The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-22

called McAllister's. There o temporary town e To-
Gated, which supplies all the necessaries OF life 10
pas BY the Psso mail ne %hcS has sns s
northern terminus here. The town Is made up OF
teHts frsme structures rooIed with canvas and
saloons. Il has rs bakery its butchery, its Ice.
cream and lemonade saloohs, It's general grocery
facilities. We spent o night there, and can tea
tify to the general peace and good order of the
community, which had, however, been but recently
secured by the expulsion, under penalty OF death,
OF some lawless characters who had for some days
infested the place. This town Of tabernacles was
station OF the railroad being about to be removed
some twenty miles further down the line. should
have given passing notice to another but perma-
nent railroad town, established by the company
sixteen months ago, and called Parsons In honor
Of the president Of the company Just as its princ
pal hotel Is named after Mr.. Belmont. The CON-
pany seems determined TO make this an important
place, for It has built fine station here and Is now
erecting an extensive building for its workshops
The baby city already has its churches bank, news
paper and the usual variety OF stores and will In
year or two boast probably of population OF sew
eral thousand.
where the committee has been for two days, and
which was reached by days staging on one OF the
III PasO coaches, Is settlement In the Choctaw
country, which takes its queer name from triple
stream creek known as the Little, the Middle and
batting place for travellers by the coaches, and
few small stores, kept by white men, who either
have the necessary permits to reside in the Terri
adopted into the nation with all the rights of In
dams.
pRNATIoNALIzINa THE INDIANS.
Indeed, about the only people who have made any
improvements In the Territory are such white per-
and strange to say much Of the
ions S' and throwing ii Ai It open to settlement
rom the iull-blooded Indians. Many Of the best
informed among the Indians, however recog-
nize the impossbility Of maintaining their
unwilling to have the experiment tried, on condi-
tion, however, that the lands now occupied by
secured to Them in ssSeraity, leaving the remain.
DER TO be disposed Of In such manner as may be
the the d ssses
change is the great question In this region and the
Will be for the Indians the whites, the freedmen,
the railroad companies and the people ut large
AS II Is, there can be no permanent improvements
the railroad, for the reason that no title to pro-
perty can be conveyed. There 10, therefore, u
pressing and immediate necessity for action by
been dev0ting much attention to the subject, l
presume that it will be prepared to submit some
Idea is that the whole Indian Territory should be
organized under some such form OF government as
the District Of Columbia leaving the Governor nor
President, securing to every person now resident
here, Indian, negro and white man, his homestead
the land under the general laws governing the
public domain or allowing it to be sold in limited
quantities to actual settlers and the proceeds to be
used in providing Tor schools, the expenses OF gov
eminent and work OF internal Improvement. The
success OF such system would depend necessarily
tratiOn would be committed, and 1t might be hoped
that the President would be little more circum-
spect in his selection OF such men than he was In
the instance alluded to- Matters OF detail would
suggest themselves, such as rendering Indian home
steads inalienable for q certain number Of years.
The main point would be to break mp the present
SYSTEM which precludes all possibility OF improve
ment and to admit this splendid section OF country
TO particiDation IN the advantages offered to 1t
INDIAN FRAUDS.
The committee has taken here the testimony OF
two OF the former principal chiefs or governors Of
the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations Both were
involved IN the corrupt bargain or transaction
made with Mr. Latrobe IN washington, and shared
allowed him for settling up Indian claims and col
lectng back annuites. Secretary Boutwell, has
mehts, and the facts developed before the com
mlttee Will probably result In recommending the
Is ta tSs o. az nsys
cheated In all these transactions, and that thefr
own leading men have been Instrumental in rob-
bling them. That IL one reason why should not
advocate an elective Executive or Legislature here
The poor Indians are too ignorant and shiftless
the better class Of them are not to be trusted 1t
may be objected that the same is the with the
whites; and admit that there Is force In the OBJ
lection. But It Is just barely possible that dozen
honest men might be recommended by the Society
OF Friends and other religious bodies who would
consent to come here and devote themselves in an
unselfsh spirit to the phanthr0pic and important
work which have indicated.
The committee leaves this place tomorrow by
stage for 1ishaming0, the capital OF the Chckasaw
Nation.
THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY
The col0red people OF this vicinity celebrated the
national anniversary to-day by q barbecue In the
adjacent woods. There were but few representa-
tives OF the red men present, and they were only
loOkers-On. The AFFAIR went of very creditably
much local eldt being given to 1t by the fact that
the members Of the Congressional Committee and
their ladies were present, and that General Shanks
the chairman, delivered a short address on the
occasion.