The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-27
THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE IN
DIAN TERRITORY.

We have received document which
bears the following title: journal of
the General Council of the Indian Ter
ritory, composed of delegates, duly
elected from the Indian tribes, legally
resident thereof. Assembled in coun-
Gil at Okmulgee, in the Indian Terrific
ry, under the provisions of the twelfth
article of the treaty made and conclud-
ed at the city of Washington, in the
year 1866, between the United States
and the Choctan and Chickasaw, Mus
kokee and Seminole tribes of the same
date"
The council met on the 9th of Sep
TENDER, but did not proceed to business
until the Goth, as q quorum was not
present until that day. Thirty-six del
egates, representing eleven nations or
tribes, were present when the organi-
zation of the council was completed.
Six standing committees were appoint
ed, the titles of hichindicate becom-
ing appreciation of their own wants,
while they are endeavoring to assume
the habits and conditions that belong to
an enlightened people. These commit
tees were constituted as follows LIST, A
committee on relations with the United
States. I'd, On International relations.
Sd, On Judiciary. 4th, On Finance. 9Th,
On Education and Agriculture. 9th,
On enrolled bills.
That these people have just appre-
citation of the value of education, may
be inferred from the first resolution
they adopted, which was as follows !:
" ReSolUed, That the committee on edu-
cation be instructed to report in wri-
ting, as near as may be practicable, the
population of the nations and tribes rep
resented in the general council, the
amount of their respective school funds,
the number of schools in operation
among them, the system under which
they are managed, and the general state
of education in the Indian Territory"
The second Resolution instructed the
Judiciary committee to report bill, or
bills, which should provide for the ex-
ecution of criminals and offenders es-
caping from one tribe to another tribe,
and for the administration of justice
between members of different tribes of
the Indian Territory, and persons other
tribes and nations"
Among their acts was also the fol-
lowing: "Resolced, That the committee
on Education and Agriculture be in
structed to report fully, as may be prac-
ticable, on the condition of Agriculture
in the Indian Territory, including the
area of land in cultivation, the crops
produced, the different plants and GER
Gals adapted to the climate and soil, and
the best methods for cultivating such
crops, and of increasing the industry of
the people in agricultural pursuits"
The Council adjourned on the Both of
September and reassembled on the 9th
of December and remained in session
until the Goth, when they again adjourn
ed until the first Monday in June, 1871.
While the work of the committee on
education and agriculture was by no
means complete, they entered upon
their labors with such zeal and intelli-
gence as to give q fair promise that
much will be accomplished for the pro-
motion of these interests in matters that
relate to education and the industrial
pursuits.
The expression of the Council was
such, however, as to indicate that they
have no intention to cease to remain an
Independent people, so far as their gov
eminent and their Independent mode of
life is concerned.