| Show ICHOCTAW INDIANS Life nuiin0 ibt Largest ol the FYI > cmiiiid Tribes Tiiriitiiisiimr AMi 113 OVitOIibOT Iiilirtillmr Afwent nf the Culcra Uns aud llnr e rHUM of oo lolfrntlnr IMple eVruepnimoi tuaaae howL llavlnc Riven 5 bI 11 Vetch or Hie Chllkln a pnviou nilltl I will now hour itndiit the tttneflt 0 I information I sbUlueJ mcoernlDK IbrChoeUwi during my rtvinl labor among them Altar ipeualn a ib ill Unit lit Maaard we weal to tIdal town lhehMl < u il rifor the wuili ern port of Ike territory Including lIn Croctaw Kalian fhere we were i ilnJIy received 1 by lltolhr Heaborn II Mibry and wile llrother Mahry It I a wlillo mm from Georgia bal ln > wIle li toll I Cherokee and was the n1 other pej > le In euibiace lIme Hot I lol l Hh sod her uuibind weie bit i Iliid ly Kldr Jotpli 11 lIt while In WM laboring lu the Injun lerrl 107 will llder M W Dillon lu ISbl Hlnte tint lime their Isaac > tin I been open la I the Ellen At nut tin liboH of Ihe KUeie I rem court iml to the Lbtroiie nation but Hit fleld ho LUll luuilanlly i reading Into Ibo sun rounding hall Leaving llilartuwn Wa crotted Iho Canadian llvtrlhedlvldlni line teen h te-en hIs nation and fbUiid ourtelvre monir itbe Cbocttwi 110 lit hum JI MtM have I and bteu ai luccertful 110 le k < hulls Uheiukta IIUhUIOU hoot h-oot of the I Indium have embraced tna Uoil cad ate wltiiMHi In I lImo fail that the ilr follow Hit true believer be-liever AtnniiK thIs number I rilter loulia Urilllili a hall bleed CboO Uw nearly levenly joan of age who WM reiloied la lieallh and hat sloe done her iiwn work lu the I lurirlta of lift I foiimr aonlnall onCe Many duet are InvriilmllDfr and Ibt inejudlce li I Ktadiielly dliapptarlng 11 It I a tlllt of the ludlau people tot very otullout sod not la am Into niiyllilni haillly therefore they nre valy low btul ocetllii Ill Uulptl Tliu fact li I cushy acnuutxj for Hi nuuy whllr luave touo raiui lueui for the aa tnau urpo i of Inking ail waninle cf Ibem Hut tb Indian ban logO contldeoco In Ihe wlilln mi > twill t-will not luau much lu do with tlim uulll Iliey Ltrouo aojualpleJ Tbeia also buD born many lab tf loll elrculaleil amou < Ibtm by lie wullie coDiitrnluK Ihe Moimou iecle and wlitn Ill ones fotni uu u < lulou II 1 U I dinlnilt U obauK II Horn are Tory luullleront and uanot tar to litlrn tu tba Ufftl whllo JJ lf atbarmn IlitrirtleJ anil dtilr to taru all they can about lhir fore alheo a t wtll i lie lion citation Ai lImo Indium bn beph ho hue ory of IbemicUn It U dial cull hob aln a corirct aocouul of thorn for many leneialloDi back II tuald by owe ol Ibo princIpal Will slma cog Ihe Cbooaw > that the four trlbm Lhoo taw I Ulilckaiaw Cook ioU SemInole memo al on Haiti united aionlilba alltd Uukotu Ulbii deny hl > and ai Ibo Ii l oo record of II we cauuot prone tllber claim Mat It I li almvit ctitalu that tb Cnoctaw and Mikkaiawi Ccli orIgInally the tarn > roplr l and according to tradition their kIng dial and lelt iwlu euni Thrno I Iwo lUll both claimed th rliiht li lucceed their father and ai neither woulJ lellmiulih bls clliu a war wa < lIlt null Ihvnamraof tn brolheri lelug Choctaw and Uhlckanaw their followera look upon tntui Ibo imuie of their re > i > eollT leaden orlata lid Into twotilbci aLd tare ilucuLeitu known luy tbeie uaniti lha ChoLla ut one time ociui led what li I now Alabama and lejrju but allerwaidi rtiuorJ to Otisalusilull I vheiathey nunu laId unlll ihry wt jfoufbl wi > it by Ihu coTeiniucnt Lrlor to lIsa lltnlutlouaiy war the kIng wet apuilulod by ilia llrlllin and ttlll failber back the Flench had lb ohooilng uf Uie crowned taJ Die next oHloori lab la-b hltg met Iha ehltf uch Uia or clan hating 00 principal and tub ordlual Lbltl noat In I rank mar he ciplilm and warrlorii who wr Uomituutoitr tho tlllem of Iho saIl etc Ibu woo six 1 of thfu Ikm and tboy lined apart ftom eaoh other bry nerer marrmd ounlde their own