saturnne tribe,
participating in the war councils,
travelling from the Great Lakes to the
northernmost boundaries of Indian
lands in perfect security even having
the choice of Indian maidens for
spouse.
Government Treaty in 1908.
The first treaty between the United
States government and the Osages,
the Great and Little Osages to give
the full tribal name, was executed on
November 10, 1908, and ratified by
congress in 1910. There appeared as
the representatives Of the Indians
Pierre Choteau and another The rep
representatives OF the United States
were officers of the army situate at
st. Louis. For and in consideration
of all claims against the Usage tribe
because Of depredauOns committed in
the country of the Cherokees and
ether friendly nations south of the
Arkansas river the Osages Cedcd to
the United States all Of the land ly-
ing between Fort Clark and the Ark
ansas river and all Of the land north
of the Missouri river to the limit of
the Louisiana purchase. This treaty
existed until 1919. During the years
between the two treaties the Osages
had been on the warpath several times
and had kept the Cherokees pretty
we'll occupied, fighting winter and
summer SO it was necessary for the
United States to again intervene, and
this time, through guarantee Of all
claims for damages due the CherOkees,
the United States was ceded all land
extending from the mouth of the Yer
digris river to Fall river, Kan, and
eastwardly 20 leagues TO the existing
boundary Of the reservation. Fort
Bryan was the northernmost post in
the lands of the Indians under this
treaty In 1855 and 1868 through
treaties the Indians sold their lands
in Kansas to the LeavenwOrth, Law
renee e. Galveston railroad for
SIS, 1000, the money to be deposited
in the United States treasury to the
credit of the Indians and TO draw in
terest at the rate Of 8 per cent per
annum. The Indians were also to re-
ceive that portion of the domain of
the Cherokee nation lying west Of the
96th parallel of latitude and north of
fixed line, for their habitat. This
land they have occupied ever since
and it is now the richest territory in
the world Wnen IL comes 10 producing
wealth.
Romance Is There.
There yet fingers around the tribe,
in spite of the idleness and slothful-
ness produced by riches, some of the
spirit of romance and adventure re-
sultant from the blending of the
French and Indian blood. The de-
scendants of the Choteaus are still to
be found in the towns or villages and
though, through the process of gen
Grafton. that strain Is almost extinct,
It is still found on the rolls of the
tribes. Sophie Choteau, a great niece
of the brothers Pierre and Augustus,
81 years old, but hale and hearty,
still inhabits the village on the out
skirts Of Pawhuska. Bacon Rind,
who has been twice principal chief of
the Osages and Is still a powerful In
fluence in it's councils, is a grandson
of one of the Choteaus, and lives in
style down Hominy way. There are
also children OF the Lombards, the
Rewards, the Florers and other French
families to be found on the tribal
lists One Of the descendants of the