, 1872-12-19

the most enormous walnut trees
ct when you have any idea;
River some Of the BEST in fact, in the: West
ern conntry,-and plenty of lead lies in our Ma
ton. None Of these things are developed in any
degree, and do not believe they ever will be
Whllo ne live aa at present.
GInpLED BOUND ABOUT BIZ STEAM
1.-TWO rallroads-one descending through Mis-
souri, and one from Kansas meet at the town Of
Vinita, which has about.150 people. From this
point OF junction, the Missouri, kansas l. Texas
Road passes along the border Of the Creek Ma
ton, through the Choctaw Nation, and enters
Texas within the limits Of the Chickasaw Ma
ton. In other words, the road runs $50 miles
through the Indian country, passing from se-
dh5a, = IN Missouri, BY Fort Scott and Chetopa,
Fork, to Sherman. It would be an anomalous
thing for you to SEQ the Pullman palace cars
running every day through the length and
breadth OF our Territory, Indians and whites
over the pleasant prarie-land, in sight Of agreea-
able mountains, and often through woods and
by many delightful streams"
"What arc tho roads, Mr.. Boudinot, which
come up to the Cherokee boundary?"
"Well, sir, the Ieavenworth, Lawrence l.
Galveston Road, Of which R1r. Joy is the chief
spirit, descends through Kansas to the Town OF
Coieeville, right on our boundary, which now
has 2,500 people. The Missouri, Kansas d Tex
as Road has built up q town right On the Kansas
Missouri, Fort Scott l. Gulf Rosd-the Same
which got the Cherokee Neutral Lands, and
which Mr. Joy controls comes also to the Kan
sas line, and stops there at town Of 900 peo-
the Missouri side. the 7owas Of Seneca has about
1000 people waiting to come in. Had the Ar
kansas carpet-baggerB not spent the money pre-
mature1y, We should also have the Little Rock
T. Fort Smith Road in running order up to the
Arkansas line; for along much OF that road,
am told, the embankment exists, and the ties
are rottng for want Of use. Fort Smith has
5000 people, and Van Buren,, nearly opposite,
close to our boundary, has $500 people besides
both these towns are little dull at present. be-
cause the railroad comes into the Indian Terri
tory, and not into Arkansas, and is carrying away
traffic from them which used to take the route of
the Arkansas River.
TIE ARGUMENT.
t'Thus YOU see" continued Mr. Boudinot
"large towns arc assembling right on our line,
composed Of people who have come to stay
Nothing can be more certain than that these
populations, obeying the instincts Of moving
people like the Americans, are bound to go over
that line some way; and, under the present sys-
TEN, they will accomplish in mean way what
We might IS well admit and prepare for With
some statesmanHhip. They may either mix with
our people, and debauch them, and build up a
population which ia neither one thing nor the
other or they may move in with the Indians
consent, and be restricted to homesteadB, which
shall be sold for the benefit of our people, and
give US large school-fund, and thoroughly i'm
bue us with the civilization Of the time"
THE TEXAS Side
Are there not also number Of towns assem-
bled on your Texas border?"
'fYes, half dozen. There is Sherman. with
5000 people, and Dennison, Bonham, Paris, and
tho Red River from the Choctaw and Ghickasaw
Nations.
THE RICHEST MAN
in all the Indian Nations makes his money
within the Territory, and enjoys it just over the
line, in the Town OF Paris" =
''Who is that person 7"
sold Bob Jones,-a Choctav. Hehas eevera1
plantations on the Red River, AID is worth
81, ,5o0, 900. Before the war, he had above 400
negroes and property in New Orleans His store
and fine residence are at Paris, Texas, and is q
frst-claas busines8-man."
BoupISoT on TIE CREEKS
!" The next Of the great emigrating tribes
south Of the Che1okees is the Creek Nation, isit
not?"
"Yes. The Creeks number about $4,000
people, and they seem to be in d more demorl-
lied condition than any Of the great Indian Con-
federacies. They are divided into two nearly
Chief, Chicote, 8 full-blood, and by Colonel q.
n. Mcintosh, who Is the ab1est man in the
Creek Nation, and these want modern institu-
tions and an Intelligent form OF government.
one Sands, demand . complete reaction and re-
turn to the promiscuouB disorder OF q savage
condition These bands had . Thousand men on
each side in arms, and message was sent to
Colonel Griersqn 1t F9Ft a,bson s;d s5kng him to
u Grierson eaid:
"sI am watching you fellows over there, and
shall have nothing to do with your quarrels;
but, after while, when you get to lighting,
will Just pitch in and Lick you BOTH
sBetween the forks OF the Arkansas River,
Just east Of the Creeks, is what is called the
Canadian district, where, By general consent,
the defeated Confederate element Of the Chero-
KEGS reside, in order to avoid any difficulty with
the Federal Cherokees."
THE cHocTAw AND cH1oEABAw COUNTRY.
the Choctaws and ChickasawB:"
country % from @ ours, % and an admirable country in
many respects, and they cultivate cotton, which
We cannot do with much effect, because ourland
is too high and cold. The Choctaws have q
large tract in the corner between. Arlzansaa
tho Choctaws and Chickasaws enjoy q
pleasanter social condition thsn ne Cherokees j;
because, utter they removed to tbs Indian
country, they had no such eeries Of bloody mur-
ming, they have maintained more order. Ths
effect is seen in the extraordinary fact
that this very proposition OF mine,. to
have OUT lands surveyed and homeBteads given
to US in severalty has been voted Dy the Chlcka-
saws Of their own motion, and they arc now ask
ing Congress to do just what the Cherokees
want to murder me for proposing. In the
Chickasaw Nation is to be found the richest bed
Of petroleum on this continent The Chicka- |
eaws have more force OF character than any In
dams have ever met. Their Chief, Harris, is q
half breed, while the Chief Of the Chocta"s is Q
Governor Wright, and was educated
in Kentucky.
THE NEGRO INDIANS.
"As haTe said to you, the negroes have no
political or civil rights among these lower M |
tions. There are above 5000 negroes in tl'
tribes. The ChickasawB themselves number on1J i
4, 500, and the Choctaws about 6, 900. The Chick
asaws, Choctaws, Greeks, and Cherokees have |
about one million dollars for each nation on de-
posit in Washington, the interest Of which they |
get annually.
THE BEMIEoLEs. !
III omitted to speak Of the Semfnoles, who |
live to the west Of the Greeks, and have several |
hundred Thousand dollars. This money Was |
given to them for their lands in the States, /
whence they were removed"
THE WHOLE WORLD KIN.
IT suppose, Mr. Boudinot, you have politics !
and politicians, just like other people :"
eyes, and education is go unequal amongst /
kha Tntfara that = nroninert Chief we'll cul-