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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-01-26
Sclf-R elinnc3.
BY JOHN @. SAKE.

In battle or business, whatever the game,
In law or In love, II Is ever tho same;
In the struggle for power, or tho scramble
for pelf.
Let this be your notice: Rely on yourseJ!
Tor whether The prize be n ribbon or throne.
The victor il he who can go II alone!
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Chicago & Alton R. 3.

Trains marked will stop on signal. Trains
marked will not stop.
Local freights run daily exceptSunday. Other
trains daily.
Coupon tickets on sale to all principal points
In the United States and Canada. Baggage
checked through IN destination without extra
charge l.. e. GRAY. Agent nt uigRinsYIlle.
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ATTORNEYS.
JOHN ). BLACKWEI
RY T.. WALLACE. VINE n
WALLACE l. CHILES,

A TpoRNEYS AND COUNSELLoRS Al
var the Lexington Savings Bank" " opposite
Th,ourt huliAe. W III praoLlct IN the courts OF
La ayte and surrounding couuties, anu also IN
the Suprae court Oi the state oil MISSOURI, anu
tue a. n circuit anu District courts ior Lhe
Western ID ID sct OF Missouri.
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DRENCE n iIAMIsFAR, M. D.,
. FULhEHSON.
EuLKERsON s. CHAMBERS,


1xoY sIr1ANs AND SURGEONS, Lexington u,
.iiice over the drug store. PERSONS
owing as, individually, are earnestly esIT nHstTss
a n ,tpU nav their accounts At ONE. APl -
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N'eeklg gntelligeuter.
OTfIcInI County Paper.

Terms, So per Year.
a deduction of 80 cents will be made If paid
strictly in advance for II full year.
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"AII The above suits were the result
of few truthful paragraphs i'm a re-
cent issue, and while not exactly ex-
pected, are not unwelcome. We don't
think a newspaper amounts to shucks
until it has half a dozen libel suits on
the docket, and we don't believe that
any editor will get up and hump him
self until he realizes that he has got to
raise 100000 in cash inside of a year
Friends, Romans! Come and see usI'
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MEDICAL.
u q aRIsT, M, ID.

DuysrCIAN .>) SURGEON. ONCE over
nsiOiAN An Now shoe store. Residence
Ut the Atkinson hoIse, corner vi ,,i,n hen Ivan
AID Franklin Ay@lue. SPECIAL attention gwen wen
to the lreatmen.Jf diseases OF the hervouS ou9oSi
tenn sSg-S-
LLOR ENCEN. IHAMfsFAh' W. "',
HoMGoPATHIsE. Womem, sa,,.a anu an Shfrukl Erunkl,n
Ayeaue. ounosils Courthouse 1pIzlno
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ETHAN ALLEN, BUSINESS MANAGER.
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4 slzIoIEIs.
0THING SUCCEEDS:
LIKE SUCCESS y!

We allow any one to nndersel u.s. We buy Goods
hich satisfied will give perfect satisfaction to our cnsto
We all the New Styles in Boots Shoes, Hats, Caps
oves &C., almost they get them in the East we
y guarantee money if yOu will give call and
cal with Our motto is "Quck sales and small profits"
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WITH THEIR OWN FIRE.

"Please get up off my lap.
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ALEX. A. LESUEUR,
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We Want
.OurMOneV.
See Us at Once,

will guarantee will you array prizes
your widest imagination, dreamed Of Some of
limited quantities. and cannot be dupli
These will be sold in very short me and the
prizes will 90 o those who
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

ais, which / presume are patent to
any obsorvant man. In order to
do this it is not necessary to put
aside our nationality-upon the
contrary the less friction we pro-
duce with the government in the
consummation ofits plans the more
permanent will be our nationality.
No man would be more tenacious
for the right than I, but we can Sc
cure our rights, subserve our better
interests without any unreasonable
antagonism the government of
the United States. / have not said
take Sl.25 per acre for the lands,
but find out at once what it is
worth, if we do not already know,
offer it for its value and contend
for it, allot the remainder and ask
individual titles under our present
nationality. In other words, under
this autonomy secure I he individual
titles which seem to me so essen.
tial to our safety. Then whatever
betides our nationality our rights
are secure.
w. T.. HENDERSON.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11
AGAINST THE scHEMERs.

