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* To illustrate the profligsey of the m.jority cf these Indig ood ‘nt the ond of the fiseal yorr 1921] $691, 000 to wricus dni ¥i S@ RO uncommon thing from 1920 to 1925 fa the grocory bills of. mg gras ms to run from 3S00 to 31,000 onch por month. ao ins © Stomp dances are still indulesd in sovernl timcs nr year by” te ‘tripe, at which time mombers cf other Indicn tribes ore isvited to attend. at as gacsts, and gifts -are exchmnged betvucn the v.rious tribes ond individu ale. * ‘Whose stomp doncos arc tho ocetsion for cll night end 11] day for sts, during « -which the mambers of tho Osage tribopons well as vi siting tribes, elnd in’ ae tem-tan. Under tho stimilnting influence of thi d-neo, mhich begins in an more ar ‘less ordérly fashion, the dancers soon wor morc enthusinstic .ang. a ¢ par the ground like ¢ bunch of 11d steors® , efter chich they will Reeth musa the nsserblod nudionea’, “Tats aenve is erticips se din ‘not only by. the young an onthusinstic mombers of the tribey.tut clso oy tho oldor met: “ond vomon of She tribes, “ho, perhaps, cre ramasbcring the fersts of rlier * yours and cre trying to bring back their happy recollection by prrticipating in theso ne. ti vt dnnecs. . rt > Me rri:uge by Pull-blood Osr.ge Indi-ns, chose nmumbcor cons ritute me ~ pobreon. one-fourth and one-third of ths tetr1 numbur on the tribel rolls,” “ore still sclomnized necording to tribsl customs. + Osnge County and the surrounding territory contrin very wild stretches of country, thickly voodod vith timber unsuited for comnereir] # purposes, but cfferding excellent coneorlment in addition tc its rimost._ , ineccessible cenyons which served ns hidc-outs for notoricus criminzls. *) 4t the time of the murders from 1921 to 1925, this country oes » hevon = _ for el]. types of desper:to criminals who fl sek 2d there frem :1l prerts of the country due to the noture ef the country itsclf «ffording such” -. excellant hiding places for wrented criminals. This criminel clerent . to a lnrge extent was attracted by tho cncrrmous trenlth cf the Osize Indiars. “Bandits end robbers nbounded, Th: nctortous Al. Spineer gece. of “bemk robbers used this country for thoir hido~out. This prrtiqmler robber ns at one time eppronched by W. K. Hole, sho nttenp ted unsuccess~_~ fully +x hten him te miedAor ThAliona Wel Arncoan &® monk or of tha al J wht LL hF WV Tid d Wh Liked Lae wee tL! dae ate WE EES Cl ded ede be Ld wh dL . "Spencer gang, and his fc.thor, John Grogg, testified sgcinst Hnle at his it murder trinl to the effect thet Eels tricd unsuccessfully to hire Al »" Spencer, as wcll ca both of the Groggs, tc rurdcr cert. vin Indinns. "Curloy" Johnson, :mothor notorious bink brendit, mis criss -ctiv or his country, nnd vs tit onc time approached by y, nephow of Tillicr. = rk at Halots instigation, fer the purpose of hirdig Jolnsor to murder, ’'gor$ain Indians.” Johnsen was Inter killod under mystcricus circurstacces nm tha rumcr ™.s common that he hod been killed et the instign tin 2 Bab, me fonred tih.t he right telk.