The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 59, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 1, 1906 Page: 7 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL,SUNDAY MORNING JULY 1, 1000
THE PONCA
A PROMINENT ATTORNEY
I Mm A M CfHnni Writes a Very Interesting Lettei* to Dr,
II1UIAI1 jtriUUL llartrnan Concerning Pe-ru-na.
Splendid Institution Situated Lo-
cated Nerr Ponca City
CONDUCTED UNDER SYSTEM
Great Work Accomplished at the
Agency and Indians Taught the
White Man's Customs With Ex-
cellent Apparatus — A Mission
Church on the Crour.cl
' By TV L. Lanter.)
®P* ; '«il to 1 ho Slate Capital.
Ponca City, Okla.. June —Dire.-il.v
south ,,f I UMIH City about seven miie:'
Ik located the Honca Indian agen.\\ i-.-l
school a beautiful sits lias been chosen
for the location of thin historic agency U
and school, as most of the buildings are
on a ftetretoh of iiiRii ground oveitooklnf
the Salt Fork .of the Arkansas River on
tli.ee sides as tl^o stream here mak.s i
graceful bend around It. At this tpolnt
the narrow Interval between the river u,d
lirghlaud is idled with majestic oaks in !
e.ms, with hero and there a gigantic cot-
ton wood or pecan, and filled in betwv. n
with timber of smaller growth, ami co-
mingling with the golden hued giHiu and
tinted with the green of Hie growing corn 1
o-- grass forms a beautiful- piece of seen- !
ery. J
FT. M. Noble is the government Rge:'*
mZQf '
IU t WILLI
jyurillfi i tlounatUora at f.m'
and butter needed for the school, and the
wark is alf done by the studen «>1 tin
k* vhool c!t year from -o to itt hogs a,4e
killed and from 7."> to 100 are hoIU at tin
i market price, all raised here At present
' about no head of li..|n are on hand, some
«' theui nearly ready u sell. Miller Bros
| ot the 101 ranch furnish the beef dally,
.it present 9<Ppounds per da. A few
fowls are kepi here. too. and the veg<
table*# and potatoes necessary for th-
school are grown on the farm
AS FROM OL'
DOMINION
Hotgun Tells How Indians Will
Cherish Oklahoma
HE TELLS WHO DONE IT
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and thoroughly oiijoy it
properly Mot hod. _ Lay aside
t J lose stiff conventional ideas and secure
that cool' comfortable apparel which so
distinetively characterizes the "man of
'the fiiiies." 1
Monday and
ie prepared
give liini a
to
greet "Bi-rd"
warm reception
at heart but cool af body
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Alex Posey 'b Famous Indian
Character is Not a Fictitious
One But an Old Creek —Claims
on Poet's Corner
"Having used Peruna as ..
' gives me pleasure to cheerfully commend it
for its strengthening and invigorating quali
ties. I believe it to he the best medicine of its
kind on the market." —Robt. W. Wells.
Special to The Stnte Capital.
Bristow I. T. June -Alex Pom^
Creek cltlgen. writer of graceful verse
tonic, it | under the pen njuoe of "Ohlniwwit Hat*
jo, and whose "Fus F.xlco
Boy's Was'" Suits.
Correct, (Jool Com for table
50c to $2.00
Porosknit Underwear
;i 1 rifll wiil win you
50c Per Garment
irimiArt if. I flle Above Testimonial Was Written By*Hon. Robt. W. Wells,
iv.enh.Me r' .,:,'v^rs a"neh ,,: Attoruey- Membcr of the Maryland House of Delegates Since 1902 and
'a Member ot the Bar U. S. Supreme Court and Maryland Courts.
