New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-04

"A ocrrcspondenf Of he Ner-,ssess pa Herald
a,l Free Prsss writing from "DosAsvils. chcc
aw Nssion. under date Of Dec. IS gives pleas
an, picsare Of tbs rapid progress o. eav'Arsescu
among the Choctsws We copy the soso~ins
paragraphs;
The General Goyernrnsn, cf the Choctsws .
similar in many respects 10 that q the Cnsscd
States.
The Nation is divided into Sour Distrcss Wa,
Mnshuhfubh. Apskskanubbl Pushinatsns sno
Chicksssw Districts Each Of these elecs oos
Chief who holds his oeses tour years. and u MOI
eligible tor more than two terms N scccessca
The powers Of the government are divided INTO
three distinct departments: Legislative. Executive.
and Judicial The legislative power $ vested m
a Genera Council consisting Of q Senate and
House II Representatives The Senate y COM
posed Of three Senators from each District making
twelve IN all who are elected for two years The
House OF Representatives v composed q mem,
bsrs chosen every year at the ratio OF one Repre-
sentative 10 every thousand ctEens. As the popa-
lation Of the Nation. whites excluded. v near
1900, Il has. consequently. about - Rspressnts
sives. No person can be either Senator 90 Repre-
sentative who is not natural born citaEcn o. the Ma
ton. No bill has the force OF law until passed BY
majority of both branches @ the Gcners'
Council. signed by the Speaker and President o.
their respective bodies. and by the CHEFS bat
10 the House in which il originated with their oe-
lections. and 1t may thea become law by the two
thirds rule. The National Court "a oomposed n
one Ns!ional Judge, with the Supreme Judges d
the several districts. whose Judgment u hnsl
THEIR LAWS
The first act which appears in the statute boob
was passed AZ the first Session ii the Council In
ls3A and prohibits the introduction OF srient spur
It's INTO the Nation. under the penalty OF having Il
destroyed By the hight Aorse men. who are officers
filing capacities similar ~ those filed by Consts
b.es IN pennsy wanna. By another act passed in
lss5 any person who brings ardent spirits into the
Nation snd gives or sells u 10 any person ~
persons, and the person or persons be thereby
killed. manned or injured in any respect mskes
himself liable TO an acton IN Court and hne
Their Is punished by compelling the offender to
return the goods stolen pay their value IN money
and receive lashes. not exceeding thirty nine on
the bare back Murder and treason are punished
with death by Shouting. Al other criminal otieoccs
are punished Is lines aud lsshes the tormer being
generaiN hight and IN case proportonate 10 tho
crime while the latter never exceeds one hundred
The next act OF much Importance is one IN regard
% slaves Ii enacts that II any citizen OF the Jm
ted States, whatever his occupation may be. 10
ound TO favor in any way the principles and no
tons OF the most fafaI and d<strreftre doctrines y
abodii0aisn, shall DO compelled 10 leave the Ne
tion and forever stay out OF IT. Teaching slaves
to read. write. sing, without the consent OF the
owner or allowing him to SIT at table with HIM. "a
considered sufficient ground b convict such person
OF isyorng the principles and notions OF aboatlon
sm' ANY person who trades OF carries on trai
6cIng OF any nature. with any negro slave Is hAose
10 an Indictment IN any Court OF The Nstlon Nv
an act passed in 1896, all white citizens Of the
[ nited States, wishing a. reman n the Nation on
der the employ OF any person, ciuzen ~ the Nation
are required 10 obtain permission IN writing from
the Chief or United States Agent. Otherwne the
L.. LAT.
ployee may commit
fhe next and most important act 10 one IN re
spect 70 education. IL was passed IN 1872, and -
tabhshed sir institutions OF learning OF those. two
are male and four female The same act appro
pirates sl9 800 annually tor their support Ot this
sum the male academies receive $4,000 pieoe
ono OF she female semnanes receives $1,000, and
the other three $1,000.
BY treaty concluded at Doaksvlle, IN 1897, tho
Chickosaw tribe agreed 20 pay the Choctaws $500.
900 for tho privilege OF living IN their Nation, tue
interest OF which sum forms the fund out "a which
these appropriations are Inado.
THEIR COUNTRY
Bysueaty made and coacladed with tho United
States at Dancing Rabbit Creek, ON the 27th Of
September, 1890 there was granted b. the Choctaws
the territory they now possess, and It's boundaries
assigned Although there is little OF this territory
but is susceptible Of high cultivation. yet the Choc
taws. ike the Swedes IN their first settlements IN
| Pennsylvania, having Z great prediction tor the
water and ishing, locate near III, nvors, creeks
and bayous as a ride through their bottom lands
will testify Ia travelling therefore, through tho
| interior Won moet with but few habtstions; the
table lands being yet covered with prrnev al forests
while the rspreading prsiries still bloom IN their
| virgin state And such must continue 10 be the a.
pect OF tho country long AZ the gun and fishing
tackle are resorted b. as furnishing q more bonora
bic subsistence than the science OF husbsndry.-
The Choctaws were well appraised OF tho folly N
these pursuits and their degrading tendency by ono
OF their Chiefs In Grafton deliver by hun some
time since in which they urged q" hang up
the rife and instead Of making tho woods ring
with the report IL II, mako them resoupd with tho
sturdy strokes OF tho ak" Bat this part Of his on
bortation fell upon their minds like moonlight upon
n frozen fountain; aud il seems that nothing but
sheer necessity can ever drive them TO cultivate
the soil As however in regard to tho Choctaws
at east tho tenet Of Professor Nautilus Ia true that
population hs, tendency 10 increase moro rapid
" than the means OF subsistence" they must ulfl
mately turn their attention more extensively IN
agriculture, or die Of starvation
Doaksville, containing about 900 inhabitants. and
the largest OF the Cboctsw villages. Is situated
upon grounds belonging partly To tbs Nation and
partly 10 the United States a. tho reserve or The
Fort Towson Post IL Is the seat Of Indian trsfbo
fur many miles around Upon every day % tho
week. sunday excepted only because the whites
will not trade on this day. may DO seen companies
Of them vending their way b. this place. thsr
mules and scrub horses loaded with peIuies. maiss.
roots and such things az they can most readily sx'
change for coffee, sugar. salt and dry goods