ALTON, !. r., April o, 1888.
EDITOR CHIEFTAIN - Shall we
sell or retain the land west Of the
Seth degree? !, for ono, am in
favor Of selling those lands and di-
viding the money per capita. My
reasons for this are, that we have
got land enough east Of the Goth
degree, and that the lands west
not doing the bone and sinew of
this country any good, or in other
words, are not doing the mass Of
people any good ; and / am in favor
Of that which does the greatest
good to its greatest number. True
enough we get a small tax Off Of
that grass, but tho officers and
spectators gobblo up the most Of
that. There 10 a part that goes to
keep up schools so situated that the
poor people don't realize any bene-
fit from them, and certain per
cent. goes to pay general govern
ment expenses, which causes the
man worth ten dollars to pay as
much tax as a man worth one
hundred thousand dollars. The
way that land is now, is very nice
for the officers and spectators, but
hard on the poor class Of people.
II reminds me Of how well nature
has formed the crane; he can wade
the water without making the least
rifle and slip up on tho little fish
and catch him for food. 1t is very
nice for the crane. but hard ON the
fish. l said we had land enough
east Of the Goth meridian, and /
mean just what / said and | think
any one that is not hog will agree
with. me ont hat point. There arc
something over fourteen million
acres Of land east Of the 90th me-
ridian, and the population are
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11
AHnnndLernI nnInIon.

y. Bainbridge, Mnnday Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co., Tex. SAYS: Have
used Electric Bitters with most happy
results. My brother also was very
low with Malarial Fever aud Jaundice,
but was cured by timely use Of this
medicine. Am satisfied Electric Bit
tiers saved his lifc."
Mr.. ID. /. Wiicoxson, Of Horse Cave
KY, adds a like testimony, saying:
lie positively believes he would have
died, had II not been for Electric Bit
ters.
This great remedy viii ward OF. as
well as cure all Malarial Diseases, aud
for Kidney, Liver and Stomach disor.
81. at W. 9. Patton & Cos. Drugstore.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11
The Land Question.

Mr.. HENDERSON AND THE ADVOCATE.
Under the suggestive caption,
"Unready," the Adooeate discusses
the land sale issue which is, with
out our bidding, upon the Cherokee
people. The article is in the main,
complimentary TO me but might,
except for the known good breed
ing and ethical bearing Of the Id
voeate editor, be thought TO reflect
slightly upon mo after all. Re-
membering that principles are su-
perior TO men, we dismiss the first
complimentary paragraph, for this
question oyertops in importance
anyone who may discuss it. As
he says, we must give a definite re-
ply TO the United States govern
ment--to do less will place US below
par in the scale OF estimates in
which the Federal government has
placed us. As usual we shall see
cropping out the spirit Of unreason.
able opposition. Liliputians put
ting on the arm6rof giants to do
battle, but let thoughtful mon di-
vested Of prejudice meet the issue
squarely. mean no slricture up
on any gentleman for desiring to
express an opinion, but not every
lono, my own included, Is to be
taken without due reelection.
am sorry that already the Cherokee
nation has not made a geological
survey Of the land in question as
suggested by the Adgocate and il
it not true that this is not our arst
error Of the kind? Had We not
better begin candidly to consider
the destiny that awaits us? said
we had better sell the strip land
and allot the remainder. am not
undecided. With the lights before
me / feel certain that this is the
proper thing. l have relied upon
the intelligence and cultured good
sense Of a brave people in express
ing an opinion boldly. That any
man, even as humble as / may be
thus at liberty to express himself
freely to his fellow countrymen up
on a great question is a compliment
TO the people rather than to myself
as some Of the papers view it. ]
have reasons for the above propos.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

