, 1863-12-04


been i 1arge encampment Of loyal Indian rof-
ugees from the territory lying South, between
this State and Texas.
In order to right understanding Of opera
tions That have occurred 1t will be necessary
to premise BY an historical statcmentl
THE LOYAL INDIAN NATIONS.
1t will be remembered by well posted OBJ
servers Of this waE, that early In its opening
movements, the powerful Indian nations,
south Of Kansas we're brought under rebel
control. No one has yet given statement Of
the means BY which this vas accomplished.
When the frontier phase Of the war for nar
tiona1 unity shall be written, the movements
Will occupy m important position. It must
be remembered that the nations occupying
that Territory are numerous, wealthy, edu-
Gated and mostly slave owners. The principal
tribes arc the Cherokccs, Greeks, Seminoles,
ChoctaWs ard Chickasa'Fs. There are also
small bodies of ahaWnees, De1aWares and
+. .Quan Paws: West Of the Vcrdigris and Of
Fort Arbuckle, there are number Of nomad
tribes, the principal Of which is the Wichita
and those Affiliated with It. The Cherokee
nation occupies the land north of the Arkan-
sas river and west from the State line two
hundred miles. The Creeks occupy the
country between the Arkansas and tho North
Kork Of the Canadian river, up tho valley Of
which passes the Pacific Railroad route pro-
jected by Lieut. Beale. West Of the Greeks
Is the small remains Of tie Semino1es, which,
dislike the 1Jnion. il most ioVaT Of Mi.
Tie rebels have never beon nbie to raise n
full company amour them. even when aided
by their principal chief Below tho Greeks
ind Scminoles lie the ChoctaW and Chicka-
saw nations. These two hitter are, proper
tionally to numbers, the wcalthiest tribes the
largest slaycholders, and most bitter rebels.
Amone thc Chocta1ys not one full blooded
Indian remains: Among the Scminoles the
largest majority are full bloods. As a conse-
quencc there is not Choctaw in the loyal In
dim Brigade. 4 few Chickasaws wore among
m lile nIsl 70 etsihs 4ol Iue on1oh' 1aese ale
III Aull pAooo7'
fAoeAeAso1sA AND AAALdA4A11oS. :.
For many years past every effort has been
tions, and at the same timcto so control by
tntcr1narriagc, as to render certain the crea-
tion, ut some future day, Of a new s1nve State.
This work has been well and thoroughly
done. The only obstacle was the opposition
existing among the dwindling minority Of
full bloods- Much Of their opposition grow
out Of old internccinc feuds, dread Of the
growing domination Of the white man, and
Traditional dfslikes of slavery, which exists,
more or less developed among all tho Indian
tribes. 4. few missionaries Of moderate
anti-slaye1y stripe, obtained great asccndency
Pin Indians, from a secret loyal organization
formed among them at the commencement
of the rebellion, tho badgc Of which Is pin
worn in some portion Of tile dress. In the
Creek Nation the Pin Indians wcre led by
Opothle-yo-ho-lo, since dead, venerable
chief over ninety years old. TIC Semino1es
-werc led by AiuE- -tu- kaw-uke. The Chero-
kec full bloods lad no special leader. There
were many loyal lalf.brccds in the latter
tribe. The principal chief, John Ross, was
at heart Unionist, but being overawcd and
suspected, for the time being acautcsccd in
the act of secession passed in Jufy. 1861. l,y
the National Council.
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ai11lAA1 ia1oa1A?CE of TIE INDIAN IkRhi-
TORY.
- .ssa.5 ..a ~ III opc1!nP " lle leuelHon u
chnrnctcr of no rno,o ana n;i;torr ~ ,eina ~ ~
tha conn+rv I1,at r. 60 Gn,.or-n,a, at,n1,,d -
faEe mcasnr3a.s r. o;d Tobn Roaa "nd ett,ars
Thc forts n f1,e Tcrr,foru lad % secn sc,se5 a.,
Il was scyerai % montis after % thc sccesston 50 @ ~ u
Arkansas ont3 Taras haSara thn Tn ToHssao.a+oa ~
h.i onv n;1;1ar Saroo ~ ;nr+onna ,uv =; 4h;s
secfinn Senatnr Tona ~ Eansos - .rh;io
Command tha F-nntisr r. Erord ~ at -, st;+,N hao
ton Ia;d hc}orn Ito Praa;dent and cnn tAs nno5t
.t;.sa au 1stoie - lnc iesiuenl a.u oen: oeott
p-o3 ;nto ~ H. ts5 ,s oE1saat III hansas
Enrta sm;tb n;h.nn Maht sI.;y1, yssap3
Vin,,tn ~ ~ thosun, sa toDo' nluueAe uuu
,nnizin1, thc Inya1 Tna;ons Hod III. 4h hacr
5onc tien The cnI,ntrv n,1ht ~ hnar, +a'e
liz. fhrre regiments whasa 1890 nstd
crn ARKANSAS a. .e11 ~ ~ ia 1odto,e r. H.
ffnns fn-oo ~ IN mn W ~. ~. a,,1d i aNu,
ho..s o..,,,,;nsS NY w. aor Acn coulo AAvc
W;Ison;s Nran, o';,e ~ oaasMe. LII c.' e.Usea:
won1a tSo,, beEa boe,, % son, iaa auu 1at.nac "
the tIant of He rehei aissour ar,w ,:o1a IL
~, n,i1ss ~ ~ ~ u ~ ve. rea1
for.,1,t ;n srr.nass ~ aI ~, se oeea
+1,af stnta a.,s a:sns..t a.u eoa5 ~ "nuie ~
n nv honda Gsn s,,e ,reo Ieen % em.5sy
aa- - a.,t r. s,1a Aaus Mas HUI ullo 70
tiaf ne erry;a%cs % m tie d|on en ,ras rae p,ea ea
"an1eo. -...--.- -........ .......-.....-
UNION AND REBEL INDIAN MOVEMENTS.
As consequence, these nations were iso-
lated. No communication was kept up with
them. Lnne's brigade, which was finally
raised, had to be employed in resisting the
attempts Of Price's 1feuteuants to invade
Kansas In August Of 1861 Superintendent
Coffin made feeble attempt 10 visit lis
charge. He got about flfty miles below Fort
Scott and returned It was not until Octo-
ber Of the same year that any reliable intelIi-
geuce Of the Union Indian ntoyemcnts was
Fecciyed. ~ 11'1tA'' NV .A'sD'7 ""'
4. NJ Canuth, Clerk Of the Seminole Coun-
Gil, made lis escape to Kansas with his Wifc:
through MIN General Lane learned TINT the
~ ro1s a aHes ma4;, H.. naa openy resisted
~ ne ren seot.e WIS I., nu.ao7ed DJ Lane
~ :4 vLs4 sosnnln1,caIa9n , ~ltn lae tnaians ana
nsn. p' T., cSns. Nra ~ W LEU a. humposol,
en1io1, 80 - 1nsaa r., ,,,,. ~ fpmunl' @
wh;e tnnr cn1nrnond ~ ~ ~ s4,1 aatatn u
Kansas A. nntsrc5 hoa-tiis te TX H. 81
mcnfs ;nitiatcd fr ,asatin i.o tha ,as1 tae mos 1
ma fnna6t '1f t6ros aran anua
hatt1cs XIX thc reha3 cneoI rha1ai- 1sG sesslS S
ChoctaH regiments nn1cr Go1ona1 WaI,taa1, aan
fonarter.bl9od CrecEl, Colonel Stand Wait;e