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Show HOUSE OF GRITTS I! RECOGNIZED IN ELECTION Long Line of Illustrious In-dian In-dian Ancestors Forebears of Cherokee Chief TAIf I.KQl'AH. Okla., March 11. Th house of Critts regained the heritage hroimht down by a lorg line of Hlustrl-: Hlustrl-: o"jm t'herukee statesmen when the remnants rem-nants of the Cherokee Indian tribe met here and elected Ivl firltts chief of the I'herokee nation. In what win formerly the i senate rhamber of the I'herokee nation, i where his father led many stirring de- bates, J-evi rit t.-4 was pronoinced the .tribe's new leader Had Criits. his Krandfather, was a captain cap-tain In the Civil war, and later was first chief of the Kee Too Wens, the most powerful tribe of the Cherokee nation. Ianfel Grit Is. an untie, was a delegate of Senator Hubert 1. Owen before the Indian In-dian payment. u.kui whose death Chief 1-evl tjritts succeeded him as delegate to Washington. FULL BLOODED. The new chief is 47 years old. a full l.luod Chcrukte und a . graduate of the Itacotie Indian university of Muskogee and the Tahleo.ua h male seminary at Tahleouah. Chief t.rltts Is n w In Wash-tngton Wash-tngton in the Interests of his tribe. Num-lM-r-d among several irnjiortai.t missions width he will attempt io serure, is ihe Kisike of the jurisMict iunsl bill providing provid-ing a final recounting for the fte ci'-IliEed ci'-IliEed tribes ofklahonia. The Kee Too Wans society was founded found-ed in ISiH u.ron a constitution written by Chief Levi's uncle after the dlsslutton of the Indti government. The e.ely was Incorporated under the laws of Ihe I'nited states with the announced purpose pur-pose of ponnoiiiiK the education.), re-ogious re-ogious and social Welfare of the tribe. Senator Owen becam eaf filiated wit It the society when hs was chosen to represent rep-resent the trilM) in the eolelcl:on of immigrant im-migrant claims. The society opposed the Indian allotment and filed a protest with the government that the Indiana were tanning on an old treaty. The society is L-omposed of between MHH) and 10.U0Q full blood Cherokees. ABSOLUTE POWER. I Two smaller societies, the ''Night 'Hawks" and the Cherokee provisional, rommittfo, are contained in the tribe, over which Chief tintts has absolute power. Three executive rommlUee are appoint-fed appoint-fed with Chief tifltt ThiS TTTontti to form ' plana for the administration of his immi-, immi-, tion. t hief C.rltts speaks hoth the Knglish i and Cherokee languages fluently and j writes as well in botn languages. The I characters conceived by Heiuoaii in the Interpretation of the I'reek language are used by the chief. The new leader owns more than 1'too ax-rs of Cherokee nation ( 'land and resides In Muwkogee with his Iwifs and two children. He has been en-t en-t gaged in ihe real estate business for the put fifteen years. I |