The Labor enquirer., 1886-07-31
Betting BushVhead.


Betting Bushvhead.
New York Herald.
Chief Bushy yhead, some of whose tricks
the Herald had to expose during the last
winter and spring, has been trying his
hand on the Knights of Labor, and has
come badly to grief Mr.. Bushyhead is
opposed to the Oklahoma bill because
he is in favor of the cattle syndicates for
reasons best known to himself. He
thought it useful to complain to MIR.
Powderly that the Knights of Labor
were sending petitions tC congress in IA
vor of the Oklahoma bill. Mr.. Pow
dere wrote him very kindly that he
would have the matter looked into.
Bushyhead hastened to print MIR. Pow
derlv's private note, p' etending that 1t
took the Bushyhead cattle syndicate
side of the question. On this Mr.. Pow
derly writes him the letter below,
which, for the time being, seems to put
an end to BushYhead:
OFFICE OF DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 96,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July II. J
D. w. BUsHYHEAD, ESQ principal chief
Cherokee Nation, Washington, d. G.
DEAR S1R:-When | wrote to you on
the twelfth | also wrote to Mr.. Ralph
Beaumont, at the same time placing IN
his hand your communication of the
seventh. l requested of him to make an
investigation and ascertain whether the
statements made in your letter to me
were correct so far as the petition which
emenated from the congressional COM
mittee of the Knights of Labor was con-
cerned. Mr. Beaumont has complied
with my instructions and has made his
report; he has also procured for me a
copy of the bill IN question-hOuse bill
No. 7,2lS, known as the Oklahoma bill.
A careful examination and Comparl-
SON OF the bill and your letter of the
seventh has dispelled any doubts l
might have had regarding the interter-
ence of this bill with the rights of the
Cherokee Indians, find that the very
things you claim are 50 essential to the
welfare of the Cherokee nation are en-
bodied in the bill, and if it becomes a
law it will not only protect the Indians
themselves, but it will protect the lands
in question from the cattle thieves "ho
have intruded upon them. You have
either been misled into making the
statements, as contained in your letter
to me of the seventh, or else it was your
| intention to mislead me into condemn
ing one of the measures advocated by
the congressional committee Of the
knights of Labor. cannot find any
thing in the bill but what every honest
man and friend to the Cherokee nation
can approve of most heartily.
am told that you have exhibited to
public gaze my letter of the twelfth In
slant, in which | told you that would
cause an investigation to be made. 1t
would have been well to have awaited
the results of that investigation before
making known 70 the public the con-
tents of my communication to you.
see in a special to the Philadelphia
Times of this date that those who were
interested in the matter made some in
vestigations at the instance of Mr.. Pow
derly." 1 do not know the author Of
that statement, but l take this opportu-
nifty of saying to you that authorized
no person to make an investigation ex'
cept Mr.. Beaumont, and at the time
when the investigation mentioned in
the Times of this date was being made
Mr.. Beaumont was in my presence In
this city making his report. l am
pleased to say that his report meets with
my hearty approval, and l have eoun-