Show CHEROKEE AFFAIRS Assistance For Dawes Commission In Taking Census Talequah I T Aug 1The Cherokee Chero-kee National council has just adjourned ad-journed here after a ten days extra session An important step was taken In furnishing the Dawes commission with all Cherokee rolls of citizenship that it might make a final list looking look-ing to the winding up of Cherokee affairs preparatory to the prospective change The Cherokee commission to confer with the Dawes commission was hauled over the coals because of its dilatory actions They were given a strong hint that they must do something I some-thing or make way for a commission that would Two attorneys Judge J A Scales and Charles Pearce were appointed for the Cherokee nation to assist the Dawes commission to take a true census of the Cherokee people and to I see that the Cherokee interests are protected pro-tected befoie that commission This step of the Cherokee council Is signifi cant as it Is another advanced step |