Show INDIAN ulit AlrAI AltordCriedItlon ViIlh till IlleC111111cli Trll11k11 Chll ror 1 nmber or years 1 < II has been apparent that the Iomlla In tier hlh the flee chlz1 WNs I MOM established 1 In the Indian Trllr Witle Ih Unit under ttunty t Provisions wlh Ini M tatem llh the right or irgov 1101 rnlnl it nil the exclusion C till hll prooria from within their Ider leave undpigone so compkt n change am to render the conUnlllr or tire rtm thus loulrale rIIAI frupAsible Th total numhr of tho he civilized tribes as ohown IY I till fast cannot wn n484 tied this nlmb r bees not mllrlnl ricerenmedwhIle the lilt POIlothm I Umntl lit from 200000 tu rOIOO I hlh ty prmlslon or the Indl1 government hU Bottled In the teriltory The prrnt artia of the Indian territory 0nto 2Z61I fGT lad acres much or which la veiy fertile Tile United states citizens resisting In the territory mot or mhom have gone there 11 Invitation or lh tire consent oC tile tribal ulholll love Indo permanent homo rn UIm a Beh Numerous town h it ro built In hlh from 00 to O whU people now reside nlulI residence resi-dence and business houses leave ben lect1 II many ot 111cm Large humincies nlrprlo em are carried on lie nhlch vast going of mOy are era loyc1 and yet these lePIe nho have Invested their capltl In the development develop-ment of the Productive Wesourcele or Ilia country are without the title In the lad they occupy and have II vol hovr II the government lhr of no nations I nlh9 Thnuslnda if their children oloo wr born II t territory are DC sohol ago but the door or the schools of the nations I tire shut against Ihm And what Pilo < < CIUoo they get In I 1 private onlrlbu lion No provision for lie Protection o the life or property or these hlo menl Itizeng unit Is I mol hy the tribal govern AN INDIAN ARISTOCRACY The secretary of the Interior report that kudng Indiana have absorbed great tracts of land to the exclusion or tile common 0110 and gOOnl liy an Indian aristocracy hIs hecn practically stabllshed to the deirl lnt or ho people I Tins bmi found Impossible for the United States 10 kel Is oUzcn out or Iho territory nl tile xorulor conditlong vote tattled II the rcutlff with the nations have for th lost part Iomo i Imps Bible or execution lead I bn ptslh for tho tribal government to secure each Individual I Indian his full enjoy ment In common lh other Indians of the common property of the nations Friends or tire Indiana hove long lo llevcd that the best Interests of the Indians In-dians of the me cIMIIZfil tribes would be found In American cltlzenshlpwhleh tI Irhn belong to that gnl mfnhlpWhlh IJAWrS COMMISiilOIjf PAIIU11P Ily section 1G of the notot March 3 I 1813 the President all t nuthotlzed tit appoint three omllon to enter Into negotiations with the Cherokee hoctnvv Chickasaw Muskogec or CrI and Seminole nIUon comon oil ly Mouton us the live civilized tribes In the Indian Territory Brieny the purpose pur-pose of the negotiations were the cx tlnrulshmcnt of the tribal title to any lands within that territory now held by any call alt such nations or tribes either by cession of the < lhr same or some part thereof to the United States or by allotment or bY division of same In I FevernitY among the Indiana or uh natloni or tribes respectively as troy bo entitled to the same or by I such either method an mil Iw agreed upon between the several nations and TON it aforesaid or each cf them with tin United State lh n Iw to uh nn adjustment upon the hal of juitlci and equity as may lhlhe consort or the 011 nations or tire Indians ate for as may Ie necessary requisite am But t able to enable tire ulUmnlo rn lion oC n state or states or the Union mlilch h1 omhrnoo the lands Ithln sold Inln Trltnn The ommlsIon mt much opposition from the helnlg Th Indians inere very slow 10 n1 and those In control manifested n 00 < 1 disinclination 10 1101 W tit favorite prpoIUt rub mltd 10 them thA little more than thr Years ago Ihl N orgAnization the mlnllnn efIl on ogInt wit Ih tile Cholnw nnlon alone Th hlIaw have refused 10 ngrea 10 Hi term end all they hoe n cent mon Inlpt with the Choctaws In th lands of Hill nations the agreement with thi latter nation could not have been with the onent or tile forme April 23 1517 tire I commission effected nn n rpmlnt with both trlbcal wlh Phocfivis An1 hlokn aws This torriment It I In I Understand has bn rntlfled bv the conmul1 Authorities of the resilertivP Irlh or notions or orl thrPto And only requires rat 10nlon hI Congress to make It bind 111 Ingon On lh 27th ol Pptpmh 1S57 nn 1ftgTPlnmtwas ofTPCtd l with th t rnwl I nation but I Is understood that Ih Santa national council refused 10 ratify th NoUnUon are jet to be hid with ho hok s the 100 populon of ho nv civilized tribes i d with tin SProlinceles Ilia Priori In point if Tiomhrrm unit Territory Thp provision In tin Indian npro prlntlon net neti d I Jure 10 iw rmke It feel July oC mo commission t p Investigate I anti determine tit ltl U Hchtn of applicants for citizenship I HIP I five civilized Irlbou The ommlolon Is I nl present Pit cnirpl In this work nmong the trH nol ham made Pyiolnlrnents for taking the mu of these looll up to nm Including the nth of the proolent monlh cosrniinss MU T rijotiiuVTn ro TIT INDIANS I should the agreement between Hi holawa and clilckniws h ratmi by Congress anil hould th othi tribes fall to make nn agreement wit the cnmmllon then I will III trecas nary that some 1 11100 > hnl1 be ha by Congress which while Just ant honorable to the Indinns shall 1 equitable 10 the white Poole who Tiny Bellied upon these lands hy h1lnUn of the trlonl nations lion Henry I DAN chairman or Iho committee I i letter to Ihp secretary nC tile 10 iirlor tinder date or October 1 1697 I BOY Indlvlfliinl ownership N I In thel I tile commlislonsl opinion bpolitil ootol 10 tiny elnt Improve merit In conditions still Urn lack ol i I i tire root of nearly nil Met evils whlc have co grlivmisl nlllrt d theme pto pie Alom nt lie I KrMoft is Ih only lbli othl nolass tho I on1 nrts ar cloth d v lilt the olthorb 10 nporon th lno mong I 1 zoM indlltis for who MSP It w i I I 4IV t t il I cOm Ir wit To the Pat tary of the Ii I tcrlol that there can be no cure for l the evils Or goudiered by It e poi ver or o n ei g < t if Menu Rrn IrlMo exia filing 1 I their lesumpimi by the jovrmuenl ivhlch created tfwrn l |