OSAGE INDIANS
\ˈɒsɪd͡ʒ ˈɪndi͡ənz], \ˈɒsɪdʒ ˈɪndiənz], \ˈɒ_s_ɪ_dʒ ˈɪ_n_d_iə_n_z]\
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Were early driven to the Arkansas. They allied themselves with the French against England. In 1808 they ceded lands to the Government; and made further cessions in 1815, 1818, 1822, 1825 and 1839. At the beginning of the Civil War 1000 went South; treaties in September, 1865, and May, 1868, prepared for the removal of the whole. In 1870 the tribe conveyed their lands to the Government and agreed to remove to Indian Territory.
By John Franklin Jameson
