Fort Towson Enterprise. (Fort Towson, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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TERnUNE
EHEGANTE
An Indian baby of tba Umatilla
tribe In Oregon crouched walling In
n tepee while outelde waged a life-and-deatb
flgbt between hie fatber’a
people and a war party of Snake In-
diana Tbe Snakea overcome the
Umattllaa killing every man of them
Aa tbe conquerore were about to re-
aume tbelr march after plundering tbe
camp of tbelr victims a warrior beard
the baby's cries snatched the little
chap from the tepej slung him across
bis horse’s back and rode away In
time the warrior tired of carrying tbe
neared baby on' bis horse So he
dropped him at tbe door of a Piute
lodge -
There the youngster was cared for
and was adopted as a member of tbe
Inmates' family He was named
"Ebegante" a title tbe white man aft-
erward shortened to “Egan” And by
tbe latter name be Is best known to
history Egan grew to be a man-
nlflcent specimen of manhood From
early youth be showed himself a ruler
of men At twenty be married tbe
daughter of a chief and soon after-
ward became leader of one of the
Piute tribes He won fame In a se-
ries of fierce campaigns against neigh-
boring Indians and later fought with
desperate valor against tbe white fron-
tiersmen and Oen Crook's troops
6tolen Child Becomes Chief
In 1872 be led his wandering tribe
to the reservation near Malheur In
Eastern Oregon where about a thou-
send Bannock Piute and Snake In-
dians were already gathered There
Egan met Major Parish tbe local InS
dlan agent The two men became
warm friends At Parish’s request
Egan laid aside all Ideas of future
warfare and taught his people to be-
some farmers
Egan backed Parish's authority In
everything When Oytes ' a Piute
"medicine man" urged the tribe to
throw away the hoe for the rifle and
declared himself proof against any
bullet Egan seized the medicine man
by the throat dragged him before Par-
ish and bade the agent test tbe boast
by firing a bullet at Oyte's heart The
medicine man wilted at this unexpect-
ed calling of bis bluff
Then in 1876 came trouble Parish
was removed from tbe Malheur
agency by government orders and an
agent named Rinehart was sent out
to take his place By this time most
of Egan's tribe were working Industri-
ously 'and tbelr children were going to
school Egan was angry at tbe new
man’s appointment as agent He bad
beard that Rinehart secretly sold
whisky to Indians that he waa a
grafter and a slave-driver And tbe
new agent apparently did little to re-
move the distrust and hatred with
whleb tbe Plutes received llm He
broUs his promises to them treated
them cruelly and unfairly In a dozen
'’’ays made tbelr lives a burden and
quite destroyed the pleasant friendly
relations between the natives and tbe
local white men Egan pleaded for
his people's rights Rinehart retorted:
"If you don’t like my ways you can
get out”
The Piute took him at his word
They decamped Leaving Malheur
they went to 8teln mountain and
there ran across a band of Bannock
Indians who had taken to the war-
path The Bannocks urged the Plutes
to Join them against the white men
Egan refused and Implored his peo-
ple to keep tbe peace But they were
too much enraged ‘ at Rinehart’s In-
justice to obey him ' When be still
held out for peace they deposed him
and made Oytes tbelr leader This
was too much for eyen so loyal a
friend of the government as Egan had
proved himself to be He changed bis
mind and consented to act as war
chief for his people '
Then the Plute-Bannock confederacy
‘swept down upon tbe settlers Egan at
tbe head of his once peaceful tribe
In battle after battle be led bis war-
riors dgbtlng valiantly against the
white men but more than once sav-
ing the lives of soldiers and frontiers-
men whom his braves bad captured
The Plutes followeu their adored chief
as eagerly In battle as they had In
peace And his name became a terror
along tbe frontier Finally tbe In-
dians were beaten and the war was at
an end Just as peace bad again
dawned an Umatilla scout Uma-
plne by name went to the Piute camp
In the Blue Hills of Oregon and killed
Egan —
(Copyright)
News of the World
Briefly Told
Mail laiportaat Evsat af the Piit W nil -Ballad
Daws lor Iks Basy RsaJfrs
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WASHINGTON
DO-NE-HAGA-WA
The mother of an Indian baby
dreamed a strange dream In a vision
she saw a rainbow and under It her
little son’s name In English letter-
ing Tbe medicine men of her people
— the Wolf family of the Seneca In-
dians living near Buffalo — said the
dream meant that her -Infant would
one day become a chief among tbe
white men This was In 1828 Tbe
boy from earliest babyhood heard tbe
prophecy and be shaped his life to-
ward fulfilling It
He was first known as Ho-no-sa-an-da
