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Show RELICS OF INDIANS I May Be Preserved by the State of Oklahoma. Citizens of Creek Nation Want to Turn Over to Commonwealth Title to Old National Council House aa Muaeum. Okmulgee, Okla. Cltlieus of the Creek nation are hopeful that the slate of Oklahoma will accept title to Ibe old Creek national council bouae at this place, that It may bo prcaerved as a hlatorlc building and uaed as a muaeum for Ibe keeping of relics typical typ-ical of the Creek Indiana. II sold for commercial purpoaes tbe Creeks would receive perhaps leaa I than SO cents eacb from the proceeda of the sale, a aum which they would ' aladly forego If given aaaurance that lbe 'building would be kept permanently perma-nently by tbe atate Thla was the capllul of tbe Creek nation, as Okmulgee Ok-mulgee wss Its capital, before tbe tribal government waa dissolved. The building waa erected In 1878, of native sandstone, when tho neareal railroad atatlon waa Muakogee, 40 mllea distant, from which much of tbe building materiel waa hauled by wagon, wag-on, lis coat was about IID.OOV. In thla building assembled the Creek legislature, or council, aa It waa called, composed of two houaea, the upper bouae, or "house of kluga," and the lowor houae, or "houae of warriors," the former having 67 and the latter 114 members. In It were alao bouacd the aupreme court, conalatlug of a chief Justice and three aaaoclale Jus tlcea, the governor or principal chief, and the subordinate national offlcera. The Creek nation enacted and executed exe-cuted Ita lawa In the same manner as the neighboring stales. Including capital cap-ital punishment. The latter waa by shooting. A large tree that still atanda at the left of the main entrance to the build Ing was wbere crtmlnale wore eiocut-ed eiocut-ed It waa there that Tlnimlo Jack was shot for the murder of Jamea llrown. Jack waa eiecuied by Duke llerryhlll, In the prcaence of a large crowd of spectators. The Creek punishment pun-ishment for stealing waa CO laahea on the bare back fur Hie first offense, 100 lashes for lbs second offense and death by shooting for the third offense. rnsnnera were frequently whipped under thla tree, but the dcuth penalty for stealing, a more ntrtgnnlly crtoie than murder, waa Inflicted at another spot In the council houae yard. The dome of the building Is surmounted sur-mounted by a large gilt encle. In one of Hie Wilms Is a hole. Wesley liar nett, one of the romantic klllera and dispersdnea of the Creek country, lifted hla Wlncheater In the at reels of Okmulgee one day and said he believed be-lieved ho would wing the eagle, Just for luck, and be did, hilling tbe left wing. The old building and Its ahsdy grounds have been tho favorite meet. Ing place of the Creeks upon national occasions, from payment daya to council coun-cil gntherlugs. Tbe old-time Creek still loves to rome to Okmulgee aid), alt wllb old friends ou ibe urnfST lawns and tell stories of other dsn 8. U Johnson, though not a Creel cltlren, la seeking to Induce aome society so-ciety or organisation of patriotic par sons to acquire the building. If tbe alale should not, and preserve It for' Its historical asaoclatlnna. Thero are thorn-mills nf relics of Creek life soil tend among Creek families that would he placed In the building II properly safeguarded, and many per sons having manuscript act-ounta of Crvek history, Ii genda and trlhnl lore wuuld glmlly phiee them In the archives ar-chives of such an Institution "The preaervatlon of thla old roun I ell houae," aald Mr. Johnson, "offers the beat end almost the only means of preaertlng a record of the cue tome and the Identity of the Creek people, end It would be an act of van daltam to permit the building to be swept away for Ibe few dollars It would bring." Suicide Is Private Affair. I -os Angeles, Cal "Hulclde la a prl vale affair. There la no more Juatl-Drntlon Juatl-Drntlon for the publication of such accounts than there la for publishing other private niattera" This la the asaertlon of a commit leas uf the XTIICrVkn Academy of Medicine Med-icine which Invcallgated the question of aulclda. In making Ha report (he committee requested the press of America to refrain re-frain from printing news of such trug silles |
