The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-22
THE CHEROKEE TREATY.

The Enormous Sacrifices which the Red Men
have Made for the sake of Pence-Robbing
the Indian To Enrich the Land-tsrabbers.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs have
again had the Cherokee treaty under discussion
The treaty Of 1868 objected to by Secretary Cox
and many amendments were agreed upon between
him and the Cherokee delegates now here. The
amended treaty agreed upon was sent in to the
Senate as it was originally accompanied by recta-
ton of what they have abandoned, as folows:-
THE GovERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE
CHEROKEE NATION, Dr.
For lands west of the 96th degree west Ion
gitude, and south of the 9lth degree
north latitude, and estimated by the In
terror Department in 1868 TO embrace
about 2l 0UO, 600 acres, and lands In Kan
sas known as "Cherokee strip," and
estimated by the said department in 1868
to embrace about 7es 900 acres. ss,oOO,OOO
Fer reservations OF lands in the State of
Arkansas 76s0 acres), and in the States
OF Alabama and Tennessee Q00, 900 acres),
in all 107, $50 acres (and referred to In the
18th article OF our treaty Of 1860 at SIPS
For misapplied funds due the Cherokee
Nation under treaties between the some
anu the United States, and ascertained
to be due under the provisions OF the 23d
article OF the treaty of 1866 between said
Nation and the United States. .......... 100000
Total amount ...;....:.....:........ s4,s94, 600
United states. Observation-Disclosures. $780, 900
Balance due. Observation-Disclosures 81, 1884, 600
The Cherokees say:-"By our treaty we not only
surrender this balance of s334,6O0 but also the in
crease in value OF our strip of land in Kansas
which may be safely calculated at $1,000 OOO as we
have been offered over this amount for these lands
thus making from these two items alone g. 334 600
which we lose. Also, we make by the treaty an
enormous sacrifice in lands west OF the 96Gh de-
gree west Longitude and south Of 31th degree; for,
should 1t be decided that our nation ougat to lose all
of its lands west Of 100 degrees OF west longitude,
because your Government has failed to comply with
its legal Obligations in not issuing to nation
patent TO these lands, ana should your Govern
ment thus take advantage of its own wrong
toward us, then there would still be left between
the Tooth ano Goth degree of west longitude about
9,216 900 acres OF land to which our nation has not
merely an lndan tltle but absolutely the title in
fee OF your Government, secured by patent, which,
at the Government price OF 81 rs per acre, worth
1,525 UOO Deduct from this The So 500 900 agree
To take for these lands and you gain on US the
OF IS 600, which, added to the g. 334 600 already
referred to as given up, makes the enormous aggre-
gate Of SIC, S59 600 sacrificed by the Cherokees for
the sake Of peace
Notwithstanding this showing, it Is said the COM
mttee, on no other plea than economy, wish to
amend the amended treaty by cutting it down a
whole million OF dollars. This the Cnerokees will
not agree 10, but will ask permission to resume con-
troll OF their lands rather Than sacrifice them at the
mere dictaton OF unscruprions power.
The Government does not hesitate to give away
to a single band OF corpOrators land enough to make
three States as large as New York; yet it robs the
Indians OF their poor remnants on preteXt of pur-
chase, agreeing to give about one-tenth value for
them, but never pays that. Red Clouds opinion OF
white men has solid foundation