Show The Indians Object ENFAULA Indian Territory > June 9lhe Indian council has adopted a memorial to the President on the land question The memorial makes an earnest appeal in behalf be-half of the civilized and wild tribes against the act providing for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians I says itwill bo a detriment to their interests as it will in the near future engulf all of the Indians and tribes of the Territory in one catastrophe to the enrichment of land monopolies It deprecates any measure which will place the Indians in so unequal a contest The memorial me-morial states that the Indian necda political politi-cal identity an allegiance called elsewhere patriotism in order to make true progress m the affairs of life nnd asks that tho President stay the operation of the lawnntil they shall be in a condition to bo benefited they I further requests that the act be not enforced until the tribes have an opportunity oppor-tunity of testing the validity of their rights before the judiciary of the United States |