Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-06
THE END OF LO!
The Indian Territory Rapidly
Passing into History.
WHAT WROUGHT THE CHANGE.
The Allotment of Land in Severalty the
Or,ier of the Day Among the Tribes
The Surrender of Tribal Au-
tonomy soon Follows.


Special 20 the Gazette.
PAu,. Tn. April 5.-The beginning Of
TIE end IS here and children born today
viii know the Indian Territory only as q
matter OF history The initial step was
taken when cyrdit gu.l land grant OF
5NUD,t1U acres Of land was made TO the
Missouri, Kansas ana Texas railway TO be
come effective when the Indian title was eZ-
tiuguishoa. Slowly but surely have the
R7cucies worked which have wrought 10
this END. Many have wondered at
THE PERSISTENCE OF EFFORT
and fertility Of scheme CharLctcrizing the
onslaught Oh The holdings Of the only lnd.-
ms who haL made al effort towards civil
zatiou and who have fer years been the
cause Of neither worry nor bloOdshed 10 the
whites Bur 5u0U.UOO acres Of rich lands,
besides other pickings. formed powerful
incentive And il wins. The events Of to-
DAY in The Indian Territory point 10 the end
So plainly hat all may see il. II is near,
ana ike the avalanche comes with increas-
Ing pce1.
HERE ARE THE SIGNS.
The work OF allotment began among the
Sac and Fox Indians March 10. For their
surplus lands they are paid SlS00O0. The
Asst payment viii be made May 9, and the
second and third payments soon thereafter.
Each payment viii be for $4,000.
The attorneys for the ChoCtaws and
Chickasaws have stated to the congress
sioual committees that if certain terms are
granted allotment among those people can
be secured. Treaties for surplus lands and
Il some instances for
SURRENDER OF TRIBAL AUTONOMY
md allotment have been made with the
Glowing tribes Sucs and Foxes $l.23 per
IcGe; PO.tawaJOmieS, 10 cents per acre;
tbseutee ShawucGs, 25 cents per acre;
.CHas - cents per acre, and FOR the ChOc-
.aNE and CuICkuSaw claim 10 the leased dis
q k,.r 4 A,.Fs,.
aces. klOWts and Con8nch"S II 81 per
arrc in addition to SI,lOOOOJ heretofore
paid them. IL IS virtually settled that he
'hcrokg.s will sell the outlet and this
ca.Gs only DE occupied lands CT the four
civilized tI.L.a under Indian title.
OTHER NOTES
In the Cherokee Nation affairs are in o
otd shape. Chief Mayes, Treasurer Ross,
Iou. D. ". BLshyhead, CoUncilmeu Bel,
l., !I5Uu. Wolfe, Gray, and in fact nearly
Ill the political leaders in the Cherokee
Nation. are awake To the fact that i crisis
j. ihe history of the Cherokee Nation has
,onr The financial situation is alarming,
he iutrudcrs a-g becoming more and more
lUMeruus, politics are becoming more and
more corrupted. 4 feeling OF DISC uietudc,
iissat ,StaC,Iau, Insecurity, perYIdeS the
ranks of the ChcrOEees from one end of the
Nation 10 luc other. The Old days of secur-
.ty aud plenty ana honesty have gone. We
10 not attempt 20 say " no Is 10 blame nor
whence came The 2 .sc, but we DO see much
truth In ext aIri 8uahy heads statement,
''thc Cherokee Nation IS IL L deplora0le
CurUit.ou.'
FOR many years the lease of the outlet
las supported tLt Cherokee government,
and he u ION Of The government III ex-
pr.LuE ,hc etulcES, was part Of he widely
,Cucs.tec sch me % gradually force IllOt-
men, auu tribal extinction On the territory.
4r.,t, nj Il ID acres of land AID town lot