WHAT IS A TONIC?
nl'owcd a financial clerk, a leasing cler.<,
and ;i stenograph*'i. and together ti:.
handle the entire business of 564 Pom a
Irdlnns, and also that of the w Tonka am I A tOT,it' is a m°di ine that Increase*
Indians. located farthei up.the .Salt Fori;. | ti,e aPPptlie. Increases tiie digestion. ii>-
I.orated on both side of* the river, and : 1 tin- power of th/* system to assim
IP-fly in Kay county at artly in NobleI llai'.''iU,(l appropriate food.
tobht\ lt'l,8!M and :tl,J00 acres < f land j This is the action of ail true tonics,
constitutes the Ponca reservation. Of j To be sure there are tonics that are
ail ages, this tribe it"— - -■ '
mnlen and J9t female
simply stimulants. Thev irritate th«
Stomach, and an unnatural craving for
food id excited. This < lass of tnediein a
should be class<<d as stimulants rather
,.than tonic*. •
A tonic as abov<- stated quickens ull
the functions of digestion. It Invig-
orates the bOd\ by ftiri^hlng mor.- for ••
i' consists of 270
there beiiiK 11^
males IS y ars old and over, and 17ft fe-
males 14 ; cars old and over, leaving U2
child reft.
Indians Provided For.
Bach Indian in this tribe has about 141
acres of land, ranging in \alue from Si 001
to JlA.OOO per ouarter section and the I the bod>
Tental from this is a great source of reve
n i- to theni Grazing ImVl rentals rang?
from 30'- to Mc per acre; hay land from
pric to |1.tin per acre, .while tillable lard
brings from $ J. 00 to $.(.00*per u re af-
fording to location and fertility Rental*)
fall due and must be paid twice annual!.
No valid contracts can be made directly
wiih an indian in> must be i..ti ied
nnf* signed by -lie government agent. Al
tilbal lands of the Poncas have been al
lotted. When'en Indian baby conies Into j
t':e world now It must take its chniii"s
o' Inheritance 10 land as an individual i
... ' i.-los'• "ti a I. vui !| ' lie outside wei Id
of a tamily, the same as a child born to j
V.hlte parents, and not as an individual .Mission Church Mentioned.
th cm tier of a tribe. j .\ Methodist Episcopal mission 1
B> addition ' to ihMr l.ndrd j mE|llta|lwd he„, Rei J A Simms being
the government holds in trus: for ilm
frlhe the neat little sum of $70,000. wlii. .1
n* th* rate bf Interest allowe.l gives them
J7.S00 anuallv as annuity, tjie la.si one
paid In the spring, being $9.22 per head |
As there are 110 gas. oil or ipineral leases
! The action of true tonics is n^t tem-
! porary. but lasting.
The las^tude which warm weather
; brings is due to an under,supply of nu-
: trltion foi the body. Plenty of food may
1 1. on ' $ Ml>l<-. but llie Mod Is not I'M
, ished, or elA* Is not digested
! Slight catarrhal derangrinenls of tho
st mach and bowels will so Effectually
1 interfere with digestion as to produ- e
. at depression of the system.
whose "Fus FiXieO *I>eite!h' |
have amused everybody 111 Indian Terrl- ,
tory and Oklahoma who lln.l pleasure bv
Itindly and clever poll: ■ al bundlnag". ;
was asked while Here this week about
tfic indentity of Toinmi. the leading j
character In his "Fus Fixco letters." .
In these letters Pos. . has given Hot- j
pun, an old Creek full blood, full n :n In .
.discussing men and affairs In the c latig- j
'ing conditions of Indian Territory. Hot- ;
gun sits 111 the fthade on his allotment 1
and talks with ais old friends. Took- j
pafka XI.ceo. Wolf Warrior and Konon j
Harjo. These men are keen wltted na- !
live philosophers who see the shams and i
subterfuges of n lit- men contending for
Individual supremacy in ludian Territory
Likewise, they discern the ifierits of.
white men. Posey slightly disguises the
names of iwrsons haled before this In- .
formal court of criticism over which Hot-
•-A frienji advised me to tak.- Peronal fUB preside*. F"or inatanA, Tantt%l by
lor indigestion, and it cured me in a short | chairman of the Dawes commission. Is
called Tarns Big Pie; Clarence Douglass. !
editor 01 tin •Musgog* ' oenlx. <"la efi>
Duglast; Delegate Mi<5ulre of Oklaho-
ma. Delegate Maketlre, etc.