(tbe reader) Later when as a
youth his talents courage and
strength won him tbe rank of Sachem
of the Senecas tbe name was chang-
ed to Do-ne-haga-wa (Guardian of tbe
Western Gate) But native rank and
title did not satisfy the ambition of
the lad He remembered the prophecy
and resolved to become as the white
men about him He took the name
"Ely Samuel Parker’ and began his
long struggle to reach tbe heights oc-
cupied by his white brethren
Meets the "Barred Door" '
For Instance' when be bad master-
ed a good school education he want-
ed to go to college but found the way
closed to him Next he studied law
but when he applied for admittance
to tbe bar he was told by the author-
ities that Indians were not citizens
and that only a citizen could become
a lawyer The man whose ancestors
bad ruled In America for centuries
before Columbus landed was denied
citizenship In this country But
checked In one career Parker turned
at once to another He went to the
Polytechnic Institute at Troy N Y‘
and there learned the profession of
civil engineer He was graduated with
high honors and act forth on a busi-
ness mission to Galena III That
move decided bis whole future
For at Galena tbe taciturn young
Indian who was everywhere balked
In his efforts to rise In life met an-
other equally silent man whom tbe
world at that time lo'oked on as a
pitiful failure Tbe “other man” was
Ulysses S Grant The two quiet
"failures” struck up a lifelong friend-
ship Soon afterward the civil war
began Each of the two men thonrht
I
Honorably discharged soldiers were
entitled to citizenship Parker's op
portunlty to become a citizen seemed
to have arrived at last He applied to
tbe governor of New York for a com-
mission In tbe army But again bis
bad luck stood firm Tbe plea for a
commission was refused So was a
second request that be sent to the
government at Washington' '
But President Lincoln had a way of
consulting justice rather than red
tape He heard of Parker’s case and
In 1863 sent him a captain's commis-
sion and ordered him to report for
duty to General Grant
At Grant’s dictation Parker drew
up the terms of surrender which Gen-
eral Lee signed at Appomattox In
April 1865 When Lee entered tbe
room to sign the document and
caught his first glimpse of Parker he
thought that Grant had sought to In-
sult him by having a negro present
to witness bis official humiliation
But as soon as he learned that Parker
was an Indian the Confederate gen-
eral treated him with extreme cour-
tesy Parker In 1865 was made brevet
brigadier- general of volunteers and
two years afterward a brigadier gen-
et's In the regular army a height
which no Indian had hitherto reached
In spite of this he had great difficulty
in enforcing his right to vote Grant
on becoming pl-esldent made- Parker
a commissioner of Indian affairs It
was almost tbe first Instance of a full
blooded Indian receiving political of-
fice under the United States govern-
ment Downfall of a Career
But as soon aa Grant left tbe-prest-dency
Parker’s public life ended
Without Grant’s Influence to back him
the feeling against red men at large
was apparently too strong for him to
overcome It was about this time
that bank failure swept away Par-
ker's fortune and left b' — almost
penniless The Impoverished old In
dlan went to New York city to live
He obtained the job of supply clerk
In tbe New York police department
and remained In that somewhat ob
voire situation for (he oat of Mo
i i
- President Taft Is anxious that the
bodies of a number of dead sailors
found In the wreck of the Maine which
are soon to be brought north be trans-
ported with all possible dignity ' He
has written to -Secretary Meyer ex-
pressing the wish that the bodies be
brought from Havana on one of the
large vessels of tbe navy convoyed by
another vessel
A protest by Russia Saturday Oct
16 agalst the abrogation of the treaty
of 1832 with that country in the 'form
proposed by the Sulzer resolution
overwhelmingly adopted in the house
was followed Saturday night by the
declaration of senate leaders that in
modified terms a resolution declaring
the treaty at an end would be put
through the senate before tbe adjourn-
ment of that body Monday
Exactly $80000000 is proposed to be
appropriated by congress for roads
during the next five years in a bill in-
troduced by Representative Prouty of
Iowa who advocates national and state
co-operation in road construction and
maintenance - He proposed that con-
gress appropriate and apportion among
the various states $7500000 during
1912 and $10(T00000 in 1913 $15000-
000 In 1914 $20000000 in 1915 and
$30000000 In 1916 The federal ex-
penditure on each road is limited to
one-half tbe total' cost
DOMESTIC
That 100000 Jews stand ready to
enlist and fight against Russia should
Insistence upon the rights of Ameri-
