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2 3 - ~ ra . - Sea nt EE der .3 i om re is — a 3 ¢ . ( oe 6 é ? 6 > ; my g ~ B= “ ; . “1? an @qual number of shares known as head rights growing out of the | r 14 leasing of tha property or portions thereof for the commercial i ; 16 production of oil, and the total value of each individual share 7 <9 ‘ : Pe - . , 8 covering the period from 1906 to the present dute is g72,13¢, PO ie ee ™ exclusive of certain other benefits growing out of eiwil damages, i OLS: : ° f TO oun toe 7 22° at cetera. An Osage born subsequent to June 24, 1906 would inherit ' 23 24 only his proportionate share of his ancestor’s hesdrights ac cone 26 of the 2,229 enrolled in 1206, since which +ime the tribe has 127 , : i RH! raceived a total of $185,000,000 through the Government. : iene "30 The acquisition of this wealth can not be said to have 21 : 7 32 constituted a blessing, either to the tribe as a whole, or the : 33 ! 34 individual members, for after all, wealth while bringing comfort, t 25 . ‘36 also brought disease, immorality, and an extravagance which is _ t a : 8 _ appalling. Modern homes, with all of the present day conveniences ' 39 Fe have been built for members of the tribe, only to nave tham roil i $2 up in their blankets and sleap in the yard, and in fact many of the 44 homes have a wigwam or canopy outside in which the Indians spend 45 46 a largs amount of thair time when not driving ovar the country in 47 48 automotiles, or away on even less wholesome missicns. e i AY - 7 : 50 Among tha many adventurous prospectors and other whites a Sl 52 men who came to Oklahoma, was one WILLIAM EH. ("BIG S31LL") HALE, [ : 53 ‘ 5é wito had been identified with the cattla bisiness in Taxas, an sid 5E friend of frontier showmen, and a man wiose desire for riches and j 6&7 “— ~ se power was devoid of scrupla. Thera eithar came with him, or later 59 ie ae Be gined hin,. in Osage Count pis. naphe BRNES? BRYAR arareien 6 ois ARE Ade agi eee Ea DOU a & yete e Sissi ses" ‘si ine iy. asa teeth; ee 6 LY . a t = ~ cae ee moges ee Ba ere ee ete ete ae ~