Indian Sentinel from Tahlequah, Oklahoma • Page 1

Omit STar 4, THE INDIAN SENTINEL. VOL. 8. TAHLEQUAH, I. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1898.

MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS. The Cherokee Delegation Urge the Passage of Senate Bill No. 4105. D. March Senate bill No.

4105, introduced by Senator Morgan, and referred to the committee on Indian affairs of the sonate March 10, 1898, has the fall endorsement of the entire delogation representing the Chero kee tribe of Indians, and they carnestly urge that this bill speedily be onacted into law for the following reasons: 1, That the right of baying the highest tribunal in the land pass upon vital quostions affecting the dearest rights of aggrieved parties, is regarded by all. as the greatest privilege apd surest safeguard 'against wrong voucbsafed by tho constitution and laws of tho United States government. 2. That tho denial of so plain and just a measuro by congress, would be a denial of- justice to tho Five Tribes of the Indian Territory to whom was secured by treaties "the protection of the constitution of the United States for all their rights of property, the security of their persons, their liberties, and their political and religiousrights." 3. That an appeal to the courts directly by the nation as provided in this bill is the surest and most certain way of determining finally the many dolicate and inyolyed questions arising out of patents and treaties constantly confronting as at stop in the progress of time.

And no power on, earth has boon or ovor will be ablo to koep' all these quostions from being do.cided sooner or later in collateral proceodings by the supreme court in causes in which the nations will have no right to appear and be heard, as has been done in tho past. 4. That tho right to have all of thain quastiona fn this court of last. rosort, should not be feared by either friond or foo, but all should approve this in the abiding faith that full and com-. justico would crown.

the roplote sult. 5. To the languago of sonate ro- port No. 281, 520 congress, 1st also needs the gnidance of the supreme court in its legislation about these dolicate and involved questions that arise out. of these treaties with these Fiyo Tribes, and about their peculiar lund laws that are so difforent from our system of lands owned in severulty.

Such questions are judicial in their character, and rights are always endangered whon they stand in the way of questions that are political in character, and are urged by those who are clamorous for personal advantages, or ate excited'in the alleged promotion tho gencral wolfaro. Undor such circumstances, Indian rights sometimes require high judicial protection." 6. And finally we' know that this course will be to the entire satisfaction of the Indians themselves, and will pavo the way to an. honest, final, and satisfactory ad: justment of the conditions existing in the Indian Territory that will moet the approyal of the civilized world, as well as all parties concerned, and certainly the desires of the Indians should be consulted in matters of so great moment, affecting their every right as nations and as individuals. V.A.

DUNCAN, Chairman. JOE M. LAHAY, D. M. FAULKNER, LACEY HAWKINS, DANIEL REDBIRD, STEPHEN TEHEE, S.

R. WALKINGSTICK, SKAKE MANUS. Oberokee Delegation WM. P. THOMPSON, Attornoy Cherokee Nation.

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Do this and you bavo purged these Indian gov. orninents of corruptions that have a national shamp. Stay by tho decision ofthe Supreme Court of the United' Statos in the North Carolina -by letting the four C's and say who their citizens aro. WANDERING CREEKS. From their far" distant camp in Texas there arrived in Enfaula a few days sinco two.

full- blood Creok-Indians of the old Alabama stock. The two Indians belong to' a band of Creeks who left Alabama about the time of the assassination of. Gen. McIntosh before the tribo left for tho torritory. The "lost.

tribe" has wandered ovor sinco around in Toxas, owning no. land, living hand to mouth but presorving their languago, traditions and blood in their anciont purity. The band "has, howevor, gradually decroused in number till it now consists of only 42 people. They are now living in Polk county, It secms that'. somo time since someone told them their kinsmen the Crooks livod hero, had moved here from Alabama, had plonty of land and a govern-.

ment-in short were numorous, rich and happy. The result is tho delegation now hero. namos of tho delegates are John Blunt 'and Billy Jackson, They will s00 Chief Isparbecher before thoir roturn to' their band, 'There is little doubt but that the whole band will como to. the nation upon hearing the report of their delegates and there is no doubt of their being as citizens. -Eufaula Journal.

Found Murderca. tound 011 Bird creek near Catcosa morning with a bullet hole through his head. He was recently charged with taking check from the mails which wasaddressed to a white man of the same name. There is no clue to the murdoror. -Indian Chiotton.

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C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. WATTS-ROBISON CASE. The Decision of Judge Springer in the Noted Controversy is Adverse to the "King of Intruders." hast week at Wagoner Judge Springer passed on the application of W. J.

