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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15
JUDGE GREEN'S DECISION

Judge Green holds his appoint
ment as judge for a four year term
aud If he is re-appointed it will be
because he meets the approval of
the administration The position
of the administration has been
shown by Secretary Noble hereto
fore, in which he has seen fit to treat
the Cherokee title to the Outlet, as
a defective title. Associate Justice
Brewer of the Supreme Court of the
United States has declared that the
Justices of the Supreme Court Of
the United States unanimously
concur with the views of Honorable
|. C. Parker as to the character of
the Cherokee title in the Outlet, to-
wit; That all the estate is in the
Cherokee nation. Judge Green's
decision is absurdly long, full of
comparatively irrelevant matter,
unnecessary quotations intended
apparently to impress the superb
cial observer (that is to impress the
great majority of men)with the idea
that an extensive examination
proves a detective title. Judge
Green's decision ought to COM
mend him very strongly Tor re-
appointment. The decision is, from
legal standpoint, fatally weak.
From the treaties of 1916 and 1866
and the laws passed since then, he
draws no lesson and puts a con-
struction upon the act Of congress
Of 1S30,upon the treaty Of 1888 and
1885 so palpably erroneous that it
is difficult to credit the judge with
honest purpose. The decision we
believe is inspired aud controlled
by the policy of the administration,
the Oklahoma officials and spec
ulators, to compel the Cherokees
to sell this land before it is taken
from thea. Judge Green says in
his closing argument that the right
Of the Cherokees, that the question
whether the Cherokee nation had
ceased to use the Outlet as an out
let aud that the lands have revert
ed TO the United States "should be
settled by congress and the presi-
dent, demonstrating that his whOls
opinion was drafted with the view
Of making 1t a lever in the hands
ofmanipulators ofcobgress in their
action against the Cherokees.
Judge Green's decision can be
used % a lever on congress and
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

some Of them for more than a score
Of years, with no show whatever OF
ever getting citizenship, yet we are
powerless, it seems, to remove
them. They are getting the use
and occupancy Of the land some
OF them growing rich, and they do
not even pay permits nor any 9TH
er tax, Now they are asking for
part of the land and they may get
it t it remains common property.
Is it not about time for the Chero.
kee people to wake up and do
something to protect themselves ?
Can it be done in any other way
than to individualize the title ?
Give the people individual titles
to all the land and the intruder
question would be settled very
soon. A few years ago the supreme
court OF the United States decided
that the Cherokees had right to
say who their citizens were and
the Cherokee nation promptly and
at the expense of thousands Of dol
lars established citizen court an d
these people were given a fair and
impartial hearing. That court was
composed Of fair and impartial
men and we defy any man TO show
to the contrary. Some were ad-
mitted and are to-day enjoying
all the privileges of citizenship,
unmolested. Others were rejected
and are still here and are now ask
ing congress to give them a part of
the land belonging to the Chero.
kee nation. We want it distinctly
understood that we want allotment
to citizens, but want no fusion with
intruders.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15
PROMISES INSTEAD OF CASH.

The United States commission to
treat with the Cherokees, very
skillfully endeavored to give the
Cherokees valuable promises in
stead Of cash for the Cherokee Out
let. They were ready to promise
that they would settle the intruder
question, the claimant to citizen
ship question, the settling of
friendly Indians east of 96. They
wanted to give them promises in
stead of money. The Cherokees
do not need any more promises in
this direction. They can settle the
intruder business very easily Them
selves by having an intelligent del
egation put on the Indian bill which
is annually passed, provision to
have the intruder question settled
by justices Of the peace under
proper regulations. Wshave treaty
promises on this point already that
are ineffective, because the govern
mental machinery is defective.
We need a new set of laws to grind
this grist, and that is all we do need.
The citizenship question might be
settled in the same direction or
might be settled by the executive
department by bringing the proper
influence to bear on the president
of the United States. These ques-
tions have been heretofore treat
ed in slip-shod manner, more or
less weak. AS to settling friendly
Indians east of 96 degrees on un-
occupied lands, there are no friend
ly Indians to settle and no unoccu-
pied land to settle them on and no.
body wishes to settle the supposi-
tious Indians on unoccupied lands
that do not exist. This last suppos-
ed danger is bogus and"a boo-ger "
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

