The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-26
THE LANDS WILL OPEN.
CHEROkEES FINALLY AGREE TO
THE STRIP PROPOSALS.
Two Years of Neg otiations Virtually
With standardization
by the Redmen's Council and by
Congress Alone Necessary.

TAHLEQUAn, 1. T., Dec. 2l.-After more
than two years of negotiations and four
visits of the Cherokee commission to Table
quah an agreement was finally consum-
mated Saturday whereby the Chcrokees
agreed to part with their title To the strip
and only the action of the United States is
needed to make it public land.
The two commissions decided upon the
terms OF the agreement Saturday after
noon and it will be Immediately submitted
to the national council for ratification. 1t
must then be ratified by the congress of
the United States and all rights, title and
interest will then be rclinquished by the
Cherokee nation.
The United States commission arrived
at T~ablcuuah November 10 and immedi-
ately a commission was appointed by the
Cherokee council to confer with it. Daily
sessions of the commission have been held
since that time. Every grievance of the
Cherokee nation was discussed and all was
provided for before the price of the land
was considered.
Concessions to the Indians.
The collateral questions were all settled
a week ago. and by them the Cherokees
are secured in their nome tract from the
annoyancest that they have heretofore suf-
fered.
BY the first article of agreement the
United States agrees TO remove all persons
within the whole tract of the Cherokee
nation who are recognized TO be %unauthor
lied persons within the intent and mean
ing OF the treaties heretofore made by an
act of congress enacted in pursuance there
of.
By the second article the Cherokee ma
tion is secured in its jurisdiction over all
of its old citizens, whether native or
adopted.
BY the third article the fifteenth article
Of the treaty of July ~, 1856, by which
other Indians can be located upon the
home tract. is abrogated.
The fourth article provides that the
United States shall render an account of
all money due the Cherokee nation under
all the treaties from 1915 to 1868, and if
such accounting shall be incorrect or un-
just, then the Cherokee nation may bring
suit in the court of claims for any alleged
or declared amount of money due them
and uniustly adjusted in such accounting.
The fifth article provides that those
C~herokees now residents upon the strip
may take 80 acres of land each, which
shall cover their improvements.
The price finally agreed upon is IS, $685.
sDO'i-/2.
BY the terms of the agreement the Cher
okces relinquish not only the strip, but all
claims or interests of any kind or char
acter they may have in the land lying west
of the Goth degree which were conveyed
by them to the Osages, Poncas, Otoes,
Missouris and Nez Perces, though, as far
as the Cherokee nation is concerned, it
has ~relinquished all its claims to these
lands which under the patent were set
apart to that nation as an outlet.
The agreement provides further that IN
less the contract be ratified by congress
before March 4, 1893, it shall be null and
void.
The commission on the part of the
United States is composed of Ex-Governor
David II. Jerome of Michigan, Judge Al
bert M. Wilson of Arkansas, and the Hon.
Warren Y. Sayers of Indiana, and on the
part of the Cherokee nation of +. G.
Boudinot, J. A. Scales, Thomas Smith.
Roach Young, Joseph Swallwood, William
Triplett I'D George Downing.