HOT GNUS HANG OUT
'Hotgun if a. real character, and t
full blood of the old school." said Posey
"He has as many sides to his character
as a centipede has legs, being a genius
at most anythiiM lie tries his hand. He
- ktlown among th" full bloods as K'. >
hat perunal Kalafa' and 'Helis (Hlyah and 'Chate
Pacha —wood whlttler, medicine
When there is a need for regulation
01 in solation of the digestive organ 1,
a short course of Peruna will geuerallv
ptoduce the desired results
Mr. Chas. Brown, Rogersville, Ten*v.
writes
"I feel it myaiui to write you a f> v
words in praise of j^uur Peruna
"I ha* e tried mat:/ different remedies
but have found that Peruna is the great-
est tonic on earth, and a perfect system
builder.
time. ,
"I was \er> weak and nervous, eftuId
sleep bir little at night, but Peruna cur-
ed that tired feejtng, all-gone feeling, and
made me feel like a new man, so I heart-
ily ivommeifd It to all who ure weak and |
run down, it will give new life and en- i
ergy
• I cannot speak too highly of Peruna,
Jind will not forget to recommend it on :
every hafid. I will answer any lettei;
from those desiring to know
has done for me."
also
I t'.e resident missionary Years ago 125
j acres of land was set apart by the govern -
j nient for Its maintenance, and a neal,
jmmndious ..i ipel was built, but of Lit"
this chapel has been used for school pur-
pi ses for the white children tif the em-
p'> yes and others. Hut a new chapel
| :,<x40 feet, to
| built. One colored family live lu 'bis
II1 tie community, the man having charge
of the barn, having seven horses In . hargj
besides other stock IJi.- assistant is a
Ponca Indian. The head blacksmith, tho
head carpenter, the head farmer and the
head gardner ure all white men. all as •
slstants and laborers are Indians, rang-
ing from full bloods dowft \bout ehrce
fourths of these Poncas now have more
01 less white blood in their veins, in fact
in the year IMO the government flrst
built the main school building It is a
Ir.tge structure, roomy and airy, built of
bi.rne brlch onV. two stories in height.
But as this was Inadequate in third
story was added later, but of wood. Also
IN PERFECT HEALTH
I . this reservation they receive -
Blty from this source
Must Cultivate Land
As an order has come from the depart-
ment at Washington tiiai 4I1 adult male
Indians who are abb -bodied must keep
'it least 41 a"r< s of their jillottment fre4
Jiom lease and cultivate or manage 1
Jh some wa> unleased, the number >f
thoee this year who try to and are tillln,;
lb. soil is mpre than double that of any
past ; ear.
Right here a few woids'about the Ton-
kawa Indians will not be amiss as all
ti-, tr I. handled kv Ihh. ««..•>• I th''"' Z .T* n
6rce Ihe Tonkawas are said to have been I
rr.i nlbals, the oply tribe Of North Arnett
(h i Indians ever ^charged w ith this of-
fense It Is well known, however, tint
the;, were once numerous, a powerful
ami war-like tribe revengeful and qua'-
reisome, and years ago their affairs
looked after b> an agent of their own
Put now they lia\y dwindled down to •>
mere handful, only numbering 5". all told,
st their last enumeration a year up" In
Intelligence Vnd demeanor th< rank br
b w the Poncas.
They have been paid not long ago. \
th< fr taft Insiallmcnt of trust fund hi!
b- the government. amPhave only their |
rentals left. In dollar* per capita. thJ> ,
better off tlutn the Poncas. as theii |
lands are more valuable and bring a lug!-.
er rental per acre. I'nder Qic admin Is ,
tuition o, Mr. Noble, however. Ihe tental |
f.r lands for both tribes, has been mgt.eil- 1
pj|.\ increased.
