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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  axx. 
  27 
  

  

  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  and 
  the 
  backward, 
  the 
  Indian 
  Bureau 
  has 
  

   appointed 
  a 
  commission 
  to 
  determine 
  what 
  individuals 
  among 
  the 
  

   Omaha 
  are 
  prepared 
  to 
  be 
  released 
  absolutely 
  from 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  

   Government. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  latest 
  official 
  statement 
  a 
  concerning 
  the 
  tribe 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  population 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  census 
  was 
  1,270. 
  Ninety 
  per 
  cenl 
  of 
  those 
  

   under 
  forty 
  years 
  speak 
  English 
  to 
  some 
  extent; 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  speak 
  quite 
  well. 
  

   All 
  except 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  old 
  understand 
  English 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  between 
  

   forty 
  and 
  sixty 
  can 
  speak 
  it 
  a 
  little 
  

  

  All 
  live 
  in 
  houses, 
  none 
  in 
  tents 
  except 
  as 
  a 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  time. 
  With 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  about 
  twenty, 
  the 
  men 
  dress 
  in 
  citizens' 
  clothes. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   women 
  dress 
  after 
  a 
  fashion 
  of 
  their 
  own, 
  which 
  is 
  partly 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  woman. 
  

   Several 
  of 
  the 
  younger 
  women 
  dress 
  in 
  all 
  respects 
  as 
  white 
  women 
  do. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  

   very 
  old 
  women 
  and 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  men 
  ride 
  horseback. 
  The 
  young 
  men 
  often 
  

   ride. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  women 
  ride 
  but 
  they 
  always 
  dress 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  with 
  

   diviaefl 
  skirts, 
  using 
  men's 
  saddles. 
  About 
  95 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  own 
  carriages 
  

   and 
  buggies 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  good 
  teams 
  and 
  take 
  fairly 
  good 
  care 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  About 
  90 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  children 
  of 
  school 
  age 
  and 
  in 
  proper 
  health 
  are 
  in 
  school 
  

   a 
  reasonable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  recall 
  but 
  one 
  healthy 
  child 
  between 
  the 
  

   ages 
  of 
  ten 
  and 
  twenty 
  who 
  has 
  never 
  attended 
  school 
  and 
  he 
  speaks 
  English 
  quite 
  

   well. 
  There 
  are 
  fourteen 
  public 
  schools 
  on 
  the 
  reservation 
  besides 
  the 
  graded 
  school 
  

   ;ii 
  Wnlthill. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  110 
  or 
  115 
  Omaha 
  children 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  schools 
  the 
  

   past 
  year. 
  They 
  are 
  given 
  the 
  same 
  recognition 
  as 
  the 
  white 
  children 
  and 
  show 
  

   about 
  the 
  same 
  ability. 
  

  

  Two 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  are 
  merchants, 
  two 
  arc 
  attorneys, 
  one 
  is 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  

   athletic 
  teams 
  of 
  Wabash 
  College, 
  one 
  is 
  a 
  physician, 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  are 
  extensively 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  real 
  estate 
  and 
  stock 
  business, 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  service, 
  and 
  

   a 
  great 
  number 
  are 
  making 
  good 
  homes 
  for 
  themselves 
  as 
  farmers. 
  

  

  Fourteen 
  Omaha 
  families 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Walthill 
  and 
  more 
  

   than 
  sixty 
  lots 
  are 
  owned 
  by 
  Omaha. 
  Several 
  families 
  reside 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Rosalie. 
  The 
  Title 
  Map 
  (pi. 
  65) 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  reservation 
  

   here 
  presented, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  

   allotments 
  indicated 
  thereon, 
  6 
  forms 
  an 
  historic 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  tribal 
  

   lands. 
  

  

  a 
  Extract 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  by 
  Supt. 
  John 
  M. 
  Commons, 
  dated 
  September 
  in, 
  191)9. 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  permission 
  to 
  use 
  these 
  data 
  the 
  writers 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  H 
  L 
  Keefe, 
  esq., 
  attomey-at-law, 
  of 
  

   Walthill, 
  Nebraska. 
  

  

  