Show THE INDIAN QUESTION in the Terri twy of uie ta cart B used the cawes commis commission slon after nearly I 1 ins yen rears of persuasion has succeeded amali mag tog treaties with the choctaws Choe tawa kt saws s and an d creeks beavie but the lb gir 7 i tm of the latter nation declined to ay by in an almost unanimous vote ajar far are U they encouraged W hope tor for zoa tion the cherokees have per batly refused to make any treaty ad nd the commission doe doest not see e any gospert t of pe persuading them to do so bey have encountered two very ru se joua difficulties the cherokee nation nd the others in a less degree degre ls Is dw ed by a few shrewd and autocratic atties who by their force foree of charac wand ar and abilities have made themselves th m elves pastors pt rule the remainder rema ludek of the ribe with despotic power they have eted and occupy large tracts of the est land d in the territory and have biased much of it to white ranchman ranchmen ranch men nd and other settlers from whitt which they j derive large revenues and pocket the i money although they have iid no more claim upon it than other members of the tribe who lead a mis miserable exist ace in ignorance and poverty and are pu practically eally the s slaves la reds 0 of f tyrannical masters if the intention of the law created the dawes commission js la carried out these autocrats would be deprived of their wealth and the lands they control which would be appraised and divided in equal portions ind and impartially among all the chero frees hence they refuse to make a treaty and will continue to do so UM the government intervenes and compels them to recognize the rights st their 0 oppressed fellow tribesmen b order to do this secretary bliss recommends nn ends that a law be enacted by congress providing for the establishment of a uniform system of government over the indian territory as a whole similar to that in the other territories ri i es which will vall place all the inhabitants in possession of the rights and 9 liberties berdes guaranteed all citizens of the united states by the constitution in addition to the Ind indians iaus there are gibout white people in the territory who by invitation or by tolerance ance have settled upon the indian lands and have built houses and improved farms and established villages and nd towns without titles to the property they occupy without any legal status atus whatever or recognized rights ot of person or property being merely or tenants by sufferance any such action as is now proposed would be technically a violation of the treaties es that now exist between the gw emment and the five nations ch guarantee them the right light ot self government but the officials of bf the interior department contend that the nations have forfeited their rights by continual violation of the terms of the treaties and have no just claims upon the government in this respect j |