Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-03


> sentisl TO their future welfare and pros
perity. submit for the consideration OF
: congress whether some general legisla.
tive authority should not be granted to
2 the department which Will authorize snd
j enable !. TO properly deaf with the sub
8 jact.
: There has been comparatively little
emoarr1tsment or trouble so the depart
ment or to the Indians during the wear
because CT the willful tresspsss by white
men or other unauthorized persons upon
Indian reservations txcep. in suca
chronic cases AS those upon the Round
valley Reservation in Ca.ifornis, where
the Efforts Of the department
to disicdge them have been stayed
oy she courts or other insurmount&ble
barriers. The vigorous enforcement of
the laws agsinst these Offenders who
have attempted during the pas. four
years to enter and occupy Indian lands
contrary to law and agsinst the wishes of
the Indians has had wholesome effect.
The most serious trouble resulting
from intruders upon Indian LANDS
arises In the Indian Territory, and espe-
cie!iy among the FIVE civilized tribes,
where condition OF a1sirs has been al
lowed for some years past to grow MP,
encouraged and permitted largely by the
Indians themselves, which has been and
Stills, the cause Of considerable annoy
arce and embarrassment; not greater,
however, 10 the Indian tribes or nations
concerned than to many OK the persons
complained Ct by ,hem.
lhe c]DplsinIs and correspondence on
tais subject gre most fire. uent from the
Cherokee ration, and summary OF the
a q IN rufJ
ton generally:
agreed to put the Cherokees in posses
sion Of, and to guarsn'ee to them forever,
8 reservation, the bounds Of which are
specially designated, described and de-
lined, which reservation WAS and
is located within what is now
known as the Indian Territory. By the
subse Guent treaty Of 1885 the United
States ceyenanted and sgreed ''to 81 cure
to the Cherokee Nation the right by their
psttontl councils to make and carry into
effect all such laws IS they may deem
necessary for the government and pros
lection OF the persons and prop
erty within their own country
belonging to their PEOPLE or such
| persons IS have connected themselves
with them, provided always that they
| shall not be Inconsistent 18th the consti-
tuition CT the United States and such acts
OF congress as have been or msY be
passed regulating trade and intercourse
with the Indians; and also that they shall
| not be considered as extending to such
cit zsns and SrmY Of the United States as
msy travel or reside In the Indian coun
| Try BY permission according to the laws
| and regulations established by the gov.
eminent Ct the same"
The same treaty provides that they
| che CheIokees) "sfal be protected
against Interruptions and intr1eions from
ci liens Of the United States who msy
attempt to setile in the country without
their consent; and sll fuch persons shall
| be removed from the same BY order of
! the president CT the United States. But
this ia not Intended to proven, the resi-
| cencs among them CT useful farmers,
mechanics and teachers, for the instruc-
ton OF Indians according to tresty
stipulations.
Under these provisions the Cherckees
have lorg since been placed in independ>
ent possession and govern mert, under
patent conveying title CT Q designated
tract CT country rs their he me-, and the
right OF self government is guaranteed 10
them ever the persons and property with.
IN that country belonging to their people
or ouch as nave connected thems selves
with them. This power of self govern
ment secured to them does net extend to
the person or property of any one who Is
not member OF said rE:icn.
In the exercise OF these rights tie
Cherokee council has, from time to time
enscted laws for the determination OF
claims. to Cherokee citizenship, under
and in pursuance OF which many persons,
especially from localities within the
states Of North Csrolirs, Georgis and
Tennessee, formerly occupied by the
! Caerokees, believing themselves and
families to be justly entitled to Citizen
ship in thar nation, asserted and
formally presented their claims for the
determination CT the tribunals provided,
from time to time, for the purpose by the
Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee execu-
tive has stated that "there was an invita-
ton on our statutes for yeare, asking the
North Carolina Cherokees to come to this
country snd be numbered with Us and
parteke OF ell the blessings Of Cherokee
citizenship"
Ga the rolls If the North Carolina
Cherokees are numbered all the persons
living in the territory formerly occupied
by the Cherokees VINO are OF kindred TO
that tribe, whether they now reside in
North Ckrolins, where the eome Ct the
band is lccsted, or In the ei jicent states.
Since the time OF the removal OF the
Cherokee nation to the country SO pro-
vided In the West, numbers Of the Chero-
KEGS remaining in the East have, from
yesr to year, gone West to j)in with the
nation and live in their territory. The
fund established under the provisions CT
the frosty Of 1885 for the re-
movel OK these Indians WAS applied,
as required by the fifth section Of said
Treaty, to paying the expenses OF such OF
them as removed to the Indian Territory
until 1875. when the balance remaining
was, by act Of March 8, 1875, after settle
ment of certain specif; accounts and
payments had been Effected, d.
rected to be applied to the edu.
cation, improvement and civili-
zstion Of those living in the Esst. By
the acr OF August Is, 1876, the balance Of
the funds then remaining WAS placed to
their credit in the treasury st per cent.
interest; the interest and q portion of
the principal to bs expended annu ally
for their Agricultural and educational