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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1901)
CHEMAWA AMERICAN. 3 Our Second team Plays. On next Saturday afternoon, ou the Wil lamette University Campus, the Chemawa Indian School football team and the Wil lamette eleven will meet iu a contest for su premacy. A large crowd of the admirers aud fiiends of these two Salem football ag gregations (for Salem claims the Chemawa eleven as her own, and justly so) will be on hand to encourage them to do their best. Statesman. They Are Obliged -To Harry Or Go To Jail. The Indians on the Pouca and Otoe res ervation can no longer live with their wives unless they are married legally. "The men rebelled," said Agent Jensen recently in an interview, "that J gave tliein their choice of marrying or going to jul. The sheriff held me out. When a man proved veiy recalcitrant I had a warrant issued for his arrest for liv ing with a woman not his wife. The fear of a term iu j iil caused him to surrender, and as I always had a marriage license in readiness, the reservation minister perf rm e the ceremony in short, order. Since the order was issued, about sixty couples who were living in this way have untried and are happy and contented. White Deer, a Ponca, is the only buck who has broken his marrage vows. He tired of his wife and eloped with an other woman, going to the Omaha reser vation in Nebraska. When he returns to his own reservation he will be arrested and made an exam: pie of. Mr. Jensen is the guardian of GOO Poncas 350 Otoes, and 56 Tonka? as, Poncas and Otoes ha vre reservations of their own. while the Tonkwa, although livitnr on allotted land, are bcatiered in ft hife farming c immunities. "All thetriba aie wealthy,'' continued Mr. Janseu. ' The Oooes have $700,000 in.'. the United Su'eV" tre-isury., the Poncas $70,000 a-id the T.mkawas i'JOOOO. The" Poncas and the Otoes also own 170,000 a eresof land worth $10 an acre. Many of the acres are leased to white men, the revenues of the Poncas from that source being $50,000 annually, while the Otoes receive $30,000 and the Tonkawas $10,000. -Ex.. . Foot-ball Schedule. Oct. 12, Chemawa vs. Pacific University Forest Grove. Lost 16 to 12. Oct. 26, Chemawa vs. Oregon University at Eugene. Lost 11 to 0. Nov, 9, Chemawa vs. Multnomah at Port land. Nov. 28, Chemawa vs. The Olympics at San Francisco. The girls have reorganized the Basket ball Club for the season. First Line i . .., Second Line.' Birdie Anderson - center - - M. Pambrum E. Williams -forvyaid - Leila Le Maister Lena Smith - " "' V"-iJ Susie Segal Virginia Brow; - ruard - - Nellie Davis Emma Jules! C'Sptv- " Irene Sorter L.'iia Wilbur. . i They are all ne.y pha.yers excepting Lena Smith, Emma Jules and "Emma Williams, but the bfffjnners are just as capable of be-' ing as g )od players as the old. Leila Le . Maister . and Minnie Pambrum are the : star player's of the : new beginners. They give encouragements totheir line, by keep-! ing up with the first line. The matron ;is glad to see thmi organize and is trying to, get them a goo I time to practice every day or so. Mr. DaPoe will be their manager.. They need a great deal of practice., Sn peri ntenUeut McCo wan, of Phoenix, predicted a short time neo that there would be 12 )0 students at Chilocco inside of five years, as with its manif ld opportunities it should be the agricultural, college of the service. He will soon have ah opportunity to labor toward making his prophecy true as he and Superintendent Goodman, of Chilocco. are to exch'ahire nlaeesi 1 Both are wide awake, enthusiastM workers and -will no doubt iichieve success in their new fields of labor. . - " -Ex.,