about twenty-five thousand, inclu4-
ing Cherokecs, Shawnces, Della
wares and Negroes. SO divide the
fourteen million by the twenty-five
thousand would mako something
over four hundred acres TO the head.
That is moro than we need, be-
sides we had better sell that land
while we have got chance and get
the money, and improve the lands
east of the 96th degree, for if we
don't, the clamor OF the people Of
the states will cause congress to
take those lands any way. SO, we
had better negotiate with that COM
mittee and get all we can before
congress fixes the price.
The common cry Of the people
of the states is; I" The Indian has
got too much good land lying idle
and doing nobody any good we
had as well have it," SO let us do
something now, and not wait till
the storm is on us before we go into
our storm holes. Now is the time
to work, and the accepted time ;
let us sell those lands and stop
office holders and spectators from
getting fat off of leasing and sub.
leasing.
JAMES II. DAWSON.
1.-THE correspondent is in error
regarding the extent Of tho Chero.
kee lands east of 96th degree, to
the extent of about eight million
acres, or in that neighborhood.- -
Ed
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11
THE BUSINESS VALUE OF 4
MILL TO A COMMUNITY.

We clip tho following from the
American Miller and give Il space
in our columns as being truths
plainly stated and strikingly appro-
pirate to the situation for Vinita
and tributary country
The one thing needful in this
community is a first-class -four
mill and no other one enterprise
would add so much to the trado OF
the town.
The business men and property
owners Of Ninita should, without
delay, offer a handsome bonus to
some reliable party who would
build a mill, or form a stock COM
pany among themselves and place
the enterprise on a sure basis A
mill al this point, Of such capacity
as would equal the supply and de-
mand. without question, would be
the best paying property in the
town:
TO the uninitiated nothing il
stranger than the frequent offering
Of bonus, by new communities in
recently settled territory, for the
erection Of flour mill A bonus
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls CatarIh Cure
L. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo
Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
+. j. Cheney for the last 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in \
business transactions and fnAncialiy !
able to carry out any obligations made
10y their firm.
West & rruax, Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo, ..
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggist, Toledo, o.
4. ii. Van Hoesen, Cashier, Toledo
National Bank, Toledo, o.
Halls Oatarrh Cure is taken inter
nal.y, acting directly upon the blood
and mucus surface of the system
Price zoe. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11
TIE OUTLET.

There has been considerable said
Of late, through the paper, about
the sale of our lands west; but
there is one question-and the most
important one-as TO who has q
voice in the sale and allotment Of
our lands, not only west, but here
at home. Our council has said
time and again, that the adopted
citizens as a whole, are not entitled
to any of the proceeds of the Strip.
If they are not entitled to the pro-
ceeds then they cannot have any
right to the land itself, because
where a man receives the proceeds
or rent from any tract OF land, it is
consided that he has some tile to
the land itself.
Now will the next council reverse
this decision? If they say the
adopted citizen has a voice as to
whether to sell or not, then they
say they have an interest in the
land if they have any interest in
tho lands, then they are most as
suredly entitled to thO proceeds
thereof.
Then, if we aim to maintain our
nationality we have no land to sell.
If we needed the money for the
support of our government it would
be a different thing, but Wo do not
need it for national purposes at
all. The lease money is amply
sufficient, not considering our in
vested funds. Where is the mans
name in history, that endeavored
to maintain his nationality, and at
the same time advocated the sale
Of a portion of his country, con-
tending that it was the bOst for the
rising generation? 1t is not to be
found in the annals of the states
man of any country. It's the very
opposite of craftsmanship. would
not be so bitterly opposed to the
allotment Of our lands, if it would
strengthen our .nationality. But
any man with common sense knows
that the United States government
is not going to pro rate our lands,
for what benefit would it be to her
own citizens if there was no land
left open for settlement? We all
know that the policy Of the govern
ment in allOtting Indian lands, is
to allow the Indians 160 acres
piece, and to let her own citizens
have what is left. / am opposed
to the sale of the Strip because the
sale Of that naturally calls for the
allotment of this, which means the
obstruction Of our nationality. If
they could give us anything better
than this it would do, but there are
very few men that have lived in
the states but what acknowledge
that this is tho easiest place to be
found to make living. Then why
should we want to give it up?
More anon,
WAsHISGToH ADAIR.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

