August 13, 1929
The Daily Journal Capital
Microfilm Roll: MN00279
On this day in Osage country, The Daily Journal-Capital published an article describing the Osages’ participation in a local rotary club meeting.
The rotary club of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, hosted an “international” meeting whose guests consisted mainly of whites, a few Osage tribal members, including both Chief Lookout and former Osage chief, Chief Bacon Rind, as well as two Danish teens.
The meeting commenced with a speech by Donald Tinker, the chairman for the day, who expressed his content with the progress of the rotary clubs from across the state of Oklahoma. John Wolf, continued this admiration in his speech, comparing the uniqueness of the state’s civic clubs to those in larger cities. A singing performance by Lon-scha-enya, or “humming bird,” the Chickasaw wife of an Osage tribal member, followed Wolf’s speech. When the performance was over, it was said that she had a “truly excellent voice.” Chief Fred Lookout followed the beautiful performance with a speech in which he delivered a brief history of the Osage tribe and welcomed the Danish guests. By the means of a translator, he stated:
You are visiting in this great country that was once inhabited by many tribes. This country you are now in was once given to us and they said this is to be your country, the home of the Osage Nation. Since then the white man has come and now it is our country, inhabited by both the white man and the red man. We are living here together now in the happiness in OUR great country.
Chief Lookout then presented a gift, an Osage blanket, to each of the boys, a souvenir of sorts, so that they could share their experience with their family and friends back home. Chief Bacon Rind also welcomed the boys and presented them each with “a bill of a large denomination,” so that they would “remember the land of the Indians and their former Chief.”
Morgan M. Guzman
“Osages and Danes Guests of Rotarians.” The Daily Journal-Capital. August 13, 1929, p. 1 & 2. Microfilm roll number MN00279. Sequoyah National Research Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.
