On another note, from Leonardo DiCaprio eating pizza at ReeDrummonds place to Martin Scorseses wife shopping at LOREC Ranch for custom Western furniture and dcor, my sources tell me the movie people are here in full force and already filming scenes in several locations. In the early 1920s, the western U.S. was shaken by the reported murders of eighteen Osage and three non-natives in Osage County within a short period of time. Ree Drummonds Mercantile has drawn a crowd since day one about five years ago, and now with several hundred film crew folks in town every day for the upcoming two months I can tell you the line to get in to eat at her place hasnt gotten any shorter, but again I have heard no complaints. Bigheart had said he had suspicions about who was behind the murders and had access to incriminating documents that would prove his claims. Another ally and close friend was the mayor of Fairfax, who most local people knew was the head of the Ku Klux Klan in the area. They got bills too just like the rest of us!! 
If anyone needs a history lesson of the Osage, there happens to be a huge movie being made right now around Osage County. After Fred died in 1913, Jack Drummond and an older brother, Cecil, formed a cattle partnership called the Drummond Cattle Co. During the next 50 years, it grew to more than 200,000 acres and embraced three generations . It was always our promise to Jody that she would always live at home with her family and I think she found comfort in knowing that. But other than that, I think it will be very factual," said Ponca, the former site manager of the White Hair Memorial near Hominy who now works at the Water Bird Gallery. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity) no matter what, so I'm excited for myself and for my family. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Hale, Ramsey, and Ernest Burkhart later received parole despite protests from the Osage. His film will chronicle the slayings of Osage Nation citizens in 1920s Oklahoma, after an oil boom made them the richest people per capita in the world. He said that he and Ann had been caught having sex by Sir Drummond, and in a panic shot them both. Cancer, car accidents, mis-behaving kids, losing elderly parents, miscarriages, affairs, divorcemoney doesnt stop life; in actuality it probably creates more of the above. "He struck me and most of the people as a very sincere person who wants to get this right and do right by us. When you did think it was about food; no romance, all you thought about was food. The new camp was near Munich, about 20 miles from Dauchau. 
Shes not even a city girl. The Osage people were exploited to a grand degree to an extent that eventually called for the FBI to conduct an investigation into the Osage Indian murders that took place between 1921 and 1923. Similarly, u have every right to ur opinion but once u put it on her turf, your right has ended and hers began. He was saying, Men, Im proud of you. And he was saying anything he could to make us feel good and he had kind eyes. Between 1920 and 1925, there were more than 60 mysterious or unsolved murders in Osage County, all connected with wealthy Osage citizens who had shares of valuable mineral lease royalties. It was a terrible 8 day march. Who wouldnt? It took a beautiful, innocent child and put her through untold pain and suffering. textbooks, as I found this post at this web site. Jody was very seldom crabby, always happy and she wasted no time in spreading that joy to everyone around her. The real question here is how did the Drummonds obtain so many headrights and how did they obtain all that Indian land, thousands of In 1840 there were 52 Drummond families living in Virginia. Woodward also served as the federally appointed Tribal Counsel,[22] and he had guardianship of four other Osage charges, each of whom had died by 1923. [12], In the early 1990s, journalist Dennis McAuliffe of The Washington Post investigated the suspicious death of his grandmother, Sybil Beekman Bolton, an Osage with headrights who died in 1925 at age 21. After numerous doctor, hospital, and specialist visits, we were given the news of her illness. 
"The perpetrators were allowed by local and state authorities to basically get away with it. And the museum memorializing Johnson a native of the present-day ghost town of Foraker who won an Oscar for 1971's "The Last Picture Show" opened in Pawhuska in 2019. The Osage people were exploited to a grand degree to an extent that eventually called for the FBI to conduct an investigation into the Osage Indian murders that took place between 1921 and 1923. Many times after the deed was done the killer himself would also be murdered. Because of this experience, I felt like I had gotten closer to Godit was a spiritual thing. Her heirs became fabulously wealthy. Some murders seemed associated with several members of one family. The U.S. Department of the Interior managed leases for oil exploration and production on land owned by the Osage Nation through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and later managed royalties, paying individual allottees. I grew up and worked (very hard) on a small farm in west Texas. [1] There were three waves of them, and by the time the third wave came along I was down on the floor trying to dig into the fibers and saying prayers. As they married and established families the Drummond name grew and then grew again with the following generations. 
