Arkansas City Traveler, August 27, 1884.

The prominent candidates for the presidency of the Osage Nation are Black Dog and Strike Axe. The campaign has progressed far enough to allow Mr. Black Dog to prove that the hundred odd scalps hanging in Mr. Strike Axe=s teepee are spurious, being nothing but the contents of a wig store daubed over with red paint, and Mr. Strike Axe has got back at his opponent by showing conclusively that the latter has never stolen a horse or walloped his squaw. Both candidates have taken the stump, and the campaign proves to be one of the sharpest ever held in the nation. Emporia News.