can citizens bring about a war was
the declaration of the Rabbi Eichles
at a mass meeting at Fanueil hall in
Boston
Prices of fresn meat are expected
to begin falling within two weeks and
quickly go to tbe lowest level known la
years as the result of Great Britain’s
refusal to permit the millionaire Chi-
cago packers to bid for contracts for
supplying the British army and navy
with $25000000 worth of fresh meats
during the next year
Houses were shaken apd the popula-
tion black and white particularly the
former were thrown into a state of
fear when with a loud report a me-
teor fell near Lucedale Miss A hole
In the ground was found about three
feet wide and scorched trunks of trees
nearby told further of the celestial vis-
itor’s cbntact Ith the earth
Charles N Farrell a veteran of
the Mexican war and a newspaper re-
porter whose stories lnclrd“d tpo hat-
tie between the Monitor and the Mer-
rimac the battle of "VicliFhLrg and
Lee’s surrender died at his heme in
Brooklyn Tuesday aged 82 years :
Snow plows - were ordered out in
Texas on December 19 with two feet
of snow on the level along the Pan-
handle route of the Fort Worth and
Denver railroad Preceded by heavy
rains the blizzard appeared to be
travelling due southeast about twenty
miles an hour
A lockout affecting 100000 cotton
operatives at Liverpool Eng is
threatened The (rouble between
the employers and the workers has
arisen over the question of the em-
ployment of non-unlonista '
Tuan Fang one of China's fore-
most men has been killed by his qwn
scliders at TEe-Chow In Shan SI pro-
vince accotdmg to missionary repre-
sentatives Fang visited the United
States in 1906 at the bead cf a Chin-
ese educational society ’
A Christmas present of $50000 was
voted to the employes cf the Central
Trust company New York by direc-
tors of the concern For years the
company has presented its employes
with a year's salary at Christmas
- Fifteen hundred tons of potatoes
grown in Scotland have reached New
York and will be placed on the mar-
ket It Is said to break the high prices
charged for home grown tubers Duty
amounting to $750 was paid on tho
consignment
A stampede to thd head of Sixty
Mile river "Yukon is in progress as
the result of a fresh gold stilke news
of which was brought by Jchn Mason
who told of getting two and a half
ounces of gold wprth nearly $10 from
a bed rock Bpace five by eight feet
Many old prospectors have started
over tbe 130 mile trail to the' new
diggins which are 20 'miles from the
Alaskan boundary
The newly organized National
Drainage Congress will meet In New
Orleans from April 10' to 13 according-
to messages received frem Acting
President Edmund T Perkins who
Is In New Orleans arranging for the
i
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLUING
lV r-TaH No 3
Avod- liquid bluing- Liquid bitt-
ing Is largely wajer Water is adul-
teration add nothing' to real valua
to tbs consumer Think It over '
Be wise Use RED (iROSS BAtl
BLUE the blue that’s all blue makew1
the laundress smile on wash day AT
ALL GOOD GROCERS
Another French Revolution"
A number of girls have demanded
admission ' to' the French military
academy
'The time 'may be coming when thtt
daughter of thd reglnSent will give
way to the son and whep the roman-
tld canteen hearer will wear whiskers -
' Eph — What were do mattah wlf Sal
an’ dat drug clerk?
Rufus — Why she wanted some com-
plexion powder an’ he done gib her
powdered charcoal
BURNING ITCH WAS CURED
"I deem it my duty to tell about
cure that the Ciitlcura Soap and Oint-
ment have made on myself ' My trou-
ble began In splotches breaking out
right in the edge of my hair on the
forehead and spread over the front
part of the top of my head from ear to
ear and over my ears which caused a
most fearful burning Itch or eczema
"For three years 1 had this terrible
breaking out on my forehead and
scalp 1 tried our family doctor and
he failed to cure It Then I tried the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and used
them for two months with the result
of a complete cure Cuticura Soap
and Ointment should have the credit
due and I have advised a lot of peo-
ple to use them" (Signed) C D
Tharrlngton Creek N C Jan 26 1911
Itching Scalp— Hair Fell Out ’
"I will say that I have been suffer-
ing with an itching on my scalp for
the past few years My hair fell 'out
In spots all over my head My scalp
started to trouble me with soreB then
the sores healed up and crusts
formed on the top Then the hair fell
out and left me three bald spots the
shape of a half dollar I went to more
than one doctor but could not get any
relief so I started to use the Cuticura
Remedies I tried one bar of Cuticura
Soap and some Cuticura Ointment
and felt relieved right away Now the
bald spots bave disappeared and my