The Osage murders were actually a widespread conspiracy by Anglo guardians to kill Osages for their headrights. "Persons deriving their designation from the lands of Drummond are frequent witnesses in the early charters of the earls of Levenax; and the family appear to have held various lands in the earldom, as well as offices in the "[7], In 1925, Osage tribal elders, with the help of local law officer James Monroe Pyle, sought assistance from the BOI when local and state officials could not solve the rising number of murders. Calling it "a time in American history that should not be forgotten," Scorsese is adapting David Grann's 2017 best-seller Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI." Over the past three weeks I have been writing about local history for the enjoyment of not only you, my loyal readers, but also the new hires moving to town and the dozens of film crew employees who are here temporarily. FRIDAY: THE LEANING COW . [19] Ernest Burkhart's attempt to kill his wife failed. "I have made clothes for that character, Mollie and I thought, 'She had that blanket wrong,' her wearing that fringe on the outside of it, on her shoulders," said Renae Brumley, an Osage artisan who has worked with the production. [1] Along with tens of thousands of oil workers, the oil boom attracted many white opportunists to Osage County; as the writer Robert Allen Warrior characterizes them, some were entrepreneurial, while others were criminal, seeking to separate the Osage from their wealth by murder if necessary. But it's going to bring back some stuff that needed to be talked about, that needs to be said, that some people know and some people don't know. 
[d][e] There, doctors suspected that he had ingested poisoned whiskey. Or if that doesnt get u going, perhaps @theEllenShows dancing can hopefully get u guys rooting for people. [21] Other witnesses and participants were murdered as investigation of the conspiracy expanded. While he was still working in Pawhuska, Fred had met Adeline Gentner who was from Coffeyville, Kansas, and on July 6, 1890, the two were married. The killings became known as the "Reign of Terror" and led to an investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Investigation (the precursor to the FBI). Construction projects arescattered across the county for Scorsese's big-budget epic, with workers laboring to craft replicas of the local train station, Catholic church and numerous businesses from the movie's era. "There's other Osages that are very skeptical but at least we've had input into the process.". . He died there in 1942. The Osage people were exploited to a grand degree to an extent that eventually called for the FBI to conduct an investigation into the Osage Indian murders that took place between 1921 and 1923. Ill bring you more next week, and until then Ill see ya down the road. On the way, Americans fliers, unaware of the cargo, strafed the train. Granted, she should not portray her brother Mike as such a stuttering poor guy. I grew up on a very large dairy and hog farm with lots of hard work for our family. @AmeliaJake, @Pottermom & @indianwhoknows a little Oprah watching is in order. I guess I just get tired of PWs life is always cheery and great blog posts, I know it just isnt reality to most ranchers. Im so surprised to hear such negative things said about a successful ranching family. She would have long stretches where she was fairly stable and then would become so very ill. Not very many people read this blog and thats okay with me because I its about me writing and not about me being read. When headrights were set aside for the Osage by the federal government, the government made it illegal for the Osage to sell or give away their headrights. We love you Drummonds and all you stand for,keep up the goood work.We love u all. Two years later with a $2 million advance on his inheritance, he purchased Kathleens fathers ranch in northeast Osage County, beginning what would eventually become the 400,000-acre Cross Bell Ranch. Drummond was born in 1896 on Osage tribal land. Many times we were sure the end was near and then she would open those sparkling blue eyes and stretch just like nothing had happened at all. I do not live the farm/ranch life but my best friend and her family have a very large farm in South Dakota, I know the time, commitment and hard work that it takes to keep it running. Kudos to them for doing it and doing it right! [11] Roan also had a financial connection with Hale, having borrowed $1,200 from the cattleman. Get the facts. All rights reserved. Some people really do hate the prom queen. In 2017, the family owned 433,000-acre (175,000 ha) according to The Land Report magazine. was helping him with operations. The ranch was run first by Gene and then later by his son E.C. "My biggest takeaway, in the case of 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and the murders that it covers, is the subhuman way that Native Americans were treated not just that they were murdered, but that it wasn't even hardly viewed as a crime that they were murdered," said Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, who is Osage. Go read other POPULAR blogs! the drummonds enjoy a ranching way of life for fun the money they get for running wild horses for the government is enough to support their life style alone without even adding the ill-gotten Osage headright money. The principal family of the name are believed to be descended from Maurice, a Hungariao nobleman, who accompanied Edgar Atheling and his sister Margaret to Scotland, where she married [11] Two of his accomplices had died before the BOI investigation was completed. The killings became known as the "Reign of Terror" and led to an investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Investigation (the precursor to the FBI). Hale and his nephews, Ernest and Bryan Burkhart, had migrated from Texas to Osage County to find jobs in the oil fields. But who am I to talk. [c] By that time, Lizzie had headrights for herself and had inherited the headrights from her late husband and two daughters. As the years went by and the boys grew up into strong and healthy, Jodys health slowly and steadily declined. But I also know this is not a documentary and I also know he's an artist," Daniels said. 
