The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-10-07

reter 70 The Nation" as the Indian Terri
tory is called in the West. The western
part contains some rather wild fellows, but
in the eastern portions, In the Cherokee
Ohiokasaw, and Greek or Seminole country
you will hnd things just as though you
we're In Kansas, except for the slightly-tau-
oolored complexion and straight black hair
that always denotes a descendent Of the
Aboriginal American. They have schools,
and churches, stores, hotels, newspapers,
and Legislature. Two years ago stopped
at o hotel in Mus-co-gee, Greek Nation,
kept by Greek chief, named Perriman,
whose wife and daughters would do credit
to any social gathering in Ohio. A fine
piano graced corner Of the parlor, and
there was little to remind q guest that the
ancestors Of his host and hostess were saw
ages less than q century ago
have in my possession recent number
Of the Cherokee AdUooate, a paper published
at Tal-e-quah, capital Of the Cherokee
Nation. Three pages are published in
English and one in Cherokee. The head
Of its editorial column says;
I'D. H. Ross, Editor
J. L. Springston, Translator.
Published every Friday. Official journal
Of the Cherokee Nation. Subscription
S2.OO in Advance. Free to those
who read Cherokee"
II contains several sharp retorts to other
Indian editors, calling one a malicious
liar, "robbing speoulator" and fool
Just as natural as life.
From the same issue we quote the follow
ing
Our neighbor, the Indian Journal Of
last week contained q list of fourteen per-
sons who wero killed in personal encounters
and by assassination, four who were
wounded, two who committed suicide and
two who were executed under criminal law
in the Indian Territory, during tie month
Of August, and says;
Some were justifable, some by people
not responsible, and in most Of them a
white man is mixed up more or less, but
the fact remains that there is not q proper
regard for human life and for laws in this
country, and this fact is being made q most
| powerful argument for change Of govern
| ment here, and an argument that can only
be combated by removing the cause.'"
"True, as the Journal says, August was
"month Of blood in the Territory"-and
we are not unmindful Of the fact that these
deeds Of violence are heralded far and wide,
and will be used as an argument for a
change Of government here.
While this is all true, and painfully true
and humiliatinR to the great mass Of people
Of this Indian country, who are law-abiding
and lovers Of morality and good order, it is
true also, taking one month with another
the year around, that the startling crimes
committed by the natives Of this country
are as an ant hill compared with like deeds
in some Of the States and Territories Of the
United States. We are bad enough-too
bad for our own good-but compared with
our white neighbors and critics, we know
absolutely nothing of crime in its most
heinOus forms and frequency Of occurrence.
Judging from any number Of the st. Louis
G!06e-DemOorat it is safe to say that the
horrifying crimes of the States and Terri
tories for single day exceed those Of the
Indian Territory for whole year. Here
occasionally, in a drunken spree we shoot
and cut and kill one another. Seldom dc
we kill for spoliatiOn or robbery-our ma.
tives never. Many Of the crimes thai
abound and run riot among our white
neighbOrs, such as arson, burglary, infanti
eide, patrioider matricide, fratrioide, sui
eide poisoning, garroting, aud mobOOracy
are not known among our native popula
ton, and scarcely known to those Of our
people by adoption. We have many lessonr
yet to learn before we can hold a candle I,
the white man Ia the science Of perpetratinl
crime and in the art Of evading Justice
aud while this is true it does not look vel
or sound we'll for him to threaten us will
overthrow because We sometimes act ugly.
Pretty good writing for an Indian, ism
it3
The same number also contains two of
cial Proolamations signed I'D. W. Bushy
head Principal Chief R. o. Trent, Assist
ant Secretary Greek Nation"
hope to live to see the day when tn
Indian Territory will have become one O
the United States. I know such never wa
the intention of the government, but whet
It becomes as fully as essentially American
as Ohio, see no reason why it should no
be admitted to the Union with mutual goo,
to both. And il live out my three-scor
aud ten do not doubt but I shall see It.
In Las Animas, Colorado, lives a Mrs
ProWeFs, a full blooded Indian, who /
worth about $3.50, 900. She was a Chsy
% enne Princess, the daughter Of a chief o
70 that tribe, aud through her father CAM
into possession Of large tracts Of land He
husband was a white man, who died leav
3 ing her a weeping widow with four inter
J esting and beautiful daughters and health,
bank account. / saw the lady out riding Il
D fine Surrey" and conversed with he
D husbands brother, who informed me tina
Q she can scarcely speak English at all He
8 daughters have all but one married well-to
do white citizens. The one still remaining
@ single Is Miss IneE, q charming beauty o
d about sweet sixteen, with jet black eye