Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-06-12
TO THE EDITOR.
E"ANE1HLE, CuocTAw NATlov.
JHn" Isl, 1917.

I)r1r Colonel:
The Red tlvcr section Of tho Choctaw n,,.or
has been for ten days past, the scene Of con-l..r-
able interest Several hundreds of tn. l.:r. r,lI.
mgruuts were convcHcl together for l.l. ,..ri,,,,
Of attending to n great variety of business uI,.,-
in ont of lu;t "atorr>aid' Treaty, Of Du..,ug
Rabbit. Cr.ct. Brslac- th' Nrrusod ira .r.. d..
IT,, row,ry. u..r. were few white mcu rr,.,,.,l.
nuI lup," few were .Ihc Iuur men at iIuD.'-.''
+ ~ inn. tr stand u.l-forc'. 10 4" 50 :,% .-r...-
Maalou~ lnn powerful L. l." resisted: tl'Ir "u'l
p'"~ura It p.n.,s'r' Il WIS, - 500 %. .,.r~ as.
the reel. Jor?' ;.monul "f in'or"-. vn~ mi.
u.. 20 ua' ',.;.,u of liz" iu.ln~. w5l.r ar..llnr
rr'nlv-, heavy anIo;ut Of h1uI S.r.p. FINS,
interest mon"v Is tre tInd nrSng from the 4l.t
Of the claim aI'owcI by tn G'ovcrnm.u;. cluup:
bo transferred. and IS ; cured to the Indian and
his heirs forever. Not with the scrip: the
Mississippi Attorney sets up n cnim to 1t. and it
ems to me u just on"--tor i; IS cirjm based
upon the rbor Of twelve years and the cNpnu...
ture Of thousands of doIjors. But the ialrn
won't fork ovcr-;horoughlv mbucd with the
great Mississippi doctrine Of Repatriation, he aI-
nIts th" contract, but refuses the payment. The
bird in .aud IS worth two in lie bush with him
for the Interest cannot b, realized for who.r
year, wilt the Scrip IS vIslDc.-tlngb bic. and
viii answer present purposes. This coarse nj
once blocks the game upon our Mississippi friends
and il is my belief that all tn" origpno ATTORNEYS
for thes" pcopo will be rnnrJ. Maj. Armstrong.
with that hugh sense Of right which has ever
charactcrIZnd INN. admits the services rcnInrc
by the Attorney. as Il far consideration for the
Scrip, bat in accordance with his instructions
pays in every Instance directly to the Indian. If
II iriurrs the Attorney, it benefits the trader
and 1t is m "III wind that blows nobody good
The payment has been an exceedingly labor
iOus and difficult one, tho more so. account Of
the many deaths that have occurred among these
people during the past year. Heirs had to be
found. their identity proven. and every dc ublfu
case thoroughly examined before the payment
was made. Questions were continually springinG
up. the sr!:Icment Of which required lot only
great experience in Indian affairs and Il knOw-
edge Of their customs. but also Il largo fund of
sound practical common sense. Their kncuv
points were settled promptly and satisfactorily.
Ii has been rumOrcd thu the offices Il Super
lnicndcnt and Choctaw A Agcnt are 10 be separated
This in all probability will bo done. and when it
Is done, there will be a thousand aud one appG-
cnnts for the office Of Agcnt,-al imagining it to
De nm easy, comfortable berth. The lucky app-
can't will be most awfuv mistaken, for in the
present situation of the affairs of the Nation. the
tabor required is immense, and the character of
the business exceedingly troublesome and per-
picking. In addition to all the ordinary business
Of the Nation. he will have the management of
the emlgrntions from Mississippi and above all he
will have to shoulder IN all It's details and per-
plexltlrs the much-lakeI-or, ever.to- be. remom-
oercd and nevcr.to- be.ended llth Article OF
DANCING RABBIT TREATY. BY itself
tlerculean labor. ID.
arkansas Rirr. June 4th. 1917.
Friend Carke-l send you by the s. B. Ark
from the 24th to 2Sth uIt.. thinking that they
would not be uninteresling TO You. which hope
will reach you srtc.
learn that tho Bank at Memphis has suspend
ed, and the paper now at considerable discount
even at home.
Lleuts. Conway and Woodruff, have got home
from Mexico Respectfully yours.