The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
KANSAS WOMEN TODAY.
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She was dressed 20 represent the
Kama or Kaw tribe, and made a short
address in explanation of her part in
the pageant Mrs. Philip p. Matz.
/ of the National Soldiers home of
/ LeaVenwOrth, and wife of the prison
physician at Lansing, represented the
! Shawnees. Her costume was decorated
with some real Indian curics. Mrs.
Wilson McClOughery, secretary of the
! Leavenworth Y. w. c. A, represented
the Delawares, in a costume trimmed
with Indian ornaments. Mrs. w. p.
Lambertson, the wife of Senator
1 Lambcrtson, of Fairview, and presi-
dent of the First District Federation,
took the part of a Pottawatomie In
dian. Mrs. McCloughery is from the
: Saturday club, one of the oldest of the
state.
Daughter of People Who Gave Name.
In Mrs. Codding's address, she said:
81 am the daughter of the people who
gave our state a name. The largest
river of the state bears the title of my
forefathers The totem of my tribe is
the eagle-our national emblem. 1t
was the story of my warrior brothers
that enticed Coronado to come from
the MOnteZuma country to the north
east corner of Kansas. 1t was Ornate,
the Spanish explorer that gave my
tribe its name two generations after
| Coronado came 20 our wig-wamS in
the village of the Twenty-fOuT. He
ers. The pale faces in Kansas seem
to have inherited the literal meaning
of the name. In 1927 the Grand Vii
lage des Kanzes had mission of the
Jesuit Fathers-the first established
on Kansas soil
My tribe went up the Kaw to
Menokin, four miles west of Topeka.
They were to possess 80 miles each
side of the river as far as the land
/ where the bumped cows are most
j n II
! east fought with Braddock, and knew
! Pike on his way west They owned
the first horses in Kansas, and in later
years they were keen for education in
the mission schools"
An Usage Squaw.
Mrs. C T Beatty, of Chanute. took
the part of an Usage squaW, and Mrs.
J. T. Botkin. of Topeka, represented
the Cherokees. She told of the wealth
of the Osages, the work and inferior
station taken by the women of the
tribe, the good looks of the men and
their fighting prOclivities and she told
of the mode of life followed by the
males of the tribe from babyhood to
old age.
Mrs. Eustace Brown, adviser of
women for the Kansas university, rep
resented the second district. She
spoke briefly of the Haskell Indian
school She brought with her to To-
peka two young women from Haskell,
who represented in the pageant the
Shawnee and the Wyandotte tribes
Miss Evelyn Pierce told the history Of
the Wyandottes She was dressed in
a costume of buckskin embroidered
with bright beads. Her Indian name
is Gao-yeh-Ta, which means de
scending from the sky" Miss Canack
gave a brief history of the Shawnee
tribe. Her costume was of CLOTH
adorned with bright colored ribbons,
feast days. Miss Canack's real name
is Wa-Na- Wa-To, which means Tit
tie beaver"
Black Hawk
Mrs. Homer Hoch, of Marion, vice
president of the Fourth district, repre-
scented the Sauks and Fox nations. She
dressed to represent Black Hawk be-
cause he personified the spirit of his
nation. His sons lived in Kansas and
I are buried in Greenwood. Black
Hawk led his nation to war and was
taken prisoner in 1882. He made a
speech to his captors, from which Mrs.
Hoch quoted at length, setting out the
nature of his peoples wrongs and their
reasons for going to war.
Mrs. Ida NJ Ferris, of Usage City,
who lives on a farm which was former
ly part of the Fox reservation, spoke
about the Indians. She took the part
of Pi-o-kah, the daughter of Black
Hawks successor. Her costume was
a genuine Fox and Sank dress.
Mrs. c. A. Hoffman, of Enterprise,
led the part of the pageant from the
Fifth district. She represented the
Kaws who were once located where
Enterprise now stands. going from
Council Grove to Salina. Mrs. Hoff-
man has seen them tramping in single
file along the river bank two blocks
from their home. She has many flint
arrow heads that were found on a hill
near the house. Miss Maggie Neff, of
Hooper, Kan, represented the Oetoes,
wearing the tribal costume and giving
a short history of the nation.
Original Dress Worth $1,000.
Mrs. C. L. Banner, of Wilson, was
chosen to represent the Comanche
! tribe. She was dressed az the squaw
of a chief. Her dress was copied from
one worn by Comanche chiefs
; $1,000, and was trimmed with elk
teeth. Mrs banners dress was orna-
mented with 125 elk teeth. Miss Jes-
sic johnson, of Salina, society reporter
: for the Salina Journal, represented an
Arapahoe mother with a papoose. The
: baby board which is used in the sketch
: was made by an old Indian of Hol-
brook, Ariz., for the occasion.
Miss Clark Prisoner.
Miss Mary Clark, the daughter OF
{ peka, represented a Cheyenne CIR
captured by the Pawnees on the Smoky
Hill river. 1t was the prisoner in this
tribe who taught the Pawnees to US.
the horse. The water carrier used by
/ Miss Clark was brought from New
l Mexico. Miss Ruth Brooks, of Wilson
. a niece of Mrs. Danner, represented &
Pawne chief, Little Warrior"
Mrs. George Winans of Hutchinson
, gave a sketch of the Riowas beginning
: the paper with a Kiowa call, Hoo
5 del-te Be-em-ko-' Be-t-a-i-m-tee'
r She gave special attention to tbs
similarity of the tribe to the Israelites
bearing out the theory of their de
scent from the lost ten tribes. She
gave an account of their superstitions
c 1.-THE origin of their medical treatment
. She told of their generals and theil
f reformers. among the latter, Santana
> the first prohibition advocate in hi
part of the country, and the leader o