Show AMOM TiE ChEROKEES Time AIMlHorMnsr Topic In luJIan I I Territory From our9edl CrJdrL T1LEQITAH D 2 ISSTI Cherokee NatIonal Council is j tt in I session The two branches ceo termed the senate conJttlng of eighteen mtmlr anti the council of Uiirty six members While white t adopted citizens may be elected to m ether house and occupy an > oftico except that of Principal Chief jet the upper house senate Is composed com-posed entirely Indian blood and tin loner house couniII has two w hlte mn nnd ole fnvdmau Cor negro unacquainted with thN fact however would coiiIdir aeh branch as containing onethird each of whites halfbnxds ami full blood During their sittings Hie proceedings proceed-ings are very slow as all speeches made nU documents read and everything which tran plre must be given in both language there being members in both houses who can understand but one language Every sentence sicken in the Cherokee Cher-okee tongue occupies fully twice as much time as when rendereJ in Knglish thus during tesslon hours the time I Is mostly spent in leading md interpreting committee n ports In I I iud commuuicaUnns and work Ic I j I mu un LU II LUIUUU rooms where Interpreters are nice general required Most of the butJnes I clone b my halfa dozen of r the ablest men of each body and ninny of the present Incumbeutsare S bjt learning their fIrst lessons l In legislative matters Cliaplilns are t not Among the appointed oflictrs who receive pay for serI and Iay all prayers are offered grUiitousl IJ S A limited number of desks are IC sIded but the niiijorlt are without and generally rcl eatil Jns time wall apiareiitl taking no notice of what is going on As the members use tobacco freely and almo con tinualh In Santo form tic romana In whIch they bit U often I ofen enveloped in a dense cloud of niolle Sect tore are allowed the liberty of listen lug and run frum one room to another an-other oftentimes niaKiii the proceedings pro-ceedings dinifuH to Ie l iindir tood because of noise and nt this mission s much Intcrttt is bin taken as I to what acton the council will pursue pur-sue on certain questions timers is a greater number of litorn I Omit if4itl his lanmaLing body is I j net In any way free from the profts ional lobb isL > who novr ndays loiter around iLiturts while in j ClOI Four weeks have passed since the council assembled l The thirty days imitation expires December 7th but > an extra scion may lo coiled by the chief but only to consider OIhlr such business as he maJIlac before him Verj little has been nem S ihshed thus far and cmestlons hich public interet has Leon cemmteredomm ire now but beginning t be consid red The propcsitlons regarding the sale of the land known M She herokee Outlet were rtlcrred to the beriate committee on foreign reds ton1 and recently they Irue re ported As there are some of the Nations ablest men considering t his question no doubt Uie Indians welfare will be kept in view ToI M committee the United Slates commissioners submitted I the pp > ropoMtions whleii UleJ were en I < o ered toand providing the In d tans cannot do better tho u offers olfr maj be accepted Time Cherolicc from the lands ca cded t them In this Territory havc I a Iready sold to Uiegoviriimeiit held In i trust for the various tnbts over I t wo million acres of land on their I O utlet to settle friendly udiaiis on I i as nd J the I money aceruingfrom those j sales at their appraised value Is in I y estel In United States bonds a I I t roxided bj treaty that all cur mo ency redlved from sale of lauds i I I sbal 0 The commission in addition lo S o Bering 5125 per acre for the un j occupied laud pro > 6c adding an mount to that already ixild sulTici ol WI nt to raise the price of those lands I I settled by l frlendl I tribes to SI 25 j p itrncre with the exception of the ands occupied by tile O < ige Xatlon Ml the land sold to thcns triK i ll lie Poncas ICez Perccs Pan necs I S Ilssourias Otoes and O 1ewere onvejed to thcmnt the time nun nd In simibr manner ea dnt Is not I I j xplalned I why the O ace tract I I i t omuieUjUiougiiTiie payment ouereu i could not be uthcrK Ise claimed for any of tlie linda thus fold If the Cherokees desire the whole amount which the conveyance of the land will bring 01 er 57000000 can be divided among the people each beS heo dividual I citizen obtaining about rl10 Uienfrom or one half can be S paid to the people and the Interest on the lialance invested In U S bonds will clve them an annual I Income of IOor the whole yim i L can b invested at 5 per cent lum per pr iiinum In fact the money is to be s completely at the disposal l of the Cherokees In all laments to the people of he nation the white > adopted citizen do not share onlj tho e of Indian blood and freed men and their descendants w ho were slaves in the nation at tImeS time of the war and tme Ill turned prior nlunL to 1SCS also two small tribes pror Delawarcs and fehawnecs who luc settled 1 among the Clu roUccs and I become part of the nation lt Xothlng definite Ins Jet been > > done but the offer of SI I 23 wIll 1mb Jrb ably he 1 rejected The committee I in who hands the commlc