, 1865-09-21
THE GREAT INDIAN COUNCIL
Resources and Condition Of, the
Indian Territory.


nrt,on;s the lndlnn 1ribe~-DiMeuitic~
the commissioners have to Contend
NHn.
leto"1 oal o"u eo17esponoen'.1
r1o co,on,,o1,ona,s, % ,,a. - 80 seps .s. ,
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soad I ~ ~ se.,a.r, ose,Iss ~, ~ s,uanu., ~ ~
araav tsnd w. 1.ot IN, a.1 ~" ..ttsa ~ -erts
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coh;n r.asas 11s n;;as - hs,a~ - ~ 49,. r.. w
1n,,as wasa ,-,s,,,a a,.,aaaaos ~ 49, A..
aass1. "s.e W ,ran ,. ~ .s;.-sssad !. sarsas.as
h.ssas .,,,nna ,,,aa,.t,o-. sna .,o1..4-. oaa
hs e1n.t-,,t,,,e - = r,eon,o mi a f.: ra.r,
49, r-oenornns " oai hannr w Tba I,1ians
n'AiAp.tAie @ao so0''' N1'o 'o1en "A.eA "e
passed were oncc prosperous and happy.
They listened to tho siren song Of
rebel cousp!rators, and hare brought upon
,.<o,,-as ,,+o1d ats.store m ro3,;,, Crco,-
1ae!ps 49, % pna 49, $3.50. 49, ~ .ssr
This region WIS great resort for rebel
Chcrokees and bushwhackers. There Is n
f,ne ,,odr of timber growing on this stream,
~ ~. s,s;.roa t-o,r rch1n cree,z IN Fort C,h.
LUZ a,s'. a.. 49, @ n,ica 'l sever, fne streama
fon is 1oftJ-nlnc 'olles' S',s... c1 A4S 80 sls
NV ,'s 1sn,a ,,,n.5,c stream of wafer. he]ted
otoa~' .3 t;,,ha- ~, - -
win la1ge oout " -'nos tu" ~" uom
the tsmcbred hills, near INC flscf, specullariy
A"c- ~ Nv ..s.eN-,, te1 t.e 'NSA "4tu 1ts
broad Maa Ploouct'c saneye' ana away 10
the right Is q vast e1panse Of prairie 1oWland
win every variety Oh 4o"efs many OF the
choicest species cultivated in flower gardens,
nre growing upon the prairfe, THO yerhena.
o,.cry rar;c1v ~ 1,nl and tba Novorf,,, .1,hoa
ctGss sn4e'9 ~ PI@ :, wv ". wv olms a'lAea
anu roses OF AZ descriptions ore found
Grapes nearly rs large as cultivated varieties,
and Of great favor and richness, abound,
rort Gihson 7c5 miles ,,c1ory Fort scot+ 10
H,1, ' T.," s,sSt us4ow so's "..ss,, IS
On o!n"u nsel' 4nts posh WAS es1aousaea
In 1875. Jcff. Davis, with the rank Of Lieu
tenant in tho Regular Army, commander
there in 1875. The rost has about 400 troops
AT present. end about i1fty hoyels and seycral
euilera' stores. Cherokee schools are kent
herc. Tn1aann, the capital OF the Cherokee
Nation, 1. fourteen miles distant from tho
fort. At the breaking ont of the war ii con
KEGS ere peculiarly pastoral pcoplc. and
consco ueptly have no larpe towns. Therc
WIS male and female college ut Ta!aaua.
and about I5O students in Attendance nj tbs
breaking ont Of lie war. JOHN Ross.
R;rns'pa, ;ra Fh.ff Pasf 1,,1 81 me Ch,erokees,
Tsssa,a nsa ~ NJ ol1 5, tout I'm muss 1 from
,,.,a. 1,,;,1tros eoae aa5 iarrra ne' VIII lTe
tsr,,ed oue * no1 s,,I % ~ c.ttis pJa ne
Ic.n ..,nnS1x o,,est;onnd psnnsds N5a.y ~ nas
HIVE ,,air i,;nT a. 1",,io, nIiot ~ " s, sIiue
.,oI;t;ns,ss TRsra ~ Il et,o..,1 naa ~ ~ "st -
H. ~ i,;- ,,-esarIcd T., gS1;ah Io +s -. H. -,
~. - - - t,, ~ tant,1nlen 49, tc aus.te vs.
.a", .,nN ~ svlt s.c Ill S'usiacs' uiE1ns ~
lIasun ,1as .nat 10y epa'1 ~ no.G aota.a-
geous Hta.! VIZ ~ ,. Ilu tou.sust"et n tnaa tne!
ever hau VIII inc pnited eiaIes. LIS ict1er
nas 1t 3essI oeen Euptsaeu. oI. 3 on hla az
washington. ~ orothels ana kansmen were
no1enensay ts e n' anne,' Mna 1 reused 10 .ake tne
oa'n q y nrdftna;, an, " I'LL Esoests masniosm IT,
~. ~ taou9s I.;ac ~ = na!Us =. ~ psople
y .SoA II aoHics. tne uat!.otecus, hAo "I.e
~ la y" W. -. sass. WIZ Etusfay
disioeal, "nie the puse plnoos, WHO OWNED
no slaves, "ere 3 generally Loyal.
From Fort Gibson TO tue Illinois river,
distance af titirtT miles The I0nds arc among
the rousshcst u 1le world. Hill succeeds hili,
anc you are hardiS down one elevation I'll
sio"l5, "eafns, anu amos: ,mperecptt6ty,
son afe c!anoins anoines mountain. ms
sire1ch o. country = heavily ttmbcsed.
S'4ny o. tae is,ss,a aaIlos ais oaS opsa,ng at,