The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23
THE INDIANS MARCH
TO THEIR HEW HOME IN THE TERRI
TORY

The Cherokee Indians, about 800 in num-
! Der, who have home in western North Caro-
! lima, will remove to their reservation in the
| Indian territory in November.
The date has not been set, owing to the I'M
certainty about the details of certain govern
ment matters, which the Indians desire settled
| before their removal.
| Mr.. j. L. Taylor, who is one OF the best in
! formed men interested in the Cherokees and
| the disposition of their lands in North Caro-
lima, gave THE CONSTITUTION some interesting
| facts about their removal 20 the territory In
/ answer to a question as to whether there was
! any opposition among the Cherokees to their
removal, Mr. Taylor said
''Out of the whole number-nearly eighteen
| hundred--I know of only two or three families
who object TO going to the Indian territory.
With these exceptions they are all in favor of
| going and believe it will be to their interest to
move. Those who object are making money
trading with the Indians under the present
arrangements and are not sure that this
be continued in the territory"
what do you consider the greatest advan-
tageS which the removal to the territory will
secure?" Mr. Taylor was asked.
''For one thing, the Indians will have the
best of school facilities, and live under gov
eminent entirely devoted TO the interests of
the Indians who hold citizenship in the terri
tory. You know the form Of government in
the Indian territory is similar to that of the
United States They have a legislature and
all the other law making and law giving sys-
TEN that the national government has, and as
the laws are for the benefit of the people, and
as the people are all OF Indian blood, it is
pretty safe kind of a government"
"The school facilities are first class, are they
not?"
1.-THE best in the world. That is. for the
branches taught. L mean to say that no better
school system exists anywhere than in the
Indian territory We have good teachers.
good buildings and the best of text books and
~. IL
tory, in education, during the past fifty years
has been remarkable. The statistics prove
that pupils Of these schools have made better
records in scholarship than those of nine-
tenths Of the country"
"1he Cherokees have large amount Of
land in Carolina. What is to be done with
that?"
"They own about $4,000 acres of land, and
all of it is very valuable. OF this amount, 49,
600 acres is in one body, and is fine piece of
property. The land is timbered, and great
deal of it is considered valuable for mining
purposes. Iron and gold exist in paying guam
titles, but the country has never been devel-
oped for its mineral resources. All of this
land is TO be sold, and L negotiating for
bids. J. have received an offer Of $700,000. but
the land is worth more than this amount and
l am holding for another bid
"What will be the effect of the change in
climate 2"
''There is not much difference in the climate
of western North Carolina and that of the In
dian territory, Look at the map here, and
you see that the territory is south OF the lati-
tude in which the Indians arc living now. The
winters i'll the territory very little different
from those of North Carolina, and the air out
there is as pure and dry as it is anywhere.
The Indian territory climate is found to be a
very, healthy one, particularly for any who has
any lung trouble"
"What route will you take to the territory 2"
'That is not settled yet, but it would be
| more convenient for us TO take the cars at
| Paint Rock a station on the East Tennessee,
about forty miles from MorristoWn. We will
| probably take this route. going by way Of
| Memphis TO our new home.'
I'm what part of the territory is your new
home to be ?''
"The larger part of our reservation lies along
the northern boundary and next to the state
line OF Kansas, and the other portion lies along
the Arkansas river. The lands sof the Greek
tribe lie on the south OF the Arkansas river
winch has several forks and branches running
through this portion of the territory. The
land is all fertile along this river and good crops
can be made I think we shall like our new
home. though it is quite likely that western
North Carolina will rover be forgotten by the
present generation Of Cherokees.'
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