By 1920, the market for oil had grown dramatically and brought much wealth to the Osage. We've got a counter and stools and tables and chairs and I wouldn't say too many things match. ", Pawhuska gets a vintage makeover for 'Killers of the Flower Moon'. [1] However, newer investigations indicate that other suspicious deaths during this time could have been misreported or covered up murders, including people who were heirs to future fortunes.[2]. No. "I tracked down descendants of both the victims and the murderers. 
[13][b] Along with his admission, Morrison implicated Hale's nephew and Brown's ex-boyfriend, Bryan Burkhart,[14] in her murder. By murder is your answer, and friends, for 20 years his band of ex-cons, fugitives from the law and downright killers-for-hire threatened the Osage people. WebThe agents were able to prove that Hale ordered the murders of Anna and her family to inherit their oil rightscousin Roan for the insuranceand others who had threatened to expose him. This Scottish-born boy came to America at the age of 16 after his father died. In 1929, 76 years ago this week, Hale was convicted and sent to the slammer. [1] The Bureau of Investigation (BOI), the preceding agency to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), found a low-level market in contract killers to kill the Osage for their wealth. Holt is among the Osage citizens who noted the similarities between the Reign of Terror and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which is having its centennial commemorated this year. It loads a little oddly, coming up in the middle of the article. Good for her. I applaud them for the good business decisions that they and their previous generations have made for their benefit. We've got Friday, our dog, who used to live in meadow in Vermont until he died and came here. In 1926, Ernest pleaded guilty to being part of the conspiracy. They are available to anyone interested in the truth. And some people are not going to like it," he said. More than two dozen members of the Osage tribe had been shot, stabbed, beaten and bombed in one of the bloodiest crime sprees in American history. As part of the process of preparing Oklahoma for statehood, the federal government allotted 657 acres (266ha) to each Osage on the tribal rolls in 1907; thereafter, they and their legal heirs, whether Osage or not, had "headrights" to royalties in oil production, based on their allotments of lands. They work hard because they enjoy what they do not because they have to or ever had to. Thirteen other deaths of full-blooded Osage men and women, who had guardians appointed by the courts, were reported between 1921 and 1923. They have obvciously worked very hard for their holdings and for many generations too apparently. She could say more with a look or a half smile than most people do yakking all day long. Jody was always affectionate, wanting hugs and moochies as she called smooches on the cheek. The settlement also strengthened management of the tribe's trust assets and improved communications between the Department of Interior and the tribe. I still go to look at the pictures, but you know, the cows and horses are starting to look the same too. [1] Some of the murders were committed for the purposes of taking over land and wealth of Osage members, whose land was producing valuable oil and who each had headrights that earned lucrative annual royalties. Because of the large number of leads and the perception that the police were corrupt, White decided he would be the public face of the investigation while most of the agents would work undercover. The Peanut Butter Cafe & Roadhouse is a real place - each person just perceives it a bit different from another. "I think it needs to be told and I know for a fact that they have reached out to a lot of people. Two years later with a $2 million advance on his inheritance, he purchased Kathleens fathers ranch in northeast Osage County, beginning what would eventually become the 400,000-acre Cross Bell Ranch. In 1929, 76 years ago this week, Hale was convicted and sent to the slammer. March 1, 2011. No. 