Watts and others to strain Col. Wm. Robison from taking possession of cortain town lots in Tho' decision was adverso. tor Watts. Omiting the history of the ouse, the following may be taken as the essential foatures of the opinion.

Tho court said: "The first objection to this plaint and the firat ground of this demurror is by tho United States Attorney on tho part of D. M. Wisdom, and it is as follows: the subject matter of. 'this action of purely oxecutive cognizance, resting in the "judgment and discretion of the exooutivo officors of the United States in tho ordinary discharge of their official dutios. "The oxnct relation that exists between tho Indian tribes and the United Statos has been the subject of much logislation, and of a great many judicial opinions and.

decisions. From the earliest history of our. country Congress and the courts have been ondeavoring to formulato legislation and decide quostions so as to proporly define tho relation of those tribes to the genoral government. I 'cannot cite all of those statutes. They bayo boon' cited in the pleadings and in the briefs, but I am of the opinion that as to tho Five Tribes in' the Indian Territory tho right to disposo of and deal with all questions which peculiarly relate to Indian affairs, bas been by law lodged in the exocutiye department of the governmont--the Department of the Interior, the Commispears that the DO BAr AD Interior, the Indian.

Agent here and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs took this very case into consideration and that the Interior Department hold that Mr. Robison was ontitlod to this land. It 18 my opinion that in making this decig. ion tho Department was acting within the prescribed limits of the law as to thoir duties and powers in regard to Indian affairs: in the In- Carterme Pendleton Drug Co. Located at the stand of- THE CITY DRUG STORE DEAL IN 1, Toilet No mistakes Artists' material are made in.

and Stationery. Compounding Medicines For they have a Registered Pharmacist and every Prescription is put up accurately. Carter-Pendleton Drug Co. THE INDIAN PROBLEM. Mr.

S. S. Stephens Gives His on the Question in a Letter to the Wagoner Record: Stephens in a letter to the Wagoner Record" says: "A great deal has been said about the Indian problem. It is true that our relations with the government of the United States are more or less complicated. This complication has been brought about by the Cherokoes selling their lands and making various treaties with the government so that there are some grave legal questions involved in our relations.

In a fair settlement the government is. Indebted to the Cherokeos. Let this difference be settled on a basis of justice to the I Indian as woll as to the United States. We are ready to yield to whatever may be proper for. our.

people to concede, but regret that. some of the propositions that. have been mado debar us from assont. ing to them. I am compelled to reitorato tho language.

of the Senato: committee on the Judiciary, ut tered December 3, 1870, in behalf of the Indians: 'In the white man's treatment of the Indian is one of the -great sins of civilization, for which DO single genoration or nation is wholly. answerable, but which is too late now to rodress. Ropentance is all that is left for us; restitution is impossible. But the harsh treatment of the raco by former gonorations "should not, be considered a precedent to justify the inflictions of further "We ask the readers of tie Record to observe, the above sentiments. If the Indian delegation want help go to the commitice on Judiciary.

The cover of congressional legislational is aL wicked devico, while we think the Curtis bill in a measure is riglit. The sections having referenco.to. Allaytair. It tho goyernment of the United States intended to get the consent of tho Five Tribes, the plan of coercion was not tho way. Their rights self-government were invaded in a mannor to make them mad, and subject them to the political and municipal jurisdic.

tion of the United States government and the local control of white men at home. This doublo-headed government that is pow organized is "Too much law for an Tho Curtis bill says we will be better cared for in tho future. To pass the Curtis bill without the consont of the Five Tribes would be, in our judgment, unconstitutional and void. Tho distinctive nationality of the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws and Seminoles, has boen authoratively recognized, and. the Supreme court in 6 Poters 515, announced.

the following proposition, viz: the commencement of our government, congress has passed ticts to. regulato trade and intercourse with the Indians, which treat them as nations, respect their rights and manitest a firm purposo to afford that protoction which treaties stipulato. "'All these acta, and especially that of 1801, which is still in force, manifestly "consider the soveral Indian nations as distinct political communities, having territorial boundaries, within which their authority is exclusive, and having. a right to all tho lands within those boundaries, which is not ouly acknowledge, but guaranteed by: tho United "The treaty of 1875 gavo the Cherokees tho right to form a government suited to thoir condition, but wo. find that congress by the jurisdiction act of June, 1896, has ignored the principles of the fathers, and the Bill ot Rights overy state in the Union.

