The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-29
Kaw Indians Rally to
Their Woman Chtsf

Panca City, Okla, Dec. 2s.-Ine
Eaw Indians not only have given tae
woman the right to vote, but have eie-
yated one of their number to the high
est Office in the tribe, that of elective
chief. The woman is Mrs. Lucy ray
iah Eads, now Chief Lucy to all her
ribesmen.
Chief Lucy is the first head the kaw
Indians have had since 1908 when
Chief Washunga was frozen to death
She is the wife Of John r. Eads, a
white man. The two with their ch'l-
dren live on the new chiefs allotment
an inheritance of 800 acres. They are
.mong the few who have not disposed
f any of their property. They raise
,:yestock of all kinds, are thrifty and
,end their children to the white
chools.
"The best material for the job Is
he way the Indians describe Chief
Lucy. And John Eads, who is a cou'
sin of James Buchanan Eads, who
,uilt the Eads bridge across the Mis-
is ippi river at St. Louis, proudly
axes his place as husband OF the
chief. "She is an excellent wife, a
me mother. the best nurse living ana
understands the needs of her people, =
he says.
Lucy Tayiah with her brother, En-
NETT, were adopted years ago by OLD
Washunga, who led the Kaw Indians
from their lands in Kansas in 1878 to
| new allotment in Oklahoma terri
cry. He sen, them to Haskell inst'-
ute, after they Rad completed the
ribal schools. Here Lucy distinguish
d herself as student and became in
crested in nursing. After her gradu-
alton from Haskell, she went to New
vork City and became graduate
urse. She remained there severa
years and then returned to her owr
people. Her brother also lives in the
Kaw country, near the little village OF
Washunga, named after the old triba
chief.
The Kaws, like many other Indians
have sold and dissipated their hold
ings and are now reduced to poverty
Although their lands join those Of tho
rich Usage. and oil derricks can be
seen rising in the distance, the kaws
have reaped no minerel benefit as yet
A number of tests have gone down
but oil in paying quantities have no.
been found.
Chief Lucy has announced that the
principal task Of her administration
will be pressing claim of her tribe
"mainst the government for $15,00O,-
900, which the Kaws alleged is due
them as payment for lands they OWL
I'd in Kansas before their migration to
the Oklahoma territory. The Kaws
declare the government offered them
SIPS an acre for the land, which was
near Topeka, but that they received
only 10 cents an acre. The $15,0O0,-
700 they claim represents the differ,
ance. Their friendly neighbors, the
osages, had s94s sgeEsaa tsaas efa nss'
end a delegi ton to "ashlhs'0"
% nress their claims. stra
en- An Kaw Indians possess a ss'.
French blood running back 70 .
In ,ar,v trappers and vcyagers VIM = =
'na urd among the Indians in 'he ua
is Ui.d The most promin
yoe r,cmber of the tribe today IS oe"a :,
Oh Char,es Curtis Of Kansas, "ho' "
thai h;s children today hold auotmeh''
ma ,he Kaw reservation.
the ''I A. the recent election Of CHIEF l.
'th'r an old tribal custom OF having
hocue was revived. CHIEF Lucy u
! lit ID seryed the "squaw bread co,
citing orea great delicacy by all iha
VOLT W e. is made like biscuit dough
They w. shortening omitted, rolled II"
, d- ".. into strips. These are dr'
sugar c"' iarre bettles of lard and c
g the .,,oro,ohly.
, with Aftor the feast, Chief Lucy
nov council together. She ma'
,,a;den speech, thanked her peo
the great honor they ha" .Ne
ennis mo FIRST woman to occupy SO
position in her tribe, ana 'marS asSS f'
mis- cir Kaws that she wou'o "0 "
est the interests. - Two
prations TIE new chief spoke IN Eng
hem bv so,oc Of the younger geheI"'
,,rnreted her speech Tor the
in the dams so-Jum-Wu, who Is
rnament cars old and the only me'nO
av ,;be now living who came
eady has Kansas reserV"''o"' H,so ;nte,r
affirma- His remarks "e's ,..t.rd
aging in those who ala "0'
captain language.
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