When approaching he as«>nc< it _ap- .
r. ars ss If there was quite a \ illafe thei-
la fact, with but a linilt*<l exceptio-
these buildings are all owued & ,h" *os"
eri.mont and ate n< uph-d by its cm-
pl„yes Hu 11 timn Is furnished. It mat - j
Tieu. with H "pat well kept cottug- ' ,
Its plat Of ground for a ard and Rank. |
In this instance there arc nfd enotigh - -
tapes for all. and sonu have m to-
get her and formed a mess and seemed a
... ok and t ti us cnio.v the comforts of home
All told, there are about a dozen residen-
ce;.' in thf collection, besides the oflb-e
barn. Shop- and other outbuilding-
S;eeb Itros, are the l ensed trader-
tr. I'oticas, owning r ■ lr own bi.sinc .
building* allri realdei. ^ > ■■••• * lar^.
barn and various other sheds They cat
a nid i of general iner -handise nehabng
1 amber, harness and fan" lut|>lemen s.
probably to the value of 910.00V. so that
every want maj be fllle.l a: home V
government post office is also found he-
ntall being brought from the Will • I. '« o
station or the At.•bison. Topeka .v t " v
Fe railroad, some two miles aaa>. twlv .
. ach day. Also the Rggervatiou 1'I
phone Company maintains an • v. Hang
at this place government otfli nils using
is, Thus keeping iu
400 acres of choice land was set apart
for the government farm and the offlca
and other buildings were built as needed.
• Capable Man In Charge.
J M. Dankardt. n Minnesota gentleman
and a schcAar. and who gra.- lull i\e.irs
the title of assistant superintendent, has
had churge of the farm and school for
three years. He Is thoroughly imbued
With the worl£ as well as the ten others
urder his guidance This farm lies on
$i._|g now beingI both sides of thefeounty line, there being
this vear 124 acres In actual tillage. In
corn, oat and alfalta*. .garden and orch-
ard Ten of this being In orchard and
small fruit ..a*1 "I" acres in garden -110
wheat this* vear 135 aires devoted to
hay uid 11.1 aireg to pasture Under M
Dankarlt ll«tlw hNd farmer and head
gardener, who also ban charge of the or-
chard. All of the work done on this farm
aside from the heads of the department:
i.. done by the Indian boys, who work l^lf
t ie dae and are In school the othca
half ball fmln and h&) is prod^^ed
each year than is usea on the farm, and
is disposed of 10 the best advantage to
help defray the other expenses of the
school. At present fifteen cowb are milk-
ed on tlie farm, furnishing all the milk
maker
and iron pounder. 'Among the young
bucks that like to frolic lie is known
as :he 'Hiechka H:evcfla.- fiddler. Hot-
gun li\c.s about twentj-fivc njiles west of
Eufaula, near the Woogunt> -lomp'
ground. 11.h < .rbin n>*stles imong hit*
wooded hills, quite removed from tliq,
others in the neighborhood. It is
home of the true lover of nature, as
much so as was Thoreau s Walden. A
little footpath, worn down to the red
clay in plueea. winds away from the back
door of Hotgun'!) cabin to a fpring at
the f°°t of -iie hill. I do not know what
Hotgfin thinks of the 'Fus -Flxleo let-
ters.' but I imagine he takes kindly to
PANTS
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Patterns and Fabrics
$1 to $6
Negligee Shirts
with attached and 'deta.-luni
cuffs in coat and regular
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Guthrie, Qkla.
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teach itn how ;a put in two vo
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them."
The sugge
dajs ago tin
to r shady
friends for
which for j
on was offered several
Hotgun take his sofky jar
and call In his old
-ussion of statehood,
ears has been a subject of
lace 1
discu
conjecture among theni. Poscv
the conference was held this v
onp "fecit" .he dISMtlve o.itans Tnry arc forgollen l.k- any oln
lu.rt of 1 pcrfei'l,running macDInf. No jur. no ■Roclf, no sensations
al! Just Pils.. l.lcafU.i! i' * work— <1 u 1 > wrll d °' -
The Way
lies in the proper selection of
principle?, plenty 01 good n.r
food that will easily digest
A food Expert
understood how tne body
required to rebuild itself, i
a perfect tood and called
tha' !he following i- a 1 >?'■' ■ - d'
tion of what took place.
