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his death in 1861, also 48 years old. Little White Hair became the last hereditary White Hair Chief, serving until his death on
December 24, 1869. White Hair VI was one of the signers of the 1865 treaty that ceded most Osage lands in Kansas to the United States and set the stage for their removal to a reservation (contiguous with
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in Ohio. During the battle, the worst defeat ever suffered by U.S. forces against
Indians, Pawhuska attempted to scalp a fallen officer but the man's powdered wig came off in Pawhuska's hand. In the ensuing confusion, the officer escaped. The chief was impressed by how the wig protected its original
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Oklahoma in 1822. The Osage subsequently were forced by White and Indian encroachment on their lands to move back to a small reservation in Kansas. White Hair IV (George White Hair) became chief in 1832 and served until his death in 1852, age 48. His cousin Iron Hawk became White Hair V until
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in 1871. By this time the powerful Osage of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century were a beleaguered people, but in one sense they had the last laugh. They sold their old lands for a good price and huge pools of petroleum were found on their new lands in
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government. The Osage frequently had skirmishes and battles with the
Spanish and other Indian tribes. However, internal dissension weakened the Osage and they split into three main groups. In 1796, the group headed by Clermont (Claremore) and Pawhuska settled near
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Pawhuska continued with his son, White Hair II, but he apparently was an ineffective chief and he was soon replaced by White Hair III, who moved most of the remaining members of the Osage tribe to the
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is named for him. He was the chief of the Thorny-Valley people, a division of the Osage people. In 1791, Pawhuska is reputed to have fought against
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The first White Hair, Paw-Hiu-Skah, Pahuska, or
Pawhuska, was born about 1763 and died about 1809. The town of
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leaders in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. A tintype image of White Hair can be seen at the
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and thus established a lasting peace between the Osage and Kaw. White Plume's great-grandson was
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wearer, so he kept it for the rest of his life and became known as White Hair.
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The native ground: Indians and colonists in the heart of the continent.
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