The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-03
BEGINNING OF THE End
FOR TIE CHEROKEE AND OTHER
INDIANS IN The RRIT0RY,
Unle;s the Federal Government Can
Interfere to Prevent tie COnsum-
nation of Great scheme.

nenocrdfs Tahlequah Qnd. T CORE.
epondent telegraphs: he Hon. John
NJ Taylor, one OF The shrewdest Cher
okee politicians in the Nation, acoosted
your reporter yesterday evening and
said:
"Did you know the Council which
meets this week will be the most in
teresting one ever held by the Chero-
KEGS? Il will. And III tel YOU why.
In the first place, New York syndi-
cate is going to make a big offer for
The whole Of the Cherokee strip, and
then the leesees OF the strip who have
il now are going TO apply for another
lease Ct five years, and last, but not
least, several railroad companies will
be represented here, asking for the
right of way through the Nation.
Then, after these outside issues, there
is the new code of laws to be adopted
or reie cited, beside the regular routine
work that hiss to be done every year.
| tell YOU these little State Legislatures
are nowhere beside our Counoil, and 1t
IL second only to Congress ia import
ance. Now, as to ceiling the sirlD out
right at the handsome figure offered,
lois Of our people are in favor OF II and
the ONLY trouble | sea in this 10 o DIS
pose Of itgsD as not ID jeopardiEs our
mr., sent homes. But to devlste lit
tie, / have just come, into iniorma-
ton, and ! get 1t from reliable
source, that one OF the largest syndl-
Gates that ever existed in this or any
other country in the cattle business Is
forming to get up corner on grazing
lands by buying or leasing all there is
TO BIZ got hold OF in the States and
Territories, and may be these men
who are wanting to buy our strip are
wanting il for this very syndicate, aud
should they ever get hold of 1t by q
lease, and ! honestly believe they
want in that way and not by pur-
chase, they would be too strong Tor
our little government to handle,
should they take notion to squelch
Us, and you know these syndicaies
a. d corporations have very little soul,
and especially for Indlanp, for most of
them are like Gen. Sheridan was wnen
he said: "The only good Indian is q
dead one." This is the Scotch Land
and Cattle Company allude to, and,
should they succeed, Armour u Co. g
little corner on bacon the other day
would be bat mole hill by the side
4. OF mountain. Then again, | am OPP
posed and believe a majority oil our
people are, to leaelng 1t again at the
small price heretofore paid Of one and
three fourths cents an acre, when
grazing lands on both sides OF the
strip are Leasing for from four to eight
cents an acre. You know that 1t was
rumored that when the men who CO NJ
pose the Cherokee Strip Live Stoc x
Association leased it before, consider.
able dirt was played, and some OF
our people a-e prejujiced sgainst the
company that now holds the strip.
Yet there are people in the States vino
want grazing lands besides the TWO
companies now pulling fer it. There
il no telling what conclusion our coun-
Gill will reach In regard to It, though
the men who now have it have been
prompt in their payments, and yigi-
LIANT in protecting our timber and
other interests out there, and may be
willing to pay more than they have
been paving. Therefore, / for one
would be willing to entertain an
other proposition from them, bu
Ihey can not hop in here as they did
before and lease ii without opposition
no one else knowing 1t was to be
leased | am confident we can gel
more than we ara now getting, and we
GU hit 10 yet every cent we can, Tor the
strip Is one of the finest grazing coun'
tri on the continent. AS to railroad
companies wanting rights Of way, and
thofe having rights OF way granted by
Cong ess, you know our Council II
going to make q decided kick agains
them. Toe Congressional grants are
so grossly contrary TO treaty shpula
tons that there is no court in the
land thai will sustain them when pu
to a test, and we hope to test every
foot oil the ground on this point
When we get ready for railroads theI
we will have them, and not before, /
we eau help II. The idea of the gov
eminent holding that taking ou
lands and giving them to private cor
porations is eminent domainl Why
this is not government land, but be
longs to us exclusively, and we have
apatent for 1t, signed by Martin Var
Buren, when he was President. A
perfect, fee simple tit'e; that Is al
there is about it. How in the worlC
can Congress or any other power make
eminent domsin obtain hereP Only
by might, and not by law or justice.
From all appearances, Col, TAylol
has stated it right, and lively Couu.
Gil Is assured, Rs the stockmen are al
ready showing themselves ON the
ground, and little sparring Of the
different companies is being INDUCED
in. The Cnerokeea are surveying
matters carefully, and are not liable e
get lett in any OF these matters. Col
Taylor said also that Chicago, st
Louis and Kansas City would wa,cl
with interest the strip business, a
these places get nine tenths OF thu
trade from there.
Chief Bushyhead today said thi
will BE-, or ought to be, the biRges
Council EVER heldsby the Cherokees
Il mean," siid the Chief, that tn
qu,s ions of vial importance vii
have to be- acted uoon, touchinI
which are the strip, salt marsh auC
intruder question land this is BIZ
qutsti n itself, the railroad ard 9th
ers. My message will show the woIl
thpt should be- attended TO, and II will
require statesmanthip, patriotism anC
fore ight 10 deal with these questions
80 as not TO endSnger our county an,
10 lall into ru' g in the future.
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what the Ring Men Say.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, November 9 "A ape
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