JEFF. THOMPSON, (colored), con-
demned TO hang for the murder of
a half-brother, escaped from prison
at Tahlequah, last November, but
was recaptured somo time ago and
returned to his cell. There being no
law authorizing anybody to re-
sentence him, the question is, how
is the time TO be fixed for his exc
cution2 Common sense and the
practice elsewhere suggest the court
by which he was originally tried
and sentenced, as being the proper
authority to fix the day Of execu-
ton, when the prisoner is produced
before the court and his identity
nrovon
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about It. You may
yourself be one Of the. many who
know from personal experience just
how good a thing IL Is. IL you have
ever tried 10, you are one its stnunch
friends, because the wonderful thing
about y ls, that when once given a tri-
al, DR.. Kings New Discovery ever az
ter holds a place in the house. Ifyou
have never used IL and should be a.
iiicted with cough, cold or any
Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, secure
a bottle at once aud give 1t fair trial
II is guaranteed every time, or money
refunded. Trial bottle Free at w. q.
Patton & Co.'S. drugstore.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

Mr.. @. J Smith, travelling salesman
for Belford, Clark & Co., Chicago, had
the misfortune 10 sprain his wrist
most severely. 81 was suffering great
pain" he says, "and my wrist was bad
ly swollen; a few applications OF Cham
berlain's Pain Balm relieved the pain
aud reduced the swelling in one night,
and IN consequence my work and busi.
ness was not interrupted for which
am very grateful. can recommend
Ohamberlain's Pain Balm from person
al experience" Sold by w. O. Patton
* Co.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

TuE ChirFrAIN takes pleasure in
making tho announcement that this
gentleman was appointed upon
Tuesday, as agentof Union Agency,
Muskogee. 1t is source Of grati-
fcation to see one Of our brethren
of the quill succeed in his aspira-
tions and especially so when those
aspirations are Of an exalted char
acter.
BY the way, Colonel Owen, who
Brother Bennett succeeds, was also
q newspaper man and at one time
edited THE INDIAN CHIEFTATN.
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AN 1MPoRTANT QUEsrIoN


