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Show Xlie Imliau Territory Committee. Commit-tee. Washington, 16. The'.sub-commit tee of the senatorial coenmittoe on territories, consisting ol Senators Patterson (chairman), Chaffee and Garland, appointed to ascertain what amount of money has been expended by the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole Indiaus, the civilized tribes of tho Indian territory, to support delegates to Washington territory. duriDg the past five years, aud in opposing the organization ot a civil government over said territory, anii whether Buch money has been taken from Bchool funds of eaid tribes; also whether a territorial form ol government should not be oran-iz3d oran-iz3d for that territory, and to I enemire as to whether certain railroad companies have issued bonds predicated pre-dicated upon conditional grants of lands to the Indians of that territory, havo arrived here with their clerks, stenographer, etc., and will leave for the Indian territory in a day or two. They will visit the capitals of the diN fereut tribes.lake testimony and probably prob-ably remain in that country, some time. |