The Progress., 1888-02-11
tie EARTH AGENCY NINNEoTA SATURDAY. FEBRUARY l. 1883

hold out, civilization on the White
Earth reservation will be as laud.
ably (?) prosperous as it is to-day
WHAT IS-PI-HE-CHE SAID.
On the suggestion being made
to him that there was an Impress
ion in Washington that the Indis
ans proper Of the Territory were
desirous Of having their lands in
seyeralty, but that the half breeds
and educated men Of the tribe op-
posed this policy for selfish rea-
sons, desiring to retain the politi.
cal power. q
t'My friend, | have many good
white friends, and I don't want to
say anything that will make any
of them mad or feel bad; but this
statement you have heard is false.
1t has always seemed strange to
me that white people living so far
away from the Indians can make
the public believe that they know
SO much Of the wishes of the Indi-
ans. How can full-blood Creek
Indian favor land in severalty ?
| am old and have heard this talk
OF allotment and seen it practiced
before to-day. You came to us in
Ala bama in 1882 and talked very
nicely, just like Mr.. Dawes and
Mr.. Springer and these other good
men in Congress are talking now.
We believed you, and. you allotted
our lands, and in few months
your Government agents and 9th
ers united and
Stole us Out Completely.
You then forced us to go to the
Indian Territory, and on our way
there you subjected us to many
hardships. | know personally that
in some cases you would not even
|per1nit us to bury our dead as they
would fall by the roads. I have
seen the emigration agents force
the people to move on and leave
their dead lying by log to be
essssa afBessos.retLeb ebysAEtlds sBeasts.s
It ought to be remembered that
we have feelings just like the
white people, and often we have
been treated like this. It is nom
sense to tell the public that such
a person as / can favor allotment
of lands in severalty. No sir, it IS
a mistake. We want nothing Of
the kind until we have learned to
be more like white men, to which
end we are doing all our scanty
means will permit.
"What do you and your people
think Of the proposition to open
Oklahoma to settlement % was
asked. ..s
Well, we don't want it done,
and my people told me expressly
to oppose any measures proposed
for that purpose. If it is done
the white mans Government will
have
Talked with a aForked-Tongue.s
to the Muscogee Indian, because
in the last treaty Jou said you
would put Indians in Oklahoma.
but suppose the Government
occupies the land whether you
wish it or not?''
Well we can't help it; but if
all that the white missionaries
have told us Of the white mans
God be true, if He hates lies and
oppression as they are teaching
US, then your own God will surely
punish you, and in some way take
care of us You turned those lands
over to us as "A HOME FOREV Err, :
and gave us what you said was a
TITLE that could not be broken !,
and we are bound to
Hold You to Your word.
We are self-sustaining and receive
no gratuity from the Government.
and only ask that which belongs
to u.s.
Herewith we reprint the com
ment Of the Cherokee Advocate ON
the above, from the fact that It
comes 50 near--oh 80 near-horne,
that we could not, did we try,
write palmer statement Of che