The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-24
INDIAN TERRITORY.
The Council of Confederation.
OcKMuLGE, INDIAN TER'Y, June 10, !
via CHICAGO, June 81. !


via CHICAGO, June 81,
Much uneasineSs is ielt by many here les
the President should exercise his r0nsIi
tutionAl right Of appointing men from tn
United States TO these higher offices; 10 dI
so would create wide spread dissatiSlac
tiOn. There are men in the territory un
dhcstiOnahly competent TO exercise tn
functions OF selGgovernment, and ms th'
population is extremely sensitive nj any
Thing that looks like subOrdinatiOn Ol lhI
interests Of the Indian 10 those Of The
whites, this exercise Of the appointing
power al Washington could not fail to bl
productive Of very mischicviOus results
Further the delicate position in which the
nations are placed in reference to thell
wild brothers, renders additional guaran
tees Of their secure and permanent Occu
panCy OF this territory absolutely neces
sary, Here are number Of warlikG ChiGls
from the Cheyenne, ArrGphoe, Caddo and
other tribes, These painted and bettath.
cred brethren have been COrdiallyTeceived
at the great council fire, and the difference
blandly depicted TO them Of the two roads
that lie before them IN pursue. The white
path Oi peace leads to secure homes, be-
nign treatment from their great father,
and all the comforts enjoyed by their civil.
lied brethren, while the red path will lead
to theirultimate determination and n life
of poverty and privation, while they
are permitted To roam the plains. This
vital matter las been doliberated by these
chiefs, and their utteranCes are all EN-
phatiCNlly and ,mvaryingly for peace
with the white man, and u life Of progress
sion and useful industry, but they want
permanent homes guaranteed them. In
their replies to the ll0rid OratOry which
paints to their absorbed attention all the
millennial blessings that attend life Of
peaceful pursuits, they first ask can per.
manCnL homes bG guaranteed them All
tell of spoliation and deportation by
the ironticrmAn. The Usage chiefs were
even eloquent over the wrongs they have
suffered A magnificent domain in south.
ern Kansas, secured to them by Il solemn
treaty with the United States, was first
overrun by thousands Of settlers, their
stock driven of, and their corn gathered
and they were finally compelled to give
way rs the weaker OF the opposing forces,
which in juxtRposition cannot Co.eXlsl
They now ask homes TO be given to them
against the enroachment Of white men be.
fore they will be willing To lay aside their
blankets and their war point and spend
their money in opening farms and prOCur
Ing stock. The COmmittee.to whom II
was referred the duty of considering the
hest course to be pursued TO secure rs
early as practicable the establishment of u
government proposed under the COnstitu
ton, submitted in December, 1870 and
presented report this morning. II was
read II first time and interpreted. The
report proposes that inasmuCh IA the
Constitution IN the opinion Of the General
Council in not inconsistent with the rights,
privileges anl the treaty obligations Ol the
people of the Indian country, and secures
to them the great and inestlmable right of
self government; and inasmuCh as the cir.
cnmstances growing ont of the treaty OF
1866 impose upon them the necessity Of
aCceding To some form Of general govern:
ment Of this territory,
RlS0ipd, Therefore that the action Ol
the General Council in December, 1870,
which framed and submitted n consttu.
ton to the several nations represented in
said Council, is hereby rGatlrmGd,
Provision is further made for creating Il
provisional government and the election
ora Governor and other officers, whose du.
ties shall he such as are prescribed by the
constitution. This report was followed
by proposition of Mr.. Brown, Seminole
delegate, to amend the constitution so rs
to provide for equal representation in the
Senate of the Cherokee, Creek, ChOctaw,
Chickasaw and Seminole nations. This
proposition hAs been earnestly discussed
for several days. W. p. Ross, the ChcrO.
kee Chief, objected to it on the ground
that II would destroy the principal repre-.
sentation according to population pro.
vided for in the Constitution, and would
deprive the Ottawns, Peories, QuapaMs,
SeneCas, WyandOttss, Shawnecs and
Osages, and the small tribes, Of equitable
representation in the Senate lie further
argued that inasmuch MS the Constitution
had already been acceptedby the Creeks,
IL would endanger tho confederation to
now make the amendments. This view
Is held by the absent chiefs. Its further
consideration was postponed until Mon.
1ay.