Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-01-12

! caution III observing inc ludfahl'
tine. The entire community il
deeply interested in having thu
quarantine observed. II is a mat
tier as serious as life and death
The mortality. OF the disease is SC
dreadful every man in the district
should make it bis special business
to see that nd prccaution is lost
ff the vaccination had been thor
oughly done last spring as was con-
tcmplated thisAscDurge would not
have struck our people now. Let
citizens unite and enforce the quar-
antine Ycu owe it to yourselves
and to your neighbors, to your
wives and helpless little ones.
We hear that Dick Glass the
notorious Creek negro now outlaw
ed was with Is-pa-hee-chce's par
| ty which passed through Musko-
gee. He joined them as volun-
ftcer private and was with them
one day only, when he was dismiss
sed as unfit company for them.
His boldncss in passing through
Muskogee openly was exaggerated
to 4 story Of his having a personal
interview with the u. s. Agent,
Hon. John Q. Tufts, and having
the insolence to be guilty of abus-
ing the Agent to his face. The
story is untrue. He rode through
and disappeared that night. The
U. S. Marshal riding through said
that Glass was going to give him
self up for trial at TT. Smith for
the murder of Cobb. but that gem
tleman seems to have changed his
mind, as the Marshal returned with
no Glass.
On Tuesday we had the pleas
ure of seeing Hon. John l.. Mccoy
who had just returned from visit
of some six weeks to Washington,
d. G. lie went there to attend
his personal claim, for services, on
the "Old Settlers Claim" He had
very pleasant time there but says
Mr.. Clements who was appointed
to investigate and report on the
Claim, has cut il down from IS, ,000,-
600 to $4,000 including interest
from 1851. The claim will not be
acted on during this Congress. 1t
may be possible that the old set
tiers can increase this sum. Col.
j. NJ. Bryan, Mr.. W. W. Wiltshire,
Sibbald, etc, are working on it
their best. Mr.. J. J. Newell Is not
now connected with the claim, as
the Judge says the Council Of last |
Fall dccapitated him. Col. Vim. |
A. Phillips is pushing up a like
claim for the Chcrokees East be-
fore the same Commissioner. Our
delegates, Hons. r. i. Ross and
Il. NJ. Wolfe were well and very
busy. They propose returning |
about the 4th of March next. The
Judge spends the night with his
friend Mr.. 5. $. Stephens, who has
also been to Washington recently,
md goes to Manns mills where
his relatives arc.
Mr.. d. w. G. Duncan has been
as Commissioner In be-
half Of the Cherokee Nation to act
with the Indian Agent, Hon. John
Z. Tufts, in relation to the Bluford
West Saline. 1t seems that in
IS43 the Salincs of the Nation were
declared National property and the
Individuals owning them were to
De compensated for them. This
was done erccpt in the case Of
Vests Saline, although il was not
/ natural saline but the product Of
enterprise, heavy expense and sc-
'ere labor. The U. S. Govern
nent valuation agent estimated the
'aluc at sl9, ,4j0, while the Chcro-
zee agent fixed it at s24.0UO. The
Council has never paid
or the Saline, but did m . years
Igo pay Mrs. Markham for the
home Improvements, claimed by
'Irs. Markham as personal prop
rty, $4,000. The Nation has
therefore the claim for the Saline,
nd the improvements strictly
Herewith, such as pipe
inc, kettles, furnaces, salt-houses.
tc.. yet hanging over her. Mrs.
nancy Markham is the claimant,
'ot personally, but as Administra- I
or Of Bluford West He was dis
'osscsscd just forty years ago.