, 1876-03-25

rem. expenses thcn from tho ck!o OF lof.ds iIu
then explained that at tho preceding erabsoh Of
Congress they l,ad bad introduced two bis,-ons
granting to their Company, Or ltB e1tanslon. tho
alternate aect,ona OF land for 10 intlen on each
ndn OF their linn through sl tho outlying rorri-
toFies through whloh Il might run tta line 70 thu
Pacific Coast. Tha other It'll Naa 10 rednco tho
Oklahoma. Ito natd ono Of tho bills waa m tho
HouAte caiondA. for sotne Ame in Uccembor--I
thInk tho 27tl, or auth. 1fe said that durpg to
presious CongrcBs theY had All Indirect oFposi-
tlou shown ttlom BY thu presiiont. bnt they had
Batna.la Bay Company. An 1'residunt Of tflcts
Company they felt cortsin HtookwolI could roaoh
lhe President and Gen. I'nrtor around by tho
way Of Hasnsna Bag, asoneoro wh!el,, he said
Aa 10 tho plan Of operations, and ho
informed tno, aftor ho Ind mRlo tho prop
onttion to mo to vlsit Washington. that as
soon ~ tho two bills should be prsned. they
the best improved lan.'a In Tho Tortitory, which
would place tusn at unco In poAseaalon of not
1esa than 2300, ,000. 900 worth Of improved farms,
upon which thaY world place land mortgage.
and thcn *e'l tho land on lonH t1no. Ile raid
would bo based on cultivated farnn, kind Of
security railroads woro not In TIC habit Of Cir
ing; mud, beside that, thoy wo1o. not to bo on
taoglad with tho construction bonds o. accounts
Of The road. After sonae furthos talk. DO said
Thurman, rho was to como into tRo Land Dond
Pool, or waa in, was watching their interests In
tho banAto, but that ho {Coaln) ought to ho
thoro to look after It On tho outaido. Ho said he
Tahoquah, tho Uapltal Of tho Iudlan Nation,
and sue II refolutIon or bill which had
boon introduced BY them at thb preceding sea-
zion and defeated could not be revived and
Col. Doudinot' Of tho Indian country, to assist
them but ~ tho Colonel WAS In bad odor In
tho Nation, lin fact, did not dAro to go lhere.-
they would keop him at Washington TO old Mf.
Thurman. ~ the Colonel Uouid bo handy for
Mr. Thurman 70 have 1t hand to convince any
doubling member that tho Indians ware being
consumed with the dcBire to exchange their ir-
responsible Government for such stable ono
| as tue United states would giro in exchange for
It. But Mr: Coffin said no would feel better II
ho was on tho ground and could 200 tho thing d.
work,-thsr tfoy had fixed" Mr.. Thurman
| very Handsomely In addition to what hc would
gottf tho thing waa SUCCESS. He knew Mr'
| Thurman was alt right, becauso the Chief Eugi,
/ him while 10 (B.) MAS on tho Atlantic l. Great
Q.-Then you arc certain thss mir. cofsn said
that Mr.. Thurman mas employed BY the Com
bills through Cougress, which. II passed, would
haze robbed tho 1ndiknB Of large amount oi
| landf AL hin vary ooEtalu. We had frequent
talks On thia subIocs, and he always apoke 81
| hlr. IAnfQ1hn A4 t4e HAD VINO WA6 ~ Gl'p0GaulS3
watch the interests Of ths Company on tho aoo'
| ct tho Beuase.
| Q.-Did you 60 to Wanhington for the Com
pany !? =. A.-No; vent to Jefferson City znt
did my part OF tho work there, which only oceu
pied short time, and for which Mr. Colin paid
| no $500, aud tito Tlcasuror of the Company a2s
moro On account Of o1ponses. The Legislative
inveatlRssion lnatod eopao time, and when Il
wa osor GongTeas vas after Oakes
Ames and the Union Pacifio, and Cotiit
said they would not crowd their biIfi
until that little breezo had blown oycf. uo Won
10 Washington soon altar, and whom saw hin
again he said ~ that RtootWell didn't have d..
bit of influence With Gen. Grant, who WAS az
welded to lia Indian policy that ono Quake
ptoacher had moro influence with him thar
twonty men like stockuell." lie said f1tshe
that they would remove Ssockwoll and elect th
lion. Thomas A. Scott - tho President Of th
Company, which thay did.
Q.-uayo you ever laid this matter bofoEo an,
Senator In Congress7 A-No, sir; Ar. Cotli'
Ia living IN Now Ynrk, and can toll Congress i
he wants that body to know all the facts.
suppose Con. Clinton 3. Fisk, Of New York. an'
Mr. Andrew Pierce, Of Boston. alo also famllia
with what ME. Colin told mo. Alr. Coffin TN
obArge Of tho Legislative Department. M
supefintondel al tho lobbying, aud did th
entertaining and confidential talking to out
s!dera.