The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-02


% make thei, acts valid Ard who these commits
.oae that transacted business Of he ma on aud utter
p;isd The ss ;s ee l.ea ho mad, hi, conse vi me-
aud thu only surviving ega'es who made me uea,i.
s.,..ss of he nation under H. by reference treaty
Of 1882 il VIII appear tst Cob Bonsmn Love tsho acted
:. wa. uaiiea states os iprss wi vi sa,
Al .se page Bel D aud whenthe final nea Of 1884 va.
mi d, sxned tle de. AMI =
Tns ussae1slsn~d appointed by the Chiekasa~ aar,on OF
y es Ii ss set @ "a s
sSa says sssa " hs he
lss.hssa spprosed by the snss dsissstion. May anh
1854 Signed Benjamin Love, delegate and lpt' rpeier
,.o. Intelligent man 10 The nston and spoken OF in The
hsAsas ssfs IN Hohtoek Son, sHe Is also
spoken Of IN the highest yatous reports James
dsmbs James Wofe and Isaac Abe,on are ,hee o, Tue
hs rspo Of the oh OF January 1884, before quoted Isaac
A.si.en and ss ,,sa nvs Of 1851 Now how wa.
possible for ,hese ineigent persona n fiia Win s
bnsInss and who transacted for many years and
mads s treaties with the government 10 % deceived as 70
ssnsclsy as they tina, the officers of the United
ssis had made their duty to transact all The business OF
whom ooalrscts had come has placed The sane con
ssAry 70 make this conracta
from VI. DEPRESSION Il also from the
and some other chiefs Of the lsh Of July 1915. on
which y much reliance has been placed in eonssstins
had sSigned the 18th Of July, 1876, This Of the
d:y. p past, nor wa. ever noasa q it. for die reason
sSss wss y ,Ss 9. g.
fore referred and BY the documents then file in the
10 a hss y as' on
ihe Indsn bureau when the Commissioner of Indian At
nossvh,,anding all these then affirmed valid
ny o. the power then in controversy b Issuing the r.qu-
tho date q that adjudication could they have beer
ignorant Of the fact that the now Contested would
pspss, l. was then file and had only been suspended
BY prohibition conalned in the act Of 3D. OF March,
my sgsn's. Corcofsn S Riggs.
6,hrhe party Of the Cn,ckasaws opposed this power
Of another appointed they
"by general council of the chiefs headnea. and war
@ e Ss IN osT
s.sg Of DAY., James Captain Ea1is XIV y
Of Congress-. They called in the counsel and advice
ton. ana especially in regard to this claim Mr. Thompson
made THIS examinations az appsan py MS receipt mea
-ss'f tes +, WASHINGTON, February Is, 1919
"Received of W W. Cocoran, 10 be returned Tomorrow,
The toinx pspsrs VIZ Copy power 9, a1sney Chick
:s Va 81 svvk sean' 49,
y, 80 ''p' ii. THOMPSON.
A, the result, of this examination. this delegation ad
dEs,ssd susF on the seh February sis 70 secrs.arie.
provsions is iar and just and all It's evidence
70: sns bs hsy s
tho 6ocSetares would be, they had proved
srIsquss,sd further suspension of the payment of IN,
ponoa al this claim, and stated various objections thu
sbsm' And here would note the important fact that i
preendsd by that delegation thai this of at
sosnsy executed by the
sensd by them after their ressna uon which, if true,
have been Known at that date And it wa, well known
shsm and their attorney, Mr. Thompson, who had main
eqntebated pass the bill through Congress- that hal
Of re land fund had been paid to me by secIe.are
asoeel on ,ha very power Of attorney which II there hs
anar rissgua,ion, they would surely
N oonexon with the power, 10y The payment of thi
moasy under it, Their objections stated thus
There u among people deep and strong prejudc
aGAtnst this arrangement They say the agreement
a wss not understood believe by the comm ission
themselves when 1t was made that cannot be bind
oosseu OF The chiefs, hsadnen and warriors, and
dssgaon Of the nation, insed with fli powers hi
AukiAcI will revoke the power violat
asasposed contract But appeal you, and by vittu
ses 1ws , I'm US s M we W afis ns s ao
sorpsy. TIN the nation can have opportunity to maxi
known 4sr will on this subject after full and fair nyesi
win examine these objections They allege, ls, that
knowlsdse Of our peope-tha it was not undersood w
beleve, by the commissioners themselves when It wa
shA and OF course before they resigned
foe NSf that event they would have been
Aandssd miles distant from the Chickasaw territory whr,
was made and signed, and there for SOM
dina psevous that AZ sent by through Major Arm
sirpn. the supernte ndent Of the Indian territory
was hixaly approved by hun; that he made II known
Nj Upshaw, che AGENT and that IL sgned by
Enaeionss full explanations AMI recommenda
sta u MAJOR Armstrong that II signed by tho
miaeioOars, not privately, but in conjunction with
chiefs headmsn. by supreme Judge
the CbckAsaw nation. That the mmtssoners Ell
have andesood IL IL also obvious from The letters Mso
Asmetnong, whom intrDsted the whole affair Beus
hebs be. of pretence that the
peWAs In any way improperly procured by 1t was
- letters show, entirely approved by him, and the pro
cNsuG OF Its execution entirely intrustcd TO him. Tina
whAi - aid In shs matter was perfectly fair and right mus
b ha}oSed from what Epperson az Bryan, who signed tn,
ssvssa papers counsel against OF htn " NJ
oOa Will question his standing and integrity In every par
uculsr he was above r-proseh and suspicion
nay be quite stated in the protest of the 18Th
Sny toSo that neither OF these powers OF attorney
suomted 70 that council but, pendent
power M the council on the matter another obviou
reospn why neither could have been acknowledgements
ssspcsipn, Ke and therein pom 10, me
a the seoODd besides, the
The right Of th other council dtftc
theW cots such given In the treaty bn
d4sunetty Otherwise. Aud this brings I'M only re
ainlas urged by this dees aon, is in those
wosdss That IL Uhe pawer) cannot be binding upon
nAstoa Without receiving the sanction OF the CHEFS esd
and warrtors And the same ground, and other
Of genera ncil tha Chicknsaws OF the I2th July
l6DA bar that IL sgued alter the
tion Of the Now, thsis pcely reiued
h<retofoss in this paper, well the letter Of the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs 10 me, OF the h Joy lsD
Wn n answer To inquiry says that these
THIS authorized agents Transact tne business, OF tho
0Aton IN the transaction oil r bVs,ness with tho genera
Govesnmsnt And the uniform pied action
Of tho treaty nnti the resignston the
wa 4oOep,ed by the Secretary War This OF