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Word: kaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Reapportionment of the House was neglected after the 1920 census. *In 1925 Vice President Curtis's tribe of Kaw Indians gave Mr. Haucke the name of Ga-He-Gah-Ahah (''White Chief") for setting up a Kaw memorial monument near Council Grove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Makings of the 72nd (cont.) | 8/18/1930 | See Source »

...could study the case, the judge's turn to explode came: "The Attorney General of the U. S. is not running this court. Motion denied." Thereafter Mr. Templeton took a very minor part in the Jimerson defense. His presence in the state court was largely due to Kaw-blooded Vice President Charles Curtis, who asked the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to look after Red Lilac's rights. When asked to explain his interest in the case, Mr. Curtis declared it was "only casual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Witch Murder | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

...speaker: Charles Curtis, President of the Senate, Vice President of the U. S. The occasion: the Christmas dinner the Vice President traditionally gives Senate pages. For his hospitality, they presented him, as a Kaw Indian, with a beribboned tomahawk instead of the usual gavel. As a onetime jockey who still steals off to the races, Vice President Curtis grinned roundly when one page recited "How Salvator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Curtis to Pages | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

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