WHO GOT STATEHOOD
"Well, so Hotgun 4ie sa.- I i kp *'•
know who 1 oe t. anyhow
An' Tookpafka Mi< o be ~ . -U.
hatchet-piiK ow an .- . ••SNclL In
olden times. *e\eu cities want 10 be
Homer's "b:r: liplaee; an* (aoifi w;i>. aK
the politicians claim the credit for stale-
te with one 'nother. Del-
* he. say he done It an
lie ' I.... i: ' He jia\ "Ik
up for statehood wasn't
!•••'. I I" K • g" ... * •
so if the Injin know 'is business, he wufc
beiter'ofT than befor« All he had to du
was be a Inhn au' i t> to ljnself likf
an <.r ini11 is. tlic w;nte«; time He do^i't
want l^i'be demoeiHt m republnan May-
be so hi hair w .- I.ing enough lor a
populis but lie bett.r n«'i if ^ lake
sides he won t 'mount to noshin' an"
couldn't 4ie dog pelter.' •
An* To.iKp.if^u ll4ooo !"■ eay, "Well, -•
I was raised on democrat sofky an' don't
care who tind it out. ibut I don't vote foi
yellow d< gN on 'count o' the color.
Wolf Warrior an' Kotto Harjo grunt an.
4 that Hpi( jr, . |1(. ragweeds ,ig :i an' no.,
k and j further In the shade i
Newkirk
know Hit
woik he
All th<
and the ,
ommet i
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I gressm.in Mei
of jul^ in
I work
H"
he go
w «II
food and drink, getting down ,o
good water, and particularly plent;
and no urlsh and rebuild—not clog
Na' i.rt •
of good
orKed upon food •
cd th s Knowledge
K.nd >■' < .etnents It
• u IIfill way to produce
G rape=N ut s
There is the natural Phosphate of Tots- and Albumen, f om w.i; h ihe
life forces makes the oft gray filling ot nerve centre- and brain, so brain
fag and nervous pro«lratlotP d sappeft :or ne ii«i of <j: Apc-N . ^
•r n again, in Orape-Huti the starchy p.u of the Wheat and Kaney .a#
...•ii . b.-mged into'a form of s gai a e factor and • i i • e*aftl
the condition Which Starchy, food bre.ul. ke. oatmeal potatoe.-. . .. a. -
sumes after the flr t aet of natural digestion has taken place, we find
Grape-Nuts has paised through thli^prooess. outside the t.ody and is
.... rcfo' •• pr«M 11 termed pr< -digested, a f remendouss h- • for taoge wao
ure a hi: we iK n d gettlve power. A#d *o comes
hood an' dit
egatn Makt
couldn't tell
flfht iiS p
worth a dec
Corner o' t
worth takln
exaft.plo *
•ay lie don
Interview*
want a
in the
w. w ,i .i I one |>eopl«
bors, anyhow, regardless
tics or religion. Instead <
Chlckasaws an' S« tnlnolc
Cherokees an' Boomers
gecjuoyalians, we was
MuskoK*-" wasn't in lnj
OkUiionia « w.imi'i
codftry. You didu": had
line for the itontach'H
could !be at home in lieu
as a; I!., ko
I'm fritni Oklahoma
now
Ohoctaws .
tr Creeks s
Id .dditlontl
i ♦. ni a ^ make
hey appreciate the great j
done. « I
lube of (Oklahoma
fus in Kansas hax e J
in welcoming Con-
ime on the Fourtii
isemeut attractions
and ihe most nottd
ire already « ntered
i\>• alieady demon-
lo step a mile in
nornlng at the fair
men was pui to
.* 'toand the «. rf'er
rriHthy's proxy may
itch live wolves
idy has five speci-
1^11 nd cady fot
i h r - An Immense
ss tieer: contracted
tiled to *he ground
t •. ro.Ai'1
s nf8
. rv
TWO FOR CONGRESS
J G Harley and Hayden Line-
baugh are Avowed Candidates
Spec .a 1 to the BtaU> Capital-
South MsAlester, I. T., June There
. • wo avqwed deniocrsii.e aspirant! for
the congressional nomination In this, the
fourth district J (j. Harley of*thls city
and Hayden I.inebaiigh or Atoka.
