Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-09-09
Choetaw Claims.


erS % investigate cIns under me l4 attic'e ~ ulC
ate CGOciag treaty, published III your paper hnd /
r..se.f charged with having performed certain Oil
c.aI acts. without iegsl authority. Although from /
me- Dh-aseJ.oIy OF the law am somewhat at loss
To- determine WHITTIER the charge Of Negab'y IS III
tended for me or for the Department Of government
nm - whose instructions acted feel bound 10 yn-
tcats myself aud tx the ilisgailiy, d. any there be,
where II properly belongs: therefore request the
use of v6ur columns 10 spread before the public the
Instructions under which | acted, and which, As an
officer OF government, amenase 10 m superior,
was bound 10 obey
The first tter of Instructions having special re-
ference % that department d ny duties, which are
said % have been performed without legal authority
was addressed to Inc bt tae Secretary Of War, uE-
der date Of October -, 1894 and is II the iyLo|-
owing words, VIZ:
/ "S.r.-The applications tina, have from time TO
/ time been presented 10 this Department by persons
claiming reservations under the litI Article OF the
/ Choct5w treaty. that the sale OF the sections they
/ claim NAV be suspended, have been Submitted To
the P.esdtut,wlO has directed tie following ns,ruc-
tons To be communicated to you.
"lu tie cases that have been brought to the no
tee Of tajs Department, it has appsari ion Tie
evidence exhibited. that the names OF the claimants
were registered. and tie record has been lost; Or
that the record was made On separate slips o!pa-
Der, that caunol now be found; or that they applied
verbally. ami were led hy the Agent TO believe that
Ups was a l"P'""1s "lt5 Wy "eaN' " VIA. G',+
ap2eaHo" 10 De 'e5'5'e'1u was 'c'u''1' "''''"'
s"Ai.e" Fgas13' ,,..., .,...
that the Agent certified. that persons "caused their
names 70 BE- registered whose names are hol upon
the register returned by him.
'iA TINS STATE oil lungs 'he president 0grGl' II u
o- us GUY u pun! t.'1 ulue'' ''d' P'0'UuIo ~"
."h 'oe1"H5 sections 'of persons H9' uP'" u'7 IT,
CUSTER, u order that iAa parties may have an 'pPoi-
tuaE 10 '1'aiA lAe acioA OIL Congress Upo" u'.II
CLAIMS.
You WIZ therefore give pU5Ac noaG', '"a' P'-
sons WHO consider themselves eh''ea 10 fe9ei'a-
TORS under ihe I'm AEtcc, and whose nance "!e
hot upon tht register q Cul. ward WIN e"'Ao,t 70
you the evidence IN support O 'h,E c.ahS l nls
evidence must sAtW that they were cit|ei' % he
GAoca" NaNoh' Hea1s O I1D'e>' onu u'u ss."y
l"e'' in'e"uo" " ogcolh1 I.""'N, ,"'"i ''1 ",'D
p''s''toy' y u'r uC''@' - nus "la' Sg y'e
ulAe oi uleU aPp"ea'oh U lT 'e.' I"" INT
cohvti Sdu2h ana circumstances tela,'"S u II,
I'll 'hey blng themselves WiiHlh 'le IcquS'uo'5
o' ue lit' Article ana Ihe eFlocuct % ''cup' anu
lh'.AEeh' witnesses induces you 10 oeHeNe ua' u'G
OMISSION % telF names on lle IegS,cI was c''9tH
~ 'ne mistake or he@icet OF t'lc Aschr you ""'
mum 'p'luoh' ioi ueih' n '''e iH.'"l'' lI,'''
VN' J." wy MSt'"ot'oiS iicie'o'oio !'' MY
"'auo9S; Hmost DC uhaeFSt"o'' are Io t!
ana "'h oo CONNIE" oih1 /" wy '''' VI '''''' "
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w "''''l = ~ - ''"J ,,', ,,
nay oe claI''e0 NV pIel' s,i' ~
"Pou tc Pa'S' ,'de's y ''l,.' INV ~
p nearly eqaa' NaIue aS /, "'eo''',
= "a, ne Kc9HHr anu i'eee'NV. " w., l', ~,
4 OlceS "ln p' "s''u ,eu ~
V i,9eFl ouo"9 ~" may ''V''1 ''''' ''''
'hc views Oh congress alT a9 80, 49,,
, NJ iIeS'ao.', s.oiUA ''1,S
nut III season l9' '',e aeuot, =, - ~, az II, a.
nganJ creiibIitg Mine witnesses. and all I'll, fact
az ana circumstances j., each cas-. with COMES Of IN
Is, ,,nars nrrecntei IN Won and your COMMUNICATION
Id +, HE Land Offices ,,non Ms suLjact.
40 oTbn execution Of these instructions viii rcouir
. your prompt and Wig liant attention hlt justice ma
" be done to the Indians ald Government"
't Iaaccordance with thesc instructions proceedr
rs TO make tho contingent reservations as directed an
n reported nv proceedings to the Department. as az
or pears from A communication addressed bv the SEE
ictarv Of War to the President, dated February
1895, of which the following i; COPY. viz:
u.s. "SIa: Ia 1881, the agent for the Choctaws CO
William Ward, was instructed to prepare and tran
.a- nit register OF all persons entitled to rescry
III tons under the fourteenth article Of the treaty vii
that tribe, Of 27th September 1880 When III. /
m cation of these re selvations commenced. maj
claimants appeared, whose names were not up,
os- this register. The number oftheso applicants ha
nat ing increased yoa directed that absolute location
should be made for those only who were rerisere
- but that tracts should be designated on the pIato
As, survey, by the locating agent and reserved flo
all sale, for a others who Should produce probable
ldcnce Of beng entitled 70 reservations; and you {
pty rected that The agent Should report the evidence
T., each case, to be submitted to Congress- lnstru
~' tins were accordingly given, IN October last, 70 Ct
'u- George " Martini the locating agent, and his r
and port has been received.
en- Il have the honor to law before YOU copies
~, these instructions, OF the report OF the agcnt, al
81" the documents thar accompaniel il. fry5ur eyar