mater wa i i trusted has 1 reported adversely j re j sentlng two resolution iII tIme conmisalonire nwjorit favoring that informing Limo reposals time I i were not acceptable the minority providing for a committee to treat further with tlm commissioners Hut substitute his been introduced Introduc and will probably pass pnniding lroLJ II pmlling for a delegation of four or fir to continue negotiation with hi truc d tions to decline the I present oiler nnd submit for a proposition to sell the land a renter aliie In cotmectlou wIth time understanding that the of United which States the will Indians rectify grieaiices compliiu This submute was IntrodueeU 1 lms lon U H Bell President of the Senate and onl of the tireudet polltlciansand Iegi Iatorsamonj the Cherolvees I Is almost certain tills rln tlls will pn be I the next movement Time t opposition to a sale 01 under OnunUl present II prupat rind the majority In both louses are pledged to the C ILg thl same m jolitical jiartj and platform as the Ir6cJi tle S chIef This fact has its weight The commissioners negotiations with other Indians however have apparently a better prospect of sue S C TIle Choctaw anti Chlckasnw nnt Chlck < National Councils hare considered with favor J the proposals for the sale of their lands lying betwceiitheOath degree and time 100th degree longl S ude and ocr containing 7000IHK acre on which acf there are cow nr friendly Indians and have appoint S C delegates to meet the commls ioners empowering tie former to ell the lands They time lnts nr now on heir way to the Cherokee J capital tut the retbIC k i buthonctionof the Cherokees will iae a bearing upon the lrlng IJln course of the representatives from Uie other civilIzed nations Lands occupied I VT the Indians not as civilized as the five nations lying between the ouUct and the Choctaw and Jhlckasaws lauds will jiossiblybe I come government property The Irolerty Indians there have no title to tile ands on which they arc but al area bt a controlled entirely by tile United States 8 negotiations with them as to a sale are not necessary TIle Territory Oklahoma situ ated In the very heart of the Indian country surrounded on all sides by ndlan lauds Theoljectin JalJ 1IeoJ f1Iu treating with these Indians trtnl wil tbe Inllintis t open up a ufflcient area for ottement to form n additional Territory or Stale I egotiations are successful more mor Oman twenty million acres will be idjetl to the Oklahoma tract the ands of the Indians being decreased anti the domain of the white wble man xtended This has been such ha bn Feh f iromlpcii policy for piany genera lIons that I is now looked upon nsa I proper ton plan to follow XodouM the public land etrijJi west of Ore Tern too will also Us Included In the pr poscel extension The di po ltlon to h made of I those Indians nou Hying upon time tracts before mentioned I to otTer Omens a choc of lands In tllr In creations before theJ are opened to opn oteml11 amid become cihem of the United Slates In the event of those tribes refusing to accept this dIsposItion abandon their tribal relations and lie among the whites the government may tnoxe them on to thelands owned by some of the other nations In case the Cherokci refuse to sell their lands Uiese Indians can be placwl on the outlet huds after an appractl value is paid thu present oniitrs lathe treating nt j resent with the Chirokct Council many of thoHi InleresUtl In tint question leave construed certain statements of time commission and fcecretary of the Interior as an attempt to coerce them into selling Promjnent In this nparJ i the assertion that if the outlet or strip Is not hold rIJ at the I preseutoflirfrieiidlylndians will 0 settled thereon and a lens value tKr acre laid and lhat other Indians may also be settled east of the 9SUi degree which Is I the land given the Cherokees for homes The last treaty with this nation provides that this may lie done and It Is I an oljeetionable l part to the Indians The commission commis-sion lrol1 to abrogate this sUpuIa ton In connection with the sale ThN latter trut if allotetl to the present claimants would give them n trilu oven J acres lo each citizen unlit citi-zen and forcultivation a great proportion of I I While the placing other In UJI CUI uone flOUhJ abandon their tribal relationsand be given land in different sections of the country It cannot 0 done if time 101 Indians 1stlL In maintaining their tribal Mains as there is not ituilh Cleut unoccupied Liuil to allot ICO I 0 rc to end hend without Interfering I Inter-fering with the land now under cultivation Such settlement is ommhy i allowable by ermhsioii > of time Cherokee provided the President I the Uuiteei Slates ihall not declare the ejections Insufficient j i So Miuill 11 amount of t > ecubton ills I indulged In lol to the title hoo j sestej by the t lieronees to the outlet ImCoL I is a question on j which eminent urilt and government govern-ment officers differ mind the com mieioners to avoid army disputation l I upon the sulject propoMJto buy L > all title chain or interest which the i Indians may have The United Plate cannot ioni > tl a sole