Show 7 9 tf r 7 I 1 t I 1 TERRITORY ITS FIVE SO CALLED CIVILIZED NATIONS AND OTHER TRIBES the tb form of ef Gov govert rt among tir the watlo whites who flurry harry into tir tile tribe R ter desp 11 doo miners degroo and half 11 reeds there are indians of all color colors in tho the territory some are 0 the standard indian color a it rich copper others ere are of a brassy shade and these ire are bait half breeds but there are halt half breed breeds also wh whoso aa to color lor Is darker than that of a it full blooded led indian III fn euch such there is benegro blood before the th war of the rebellion and sul toft to it many of the indian owned slaves alave sand and cotton plantations worked by them there are an mine items fine cotton plantations today to day near eufaula and many of thene the who work arkon on them and get got paid for their labor picked cotton there before and d during ur ing the war and alter after it too for their food borne bowe of the indian slave 1 owner owners objected strenuously lu to giving the colored men the their ir freedom and awl are not satisfied yet that they received justice in uio the transaction particularly as it od to bo be a it matter of no consequence to the tho the latter hae has nil all about his hi right rights since that time end insists upon getting them in addition to the fire so caller carlel civilized nations tir the cherokees Choe choctaws taws chickasaws seminoles Semi noice noles creeks them aro am a number of remnants rem nante of tribes tn in the territory in all there are about GOT gov ferryman perryman of the crook creek nation is a very intelligent indian lif 1 co complexion mp lexion Is very dark and he Is 1 supposed to have halve negro blood in bla vein iio lie if Is of stout build and medium hel 7 b t Us dresses in civi civilized liml garb and bas lia a crapio ct of daughters vw who he are ar handi handsome orne and looking enough to attract attention atte ll 11 con anywhere GOT gov ferryman perryman can both read and write busby head the princ principal chief of the cherokees Cher okeal la in an intelligent bait balf breed one of ilia his ancestors was white lit GOT gov MC 1 curtin of 0 the choctaw choctaws Is tall and d rawboned FORM FORSE OF each cation nation bos has a government not unlike that of a state they have a council that might be compared to a state legislature this council makes the laws with ith tho the governor governors approval tho the council can pass A m bill over ever his veto by a two to thirds vote each nation has a number of school schools and these at 0 reasonably well attended though vve wealthy althy indiana indians generally send their children to tho the no north rth tor for an education there them are tv two schools at muskogee Musko geo 1 and I the creek crek cation alion has hasan an academy at railroad elation station at train tune lias lim all the ta attraction traction for the indian the male that it ha bas for whites indian women however do not rush to we a train come in fit or go out and stare at passengers only vi white bite bomea do that they say many of the indian women who have white blondin blood in them are ban bandoma dome and clever and not a fow few arc are married to white men the white man who marries an all I 1 indian woman of the territory becomes an indian so far as his rights and privileges aro are conce concerned anel ile can con fence in all the land he be wants unless hev he wants rants too much if he le sho thong wa a disposition to fence in fit all the unoccupied land in the territory hie his indian neighbors will not call upon him and arid argue the point they simply cut the fence down lie ile can bo however vever fence in a section tion CM glo acres and no one bno k 1 allowed to settle tile on or uso use the land tor for a quarter of a in mile he distrait from his fences white men alio marry indians the men who marry ns as a businda bu sinea venture venturo generally engage in fit cattle and while they keep their Loid hei df sinthe ia the territory cry they leep themselves in texas or kansas not oil all of them however tor for in addition to the white indians there are several tit of the thrifty go ahead kind who make their homes where they have made their money Many indian families boa boar r na names roes not owned by bythe abe ancestors anc cetora who v lio the tile forest in t tie e time of christopher columbus abero The roaro anro OTo oles cs flanigan Flanig af and murphy among the full blooded indians thee these names name were svere given to them by the canadian n trappers of the hudson cay day company the fame same men that named the canadian liver that rons runs lengthwise through the territory LITTLE MANUAL ladop t few of the indiana indians do mail manual lual labor a fact ft w which aich account accounts for ibo the laige laigo number 0 renter renters in the territory all tice ties used tried by t ra railroad that run till through ough the territory ll 11 an 1 fril by the indians In dinni who charge u royalty often of ten cents per lie tie sold in n tho the territory paye pays ft a royalty to the nation in whose territory the sale was made and the money Is spent for school purposes the uncultivated c land belongs to tile the nations but not to individuals land Lande cannot annot bo be sold by a per pcr gon son who dellies ea to leave the territory only th improvements ou oil it call bo be disposed disposal of A 11 taj nations rao o cotton and corn except tho the cherokees Cho who are am north of the cotton belt the desperadoes of adjoining adjo inin states often make wake the indian terrify terril terr iry ry a it temporary abiding place even it if they allm ed to do so thee characters remain in tho the territory long aa ibe the n desperado grows lonesome without ills his whisky and liquor Is not sold or allowed in the territory when any liquor h found within the limits the jug Is broken and a spot baft of grass tells the tale we five gallons of rum ruin were discovered here lem a few days st ago sto o by a marshal ile took the corks out of 10 hilla gallon jugs and stood the latter on the tile small end until the contents bad had killed all tho the animal and vegetable life in the vicinity there are bard hard characters at 11 ister than in auy any other in iho the territory A coal mine li I 1 a pretty safe safa spot to bide lu in and the miners bero seldom tairo tako much patni i to ir to justice a fugitive who throws himself upon their morcy mercy the town has a population of 1 it if a good bit of the tile surrounding Fur country is considered itt in the tho limits the miners an are about equally 01 vided between english En alUli irish and till there are a few negrone negi vei among them and two bau tweed indian clift anan can malo from tl 1 to 15 5 per day in the tit busy season and live on fio 10 a luring the dull season if they care to do bo so for tiey ti ey can till fill all the ground they want they aro are not a zelz lot horev however ev and when hen they mako 0 a big liz tr months oaths wage nages it goes in fit a hortt they attempt all soi set ts is of dodgw dodges to bring nini late tam territory but dan lwe often succeed N Y almes |