Rita's husband, Bill Smith, sustained massive injuries from the blast and died four days later. 
Many of his customers were Osage Indians, and Fred learned their language, earning their trust and loyalty. The production trucked in a steam engine from Nevada to place on the train tracks its crews laid down and hauled in a fleet of 1920 cars after training people to drive them. They're going to get drama, they're going to get violence in some form, they're going to get anguish, they're going to get happiness, all the big feelings.". WebLocated south of Hominy and west of Pawhuska, the ranches totaled twenty-five thousand acres at the time of his death in 1958. A few years later he sold that store and bought out the Price Mercantile Company in Hominy, which was also very successful. Mollie Burkhart Cobb died of unrelated causes on June 16, 1937. ", Martin Scorsese movie 'Killers of the Flower Moon' delves into tragic Osage tribal history. 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If anyone needs a history lesson of the Osage, there happens to be a huge movie being made right now around Osage County. After Fred died in 1913, Jack Drummond and an older brother, Cecil, formed a cattle partnership called the Drummond Cattle Co. During the next 50 years, it grew to more than 200,000 acres and embraced three generations . It was always our promise to Jody that she would always live at home with her family and I think she found comfort in knowing that. But other than that, I think it will be very factual," said Ponca, the former site manager of the White Hair Memorial near Hominy who now works at the Water Bird Gallery. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity) no matter what, so I'm excited for myself and for my family. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Hale, Ramsey, and Ernest Burkhart later received parole despite protests from the Osage. His film will chronicle the slayings of Osage Nation citizens in 1920s Oklahoma, after an oil boom made them the richest people per capita in the world. He said that he and Ann had been caught having sex by Sir Drummond, and in a panic shot them both. Cancer, car accidents, mis-behaving kids, losing elderly parents, miscarriages, affairs, divorcemoney doesnt stop life; in actuality it probably creates more of the above. "He struck me and most of the people as a very sincere person who wants to get this right and do right by us. When you did think it was about food; no romance, all you thought about was food. The new camp was near Munich, about 20 miles from Dauchau. "The perpetrators were allowed by local and state authorities to basically get away with it. And the museum memorializing Johnson a native of the present-day ghost town of Foraker who won an Oscar for 1971's "The Last Picture Show" opened in Pawhuska in 2019. The Osage people were exploited to a grand degree to an extent that eventually called for the FBI to conduct an investigation into the Osage Indian murders that took place between 1921 and 1923. Many times after the deed was done the killer himself would also be murdered. Because of this experience, I felt like I had gotten closer to Godit was a spiritual thing. Her heirs became fabulously wealthy. Some murders seemed associated with several members of one family. The U.S. Department of the Interior managed leases for oil exploration and production on land owned by the Osage Nation through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and later managed royalties, paying individual allottees. I grew up and worked (very hard) on a small farm in west Texas. [1] There were three waves of them, and by the time the third wave came along I was down on the floor trying to dig into the fibers and saying prayers. As they married and established families the Drummond name grew and then grew again with the following generations. The Osage murders were actually a widespread conspiracy by Anglo guardians to kill Osages for their headrights. "Persons deriving their designation from the lands of Drummond are frequent witnesses in the early charters of the earls of Levenax; and the family appear to have held various lands in the earldom, as well as offices in the "[7], In 1925, Osage tribal elders, with the help of local law officer James Monroe Pyle, sought assistance from the BOI when local and state officials could not solve the rising number of murders. Calling it "a time in American history that should not be forgotten," Scorsese is adapting David Grann's 2017 best-seller Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI." Over the past three weeks I have been writing about local history for the enjoyment of not only you, my loyal readers, but also the new hires moving to town and the dozens of film crew employees who are here temporarily. FRIDAY: THE LEANING COW . [19] Ernest Burkhart's attempt to kill his wife failed. "I have made clothes for that character, Mollie and I thought, 'She had that blanket wrong,' her wearing that fringe on the outside of it, on her shoulders," said Renae Brumley, an Osage artisan who has worked with the production. [1] Along with tens of thousands of oil workers, the oil boom attracted many white opportunists to Osage County; as the writer Robert Allen Warrior characterizes them, some were entrepreneurial, while