Show TilE CHfROKfES ARt ARMING BITTER FEELING AGAINST TH EAWES coarsnssioif Advocates of Allotment Have Been Warned to Cease Negotiation Or Their Lives Would Be Taken Little Rock Ark Oct 1A special t to the Gazette from Fort Smith Ark says 7 saysIt has just leaked out here that the full blood Cherokees have been secretly arming themselves and securing large quantities of ammunition for several weeks but it has been especially brisk since the return of the attorneys sent to Washington to enjoin the Dawes commission from proceeding to make the citizenship rolls The majority of the Cherokees are opposed to the treaty d but the most bitter feeling is among to the ignorant full bloods They are prepared pre-pared to resist any attempt to change their tribal goverrimenL t Several leading advocates of allotment allot-ment treating with the Dawes commis glon have been warned to cease the negotiations r f ne-gotiations or their lives will be taken Aa the Indians are great sportsmen i md use large Quantities of firearms and ammunition they have been able to secrete ammuniton te j Clete a1 the weapons they wanted without attracting unusual attention A prominent man who enjoys the confidence of the fullblood leaders arrived ar-rived today and sounded the Aiote of warning He says his life would not be worth one cent on his return to the nation if It should be known that he made public the securing of the arms No immediate outbreak is anticipated anticipat-ed but a great deal depends upon the action of the councllnext month nCton o te |