New-York tribune., 1885-02-09
TIE OKLAHOMA RAID.
ONE OF THE SETTLERS srAIEs EIs CASE IN His
owN FREE FASHION.
rs action.

oyE OF THE sErrLERs STATES EIs CASE IN His
owN FREE FASHION.
Edit5r oC Ths tribune
Yon will find enclosed a letter sent by cur
rier fto,n Edward Hatch addressed 10 whome II may
eonesrl which was scattered hrludcast through our
camp and hs Hatch ass sent special currler Win dis
patches hy way OF TIN. camp 10 Pawnee Agency to Mr.
Tell W. Walton aud General Auy'r. General HHtcHs
latter state, KAT ts military has been called upon 20
SEQ that tho Presidents proclamation ordering tie
I'm. urgent Invader, retire from ia" inlan Territory
/. olcyeI and expresses tho hope that thls may DC
Accomplished without blooshdedi it reminds the set
tiers that they have eyal redress Tor grievances and
y,art, them that they alone will be responsible for
Injuries 70 themselves that may result from any violent
ar. ou thrlr own part. Ed What We want to know
is whcathcr Tell walton or Augcr IS the Commanding
officer Of the Ms.ouria division We wer always oi tho
impression that Tell Walton was the Publisher Of
The CoLireI JeJd which Is owned by the Cherokee Live
stock Association. Wa would be glad 70 relieve eny In
formation Ia that direction.
In l--O President Haysc isuc1 Proclamation To
remove all ntruicrJ from the Indian Country imrdIay
after his Message TO Congress hs asked ior ia'her
LEGISLATION the mater stating that II they pre7iSted III
going In a. the Law then stood & 1t has never Deeh
changed he was powerless to prevent IT, In l-Si IN the
face OF thl. President ishucd Analogous to the
former which Hatch under the garb OF tho Cherokee
hxsut through asssteat Rogers caused eight American
ctizen, 10 be- dragged three hundred miles IN an hot
August sun thlrty-twO days In close cohhnemeht ~
refused drink Of by tho way when tho opertuh-
tiles woud OF permitted Without causHs eny delay on 'he
road to Fort Smith when an L. Court In ccsi0n at
Wlceita Leaving Town Of Rock rails III ashes
and row the same Premedtatel outrage Is to agah
occur VIII The People of the Lay dorment see
this outrage commtcd time agan or VIII they demand
settlement OF this question that Is 10 be proven oy
acts. not talk
Hatch says in his lecr It has been foundlnes'ary 10
invoke the assistance of the military VIII say oe'hB
member OF of the Colony for four yeats that the time
has vet to come when the ciye ahory has preceded the
Military but always followed after until last November
when judge Foster the wichita district Coart decided
efatcy favor now even Ia sthe race OF a 'hiS
the sam thing Is aean being carried ont.
There citisons hear who wishes to intrude on
tie rights OF eny Indian they hear simply to make
homes for thmseyos and famalyos on the uhocupyeu
lands of Oklahoma IN the Indian Territory mot the
Indian Territory Of Oklahoma)
We want the People Of the states rs well rs atch 10
under stand that are not Insurgents so Gied III s
letter contemplated murdercrs that we 90 h0t ~
to take up arlns against the government pt uo sii
defend rights american cldsOhs on ahoo" sur
against eny Mob that may attempt 10 ust'u ~ ou Ieo
eithe agents OF Ben Miller President OF inc CeroNee
Live stock eny other corrupt corporation. o
am the opinion II Hatch VIII enquire tle i9Io
I'm the past actions comsh0nod officers cspecliy
LeunteLant stephens or Taylor oi mo V'h oanOy ip m
hfteon mills behind wagons In hot day Inc l."r @ % who
one year ago last August invaded our camp On t'o
,emsrons River in the lead OF sX indians ana company
of colOld troops dressed COW boy siockson IeShss
Hat & etc. ordered To surrender ne was aShsu pS
what authority said that the same olu stoiy.
Ing his Horse with oath said VIII IilI uoMh .nat
danlb rag meaning the Stars " STRIPES. wnicn @ Nas
noting from of the cOlOnycst tents We hNc ggon
Informed from a reliable that the Lave
stock Association have made threts that u to slii.y
aid NOT elect the Coonycs They would turn their cow
boys loose ON u.s. We would ninr IRON ths sta,oheht
I'm Haches letter that pDsaby those might po lno 'Ho
wandering tribes OF Indians he speaks OF. -, - -.
will N that IL Ben Mlllcrs OF halcn's way VI
eorboys of thr good sense for least we have no
fears fail to see the necessity OF Eight Companyso OF
onent arrests have been made for invading Indian
Country sny one wishing what constitutes snch
will find in Section 2257 OF the REVISED otaIutes Vi 0
United States. ...,. A..
We often hear OF persons denying the fact that inc
Oklahoma Lands In tue Indian Territory are surveyed
you will fnd Dy reding Section 6th OF the htlahtic
r'oi' II ~ yours te Woaneetfuy d. J. ODELL-
SILL Waiter, Oklahoma, Jan. 2lst. 1850.