The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-11

t,rv. frjq pftnof1 efforts ibf hir people
mud hts th0iJhrh undergandul " uucs-
ro1B which concern them, mlhH hl3
contribution really va.uaho a9 bi5tCY.
McKnlOp rs also q ,hQf1uHhly Weii
infof uef young Crpe6 in lep lalv9 anu
martial matters, is the cerk Of the b2p95
Warriors. corresponding 20 The unita
Statos house Of Representatives, and deeply
Interested in the welfare Of the nHt.gl
Judge o. W 5ldnuu, living ~ Eliaa'
writes "As the eek Nation mas Oath
divided into tw0 bands nom time lmmein)
rial known as Che lpp9r ana lever Cr1ak5
each with . principal and preAdent cblel'
hut living under one government gnd twD
chiefs and assistants, acting together az one
existed until after the close OF he
late war, by which they wen
divided north and south, When 'leg
reunited and returned home, sands lhe
acting chief Of the portion OF tha creeks
! who supported the Unlted States gov 'fh-
ment, proposed chat We 90 aWs} tle
! two chiefs, and unite UIdel one aeaa lAs
was agreed TO- and committee "gh an
equal humber from the two pQfNr' ST ~ APP
pointed to draiJ q constitution SD -ode .oi
laws. This Done the people ia tau7ennqn
adopted thea. Chic Sands 9io eGpectta
/ 10 be elected rvas defeated sud ns lGhehe','
/ al tbe second Nectou, ragt r3riY rev
snNtaer candidate, Who was @~ as5fi!f}i
eHI they, 4AtisfUoon, ~ ioioe
Saats arms s6s iP Bssaa tasF up 2sa
States Indian Agent Major leon caused
settlement without bloodshed. Since then,
they have raised armed forces twice. Sands
died soon after the first trouble, but other
leaders kept up the fracas, tntil last sum
mer, when one of their young men was ar
rested for violating the law They raised
mob, followed and killed the sheriff and
deputy. and rescued the prisoner KNOW
ing such acts would not b. tolerated. the
whole faction took arms to protect them.
The constitutional government party called
out the militia, followed them, arrested
some of the murderers, killed two or three
and pardoned the Others. The present
trouble grows out of the ALTAR, as many, OF
Sands party have never come home, but
they pretend now to have discovered that
selling to the United States government,
for the use of the Seminoles, that pc ton
of the country occupied by them. The
party now in REBELLION. received their share
Of the proceeds of the sale. The Creek au-
thorities opposed the selling, but
were forced III Vt. because the
United States government had had
land, through mist and would not re-
move them: but pa to buy the land.
The Creeks though pr to take pay for
the land than to 10. pout. pay. This
is the whole history trouble"
o. r. McKelloy PM Muskogee, as
follows: "This troI n effort of some
300 Creeks to md, bud destroy the
written recogn institution of
the Creek The parties
are known as Chicote party
and the Spiechs -Chicote being
recognized as chi Creek Nation,
and Spiechee O., The latter Or
ganized inb / under Speiehee
and Jacob Ia, two extremes of
the Creek Nj, ng I'd raid the
capitol. HeS hief Chicote is
sued proclaf Local party to
arm themselv to the capitol.
Scouts were SC Chicqe's men,
while scoutiu red the west
srn divIsiq secheef men en-
engagement |hich d Chicote
we're killed. En WHITTIER any
of the other led, ashley held
the field. tie sent, out GAO
men, but had dsbanded
and retur nd Fof reseva-
ton, VIII The eibtern d.
vision q nder Skiechee's
head, Cherokee Ma
ton. Th9 as go1f to see
Chicote's Y disb1nd in a
few day5 tropble,
until I'll N,
her,"