Show I CHEROKEE COUNCIL I Gathering of Full Bloods Ful I Largest Gthering Ever Held I the Territory I Wichita Kan Aug SThe largest gathering of full blood Cherokee Indians In-dians everheld in the Indian Territory is in Session at Tucker Springs Cherokee Chero-kee Nation an out of the way place on the Grand river Indians commenced I gathering there on Sunday morning I and they are still arriving The meeting I meet-ing was called by Daniel Redbird head I captain of the Jeetowahs for the purpose pur-pose of discussing various affairs of I the nation and the national party and affeo to select a candidate for chief Fully 10000 Indians are in attendance I and many white citizens The affair will last four or five days and end with a big dance Last year at a convention conven-tion of this kind five men were killed Tahlequah I T Aug S Chlef I Mayes has recommended the council to provide for a commission to treat with the Dawes commission hoping by this I means to eliminate the most objectionable objection-able features of the Curtis bill Joel Bryan the noted old settler and I Cherokee delegate to Washington for over 25 years died today aged 90 He collected over 1000000 from the government gov-ernment for unpaid sums due the old I settler Cherokees |