Bacon Rind (Wah-she-hah; translation Star-That-Travels; ca.

[1] Rind was a member of the Progressive Party in the Osage Nation, favored allotment, and supported the development of oil on the reservation.

However, he maintained traditionalist custom and dress and was a gifted orator in the Osage language.

He served as a member of the Osage Nation Tribal Council and as the assistant principal chief from 1904-1905.

In 1912 he was elected Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, but in 1913 he was removed from office by Secretary of Interior Walter L. Fisher for a bribery scandal in 1906 involving an oil lease.