Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-08-19
PLATFORM,
or the New Independent Party, Made at
Alluwe, COoweescOOwee District,
Cherokee Nation.

ARTICLE 1. We favor giving TO the
Delawares all the rights and privileges
that are due them under the articles of
agreement made on the Sth of April,
1867, between the Cherokee nation and
Delawares and the same TO Shawnees,
under articles of agreement between
said Shawness and the Cherokee ma
ton concluded january z, 1869 and
approved by the president January
., 1869.
ART. 2. We are in favor Of giving
to the freedmen all the rights and
privileges that are due them under the
treaty of 1896, made between the
United States and the Cherokee nation.
ART. 3. We are in favor of giving to
all white men or adopted citizens who
inter-marry into our country all the
rights and privileges that belong TO
them under our constitution and laws
Of the Cherokee nation.
Arr. 4. We are omphatically opposed
to the establishment of any kind of n
United States territorial government
over the Cherokee nation and people.
ART. D. We are opposed TO selling
one foot OF our Cherokee soil for white
settlement, for i'm less than one year
the country would be settled up with
white settlers who would be calling on
congress to establish territorial
government or state which would en-
brace not only the entire Cherokee
nation, but the present Indian
Territory.
ARr. 8. We are opposed to the pres
ent game law but we favor an amend
ment by making il a punishable ofiense
to sell or ship any game between the
first day Of March and the first day of
September, which will include breeding
times, but we are in favor Of giving to
every citizen of the Cherokee nation
the privilege TO kill and ship and sell
any game found on the public domain
between the trst day Of September and
the first day of March and we will ask
the national council to make such
amendments 10 the aforesaid law.
ART. Z. We are in favor Of thorough
ly investigating all matters relating TO
citizenship and to intruders.
ART. 8. We are in favor of calling on
council TO pass and adopt laws that
will be for the common good and in
terest OF all the citizens of the Chero-
kee nation and the government and
protection of future generations.
ART. .. We are opposed to that sec
tion OF law which requires every citi-
zen To take an oath before they can
send their children TO the seminaries
free of charge. We are in favor of
asking council to repeal the aforesaid
law.
ART. 10. According to joint resoiu-
tion passed by last council the Della
wares, Shawnees and freedmen have
no title or interest in any Of the land
lying west of 96 degrees. We are in
favor of giving to those tribes all the
rights that justice and equity will give
them.
ART. II. II should be the great OBJ
ject OF free and popular government
like that Of the Cherokee nation, which
is Of the people and for the people, to
protect its citizens in all their rights
so they may be a prosperous and hap
py people.
The above platform was thoroughly
aud learnedly discussed and adopted
by a committee OF twenty, prominent
among whom we're, John Grass, Geo.
Miller, Bryan Ward, Tecuske Brown,
Sol Nicholson, William Bear, John NJ.
Taylor, Jr., Bill Carpenter, George
Carter, Eli Rogers.