THE vault in the new bank build
ing is about finished, so it wont be
long before we can boast of Table
quah being the only town in the
Cherokee nation with a genuine
banking institution
You will enjoy that distinction
but a very short time, if indeed, at
all The vault of the First National
bank of Vinita will be completed
within week or two. Suppose we
join hands and pass an act making
these two banks Cherokee national
repositories. The more nancy on
deposit, the cheaper will be the
rate of interest to the people in the
country, who will be the borrow
ers. 1t would be safer for the ma
tion (proper security being furn-
ished) TO have the bulk of its
funds in the banks instead Of the
treasury, and far more convenient
to the people to receive a check on
a local bank than to have to apply
at the treasury for their money or
receive a check on the L. S. sub
treasury at St. Louis.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

will be used in this way by the
spectators who have determined
to open that country.
The Cherokees should open their
eyes and see the purpose Of this
decision and take aggressive action
in regard to their property, divid-
ing it out fairly and honestly among
their people and giving them pat
ents for it. The patents will be
good and congress will hesitate
long to interfere with the title when
the Cherokees shall have demon
strated their faith in their title by
such bold declaration of their
right. The Gherokees must declare
their right by some action that
will command the attention Of the
world. Their failure to do so will
be taken as confession of judgment
and congress without intending to
do them any wrong may open this
land TO settlement, believing that
the Cherokees have not a sufficient
title to prevent it. Let the Chero-
KEGS act let them take their own
and divide it among the whole
Cherokee people as they are auth
orized to do by the treaty Of 1916,
which declares, Art /, "That the
lands now occupied by the Chero-
kee nation shall be secured to the
whole Cherokee people"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

sooner the fact is legally establish
ed and basis for negotiation
reached the better There are many
thousand acres OF good land in the
outlet scrupulously kept as a wild.
erness in Difference to the fiction
that the country belongs to the
Indians. AS a matter of fact il
seems that the Indians own merely
a right-of.way, which is not a
proprietary interest, but merely
an easement, as the lawyers have
it, in the land of another. And
the great hunting-grounds in the
west having long ago been occupied
by settlers, and the object for which
the right-of.way was granted hav-
ing disappeared, it is an open ques-
ton if the easement has not also
lapsed. Be this as it may, there is
too much good land lying idle
between the southern border OF
Kansas and the northern edge OF
Oklahoma, If the Indians have any
salable rights in the outlet, let
them be purchased without unnec-
essary delay, in order that the bars
may be let down and the settlers
let in. 1t would be a good thing
for the civilized tribes as we'll as
for their civilized white neighbors
to open the whole of the Indian
country not actually occupied by
the five nations, to settlement.
Whether it would be a good thing
for land office jobbers is different
question.
Referring to the outlet, it alleges
we "scrupulously keep itas wild
erness, that we "only have right
of way" and "it is an open question
if the easement has not lapsed. y
See the fruit of Judge Green's out,
rageous decision, and the feeling ot
this great journal. The Chero'
KEGS cannot hold this outlet, 50
greatly needed for a bread produc-
ing district, as a wilderness. The
American people will strain point
to open it and the judges of Okla.
homa, and officers of the interior
department have paved the way
The time has come for action. The
Cherokees must not sit sullen anc
still but must assume control o
this land, divide it up and place
twenty odd thousand patents on i
to as many Cherokees. The pat
ents can be sustained in the su
preme court of the United States
and when congress is confronted
with this Condition instead of {
theory" we need not fear hasty
action against us. Misinformation
crafty management, will lose its
cunning, confronted by the living
active truth. Congress will heal
us and learning the truth confirm
our title.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15
WOULD ALLoT THE STRIP.
p. L. Walker Sees Reasons for
Taking Such Action.


