The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-04
KAW INDIANS RALLY THEIR
 WOMAN CHIEF

have elevated one of their number to the highest office in the tribe, that of elective chief The woman is Mrs. Lucy Tayiah Eads, now Chief Lucy to all her tribesmen.
 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 children live on the new chiefs allotment, an inheritance of eight hundred acres. They are among the few who have not disposed of any of their property. They raise live stock of all kinds, are thrifty and send their children to the white schools.
 "The best material for the job" is the way the Indians describe Chief Lumy And John Eads, who is cousin of James Buchanan Eads, who built the Eads bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis, proud ly takes his place as husband Of the chief. "She is an excellent wife, a fine mother the best nurse living and understands the needs of her people," he says.
 Lucy Tayiah with her brother, Elm nett were adopted years ago by old Tod hn K q from their lands in Kansas in 1893 to a new allotment in Oklahoma territory. He sent them to Haskell institute, Liter tbay had completed the tribal schools Here Lucy dis tinguished herself as a student and became interested in nursing. After her graduation from Haskell, she went to New York City and became a graduate nurse. She remained there several years and then returned to her own people. Her brother also lives in the Raw country, near the little village of Washunga, named after the uld tribal chief
 The Kaws like many other h. dians, have sold and dissipated their holdings and are now reduced to poverty Although their lands join those of the rich Osage, and oil derricks can be seen rising in the distance, the Kaws have reaped no mineral benefit as yet. A number of tests have gone down, but oil Ill paying quantities have not been found
 Chief Lucy has announced that the principal task of her administration will be pressing a claim of her trloe against the Government for $l5,ooo,- 900. which the Kaws alleged is due them as payment for lands they owned in Kansas before their migra- tion to the Oklahoma territory. The Kaws declare the Government or fered them s125 an acre for the land, which was near Topeka. but that they received only ten cents an acre. The s15,OoO,OOO they claim represents the difference. Their friendly neighbors, the Osages, have offered to advance enough money to the Kaws to enable them to send delegation to Washington to press their claims.
 All Kaw Indians possess strain of French blood, running back to the early trappers and voyagers who settled among the Indians in the days of Marquette. The most prom inent member of the tribe today is Senator Charles CurtiSS of Kansas, who, with his children today hold allottments in the Raw reservation.
 At the recent election of Chief Lucy on old tribal custom of having a barbecue was revived Chief Lucy made and served the "squaw bread" considered a great delicacy by all Indians. It is made like biscuit dough with the shortening omitted, rolled flat and cut into strips. These are dropped into large kettles of lard and cooked thoroughly.
 After the feast, Chief Lucy called her council together. She made her maiden speech, thanked her people for the great honor they had given her, the first woman to occupy so high a pistion in her tribe, and as sured the Kaws that she would work for their interests
 The new chief spoke in English and some of the younger generations interpreted her speech for the older Indians So-Jum-W, who is about 75 years old and the only member of the tribe now living who came from the Kansas reservation, replied for them. His remarks were also in- terpreted for those who did not un- derstand the Kaw language.