hair has grown thanks to the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment I highly
recommend the Cuticura Remedies to
all that are suffering with scalp trou-
ble’’ (Signed) Samuel Stern ' 236
Floyd St Brooklyn N Y Feb 7
1911 Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere a sample of each
with 32-page ' book will be mailed
free on application to “Cuticura"
Dept 9 K Boston
8mall Comfort -
"You seem cross Plllsey”
"So I am A fellow called ms a
born idiot today”
"That’s nothing to worry shout I
think it was very considerate of him
to blame It on your ancestors"
More
First Kid — My papa’s got so much
money he don’t know how ' to spend
tt v
Second Kid— That’s nothing My
papa’s got so much money 'that mam-
ma can’t even spend tt
Even if anybody accidentally hap-
pened to save a little money Christ-
mas or birthdays or something Uko
that would come along to burn It up
The Chicago Fire could have been pre-
vented with one pail of water but the
water waa not bandy Keep a bottle of
Hamlins Wizard Oil handv and prevent
the fiery pains of inflammation
- Irrigation projects are receiving the
serious attention of the government
of Brazil
His Idea cf Heaven' -
The Sunday school teacher had been'
telling her Infant class of the delights
of heaven One youngster paid close
attention and after Sunday school waa
over walked up to the teacher
“Teacher" he said “do they have
billy goats with long whiskers -up
there? I want one awful bad but
grandpa says I can’t have one If
they don’t have billy goats up In
heaven I don’t believe I want to go”
ARE YOU
WORRIED
about the unhealthy condition of
your stomach liver and bowele 7
If so you only make matters
worse Just get a bottle of
Host
Stomach
etter’s
Bitters
today and watch results Your
stomach will be toned and
Strengthened your liver become
active and bowels regular
Then good health is yours A
trial will convince you
To Be Sure
"I wonder why It Is that show girls
look down cn ordinary chorus girls”
"Well perhaps one reason why they
do so is that they axe nearly always
taller"
Spiondid Crops
Id Saskatchewan (Western Canada)
800 Bushels from 20 acres
of wbaat waa tha tbraabar’a
return from a Lloyd
miiater farm Is tba
aeaaon of 19)6 Many
fields in that aa well aa
other districts yield
ed from 25 to 15 b-
help of wheat to the
acre Other grains to
proportion
LAR8E PROFITS
mrm the derived
Irae the riEK
HOMESTEAD LANDS
Wasters Caeeda
la excellent abowJng
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND Li lU) IP Tnr SYSTFM
Teka the Old Standard GKOVfc'S TAbTULhfed
rniil 'luNlU You know what yoc are taking
)'hc formula II plainly printed on every buttle
j showing It is slmnl Quinine aud Irvn in a taatelees
form and the rioet ciTcctcal form b'or grown
people and children fiU cent
In after years a woman may be sor-
ry she married the man in the case
but she’s always glad that “that other
woman” didn’t get him
A mouse is afraid of a man a mn
is afraid of a woman a woman Is
afraid of a mouse-and there you are
llomeatenlaof 1 W seres are
to bo bad in tbe eery boat
districts if o aero pre-er j
t tons at S3txt perarre nil
In 'rtain arena feelLoolaam
churches to every sett le-
nient dlvt avo unexcelled
soil tha richest t wood water
and building uutorlal
plentiful d
'or particular aa to location
low saltiers railway rates sod
desert pt ire llluttrated pamphlet
“Last Best Wist" and otber Id
formation write to 8r pt ot Immi-
gration Ottawa Canada or to
Canadian Government Agent
W H ROGERS
125 W Ninth St Kansas City Ho
Pteeee write to the agent nearest yea
Remedies are Reeded
Were we perfect which we ere not medicine would
sot often be needed But since our systems have be-
come weakened impaired and broken down through
indiscretions which have gone on from the early eges
through countless generations remedies ere needed to
aid Nature in correcting our inherited end otherwise
acquired weaknesses To reach the seat of stomach
weakness and consequent digestive troubles there is
nothing so good as Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov-
ery a glyeerio compound extracted from native medio- '
inol roots— sold for over forty years with greet satisfaction to ell users
For
Weak Stomach Biliousnesa Liver Complaint Pain in the Stomach after eating
Heartburn Bad Breath Belching of food Cironio Diarrhea and other Intestinal
Derangements Jhe "Discovery" is a time-proven and moat efficient remedy
The genuine has on its
outside wrapper the
Signature v —
Yon can’t afford to accept a secret nostrum as a substitute for this non eloo-
- bolic medicine op inovn composition not even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make ( little bigger profit
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate end Invigorate stomach liver end
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