Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-01-28
Oklahopia.


roral blessings.
Okiahopis..
Tho Indian council NOW ia sesslo
at 0cmulgoe, In the Cherokee oour
try, southwest OF Missouri, promii
es 10 be an event Of much intoros
aud Importance, iar il IL The flrs
movement Of the indian tribes Q
that region towards tho position
and dignities Of n State. Thi
council Is n voluntary ono on th'
part Of the fourteen tribes paruoi
pating in IL, though II is held nn
der the friendly direction aud gui
dance Of commissioners appointed
by the United States. The leading
tribes of Indians now inhabitlng
what Ia called the Indian Territory
are the Seminoles, Crooks, Chcutaws
Cherckccs and ChielSasaws-all ol
thom Southern Indians, having
come from Florida and The region
along the Tennessee river. But
thcre are other outside bands living
in Sbuthern Kansas and Northern
Texas who are gradually becoming
incorporated in tho Indian Terri
tory, and who take part in this
movement. Our special dispatches
inform lis that fourteen tribes arc
represented in the Ocmnlgee CONN
Gil by fifty-four delegates. These
tribes arc not savage nor nomadic;
they dwell in permanent Villages,
cultivate farms, raise herds of cattle,
horsos and sheep and domestic
fowls, and possess the rude manu-
factures incidental to new countries.
In fact they are civilized people,
having churches, schools and stable
societies, and qualised to perform
the duties and enjoy tho rights of
citizens. Our dispatches inform us
that q report has been submitted by
a committee appointed for that pur.
pose, proposing an organization Of
all the tribes into, territorial gov
ernment, with tho usual legislative,
executive and judicial departments,
the weaker tribes being protected
from possible imposition by the
stronger ones by provision which
requires that the scheme shall not
Become binding and of effect, untiI.
it shall have the approval of all
the tribes. a.
AT present VIC have no relations
with this Indian country except
the very limited ones permitted by
special treaties with each tribe,
while the position Of the country
on the great line Of the movement
between Missouri and Texas is con-
demonstrating the enccessity
for larger and more intimate con;
nections. OF the capacities Of thc
soil Of this region it. is enough to
say that it is the finest region west
Of our frontiers superior even to
Kansas in the beauty Gifts prairies,
tho quality and amount Of its tim
bor. the abundance Of it's streams,
md the nildness Of its climate.-
The Grand River valley, which is
the choicest part of the region, is
to be ono of the most at
traetivo districts in the west. So
4 country cahnptand ought
not to remain seauestered from the
,iyilising influences that arc active.
" at work on the frontier; and it
s * creditablo to the sagacity and in
tolIieence Of ths Indian tribes who |
iphabit II that they recognize this
ract and are preparing to Conform
IA Il by organizing territory that
viii Infinitely become a State. AT
treasies forbid more than
fwo railroad, 10 pass through the
nd;a ! co,,ntr,, me f,.om north to
,orth ,and onother from sast to
Isasf mi, ths incr.,sing demand
a. ra;Iwav oonnections that is ex-
h;h;t;ny II ;f.eIf IN Missouri. Kansas
and Arkabsas. will not be content
With these restricted privileges
Tbs Indian cbuntry fies between
Kansas and Texas, right in the
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