You may, ask, how old is tho. constitution of tho Cherokees? Wo. answer 72 years old. Our constitution is the tundameutal law of tho nation It these governments are wholly inadequato to the protection of life and property; if this system of Indian confederacy is an asylum and refuge for criminals; if wo cannot protect ourselves against ions, commoncing with tho negro and ending with white: If the United States 'government 'does not see its way to oxpol these in trudors; and whose families are amenable to no law, und protected by none; and tho Cherokee ernmenthas no law now in force to afford the protection needed; and that no higher degree of ciyilization is attainable under these Indian governments, and have: fallen fur short' of the full measure ofcivilization tliat comes from commerce and intelligent civil government; and whave reached the poole of to land in common, and a rude form of government is an estopplo to further If these are facts and the Indians wards of tho general government -why not the President of the United States tell 'Lo' of his condition and the surrounding circumstancos? Why. keep them in the chance uncertainties of the future? The key to the solution of the Indian problem lies, aftor all, in the allotment of his lands.

Wby not the Secrotary of the Interior say so, and requost tho delegations to return with the instructions to have their councils called and pass an act for the ment of their lands under the treaty of 1866, and leave no place where a land shark could hang hope. Lot the present congress I pass un act to pay the Five Civilized Tribes every dollar the gov- The St. Louis Clote-Democrat Always Newsy And Reliable. Always Bright and Able. Always Clean and Good.

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it with other papers and see for yourself how superior it Compare Mention this paper and stato whether yau are interested in the is Daily or Weekly issue- Address. THE GLOBE PRINTING CO. 9t. Louis diap Territory and that: their orcise of this disorelion in that case cannot be renewed by this court; that the Socretary of tho Interror had tho right to issue an order not only expolling the plain. tiffs fromthis land, bat from tho Creek Nation- -athat order coming from the executive department of the government with the implied sanction of the Presideut of United States." -Muskogee Phonix.

CURTIS BILL REPORTED. The House Committee on Indian Affairs Submits Recommendations on the Measure. Washington, March Curtis of Kansas to day reported from the Committee on Indian affairs his bill relating to the government of the. Indian Territory. The' -report recommende, among other things, that the tribes be made party, to any suit when it appears to the court that it is necessary to protect the interosts of such tribe.

The committee says regarding othe Querokees: "We think proyision has been made for the settloment of: the problem, yet protecting fully the rights of all parties. The so-called amount to more than 7000, and up to about year ago they increased af the rato of about 500 year. They are in. possession of about 127,260 acres of farming lands. Many ofthem have been paid: for their improvements and payment has been tendored to others, and in the judgment of this committee, this bill provides a lawful and peaceable means by which they can remove them from lands which they are wrongfully holding.

"In view of the fact that it is impossible to secure agreoments with the tribes, and the fact that the title is in the tribe, your committee has provide ed i for the allotment of the exclusive use and occupaacy of the surface lands of the nations all available oll, coal, asphalt, mineral deposits and townsites: are reserved ments." 'The committee provides that all valuabl mineral deposits. be reserved ta the tribes, and be set. aside as incapatre' Tuture, leased rights held with the consent of Congress are not in paired, and parties holding the lease under the customs and laws of the tribes, which have resulted in producing coal in commercial quantities, are to be preferred in the making of new leases, and due consideration shall be given for the imIn conclusion, the report says: "Your: provements they have made. committee fully appreciates the important problem involved, and it believes this measure if enacted into a Jaw, will do much to settle those problems. It will settle the intruder, question, protect the so-called common ladians by allotting to them their right to use and occupy their part of lands; it will break up the monopoly of lands, which has reached enormous proportions in the territory; it will secure to the tribes tlie income from the rich mineral deposits and prevent, them that frown which rightfully belongs to being used by few individuals; it will and assist in establishing schools churches; it the laying them out of cities and towns and gives it power will insure the people that to enact and enforce orderliness; try the protection and relief: to which they are entitled, and at the same various time it protects the interests of the tribes." FOUND DEAD, Another, Horrible Crime earthed.

Body of a Colored Man Found on Bird Creek. Last Saturday the body of a colored man identified as that of Lewis Wright, was found in the heavy timber on Bird Creek The particulars- are hard to ascertain, but what meager information we have is as follows; A party of men were passing through the heavy timber on Bird Creek, in an unfrequented place when they suddenly came upon the body of a man half hidden by the underbrush. They dug the body out and found the head had been blown off by a gun. A close search revealed no weapon of any kind in the vicinity could of the not have been suicide. There is no crime, and thus it mistake of there having been foul play, but up to this date, The no mars rests have been made.

shals although -mystified by the unsolvable circumstances of of the the unsolvable murder, are diligently at works Tulsa Now Era.