Arizona republican., 1921-03-20

Has the noble red man business ac- umen? Decidedly in the affirmative. YESi Chief kemaha (Up- Stream), member of the Osage Tribe, living at Pawhuska, Okla., now registering un- der the soubriquet of E. H. Wheeler, has demonstrated his ability to float upstream against an eight-miie finan- cial current Dame Fortune tapped gently upon his door and was made welcome guest. His father was an
 Omaha, his mother an Osage Indian When the government allotment of
 land was made to the Omahas in 1890, he cast his lot with the OmahaS. Again when the Osage Indians were each giv-
 en 667 acres of land, he immediately cast his lot with the Osage Indians, his
 mothers people and was declared in
 on that melon. On his Osage allot-
 ments, several oil gushers have been located. kemaha also invested in out 1 side leases and now has an income from his oil productions of approxi- | mately $SS per day That is business acumen.
 He now enjoys life from every angle. Educated at the Indian School in Car 1 lsle, Pa, he acquired poise and poll l ish seldom found in pale face society.
 You can't guess an Indians age. He
 stands six feet two, weighs 220 pounds,
 muscles of steel, personification of health and ever trained to the minute. While at Carlisle, he played full back
 on the team, making an enviable repu-
 tation. He has adopted trapshooting as a line of diyersion-has made es- pecially good. His congenia1 and Hke-
 able disposition, proclivities as a mixer,
 unusual ability with the scatter gun, has annexed every devotee of the sport as his personal friend and admirer. He l Is full blood Indian, combination Osage and Omaha tribes, which have l xrhi n C friends.
 l Dependable in those early trouble some days to remain neutral or assist in controlling the plains Indians, the Omaha and Osage tribes were fre- quently assailed by warning nations for
 their loyalty to the pale face war party of seven Sioux bucks once rushed the Omaha village. killing and captur- I ing number of squaws. kemaha' s
 aunt was amongst the killed A res-
 cue and party of punishment, led by Kamaha, followed the Siouxs to Niobra river. locating them in a rosin weed
 thicket. Warfare of the guerrilla or bush whacking type was inaugurated
 this question of woodcraft and &C., | curacy. One Omaha Indian was l wounded while every Sioux paid with his life for their attack. Seven Sioux
 scalps decorated the Omaha wigwams 1 Kemaha laughingly asserts "No full pioOu DUCK WiS ever hHOH4i to Noih. At least one third of the Osage tribe remain Blanket Indians" shaving their heads in artistic style and adher- ing to many ancient customs and tra- ditions. Accumulation of vast fortunes has made little difference in their mode of living. Marriage preliminaries art yet based upon the number of ponies blankets, kettles, beads or amount o calico the groom's parents are willing to donate to the parents of the brid,
 (the same line of bartering American follow when purchasing foreign titles)
 Mercenary propositions are accepted o
 rejected by a wave of the hand. Whei
 terms are accepted, festivities com mence. Pre-nuptiai banquets an, sports are staged by the brides par } ents, commensurate with their station in life. If contracting parties are o