Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-15

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Ths recently thrsassnsd trouble In the
CAoctaw-C ChickAsaw confede racy Of The
Indian territory over the disputed cleo
ton Of governor has again called {hs
e&Asutaon Of the American peopie
70 the curious TACT that they have
m fhslr area . large region that 4
ne!fh~ . territory, ! district nor stats,
but merely oongeries Of separately In
ofpendent nations under the protectorAts
pe the United States government. The
0i4tpfy Of these several nations, thsir do
velopment and the peculiar chafActer
q their government together constitute
. remarkable romance In American
history. There are, In fact, In the
yAdian Territory four nations, each with
. government republican In form and
1se preserving aboriginal titles. Thus In
h Greek nation the chief executive q
called tho principal chief; the lieutenant
governor, - Americans would cay, u
fecond chief. The upper house of the
NSgtslature is called the house Of kings
and tho lower the house Of warriors.
a similar organization, varying but
llightly In names, prevails In the Chero-
kee, Seminole and Choctaw. Chickasaw
,nationA The ChoctawS number about
5000 and the Chickasaws about 5000.
These two formerly distinct but kindred
tribes are now united In the Indian ter.
fitory.
The Creeks are the remnants Of a great
tribe who call themselves Muskokees, and
whose traditions run back for severalhun-
dred years to time when they occupied
. region In the far west and northwest.
From there they commenced moving
eastward and southwark, fighting other
Indian nations as they came. II q nation
submitted they despoiled It and moved
on; II Il fought them to the bitter end
citizens. The result was that when they
reached their permanent settlement In
Mississippi and Alabama they consisted
Of Ave separate peoples-the Coweetas,
Hitchitees, Nachees, Uchees and Ali
bamons, and four different lam
guages are spoken in the Mus
kokee nation today. The Cowee-
tas and Hitchitees are considered the
original Muskokees. The Uchees, Mach
ees and Alibamons are absorbed tribes.
In the principal school Of the Greek ma
tion the boys on arrival speak their sep
arate languages. Each Of the forty
towns IN the Creek or Muskokee nation
sends one member to the house Of war
riors, and each is entitled to have one
boy and one girl supported in the princi-
pal school, known as tho Tallahassee
mission. In four towns the Uchee is
spoken with very little mixture Of Creek,
% Uchee boy, who goes to the principal
school, really has to learn two languages
before his education begins.
After being thoroughly conquered and
almost exterminated by Gen. Jackson the
Creeks removed during his administra-
ton to the territory they now occupy,
and since then their progress in civilfza-
ton has been commercially rapid, SO that
they now own about q, ,000, 900 worth Of
property.
The Cherokees have been known for a
hundred years as the aristocracy of the
North American Indians, and by a rare
conjunction Of circumstances their his
tory Is known to us for nearly 300 years.
When the white people landed upon the
Atlantic coast they found an Indian race
calling themselves Waupanuckee, who
extended from New York to South Caro-
lima. The tribe now called the Della
wares has claimed, and Is conceded by
the other Indians, to have been the
original stock Of the Waupanuckee; and
from them the Powhatan Indians Of
Virginia and the Cherokees are de-
Ocended. After various wars with the