The Red Cloud chief., 1889-11-08
THE CHEROKEE OUTLET.


Important Action BY Secretary Noble
Cattlemen Most Get Out-WhAs Chis6
Mayes says.
WASHINGTON, Oct So.-Secretay
Noble. under date Of October %. has
written q long letter TO General Fair
| child. chairman of the Cherokee Com
mission in which he virtually serves
] notice upon the cattlsnen who have
I leased land from the Indians in what IS
known As che Cherokee Outlet that
they must yacare the lands with their
property on or before the LIST Of June
next, this date being fixed in order that
they may escape without injury o. sui
fering 20 their cattle
Speaking Of the Cherokee Strip Live
Stock Association. the letter says:
This corporation is one Of The ordinary
kind and like similar others which
have disappeared with the loss Of their
assets The assets consist in cattle in
the field. chiefly. No responsibility At
taches 70 the individuals composing the
corporation. and If it did. the persons
whose futures however great chey may
be to-day. are liable TO fluctuations at
! tending all such ventures Grazing on
such lands does not tend. according TO
the common Judgment, to increase in
value from year TO year nor benefit the
land
Comparing the amount TO be paid BY
the Government foc the lands with the
rental received from the cartlemen. Sec
reta-y Noble says: If the amount al
ready paid in excess Of appraised value
for lands occupied and used be de-
Quoted the amount 20 be paid 70 the
Cherokee Nation viii be S.,153,si6. BY
this exhibit. it will be perceived. the
Cherokees will derive from the United
States the sum of at least s.. 600. coo after
deducring payments already made.
which. upon interest az 5 per cent. per
mum. would net them yearly quite
$3.50. GO 70 be paid BY the United States
Government. On the other hand. The
large amount Z be paid for the
fifteen years commencing after the
present lease By this cattle syndicate
VIII, il completely effected. little eX-
coed the mount 70 be paid By the Gov
eminent. will be entirely depend
enc upon the prosperity OF the syn
dictate with all the possibilities
Of disease and drought and cold that
have 50 often devastated whole herds
over vast sections OF the country. TO say
nothing 0: the i~ndisposition Of the COZ
poration 20 pay the Indians their dues
II IL would he az a great sacrifice. o. the
ability ot the Indians - enforce rheic
claims either within or without the
boundaries Of their outlet
Tho Secretary SAYS that the United
States must be sovereign within It's own
territory. is purpose is 10 wrong no
body and yet allow its OWL people 70 *
pand over the land that is theirs. and 20
give TO the Cherokee Nation q macpif-
ce1r and permanent income fo- lands
which it already has acquired to- Ger
tain purposes
The Secretary quotes from opinions Of
the Supreme Court and from sections o.
the Revised Statutes which show that
the Secretary OF the Interior IS author
lied 20 summarily remove from the res
e-vacion any persons thereon without
authority OF law. or whose presence II
the Judgment ot the Commissioner O.
Indian Affairs may BE- detrimental 20
the welfare Of the Indians.
The story Of the various treaties and
laws with relation 20 the Cherokee Out
let are detailed at length up : the time
OF the Che-okees leasing the lands IN
I>S3 20 the Cherokee Strip Livestock
Association While the department did
not interfere with any arrangement. the
lease was never formally approved by
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. the
Secretary OF the Interior or the Presi-
ident. and the department had uni
torml- refused TO approve any lease Of
these lands. After stating he action OF
the last Administration. declaring all
leases OF these lands 20 cartlemen null
and void and ordering the latter out Of
the country. the Secretary says that .
careful consideration OF the whole sub
jet BY Assistant Astorney-General
Shields led to the following conclusions:
Fir>c-That the lease Of tie Cherokee
Outlet is unlawful.
Second-That the President has au-
.horitT "a declare invalid Z agree
uent or lease Of the Outlet Coz grazing
purposes made contrary 20 the p-ovis-
ions OF S~ecrion2I16.
ThiI-That he may cause the re-
moval Of unauthorized persons or prop
erty from this reservation wheneve,
their presence IS. in the Judgment OF
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and
the Secretary OF the Interior. .decri-
mental 10 the peace and welfare OF the
Indians. whether they claim 10 be on
the reservation under a formal lease Or
By license o. permit from the Cherokee
Nation"
CHIEF NAYES WILLING.
TAHLEQCAH. I. T. Oct. 30.7hief
Nayes states that. after due consider
alton he has cone 20 the conclusion
that Il would De best tor the Cherukees
10 favor al immediate sale OF che Strip
~ the Government and that he would
recommend such q Course in his message
10 the Council next TUESDAY. He also
stated that II the land was allowed 20 Ne
main as il vaS now the Che-okeeS would
lose II in the end and he would do his
utmost 10 push the bill fo- its sale i'm