Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-06-18

dllOLHleit, tUab Will give 70 caC
| individual his just and fair shar
Of the public domain.
Your obedient servant,
ISAAC MODE.
WRITE HIM DOWN AN ASS.
EDITOR CHlEFTAIN:-I have rel
erence to the party whose letter
written at Tahlequah and date
May 26th, was published in tn
Sentinel and copied in the Whit
World of the 3Oth. The writer
like all Office holders, gives hi
reasons in rambling sort Of a way
which are lame In the extreme
why allotment should be deferred
etc. To my way of thinking it hai
been deferred too long already
and my opinions will be indorsec
by most all intelligent, thinking
people of the nation, and in order
to illustrate | will copy from TIN
CHIEFTAIN of May 2Sth. +" There
are about 4,SSS, 900 acres Of lanc
in the Cherokee nation proper
leaving out the strip, and 25,O0C
citizens. Out Of this must come
the rivers, swamps, lakes and water
courses of all kinds, roads, worth
less hills and poor land that have
no value whatever, which would
not be much less than one-half the
entire area. This would leave
81 acres for each individual. The
chief proposes to allow all citizens
two farms Of GAO acres each, making
| $50 acres" Admitting this state
ment to be in a degree incorrect
il is near enough to prove the
necessity Of allotting at once and
not deferring any longer.
But the writer is in a great
quandary how to adjust matters
He is evidently afraid that the
adopted citizens will come in for a
share. although he admits they
have all the rights Of native Chero-
KEGS, according to treaties. He
also admits they have been cheated
OF those rights, still he thinks
when a final trial comes judgment
will be rendered in their favor.
Moral 1T Is hard to /" kick
against the prcks.
He seems puzzled what TO do
with those citizens, in case of al
lotment, who have taken up more
land than they are or would be
entitled TO hold, as he thinks the
nation would have to pay than for
stealing what did not belong to
them. No doubt his mind is
clouded, as it is evident he is one
who would compound a felony.
For my part | would suggest that
they pay for the use Of the land
they have used and through their
greed have kept others from using
but as " there are none so blind as
those who refuse TO see, il is Of
no use trying to enlighten such as
he, as he does not like my letters
ON allotment. / have no apology
to offer 1t may be ] have resur-
rected one Of tho old Committee
of Safety" who years ago ordered
me and others out of the country
because we had the courage then
to advocate allotment, which if
done at that time would have set
lied all those questions that en-
barrass his mind now, besides
giving him double the quantity Of
land that he would now get and
the longer it is deferred it will get
beautifully less .and more compli
Gated. But he, like old " Soggy,"
has an idea that a white adopted
citizen has no right to express him
self on such subjects and ought TO
be content if allowed to live and
vote as they suggest They may
think, If not too loud, which re-
minds me of reading in one OF Capt
Marryatt's works of the rigid dis
,ipline that was once in the British
navy, when il was common oc-
,urrence for seamen to be tried for
silent mutiny, if they only looked
sulien. But in this age of oiviliza-
ion, with a free press, one can
gives his views on any subject,
hat is if he does not detame those
ne refers to in his writings, or dis
lgrees with in matters of opinion
Dut when a fellow undertakes To
SANDER aSother party and hides
behind nom de plume it proves
ne is a coward and a worthless
character. and not worthy of re-
1t is therefore idle TO waste time I
lpon the effusions of a man of this
character it is like throwing boot
acks in the dark to still the sing 4
ng of the cats. 4 crying evil of .
he day is the anonymous CORES
,ondence in newspapers The .
writer who refuses the use Of his
lame loses all credit for good in
ent and the paper allowing its
Olumns to anonymous ISLANDERS
lisregards a plain amenity of Jour
lalism, hence the bill now before
tate legislatures TO make it a vio-
alton of law.
Respectfully,
Tow HOWE.
$1,000