New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

rood which crosses the Territory and gives Kansas
its only direct communication with Texas ana 'he
Gulf of Mexico was built against their wishes anu
IN the face of strong opposition
| TIE CHoCTAw CAPITAL.
/ We were desirous OF seeing more OF the cVil'zed
Indians of the five nations than we could from 'he
unsatisfactory glimpse of them from the tram ana
/ at the stations Indeed they are quite rlght WHO
say that very little can be learned about them from
! railroad trip across the Territory. Their homes
and villages are back several miles from the
! line of the road, and the people "ho'l
Won sec at tbe stations are mostly railroad
| cmpovfs or white men who have become Indians
bv adoption, with here and there half-breed Inc
| senate Committee appointed to consider the sub
icct Of organizing the Territory under tho laws OF
the United States were at st. Louis when we were
there intending TO 90 into the Territory to take
testimony and see for themselves the condition of
fine tribes and we had hoped TO be able to accom-
panv them. They decided. however, to postpone
their visit until fortnight later or after the ran
elections:s so We went on without them independent
investigators None of the Legislatures or Councils
of the five tribes were in session excepting that OF
the Choctaws, and that, rs promising the most H.
teIcSting spectacle we decided to visit Inc car-
ital of the Choetaw Nation is Chahta-l lamaha
Two or three hours ride in a muic team over first
"
tImbcred district from Caddo Station on the rail-
road brought us to the place. Chalta-IaInaha con-
ssts of a two story-brck building with most OF the
windows broken and generally diapidated and
neglected appearance, in which the Legislature
meets: n rickettY tumble-dOwn lOg-houso, two
shanties one Of which is occupied as sort ot
store and the other as prnt.ng-'tice during the
session Of the Legislature, AMI tent IN whlch
wandering artist took cheap pictures of the states
men and warriors on TIN. The brick building was
formerly known as Armstrong Academy, but slnce
the school was discontinued II has been occupied by
9th, Government" The mint!ng-oiiice contained
two cases of type set mp on rails as stand, and
small card-press on which the proceedings of the
Legislature or Council were printed daily. iii SIX
bv eight sheet. One end OF the brick building was
u,cd as a kitchen TO furnish meals s"r the member,
of the Legislature and the o. hui!dIuG was also de
yutcd to the purposes of q boaIdi C-housc. The
road Icalmg to this remarkable capital was IN
miserable condition and IL perfect keeping with
the general air of untIdineN' and unt'nu that pre-
vailed. With no taxes to bear ana ample revenues
romuvcscd fund, in the hands of the United states
Government this furthe>t advanced of civilized In
dian tribes has not enterprise ol pJdc enough I"
Keep the !oad leading to the C3Pl al IN decent re-
PAIR. or to to mend the broken windows IN tbcu
Legislative balls group SIX or light iuIi-booda
ana hail-"lct's "alS'u "'''' 'I' """l W INV
clpi;ol AID regarded rs so,p.cousy w
lhchtcd from our convey .ror. II WAS the noon
rcccs, of the Legislative bottles, and to occupy the
time before the rca>semll.ng ~e went up stairs and
uaid our respects TO the Govcrror. ihc Executive
Chamber contained two beds. Zach occupied
hy a member of the '">.!tUrr taNln@
nap with his boots and ha; On, a pine
ta'l" and rough desk and t.o or three
broken chairs. At the dc,, ID tAo corner sat
q yer, commo1-lookius person, yuloV-haircd, and
l, uo ,u,a,, r.,,clv. with L,. hat nl-aud ii wi.
sorry one-aud ti. appeaIincc generally of tramp
Struggling with manifest effort VIiu % p.n. II Was
loyrruo. Glrvi1, and n" was the Kind of Governor
one i.ht expect to sce in such capitol 1a read
Ills message before seeing lin. IT, that document
L ,,l rr,I o,n,.,tion 10 tho measures before Con-
,rr,s for orEau;lnL the Territory, tor the reason
.bat thc ..ls;on Of tie White man, LAWS over
or people and the set,lcnrnt of the whites among
rs would lead to our destruction" had noticed III
4 also this fine passage:
We cannot forget that scarcely century has elapsed
-, &c our WAN T'CV i ,i Yrt tla,e :"
ID ali-gt," anl cmnPo'cni G"'. ihr blanket nag been
a.p Cxclaos'G for 'hc u.,.6I ayc The s,alp
rs,e ioi IN, VI, ,tnc . melnwcd me
&C. ercrcd r.u- of Ian ,nd now wo arc
r!--.d Il a. .n' emp emp D ] ]!,'e"'' @ zen, .ii,, il
-, ~ ,v.r i,.rf.r.br to var VIII lis t.IrI.r
qucnce> Edachlon NJ, n' u ' o5'Ii i"''S % -, a., i1
.,r- io ~ "'t' t dcta aid We NAV po-sIy. in we
providence Of cod, and III his own loot iimr reach
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r,IIlloodoJ 1,isLn,,,. No one vonld
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