pie be obtained before the offer
To buy our western lands is enter
tanned by the nations authorities?
The answer to this question lies
in the manner in which we hold
our lands-in common. The man
ner indicates whore the title is
in the people. If in the people,
their consent should be first OBJ
tanned before any action, leading
TO the sale Of our western lands,
should be taken by our authorities,
unless it is some measure to secure
an expression Of what the people
wish.
IL otherwise than in common
our lands were held, the title
would be somewhere else--in the
government, as the title of the
public lands of the United States
is in that government. If in the
Cherokee government, every citi-
zen would be compelled to buy his
homestead. By the right Of pur-
chase and transfer to him of the
nations title to so much land, his
home would become his individual
property. Ownership thus OBJ
tanned is as exclusive as the pow
er of the authority that made the
transfer is able to protect the pur-
chaser in the possession of his prop
crty.
Otherwise than by right of law
fRl pupchase lands Of a govern
il.enf may become individual
q Aherty-by a law regulating
~their settlement by that govern
ment's subjects--by deed of gift
under certain conditions. But
this principle cannot be made to
apply to lands that do not belong
TO the government. The Cherokee
nation cannot alter the tenure of
our lands, without the consent Of
tho people to change from COM
mon TO an individual title. Ifthat
power was in the authorities Of
the nation-the national council
10 individualizo our land without
the expressed consent of the peo-
pie, the right Of the council to sell
could not be questioned.
Our constitution is plain on the
subject. 1t says, "the lands Of the
Cherokee nation remain common
property" This being a consti-
tutional provision. the constitu-
tion must be altered SO as to ac-
commodate the contemplated
change in the manner Of holding
eur land. Directions are given in
the constitution itself how amend
ments may be proposed, adopted
and become parts Of that instru-
ment-by acts to amend, procla-
snalion by the principal chief and
the election Of such members TO
the national council as will, and
have promised as may be inferred,
10 be controlled by the will Of the
people.
The consent Of the Cherokees to
the settlement Of lands of the
Cherokee nation west Of the 96th
meridian. by friendly Indians, and
sale TO them, cannot be so constru-
ed as 10 imply a sale to anybody
not even 10 the United States, t.
whom the consent for such settle
ment is given. "To retain pos
session and jurisdiction" OF the un-
sold lands is an expreesion merely
acknowledging a former right Of
tho Cherokee nation. vested in the
people, and only to be elected "a
iaras their consent TO the sale Of
the lands loifiendly Indians may
be considered. Leave out iriondly
Indians, and that treaty provision
means nothing amounts to moth
|pg. a. lag as lhe government 81
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is never offered for a blacksmith
shop, a grocery, or hardly any
other form OF village industry, but
when it comes to a flour mill, the
denizens of town and the farmers
Of the township all seem williLg to
give a species Of encouragement
shat is withheld from other enter
prises. Why is this ? Why
should business men and farmers
be willing to subscribe liborally
for the erection Of Touring mill
when they are disposed to let ev-
cry other enterprise stand or fall
on its own merits.
The answer is not far to seek.
Experience has proven that -four
mill is tho greatest single factor in
the prosperity Of small town do
pending on the agricultural COM
munity surrounding it for its bust
ness prosperity. In tho first place,
n flour mill creates a home market
for the most important production
Of an agricultural people. Take a
one hundred-barrel mill. 1t Gre
ates a market for 10000 bushels
of grain at home, and at a price
which is very generally perceptibly
higher than the market. The mar
ket at the mill is a home market.
The money paid and received stays
in the community. A 109-barrel
mill creates the demand for the
product Of 10000 acres, and pays
a price which not only remunerates
the farmer, but enables him to pay
his debts at the local store. 1t is
no wonder that the communities
that have a mill prosper while
neighboring towns languish. Just
/ figure up the amount of cash that a
mill puts in circulation, and there
will be no mystery surrounding the
prosperity of towns that have a
mill.
1t is n noticeable fact that per-
haps a fourth Of the towing and viii
lagos of the country have been built
around a mill. Occasionally the
process is reversed, and the COM
munity grows up before it has a
mill. But far NOR -equently it
has been that the mill has been
started in promising place and
the village or town has afterward
gradually grown around it, drawn
to it by the inexorabls law of busi-
ness grayitation. The number Of
towns still known as "Smith' S
Mills" or some similar term is
quite sufficient to enforce the moral
we are endeavoring to teach, that
a flour mill is the best investment
that any agricultural community
can make. We generally buy in
the same market where we sell,
and the farmer almost invariably
trades in the town where there is
mill. 1t is there he sells his pro-
duce, that he gets his flour, where
his feed is ground, and it is no
wonder that he gets in the habit of
spending his money where no gets
it. So, the business instinct of new
communities that offer a bonus or
substantial aid for a mill, is justi-
fed by the facts too often it is en-
forced by the prosperity Of a neigh
boring town, while the community
without a mill, though often with
superior advantages in other re-
spects, languishes without under
standing the cause Of its decay
which is, in fact, doducible from
tho homely but truthful maxim
that a home market is the best
market
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11
RnckIen,s Arn,co saIye.

The best salye in the word for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt, kheum,
Fever sores, letters, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. IL is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price % cents per box. For sale by w.
O. Patton d Co.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

"Little spells Of fever, little chills so
bland, Makes the mighty graveyard
and the angel band, A little Of Cheath-
ANS Chill Tonic taken now and then
Makes the handsome women and the
healthy men," w. g. Patton &C Co.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11
WANTS, ron sALE. LOST. srRATED. STOLEN,

Each notice, OF the character indicated, not
exceeding FIrry WORDS will be Inserted two
weeks under this heading for FIFTY CNNrs. ]
q o. REWARD.-1he above reward will be
paid for the delivery at my farm miles north
Of Ninita, In Delaware district for each Texas
steer, branded g on right side, ID OF U
connected CT above O) on hin
G W. GnTES Nintta Ind Ter
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-04-11

THE first known proposition to
organize an Indian State was by the
Albany Argus in 1915. The Chero-
KEGS, Choctaws and Creeks, were
70 be the principal factors.