lknae their low J prohibited than ruiu eu doing until lOll when lull law I wni repealed I Th moil enlightened enlight-ened of Ohio Ikiai was Ihe llyahpb ukkilo lIsa royal houioor heuioof kluge woo ol Ihli clan and wm called Ike HatUklholUtah lldond uf the foopit None but thud ef royal blocil Were permitted to occupy Iho him none JIlol liar war any mlnlo ama amoLg Ibm the Uhcctawi tellend tIle Oieal Uplrll and their cuitousi and hablli am nflilenco that they so at Itraellllth orliilu rhuugh many uf U > m acie ltd mime Chniaibam relIgIon boy did not i > llniuUli Ihelr old 1 cu tons 5111 ulrrLllloro In Ihe ihaiw of buiulng or othcrwU torluilng and kllllnic Ihoro accuied of wllihorall until OSlO at which linn law I were pomI prohlblllugauoh lId Alter comi ntluic lu the allotment of their land III Mln lppl laud the adoption of the United titalei liwi the JhtoUw lenpI law lbs poiltlon In III which they wore placed and al once petitioned the omnmeut la remove re-move tbem to a new country and gIve heui tho right of lelfuovtruuieul Thu truly ol Dancing lUhbltcrrek w > iaccoruliily ma Jo roTldlng i Inc tbvialeof 1 Ibelr landieait of IhMh alsoippl and thu luichaiauf lImo tract I now uctupled by Choctawi unI I Ihe Lhlokanawi lbs iroceed oflhatale wrio to hav icon placed lu the UultoJ Hutu treaiury for a curtain length of time antI then were lu bIld I to tun Unoctawi with fire la roil I Ilitemuol Hut the lay t went 1 wai deferred r for half a century and then only IIJ i In pall Boon alter the 11ly Hat madu 111 people pre laId to remove la their Dew londi 1 ninny of the aged ui well HI tlio yen > ouIIIII ibirlng In hue hurdihlpi of Ibn lauiiify Uliemn getting among thmu uiiuy iliad on Ih way and alter ai riling HI their definition othcrj briaoia dlicuiirajed and returned to Mlxliilppl lIlt rmoval wai commenced In tho year 131 and wae continued until 13SI It woo again remind lu Uj and eiidnl In I 1849 thy mill rlly of Ibe Cboulawi being at the tlmo ho UcJ on l Ibo Until nowuouuplad by llitm lu I I Indian fnrrltory Hi 0CotmIO log wttt a change hi liten made lu lImo form of go orunei Iiitltailof having a king over tlm they now hai a goTernor or print pil chief ai lie li I eometlmn cilleil who It I alrctml lit the ppol for a Irrni of two your Next lu Imnuriauc are Ihedliirlct cliln orelor ocli 01 Um four 1I1r10la thIn which UIK lutlon li I dIvIded Ktcti dlilrlcl I < dlridel 1 Into camille > ud lh ooaue prrtUtil over by uountyjudgei who logtther WIll the iherm < and other minor alTO cot it olccltd by Ilia pwpla roe judicial power of the uitlon It nnled In I a uinonme court comtiuvvd cl thlr llilrlcljiii I gee one of whom li I ilyled chief 1011mw and Ih circuit aui county count Hi ituat It I Icotnpoird I ol ilxteun emttrr four from r > cli illitrlct fhe irpreienlatltii am rvut from the ooun II let rich thouiand oltlnne being CL tilled 10 OIlU ftp tma tutitlT lu lbs htuie The leglilntuia coo nones an nutlly lu October at luikahoma Wad Oiuuty where the OaIilOIa lodge alone bulMIng bvru arrcta hach eetilon iitunlly occuplei from are toie n weeki and Ibe uieruben ircelffi ft per day during IbID ttnir No pttion can LeonIne a mtmbrr uf lull body eicertlie hans tndla n LlooJ Inhli I felni Toa prluclpit chief li retted with 1 tba veto power bill li tub jecttok twotulrdi 1 vote of Ih leglf I litillr Their goTeinmeithai been wul conducted con-ducted Tery little trouble Influx Lou nrlencej intll Ills fill of IbM At his limo they war txpcctlug money to be paid them by tue Unlttil HUlee goTernnifnt mimI eorue trouble irote about 0111 mmmd oilier mtlterr which ro fulled In I thu lotto anuuibref live Thediniculty leuiiluej uuieltled and i In the epilug of lIlt more flgbtlni woo Indulged lu luougb with lees I iirloui contequiacii it no ono wai killed Uullod BlilM troopi wet lent to Ih oos of trouble to prtttrrx mien UQIII a vuivuiut Could ue tlfected