, 1875-05-01
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Lnto Nesys from tito Civilized rrit


Sptsias corrt.pondtncs q The CAteaoo Tribune.
MusgooEE. Creek Nation, l. T., April 3D.
Muskoseo. tho headquarters Of The Union indian
AEenrs for tho iiye civilized tribes namely: j:
Sen.molcs. is pleasant litt!o town. located On
tue Missouri, Kansas Il TEXAS Hallway, about !,
! nlles South Of Tho Arkansas lIiyet, in thp Crook
hat'on, Is ts beautifully situated on high,
rolling, fertile prairie. which is. friuged With
timber, th1eadod With streams Of pufo wator,
and oncreled By foot-hlls, and, here aad there,
conieal mounds, which present vary pictuf-
esQue appearance. Spring ruins aid genial
sunshine have catscd the grass to grow rapidly,
and prasie-aowezs ato intersporaod in profuslon
on every hand.
There ale bore three stores, two Of which Do
. lasGG busiaess; co!tou-sin. griat-mitl.
school-housc. church. and rouud-hoiso; aud
our peoples wants are In fair way to be sun.
pllod-proydcd thoy havo tho money.
Tho grasshoppeEs aud drought Inst year haya
hni bnd OBJECT on the whole country, and tho
do'ttnt'on stated in tho papers has not bcsn
oyerdsawn; but ths farmers arc uow plant!nt..
large crops md hope for better tinos-provldcd,
Of cou1ss, tho country is not revisited by those
pests. notwithstanding all tl,is, some Of thcao
!ndlnn farms would do credit to an ulinoisan.-
tsnoes IN good 5epn crops ns.t'y and properly
comfort and thrift prevalent. / observe tint tho
former eaves Of the Ctoeka arc excellent work.
ers, and they are really tile main dependence OF
tho tribe and to tho,n, usore than to theie for-
prcsont advancement Ia agricultural Affairs.
Tho cattlo aro lu1usiating In tho rich Etasses}
aud yet 1t will be Home tlmo oofNro thcy will ba
ready fur the H.afkes, because Of tho hard win.
tor.
Tho Union Indian Agency Ia In charge OF ATAt
George ". Ingalls,. Agent, an abba and trustvor
thy officer. lie has Iabored unsefahly aud woIl
to adEauco tho sntcsests Of this, the mos. impor.
Department. Hero tho grca. problem Of q Chris.
TIM civilization must b8 worked out, for araona
these tribes It was begun long years ago. bIa[
Ingalls,, who hae the full confidence OF ths Gov.
fore ue!l qualified to second all Just and humane
Efforts being put forth to pi otect tho Indian In
his rlghts aud advance him TO the h!shsst clyll-
ization.
THE ANNUAL GRAND COUNCIL
or all tue ttlbus (thrty-thrse in tue Iud!ln Ter
t!tory Will assemble tho tifst wook In MaY ns1t,
bv their delegates, and will bo presided over By
tr!and Enoch Hoag. Superintendent Of Indian
Affairs for tho Southern Agency, and Will DO In
"a per day, and the result OF their deliberations
are merely advisory, Your correspondent. Wilt
DO present a. tho next Grand Council, and re-
port proceedings.
assembled a. IlsLoungo. the Capital OF that
nation, to dDyiso The best plan for tho psoper
distribution Of the &l00DOo diverted by 4 Ieeent
act OF Coneress iron, their t1ust-funds, for tlo
fellef OF the destitute CAickasaws.
a ,few days since. tho presbytory OF Noosho
WIS In session At Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation.
tho Ier. J. II. she1E,!l. Of Neosho Ealls Kan, aa
Moderator. Thero were twolva ministers
npessts aaa .mong shs ptoeeepgs W. tho
~ delegssos 70 tho 0euaral Assembly Of the
Presbyterian Church, which meets Ut Cleveland,
O., Oh tho 18th Of blay. Tho lsoy. ]. II. sheriff.
dbsa1 81 ansas y sna tie Rev. g. A. stoddard. OF Fort
A serious shooting affair growing out Of an old
(eud, occurred at Tlnsa last Thursday, between