others were criminal, seeking to separate the Osage from their wealth by murder if necessary. But it's going to bring back some stuff that needed to be talked about, that needs to be said, that some people know and some people don't know. [d][e] There, doctors suspected that he had ingested poisoned whiskey. Or if that doesnt get u going, perhaps @theEllenShows dancing can hopefully get u guys rooting for people. [21] Other witnesses and participants were murdered as investigation of the conspiracy expanded. While he was still working in Pawhuska, Fred had met Adeline Gentner who was from Coffeyville, Kansas, and on July 6, 1890, the two were married. The killings became known as the "Reign of Terror" and led to an investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Investigation (the precursor to the FBI). Construction projects arescattered across the county for Scorsese's big-budget epic, with workers laboring to craft replicas of the local train station, Catholic church and numerous businesses from the movie's era. "There's other Osages that are very skeptical but at least we've had input into the process.". . He died there in 1942. The Osage people were exploited to a grand degree to an extent that eventually called for the FBI to conduct an investigation into the Osage Indian murders that took place between 1921 and 1923. Ill bring you more next week, and until then Ill see ya down the road. On the way, Americans fliers, unaware of the cargo, strafed the train. Granted, she should not portray her brother Mike as such a stuttering poor guy. I grew up on a very large dairy and hog farm with lots of hard work for our family. @AmeliaJake, @Pottermom & @indianwhoknows a little Oprah watching is in order. I guess I just get tired of PWs life is always cheery and great blog posts, I know it just isnt reality to most ranchers. Im so surprised to hear such negative things said about a successful ranching family. She would have long stretches where she was fairly stable and then would become so very ill. Not very many people read this blog and thats okay with me because I its about me writing and not about me being read. When headrights were set aside for the Osage by the federal government, the government made it illegal for the Osage to sell or give away their headrights. We love you Drummonds and all you stand for,keep up the goood work.We love u all. Two years later with a $2 million advance on his inheritance, he purchased Kathleens fathers ranch in northeast Osage County, beginning what would eventually become the 400,000-acre Cross Bell Ranch. Drummond was born in 1896 on Osage tribal land. Many times we were sure the end was near and then she would open those sparkling blue eyes and stretch just like nothing had happened at all. I do not live the farm/ranch life but my best friend and her family have a very large farm in South Dakota, I know the time, commitment and hard work that it takes to keep it running. Kudos to them for doing it and doing it right! [11] Roan also had a financial connection with Hale, having borrowed $1,200 from the cattleman. Get the facts. All rights reserved. Some people really do hate the prom queen. In 2017, the family owned 433,000-acre (175,000 ha) according to The Land Report magazine. was helping him with operations. The ranch was run first by Gene and then later by his son E.C. "My biggest takeaway, in the case of 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and the murders that it covers, is the subhuman way that Native Americans were treated not just that they were murdered, but that it wasn't even hardly viewed as a crime that they were murdered," said Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, who is Osage. Go read other POPULAR blogs! the drummonds enjoy a ranching way of life for fun the money they get for running wild horses for the government is enough to support their life style alone without even adding the ill-gotten Osage headright money. The principal family of the name are believed to be descended from Maurice, a Hungariao nobleman, who accompanied Edgar Atheling and his sister Margaret to Scotland, where she married [11] Two of his accomplices had died before the BOI investigation was completed. The killings became known as the "Reign of Terror" and led to an investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Investigation (the precursor to the FBI). Hale and his nephews, Ernest and Bryan Burkhart, had migrated from Texas to Osage County to find jobs in the oil fields. But who am I to talk. [c] By that time, Lizzie had headrights for herself and had inherited the headrights from her late husband and two daughters. As the years went by and the boys grew up into strong and healthy, Jodys health slowly and steadily declined. But I also know this is not a documentary and I also know he's an artist," Daniels said. By 1920, the market for oil had grown dramatically and brought much wealth to the Osage. We've got a counter and stools and tables and chairs and I wouldn't say too many things match. ", Pawhuska gets a vintage makeover for 'Killers of the Flower Moon'. [1] However, newer investigations indicate that other suspicious deaths during this time could have been misreported or covered up murders, including people who were heirs to future fortunes.