It is many years before the Osage…
1878 CE
For nearly five years during the depression of the 1870s, the Osage had not received their full annuity in cash.
Like other Native Americans, they have suffered from the government's failure to provide full or satisfactory rations and goods as part of their annuities during this period.
Middlemen make profits by shorting supplies to the Indians or giving them poor-quality food.
Some people had starved.
Many adjustments had had to be made to their new way of life.
During this time, Indian Office reports show nearly a fifty percent decline in the Osage population.
This results from the failure of the U.S. government to provide adequate medical supplies, food and clothing.
The people suffer greatly during the winters.
While the government fails to supply them, outlaws often smuggle whiskey to the Osage and the Pawnee.
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