The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-14
THE INDIAN TERRITORY
C,. .ornine"t schools Vacations and
u.rns. us Cleaned bya herald
epor'er from One Who Know,.

~" government schools Vacation.
characteristics, a, G,eau., =, ",
reporter from One Who Koow.
While vending his way up Main ,t,so
yesterday morning, at pace that wa,
Fahted the belief that he was trying n am,
Walk :" creditor, HERALp reporter ,,h'
was wondering what ON earth \,
would have to dish up for the raw
e"o"s readers of this mornings HKR,t,
met All old-time friend who has ,non, ,
soou ueal OF his time of late in tho Irai.,
territory. The reporter was Glad % sn.
nun, nrs| because he was glad to meet ana
s'eo' " 'r'end' ana secondly because he nm,
uC'pated pumping out of him some oInirn
'"'t'' which he, after a deal of IAN
Nv persuasion, succeeded in
hessnn' o. al'er the pump had
bess" ~ ~ INV" INV me following, IN substance
bumhln Nv, Wnlch the reporter, in his
inc es, Juufheht, thinks rather Interest.
'o"teu IN the ways OF the 'pN'S'
Tho IN, Guild or rlR Fopssrn
ny Inlckasaw nation. originals. g.,
aT sSp nave Jurisdiction over n sect;nn
~. country about eight times ne , .,',a WI
anJ sy ana is situated in the cent raI
a NJ, southern portion of tho ter rN",am
en nns was originally part of the Choc,.yw
s Nomn,riy' ana was purchased by the Chicsa
hn, iot ABOUT half million of dollar
,rn W 'nis purchase treaty, while the NO
~ tues NAV, nave equal rights as to lands within
tIsmsnt 'nu,o.ion OF either tribe, aclu I set.
brtncs.b vi ies,dence,. however, in either
tribe. Vi 'n"t particular
M, THEIR GOVERNMENT.
nc government is q regularly orrani,a,
ing, Governor Overton beiny ibs 49,
,n a, having It's legislative and iudic;ai
the former consistinr ns
,enato ana house, which meet nt Tso,,j,
annually For local affairs, the conntr us \.
' uou INTO lonr counties, having ,H.;r
II, DIi' W , jan, county Judge and sher,F
H. H. '" Mn,ch Officers are elected by tho nan
az helr courts only have jurisdiotion of
nat, 80 VI Wn'oh both parties are Indians Mi
;,a,o. ~ when citizens OF the IJnitod
,nder az u PARTIES, ms well all cases ariainv
'huer treaty, are tried in The IIni,ed S,o'nE
curt at Fort Smith. ''" "'"'es
M, SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT
lhere Is no taxation nf na,,,,o.
nnu pay OF officers is from funds accrn.
~ ~ interest from monavs
~ securities ON deposit witt the iini,SJ /
'''eo FuVethment, which interest nmnunts |
"o9uG Sao'VOO annually. 'Ott 10 amour, 9
'"ne e1ViVo Is annually Appropriated tnr
r, SCHOOL PURPOSES, 4
'h ,nJse Ihe TRIBE MAINTAINS five boarding q
, 'aJi, oue mixed, male md female. sim, b
n la 'Ie 1hoctaw nation, two male. one v
t,er unu Que orphan home. Al the 81
and ednca,on tue orphans are support. a
$50 many from each county. Srh Oh, ", b
. maintained at the other academies s,s n
ug 'lohths, nj which from thirty 10 Cnu 81
pupils receive board and ~ o
~ ~, teu ,or h'e years. There is also n svs. el
III o. nelghborhood schools, where tui,iInn Il
Tree for limitei HIM.; nn 'u'.ion ii
WI All these ADVANTAGES ~ OF
'ools Mo often poorly attended. and
Lug "cs .ne iull-bloods the advantages or M
" ,su. are put very poorly appreciated. la
M av ' ,,,, AND THEIR VOCATION. co
nv ~ lumber h about 5000, something like oy
yed' hlo oeLag ,ull-bloods, the Others being to
q Inv UVus III various degrees. Whites, pc
ny marriage have been ndopted ;ntn tie
uioe' anu negroes who have NOT tho 10,
JUS oI citizcns. and besides these tharo Of
Vui.e number Of whites whn ',,,.s
u natives and pay permits for the h, Til
'sIuehce' They are engaged In farmin'.
!, s'voh raising, and, as a general rnias of
We the' ave only small farm ana ar, IN
" we N"dld call poor people. thew hs ae wo
a'Rht 20 as much land as they will an. No
onoiose lands within ,,ar' an,
oil a mile from Soma duma 1a ,,
osure without the pcrmiss,on ~ S' ,h G
er thereoi. They cannot sell Tho la, ,' H.,
gan az any time rent for one vsor tha
"a ~ @,'i DC renewed, or they can sell 10 sto
lve their improvements, which .i w tb o
purchaser The same rights as Tho s n,io '''
owner. There are many t,ne cv,s'
large herds of cattle, but IN mnst 'o ",sas n
Is attributable /, superiority Of ths Il
u pIoou which, in some degree, charac. Va.
es the owner. e''N' '""''o' 'sr
HABITS AND CHARACTERISTICS ~
'e old customs and habits of n. .oo Itoi
almost entirely given nway under tho vi vi, !,
e"ce u civilization, AMI even the Ian. to ' I,
y " today not spoken mr. hn, 4.
,ts,ood by more than nerbons s Ju'
Ihird OF the natives, In ,hpr snu
they are deterioraling, attril ntabfo eva1
oup', To the custom OF intern,a,r;.na ooapI
ls relatives Scrofula, in many Of TX isar
JUS iofms, is common among the, uraV
nsnipnt OF u real or iancied wrony i, a,,
S'u, 70 considerable extent, after 1he @I
fashion, anu the old fend, h.n, ,nId
IRON father 10 son, occasionally p maui
itself in the violent death manl nS
parlipa thfa an. a 80" VI uIle OF Vkxz