The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-02-28

Jessie without a Bow ought to have no trouble
getting beau for she is thrifty enough to have
$500 worth of certificates made out in her faVor'
Bad Girl now owns $500 worth of certificates,
and Bad Woman $1,000, which shows they are all
to the good despite their names.
Blue Day can now cheer up. A $1,000 certificate
belongs to him.
give of the 81 600 ones for me-" said Good Boy
"Good Boy said Uncle Sam, you shall be 40
cOmmodated."
Crazy Bull horned in for three certificates
Hand Extended Bull Talker argued his way INTO
possession of a $1,000 certificate
Holy Girl, Touch the Ground Jumping Thunder
Eva Kills in the Water Nora Kills on Slgnt are
on the honor roll, also are hundreds OF others'
These names might suggest tepees and toma-
hawks war dances and wigwams, but 1t would De
the wrong kind of picture The blanket lndlah
is no more the only tomahawk is made OF pipe
stone to sell to tourists. So far as the Sioux OF
Rosebud are concerned, they live In modern, Well
kept comfortably furnished homes They nave
monographs and they drive their own automo-
biles Their children go to school and their men
till the soil They live as other good Americans
do and while tribal ceremonies and dances are
occasionally held, this form of diversion is froWneo
unon by the government and only the older In
dams are permitted to participate. The war dance
is always held about the Stars and Stripes.
AS organization is the keynote of progress of the
day. the Sioux of Rosebud have their business
council composed of representatives from each
camp or neighborhood. Many questions affecting
the welfare of the tribe come before them and
they render valuable assistance to the superin-
tendent of the agency in the discharge of his OIL
cial duties Hollow Horn Bear who died of pneu-
monia shortly after riding in the first Wilson IN
augural parade was the last great chief OF the
Rosebud Sioux With his death the right of rep
resenting the tribe passed from the sef-chosen
chiefs 70 the council elected by the Indians
The Indians are permitted to have their own
court of Justice. Their court is made up of three
Indians elected by the Indians themselves While
their jurisdiction extends only to petty offenses
and misdemeanors and verdicts are subject to the
annroval of the superintendent, this Indian court
handles practically all Of the legal tangles and
seldom, if ever are their decisions overruled.
School work on the Rosebud is maintained by
a government boarding school with a capacity of
$50; 16 day schools with q capacity of 20 each;
Catholic mission boarding school, caring for 2S0,
and an Episcopal mission boarding school with 80
pupils Few Indian children attend the public
schools In the government schools the boys are
taught agriculture shop work and the care and
feeding of stock The girls are educated in the
fundamentals of good housekeeping, sewing and
cooking. The boarding school maintains its own
demonstration farm. The Indian is lover Of the
omen air and farming and stock raising and
apparently will ever be his chief occupations
The two Indians shown with tractor are full
Hooded Sioux filling their own ground
An Indian fair is held at Rosebud each year
and this is the occasion for them to demonstrate
their ability successfully to till the soil and to
compee in all those things which characterize the
good old county fair, even TO The baby contest. A
So prize is awarded the "ceanest. heathiest and
best-formed baby-ful! blood" The fair is car
ried on by the Indians themselves working with
Indian officers Clement Whirwind Soldier is
president and Henry Horse Looking is secretary.
Land leases, land sales and other properties
have accumulated a sum now apprOXimatng ST.
100000 in favor Of the Rosebud Sioux These
moneys are handled by the superintendent who
uses about sixty banks repositories throughout
South Dakota and Nebraska. all deposits being
made on non-checking, Understanding arrange
ments with the exception Of one large Omaha
bank on which all checks written. The agency
maintains its own "moneyless" bank, containing
5000 individual accounts.
Each year sees the tribe improve from the
standpoint Of finances well as from that Of bet
lei living and good citizenship. The Sioux rever-
ence for the Stars and Stripes is deep-seated
AS patriots the Sioux stand pat; they are Uncle
Sans pattest patriots.