The bonny bit bUll mInce pnld Ibem oar SIP per brad and Ihe trouble thought I U b willed The royalllee auiually turoiol I by the national agent permit ami 1 uther Culled amount to about WUOI TIll um It lulllleut lu ayalltx 10 niiof Ihe gotument ai wrll ai 10 early on a rely good cbool iit < m Hmall hl bborbO < U lonooU ale vilati lIaIsed lu mOIl cf the iittleuieini throughout na Ion Thtte arj aim four acadimlia wiere mote advoncel tudlieatu laught and If the ChtcUw itudeut Uttlreii tc I utiue bit nudlti itlll funher provlifgn It I mol lu for tenit lug him to lIst Jlgh ichoolt In the slab n all expvnai being pal 1J by lIar UhocUw ROTeimieut IsoUclliieiii cannot teuU IlieltcbllJIen 10 IheCluc Iw ichoolt but mutt provide icuogU of Ibilrowu The cost li I ctetler to become a cltl till of bIle Uhucltw nation thin 01 Ih fbeiokee S1UU being tha prloe ut a llceute to marrp a olliziu Filly lInt lire wai Ihe Vie uulll lIme lull ow yean wben It ai lalietl for the too I 000 of ke plu out Ibuie who marry lor Ihie eole Uoieof ialii Couplut t rrtnuenlly nvhu InjinO for a llont bytioailtijc till line Into one of Ihe I HJtti tu gtt luirrltd I u such cate Ih wife allll retalm her right ai a clllien and can holt properly lu her uwu name but tIll liutbiud hat no Image rlgliti Ihtu any other nonoltliin The Choctmi lane the largest t mollIfy uf my of tb fife tlflliitd tllUvi their Billon covering uitauf lu4JU iquait mllei The wpulatlon in 1100 1 Including Ireediuen anI aJupluJ oltUUi wai entlmaUd al ISuOJ Thenare sits about the lime number of liuclllien whit Tn latter owl uu land but they lent from Ibis cltlnut ind piy limo owner one i Ihlrd or ou fjurlli at tbclr crop They are aliOrtiUliel obtain a Im I mil from luditn governmeut live lu the nation Home pull of thli natlou ar Tery prodictltr iheioll being very lion but a large J PortIon li I rougn and uoUlnou I ulId very Inferior t firm Inc land though well ad pteU to sOoth laltlDg The chief wetllhof Ihe Choclaw vounlry budivir li the iramluKlr Iliexbauitlble coil bid which are being Uevelod Try rapidly and Ihe royally paid to Iho nation from lull ourcantnouDU to a conilderablu turn Theia li I alioan abuuJanca of timber lu the Chooliv Dillon which lucrtaiet their mveuuimilerlally abc him ad Tout alb uUroII The full bbod Choctaw are TIM ilrlct In ktedog their word When one U convlclid cilnio and leDleuced to ka allot Int > ad of beIng coollned lu Ir bl I libel I he liglnn I hla liberty I t uulll the lime ml lor execution liliuld that they are alviya on baud at Ihe hour ileilgualid The tuijorliy of the Choctiwi are brooming mt much eullghleniU and mayor Ibo = bane lire farmt under cull ration tame uf tueie lire In rood J houei liul there are HIM a fw of lIme fulllloJt who lire In the back wood 1 and nlllrate a loon fullei patch and keia few hoge The latter lire on the rutl and rood I fouad In lha wood walch ate utually very Fmfelruble I < 1 rau hue uwutri y The Kideriufa not bieu ai kIndly I retelred bIll people In hull 11111 as It laOmeu clhir paru of Ihe lenltury Home few m tlnge hare been Inter mulled and iroieu up by the rough element at Ue Imllgallon of those who ate lupiotid lo bo leachert rJOu ol the Ocajel urI of 1 late no inch lor Oil I turbabrei ha > occurred U wai lu till put where On o of our Ruder were robbed nf theIr walchra lit tprlng a n account of wblLh all arrd lu tho NK I8 al the tlnlf Illlh saw rlclully my elf and tomtanlon were rrtiulrrJ lo tinialn out In the 1tld all night at the I people were M prejudiced preju-diced they would Ifl alhw UIOIOP ereu Ut up by their lIme It cue a bltlerly coIl l nlihl but erotica Worm Jlor mom they would liul gIve in sheller allhougli loniv of Ihtni were well able toilotd Hut n n hare many frlendi In Ill nation who woulJ iicrllle a great deal for Ihe IMttr rtallilng lhat they will receive Iho bletiluei romlted for u doing 1011 WOOIIIIUKV |
