In what decade did the U.S. government forcibly move the Osage tribe from their land in Kansas?
1900's
1870's
1840's
1920's
When the Osage land auction record rose to nearly $14 million, a reporter remarked in an article, "The Osage Indians are becoming so rich that" what? (76)
Their lives were now worth nothing.
Something would have to be done about it.
They would soon be able to leave the country altogether.
They were in danger of overstepping their bounds.
Who created the Bureau of Investigation, "hoping to fill the void in federal law enforcement" (105)?
Tom White
J. Edgar Hoover
President Theodore Roosevelt
President James Garfield
What was W.W. Vaughn's answer when the sheriff asked him if he knew who had killed George Bigheart?
He said that he had narrowed it down to two suspects.
He said that he had no idea.
He said that he knew that and more.
He said that he not only knew, but that he had had custody of the murderer.
With what objects did the Osage begin to outline their homes after Henry Roan's murder?
Radium paint
Candles
Electric light bulbs
Torches
Who testified in defense of the Osage people at a Congressional hearing, arguing "that the government should not be dictating the Osage's financial decisions" (79)?
Mollie Burkhart
William Hale
Theodore Roosevelt
Tom White
In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?
1907
1902
1912
1917
Who was the first person to suspect that Lizzie had been murdered using poison?
Tom White
Charles Whiteborn
Rita Smith
Bill Smith
The text states that American lawmen in the 1920s "were then still largely" what? (19)
Vigilantes
Inept
Amateurs
Corrupt
What nickname was William Hale known by in Osage County?