EDITOR CHIEFTAIN - Having
read with no little interest the
many articles in The CHlEFTATN
and other papers about Cherokee
affairs and, as opinions are the or
der of the day, will venture to
write one.
There appears to be two insur-
mountable obstacles in the way of
a satisfactory settlement of Chero-
kee affairs.
First, sovereignty. The Chero-
kee nation being dependent on
the government Of the u. S for
existence cannot be, in the nature
of things, a sovereign government
or nation, having delegated its
rights to contract alliances or make
treaties with any other government
except that of the U. S., for the
protection that the goverlime ent of
the U. S. affords. The Cherokee
nation cannot coin money, estab-
lish postotiices or custom houses,
cannot exact tariff from other
nations, raise armies or exercise
any of the rights Of a sovereign
nation. The right Of eminent do.
main has been assumed by the
government of the U. S. with the
single exception of the relations
existing between the Cherokee
nation and its own citizens.
Second, non age. The Cherokee
nation is held as a ward of the
government Of tho U. :. and can
make no contracts as a nation that
are binding, without those con
tracts are approved by the guar
dian and the result is that any.
thing that the Cherokee nation
undertakes to do that its guardian
sees fit to interfere with, comes to
naught unless this guardian gives
a kind of consent by ignoring the
transaction or considering it of not
enough importance to pay any at.
tention to. Now, allotting the
lands west of 96 degrees might be
one of those transactions that our
guardian might ignore if an unre-
stricted title was given to each
citizens share Of land thus allotted
so that the citizen could sell his or
her allotment. This unrestricted
title would place no bar to the
purchase of these lands by citizens
of the U. 5. for homes and as that
is the object of the U s. govern
ment in buying these lands from
the Cherokee nation, that govern.
ment might not interfere with the
allotting of the strip. There is no
doubt but what the Cherokees
would realize the better price by
allottlng and selling these allot-
ments themselves.
p. J.. WALKER.
Prairie City, |. r., Oct. II, 81.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

The St. Louis Republic never
waits to be driven along the path
Of progress by sharp competition,
but keeps so far in the lead that
competition is an impossibility.
Its first bold departure was the
publication Of its weekly in FIVE
separate editions one each for
Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Arkansas
and Kansas, and a general edition
for the rest Of the country. Next
it made the Weekly Republic a
semi-weekly, issuing it in two sec
tions Of six pages each. Then
il established a special Tariff De
partment, edited by Hon. ". L.
Wilson, NJ. c. Now, IL announces
that each Of these original features
will continue permanently, aud,
besides, that two more pages will
soon be added to one section each
week, giving subscribers fourteen
pages, regularly every week.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15
ALLor-ro CITIZENS ONLY.

To the Honorable, the Senators aud members
of the Congress Of the U. $. In Congress
Assembled
The undersigned memorialists
humbly petitioning respectfully
represent and state that they are
residents and inhabitants of the
Cherokee nation, Indian Territory;
that they are by occupation farm
ers, mechanics, preachers, doctors
and lawyers-that their homes
and life interests are in the Chero-
kee nation, Indian Territory, con-
sequently have full and truthful
knowledge Of the condition, the
wants and requirements of the
people rightfully residing and
claiming rights to participate in
the common property and franchise
of the said Cherokee nation under
the treaties and laws of the Chero-
kee nation, and that they firmly
believe and express their honest
sentiments irrespective of any
party feeling and preference, and
for the welfare and protection of
the people entitled to the rever-
sionary or remainder interests of
the property of the said nation
that the time has come and now
at hand for the honorable congress
to promptly pass, and for the pres
ident to approve laws, (lst) detail
plan to confer full jurisdiction on
the courts of the u. S. erected and
located in the Indian Territory, to
promptly and permanently dispose
of the aggravating and controvers-
ial question of doubtful citizenship
claims now pending in the interior
department, and before the several
departments of the Cherokee
nation, and Tor such other like
claims as may be deemed proper
in the wisdom of congress, and
cd to initiate and promulgate
the enactment of the legislation
here requested, together with the
allotment of lands is seVeralty.
We respectfully ask that such
bill be introduced in the congress
for due consideration and final
passage-your memorialists will
ever pray.
The above we clip from the
Muldrow Register of last week,
which purports to be petition to
congress from Presidents" (but
not citizens)of the Cherokee nation,
asking for allotment of lands. 1t
speaks of people entitled to "rever-
sionary or rem ainder interests of
the property of said nation" As
an exhibition of "gall' this is
probably without a parallel. 1t
is to protect ourselves from the in
truders, principally, that we advo-
cate allotment at all. As to "re-
veFsionary interests" we have
none. The lands of this country
belong to its boni-Rde citizens and
will none oft revert to the inlru-
ders. What right have these peo-
pie to petition congress to divide
something that does not belong to
them ? 1t certainly requires great
dead Of cheek for the non-eitizens
Of this country to ask congress to
give them part ofthe Indians land.
We are willing for every one that
has a right in the country TO be ad-
mitted but are opposed to those who
have no right debating or interfer-
ing in any way with the affairs Of
f1,fe nation What ;s 10 lLs-z
people whether we allot or not ?
We advocate allotment Of land
among our own citizens in order to
secure it against the invasion Of
intruders. There are a class Of
claimants who have been here,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