Ilotli the gentlemen! are attorneys and
#n I well with 'lieli . onsl" iien' •
They will make an active campaign of (
tiie district and will give tho Choctaw
voters the old time pleasure of a stump
debate There ma> he another candidate
from this vicinity although his name '8
not > e mentienud. H is said io ba none
other than D. <"• McCurtain, the promin-
ent young lawyer.
The State Capital wan1 " good lob
printers, steady work.
u nd.
3.-. .V .V .-J .V -V =C.
Itomi m
burial in the Btatesmari s j
capltol bulldln' It wasn't j #
io Fatiier o H4.1 Country's I
1 \ ain. Clarence Ttuglast h * i LITERALLY
ic it—with Washington Post ;
written by 'imsei' an' he
' ei . u. ...j.: ai ie | Newkirk'a Fourth Celebration lcr<
et'i Corner; also
We Claim That a
The Old Joy
of liftaltii. With its youthful
erg} The yea's are forgot
glow in J warm keen pui ' *',' \ and en-
n, and Iq is the stomach, but you'll KNOW
\ ,,u have a strong, sturdy, well-fed Hraln. for Mil the important brain-
holding • .ments a • in OHiAsi'E-N i'TH. Dozens of * ■ for fus-
'ftnit" ing d v l « s found ni Ihe p k •
It for official business.
Trial 10 days ot GRAPt NUTS proves.
with a sword buckled on. standin' 'strad-
dlo o* lot o' carpetbaggerf An'i they
was son • nm ■ .i:. 1 - it I.. . .
oot'ry publics claim the honor, too, bul
they wasn't entitled to it no more thai
Crasy Bnake "
Then Hotg in lie sa> "Well, so Dele-
gate Makvilro an' Clarence Duglast w
Imposln' on that ragorback t'ie statchoor
rooters ..U > <^ongre.-s la i u nin ♦>
someone ought to report '
mane soclet> "
• Wolf Warrior an' Kono Harjo give
big grunt an' spit In the ragweeds an'
pay cloec 'tention.) •
Then ffqfgun he go on an' wyf ' Well,1
so before stat .0^1 tin ■ w is too n. i i
sentiment mixed up In the Injin problem
The missionary he tell the Injin he must
lay up tna ■ .h in ^leaven, but didn't
show in how to keep >.■..i. s. ii to-
gether on earth an" lay by for the rainy
day; an the school teacher he learn Im
!.. w • • • id a.. Shade - If ttc wj.e
he write, but didn't teach 'im how to
mske two "blades o' grass grow* out <1
one; an' the philanthropist remind 'Im o'
the century o' dishonor 'nstead o' the
future Invldiaal reeponslb Q-. an' the
government dish out In ef an' annuity ti
mi instead of a mule an \ . .a. F' \.r>-
t'l.ng like that make the lnj
\ pt g. '< . a to g.iveri •. • * • rks.
An Tookpafktt Mlceo he say, "Well, so
the ol" order was passed away. Maybe
so now t i* politician tell theHtfrijin h'.w
to win salvation In tho democrat party,
or repuldlcan party, an' party boose*
LORIOUS
'be Gre?t
sens
posslbl
atlon
the hu-1 Oklahoma
ood bill will
APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR
LICENSE
hereby gi.
wingko has this du
f the County Clerk, in and f
their petition
granted them to sell at wholesal
etail mull
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little to go on
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 59, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 1, 1906, newspaper, July 1, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc126198/m1/7/: accessed May 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.