The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-15

payment Of $4,000 was IL additional al.
lowance TO the inadequate amount paid Us
for the lands ceded te other tribes thar
We have given no len 10 the United
States upon the outlet, and that our title
TO that great body Of land Is periecl
ONE"
The chief rightly considers the decision
of Judge Parker;ss of the very creates i'm
portance 10 the Cherokees The Js6ee, in
referring 10 tie treaty and the cessicn of
portions of +he lands by the Cherokees,
says: "The Cherokee nation agreed vita
the United States BY the sixteenth article
of the treaty of 1886, that the United States
might settle friendly Indians on their
lands, such amount Of lands as was neces-
sary Re give each member Of said tribe 80
settled, leo acres; said lands thus disposed
of 20 be paid for TO the Cherokee Nation al
such pr &c as may be agreed on between the
said parties in interest, ssbject TO the ap-
pre- val of the President The Cherokee Ma.
ticn to retain the right OF possession Of and
jurisdiction over all OF said country west
of the ninety-sixth degree of Longitude. un-
aess thus sold and occupied, after xhick
their jurisdiction and right of possession
to terminate forever. This provision OF the
treaty is clearly an agreement 10 sell 10
friendly Indians, Who the Cherekees agree
with the Usited States, may be settled on
the land Ire Ckerokees have sold TOR
tions OF their land TO the Pswpees, PoRcas,
Nez Perces, Otoes, MissOuris and Osages.
An agreement was entered inso TO sell to
the CbeyenneS end Arspzhoes which was
never ccnsum mated, as they never went or
the land and occupied the same They
have no Just claim 10 il, bat itstill 6elones
to the Cherckees. the Cherokees never
parted with any other Of their lacds west
of the ninety-sixth degree
With reference 10 the PSyEIent of S30G-
oU0, the court holds the correct under
stsuding % be as follows
at eoEld hardly be presumed that tie
government was paying fer lands in ad-
vance o. sale or an agreement 10 sell.
The 'Cberokees agreed TO SET TO friendly
Indians, the same TO he their property only
when sold TO them and occupied by them.
But Il said that all the lands Of the Chero-
KEGS west OF the ninsty-sixtb degree not
SOLD 20 friendly Indians, were Appraised by
the president Snder the act of Congress,
May 20, 1872 1T X true the. section D of
that act provided the president and secre-
tary OF the iRterior are heFeay authorized
Ito make an appraisement OF the cherokee
Lads lying vest OF the nine-y-sixth degree
o. longitude and west of the lands IF the
Usage Indians in the Indian Territory and
south of the southern line of the state of
Kansas, ceaed TO The United States by the
. herokee indians under their freely OF
d! uly IS, 1856, for the settlement OF friend
" Indians, when they went on the lands. ~
Under the laS the president lad no
right ta appraise any land except what had
been sold 60 TIE frieadly Indians by the
Cherokees- The appraissnent bs him of
any Other lands took aW2y no rights of the
Cherokees, and gave more TO the Unite d
States. From me proof.il is clear that Il re
Cherokees nevs- understood this psymeI II
TO them OF 1870 900 10 be payment on
their unsold Or unoccupied lands, bur they
always claimed the price proposed to lie
paid 20 them ;sOr the occupied LANDS W: rs
inadequate; isss than an Justice and equity
they were worth, and through their 2gen Is
from the time Of the sale OF the saRe they
were pressingLheir claim for the partner II
OF their trueT2lue"
Touching generally upon the Cherokee
title 20 the 6,esD. 600 acres comprising tn e
OuIiels Judge farker uSsS very strong Ian
guage, which will be received with much.
by the indiana aud their Isssees,
the esttlensnh
'The Cherokee Nation" saws Judge.
Parker, "holds what is called the Cherokee
outle by substantially the same kind of
title it holds lie other Lands. The title 10
all It's lands was obtained by a grant from
the Uaitsd Gtstes The title is a lease
qualified ora determina8le fee, without
the right OF reyesion, bat only the posi- |
bili;y of reve-sson in the Unite States. |
This iR effect pits all the estate in the |
Cherokee Nation. This srinciple puts .he |
title fully and, cempletely, in the Cherokee |
Nation, and until it agrees TO part with the |
same, IL can not 5e taken from it. liz has |
lot yet agreed te part with these lands az
'ept for specific purpose II does seem 20 |
ne there need be but lite trouble on the |
question of the title of the Cherokees &c
heir Lands if we hut look atthis title and |
understand Its tt-ue nature, and are
prompted by a~sense of duty TO do equa,
nd exact justice to the Indians, and TO
i've then that fall measure of Justice
which by law and good conscience belongs