IT is reported that Chief Mayes
has informed the senate commit
tee and Cherokee commission also
that unless the intruders were re-
moved they need not visit this
country in the expectation of com
pleting the negotiations for the
purchase of the strip.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

UNITED and aggressive action on
the part of council should be taken
at once in regard to the strip mat
ter. All party lines should be OBJ
liberated and an understanding
should be had early in the coming
session as to the best method OF
meeting the commission. All eyes
are now turned upon the conncil
and it is earnestly and cofdently
expected that not only the strip
m after but other very important
matters will be met and disposed
of early in the session.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

THE st Louis Republic of the
10th inst, in relation to the Out
let, says: "There are many thous-
and acres of good land in the Out
let scrupulously kept as wilder
ness in Difference to the fiction that
the country belongs to the In
dians." If the title to the Outlet
is fiction" then all fee simple
titles, all treaties, all agreements
with Indians the United States has
ever made, are fictions. We hold
the governments title to that coun-
try and have always thought it was
perfectly good
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

Malaria produces weakness, general
debility, billousness, loss Of appetite,
Indigestion and constipation. Groves
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To get the genuine ask for Groves
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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

WONDER what has become of all
the patriotic writer's for the press
that made the welkin ring before
the election, Is it not important
that the situation should be dis
cussed, especially just on the eve
OF the meeting of council ?
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

During the three years Hunts Cure
has been In use it has given the most
universal satisfaction as remedy for
all diseases and eruptions Of the skin.
Ringworm, letter, itch, and similar
troubles disappear at once under its
magic influence. so cents. Sold by X.
T. Bangh. Chonieau.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

AND now the Pennsylvania Rail
road claims a record of ninety miles
an hour for several miles on a
stretch. Pretty soon 80 miles will
be jog trot and nothing short of
a hundred will be considered re-
markable. Even then nobody will
be satisfied. People will grumble at
a hundred miles an hour as too slow
just as they are now grumbling be-
cause it takes four minutes to send
a message from New York to Lon
don and get an answer, when they
want it done in three minutes.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

THE followers of Parnell are deter
mined to keep up the fight which
the deplorable indiscretion of their
late leader precipitated. They have
declared that they desire no recon-
ciliation with the men who "hound
to death" their lamented chief, and
that they will have no fellowship
with the element which resented
Parnell's defiance Of social laws.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

Mr.. O. b. Jones, of Spring Hill, Iowa,
says: 81 have used Cham berlain' s
Pain Balm for severe and painful burns
with better effect than anything else |
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scar" Pain Balm is one Of the most
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be provided with, especially for rheu-
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toothache, earache and like ailments.
One application will relieve the pain
and q fair trial insure a cure. so cent
bottles for sale by W c. Patton & Go.
oct
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

THERE seems to be disposition
among senators and councillors
elect to ascertain the views of their
constituents on all subjects of leg
islation. Amy suggestions from an
intelligent constituency will be
helpful to the average member
and should not be withheld.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

WE are still of the opinion that
the Outlet can be allotted if the
pro per steps are taken in time by
council. AS soon as that body
con venes the Strip matter should
be brought up and an allotment
ct passed. Let us bury all party
fe cling and come together and save
the Outlet. The treaties are in
our favor and a majority of con-
gress are honest enough to stand
by right and justice. 1t is our
time to act and we should do il
promptly.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15
THE CHEROKEE OUTLET.

The strongest democratic news
paper in the Mississippi valley.
The Republic, on Oct. 10th, had
the following editorial:
If the Cherokee Indians ever
had any proprietary rights in the
so-called Cherokee outlet beyond
righi-of-way to hunting-grounds
that long since disappeared before
the advance Of civilization, the
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

Last Saturday evening prairie
fire was started near Russell Creek
Switch in the nation. Everything
being SO dry the fire spread rap,
idly and was soon beyond the con-
troll Of all human efforts. 1t spread
east, north and south of the switch
and thousands of tons Of hay were
destroyed, besides much damage
was done to fences and buildings.
While the loss in dollars and cents
may not be SO great, the loss is al
most beyond computation as many
persons have lost their hay, which
means the feed for their stock. and
unless they can get assistance from
some source, their stock will suffer.
OF have to be sacrificed, as it will be
impossible for the present owners
to keep their cattle through the
winter. -Chetopa Democrat.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15
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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-10-15

Castor oil is well known, safe and
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