◆ SpookStack

° ~2e ae isted of 160 acres as a honestead, which was cup 2euert sc cubs ogee 1. “by rious other land grants until each head right allotme.t consisves * - To give an idea of the wealth of the Osaze Indi ans in former, "times as compared with the large amounts of money received by tho. aftar. -¢ of] was struck on the reservation, the following net per cacita beget = > to each Osage Indian entitled to receive income from the commen fund 3 . get out; - ‘ - InN awh to] ‘ ay * 5 le Ot nt aed coll coll ool Oe Oe oe “ED UT de Gs ne be * ee oe Be 7 Net Per Capita Distribution a 1880 - $ 20,50 per year — . 6 1900, - * = 200,06 ; per your So. 1910 hE - 250.00 TAY per yoar 35°" ‘ay 18rB" . 221,51 ver year — 26 noe . oe. 1926 -8,090,00 per yoar © Poy 1921, (the year r of ; . = oe 4923 (the year of - tee - four murders) 12,400.00 per year To give an additional idea of the cnormous wealth of the Osage tribe at this period of tine, this tribe, consisting of approximately 2,000 <- Indians who enjoyed head rights since the discovery of oil on the reserva- _ tion until June $0, 1931, were paid a totul net revenue of $241, 546,285, Be, “in addition to various other expenditures made in their benalf. » The tribal officers of the Osage Indians are elseted evert tro. years, and consist of a Chief and Assistant Chief, and of a Tribal Couneil - of aight. ~ me Certificates of compete oney were issucd to Indians deemed ta ve” able to handle their own financial affiers, the recipients being peraitted to dispose of their head rights and allotted 1nnd holdincs ss they sew fit. . The. nucber of actual producing o11 wells on the reservation as ate June 50, 1920, was 5,859, and had increased tc 8,579 as of June 30, 1922, wong _- Practically all of the land contained in the reservation is leased for oii ‘or. 2. natural ges production purposes, ; yO Dietribution of the funds to the Os cast Indians difitersd ca: ws a that of other tribes in that a common pool was unde cf all earnings: ae : 4 from the varritory which was divided among all the Indians aL the - tif