or take time laud without the nnt of the Cherokee except imy violating their trestles Hut tjiey can settle friend IJ 1 Indiins thereon bJ jCTXlngan nppraisetl 1 value Hut thu Indians halt the right to lease the outlet lands to w liom I they wish 111tu J The Cherokee Indians when they fold their lands emit of the I M1mmssiItlm5 to the I United I iItnteero j I to i used as homes 00000 acris I I since sold and the outlet west in al over I4OOJOOi litre In ad ditlou to a money con IderaUon S In the treaty deserihltig the S boundaries of the two first I mentioned tracts there Is further fur-ther guaranteed to the Cherokee I nation a rjitual outlet west and n free and unmolested uscof fl 1Imolt usof the roun I try Jyingwc tof the Wl Uieweslern l > oun I dary of the lands sot ajort for i I homes and letters latent shall IK issued I as soon a praetleable for i the land ln guaranteed Tin land was so surveyed and Ihe patent issued l in ISIS by which the i Cherokee r to have and to hold the same together with all the I rijhbj mnlvilegematmd right prUIIcgcsandappurtenance < thereto belonging to the Cherokee nation forever provided however > t that certain rights be reserved to the fulled fctate these JerC lnILt t1tl the being maliiK to allow other Indians to Ilow Intll ge salt t from time silt plains thereon thnt If I the Cherokee nation liecome extinct cxtnct or abandons the same I shall re r to the United States and the United Slates may settle any i friendly Indians thereon to In S j I I tak < n in comiact form In quail tity Hot exceeding IbO fleece for I each nniulxfof Fall tribes thus to be settled I the nrtics Interested to agree upon thcahie to lie jaiil and I I in case of disagreement the lrr1 dent of the United States to deter mile the price to 0 paid to the I Cherokee Hut until thussoldand I I jot cupietl bj friendly Indians Ihe t Cherokee imtion retains the rightjof I Ji lon of and jurisdiction over all of said country t aftersuch edt be made all i f r may I right of jxrse Siam and jurisdietlon ceases forever nru M to each of said tracts dSpostd I liegardlrg the dealings with the cattlemen in leasing their landv the herokces maintain the correclnr i of their course by decisions of the 1 circuit nil J supreme courts all the opinion of exSecretary of Uie In S lerior Teller The latter in giving liis Icws states that The Chero Chr I Lees tire not prohiblted 1 from i dlpjsmg of tIme grass grow lmmg njxin their lunil ir IIJkl 1811 any niore I i than Ihey are prohibiled from I disposing of the w heal corn or vegetables malted thereon as orS i fruits of their labor ° The j iirltllrgcof grazing rattle is but a I i I license and not a l lean 1 I conveyco no interest in the land cnwJce a a t The Clicrokics hau a fee i simple tlUe to their lands and do not 1 I recognize the right of the depart S I ment to interfere In the l1r i I thereto meut J of their ° aflairs e The with land reference is theirs I I I and they havu an undoubted right to I use it in any waj that a white man j i would u ° citwiththesaniccharacter I oftltlc nnd anattempt todcprivcthi S an3Ullt toleprlclhc nation of the right would bu In direct tonlllct with thu tnt as well M s the plain words of Ihe I jatcnt They are quite capable of determining without the aid of the detriment or congress what is to their ndxantage or disadvantage dis-advantage anti the govern ment cannot Interfere with the rightful occupation of their lull which are a rightfully theirs as the ixibhu domain is I that of the United states sulject onlj to Uie l > rod sioui of Article IT Treaty of 1SGG which at mot L only a contract to sell certain jiortions of the lands but until the goxernment settles friendly Indians tlereon and for Out lands he right of 1 oasetsion jmys and occupancy Is especIally reserved re-served tnlhe Cherokecs understand Ihelr itotIthoim l and in whit they do while IxiieUn that the Indians have often been unjustly dealt with think their OWI wel fare and benefit right ant privi mcgee win b Just sigh or ana any encroachment thereon will 0 met by every legal lower they can resort to Hut there nr is I littlu doubt that lte dOl lt an amicable settlement of difference ltr ence will take place at no distant day The truth of the following tle statement Is I however verified in the history of the lied Man as fir as his lands are concerned al least The native tribes who were found on this continent at the time lme of its discover have never been acknowledged 1 treated as Inde pendent nations pndnt by the Kurojiean goxeniments nor regarded as the owners of time territories Ih ownen tle terlorle they respec lively occupied Ou the contrary the whole I continent was divided and parceled out and granted to Uie governments of Europe a if It had semi vacant and unoccupied land and lie Indians continually hell to b and treated conthmalJ et their dominion and control The government of the United States Unit Stt hog not varied a great way from this rule Hut there I a BeIng who is controling the destiny of the Indian nations as well as other governments and each will fill the 1 place assignee them In the worlds trylgnt PRAM M |