[2]. No. "I tracked down descendants of both the victims and the murderers. [13][b] Along with his admission, Morrison implicated Hale's nephew and Brown's ex-boyfriend, Bryan Burkhart,[14] in her murder. By murder is your answer, and friends, for 20 years his band of ex-cons, fugitives from the law and downright killers-for-hire threatened the Osage people. WebThe agents were able to prove that Hale ordered the murders of Anna and her family to inherit their oil rightscousin Roan for the insuranceand others who had threatened to expose him. This Scottish-born boy came to America at the age of 16 after his father died. In 1929, 76 years ago this week, Hale was convicted and sent to the slammer. [1] The Bureau of Investigation (BOI), the preceding agency to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), found a low-level market in contract killers to kill the Osage for their wealth. Holt is among the Osage citizens who noted the similarities between the Reign of Terror and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which is having its centennial commemorated this year. It loads a little oddly, coming up in the middle of the article. Good for her. I applaud them for the good business decisions that they and their previous generations have made for their benefit. We've got Friday, our dog, who used to live in meadow in Vermont until he died and came here. In 1926, Ernest pleaded guilty to being part of the conspiracy. They are available to anyone interested in the truth. And some people are not going to like it," he said. More than two dozen members of the Osage tribe had been shot, stabbed, beaten and bombed in one of the bloodiest crime sprees in American history. As part of the process of preparing Oklahoma for statehood, the federal government allotted 657 acres (266ha) to each Osage on the tribal rolls in 1907; thereafter, they and their legal heirs, whether Osage or not, had "headrights" to royalties in oil production, based on their allotments of lands. They work hard because they enjoy what they do not because they have to or ever had to. Thirteen other deaths of full-blooded Osage men and women, who had guardians appointed by the courts, were reported between 1921 and 1923. They have obvciously worked very hard for their holdings and for many generations too apparently. She could say more with a look or a half smile than most people do yakking all day long. Jody was always affectionate, wanting hugs and moochies as she called smooches on the cheek. The settlement also strengthened management of the tribe's trust assets and improved communications between the Department of Interior and the tribe. I still go to look at the pictures, but you know, the cows and horses are starting to look the same too. [1] Some of the murders were committed for the purposes of taking over land and wealth of Osage members, whose land was producing valuable oil and who each had headrights that earned lucrative annual royalties. Because of the large number of leads and the perception that the police were corrupt, White decided he would be the public face of the investigation while most of the agents would work undercover. The Peanut Butter Cafe & Roadhouse is a real place - each person just perceives it a bit different from another. "I think it needs to be told and I know for a fact that they have reached out to a lot of people. Two years later with a $2 million advance on his inheritance, he purchased Kathleens fathers ranch in northeast Osage County, beginning what would eventually become the 400,000-acre Cross Bell Ranch. In 1929, 76 years ago this week, Hale was convicted and sent to the slammer. March 1, 2011. No. Rita's husband, Bill Smith, sustained massive injuries from the blast and died four days later. Many of his customers were Osage Indians, and Fred learned their language, earning their trust and loyalty. The production trucked in a steam engine from Nevada to place on the train tracks its crews laid down and hauled in a fleet of 1920 cars after training people to drive them. They're going to get drama, they're going to get violence in some form, they're going to get anguish, they're going to get happiness, all the big feelings.". WebLocated south of Hominy and west of Pawhuska, the ranches totaled twenty-five thousand acres at the time of his death in 1958. A few years later he sold that store and bought out the Price Mercantile Company in Hominy, which was also very successful. Mollie Burkhart Cobb died of unrelated causes on June 16, 1937. ", Martin Scorsese movie 'Killers of the Flower Moon' delves into tragic Osage tribal history. Having grown up on a ranch where my father didnt have hired hands (he had children) I know first hand about running a cattle ranch. the dates on this blog seem a bit old, not sure if anyone is still reading, but a fact that may help many put their minds at ease about how the drummond way of life can always be carefree its because the drummond family receives money every quarter for the 23 headrights they own this past quarter of 2010, the Osages wrote the drummonds a check for $237,000.00 now you know how life can be easy when the money is coming from a source which does not rightfully belong to the family. 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