Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-19
'0SAGE CHIEF IS
TO HEAR SINGER
Bacon Rind, Most Eloquent In
dian in Oklahoma, in Tulsa
on Social Visit.
TALKS ABOUT LEASE MATTER
Says Fullbloods Want All
Land Opened; Suspicious
of Newspaper Men.

Bacon Rlnd. most eloquent Indian
in oklahoma. and twice chief of the
Osages. came to Tulsa yesterday on n
social visit
Bacon Rind and his wife are going
20 attend the Galli-Curci concert at
convention hall tonight.
The old CHIEF is just back from
Washington. whittier he went with the
Usage tribal council T. tell Secretary
Lane that he wanted the Unbiased
portion Of the Usage opened
The World office acted like a mag
net ON Bacon Kind All afternoon he
rode around with the Galli-Curci party
and local uutahlcs. but he kept insist
ing that he be taken to The World
lI's wish was gratificd,
The chief was escorted into the So
ciety editors office. Mrs Bacon Riud.
who speaks English fluontly. was
with him. as also was W T.. Mcclure
OF Pawhusl,a. brother of Bird Nc
Guirc of this city Mr.. Mcclure and
Mrs Bacon Rind acted as interpreters.
Picturesque Attire.
Bacon Hiud presented a sight worth
going far to see. lie is a typical
Indian OF the "uld school" ON his
head he wore a hat that he made him
self out of the skin of an otter. 1t
was parted in the middle and In the
part was a streak Of rcd paint. His
wife was painted likewise. lie wore a
tcrrifiCnlly cloud shirt and buckskin
leggnEs and moCcasius There was "A
string Of cranberry beads around his
neck and from each ear hung two
earrings resembling miniature pcndu-
lums of hall clocks. lie cooled him
self with fan made from the tail
feathers of an eagle. The ends were
fastened together with "A piece Of
leather and from that danglod the
back and head of the bird All of
bacon Rind $ pictures and they num-
bcr in the hundreds show that eagle
fan IN the foreground He has had il
for ten years and prizes it highly. as
1t was given To him 10y a kaw Indian.
"po YOU make these ornaments
Yourself" he was asked thru the in
tcrprcter.
Belongs To Church.
mo. friends in ether tribes give
them to me or ! hire them made" hc
replied. lie explained the significance
.ot particularly fancy ornament
hanging from his neck. II was made
out of silver in the form of a crescent.
from which was suspended a star and
a cross and two small crcscents.
That" he explained, lis the sym
bol of my religion. | Joined the church
and have worn this ever since. We
stay up all night saturday night and
at noon sunday we have a big feast
and then we all ask the God to forgive
as for our sins"
Mrs. Il. r. explained that the
church has never been named. only
iulbloods belong to it,
\ gold chain and an Elgin watch
were the only evidences of modern art
about his person. From the chain
there dauEled an Odd Fellows charm.
The Osages do not have a written
alphabet Their phrases are all writ
ten in English
Wanted IL Written.
Bacon Rind is enough of "A politi-
clan to know both the good and bad
that can come from a newspaper in
tcrvicw. lie had not talked two min
utcs before he insisted. with a grace
rul tho impatient. wave of the hand.
that the reporter write down wha,
he was saying.
\ pad OF paper and pencil were
produced and the interview proceeded.
lie was asked about the recent
] Washington trip OF the council
"WEcu the congressional committee
visited paWhuska recently he said
"they found tina. the OslGc council
/ WAS composed of lN half hloods and
three fun hloods. To make the repre-
scutatiou equal the committee asked
that three outside fullh.oods be ap
pu.uted TO accompany toe council t1
WASHINGTON. WIS one of the three
I We saw Secretary Lane. chief Fred
/ Lockout WAS the first speaker lie
/ told Mr. Lame that the OsaEes wanted
al of their land lcaSc0 for cil and