Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-05-19

| .,,,,.o.. . 9oSiale Justices ~ i
supreme court of the Creek Nation an. y 'as
Is also representing his people h.. aug he
winter The duties of instica WY 'lls
creek court are not 50 PRESSING y = 'le
need remain at home all the fin, 'ua 4 as
docket is not crowded, and tho la,a, Ils
the native courts are not So clan'1.! e's %
their demands for attention '-'''ols u
Old ls-pa-he-char has a lor,.
oome OF the young and ambitions l InS,l
talk eloquen;ly about allottipg tba aN ,pal
OF the Creek Nation and beeo,n; ~ ''l n.
zens, with all the privileges III, ~
zenship implies PERHAPS so,oa 10y - air
have visions Of a seat in eopgro :. 'n "
old Indian shakes his head uba. lss
schemes to open up the terriforv ~, 'as
vide the lands are mentioned n anu u
ence. He says that he remembers ,5 r's'
great many years ago, when he was yo ,'@ :
the agents of the United STATE 's a.
among the Greeks in Alabama and Nh
me promises as to what the govern.
would do If the Greeks wouId aera1
have their lands allotted Tn 90
did agree, but it was only little rb T''oH
I'll the promises were broken and the NV
was forced TO emigrate across the M ~
sippi to the lands it holds now. old ~
he-char says he remembers the Mons
Alabama, and he remembers tba, NJ.
dreds of his people persisted on tbs, lo..
pilgrimage Of many years ago tn IT,
country in the wilderness. How h. .st
can he look with confidence upon tbis nas
plan to allot the landsf ~
Is-pa-he-char's constant eompapoD
Washington is Colonel G. " Gay.os
He, too, is Creek, and he is also here a..
delegate representing the tribe in man.
before congress and the Department,
Grayson is tall and straight as an sr,ou
He was in the Confederate army dnrn,
the war, and was in command Of uafiy,
regiment. He was dashing and brav,
officer, il is said, and the fact that he ana
ls-pa-he-char were on opposite sides duHn,
the great conflict, does not in the leas, n
terfere with their friendship now. Gnr
son was educated in the schools al bomeis
the territory and in Arkansas. and K an
of the leading men among the Greeks NJ
IS merchant at Muscogee. while his com.
1anion, ls-pa-he-char, lives out in the coun-
try near that place on a big plaatationd
his own
One Of the best known Indians from ne
territory is l.. b. Bell, Of Vinita He ia
member of the Cherokee Legislature. and
is known at home as "Hooley1 Bell Ne
is the Yankee Of his tribe. and is described
by one Of his friends as being "smart asa
steel trap" One time a congressional
committee engaged in solemnly investigai
ing the Indian problem had Hooley upon
the stand, and the chairman asked:
Mr.. Bell, what do You do Tor livingy
Hooley looked at the amiable Statesman
from Massachusetts in auizzical way and
replied
Various things practice law little.
run for Office occasionally. farm some. nov
and then take hand at poker and never
miss a horse race if can get toitn
Hooley was born in Georgia He was
educated at Fowler institute in Texas
where Congressman Kilgore was student
at the same time. He also took course
in Cane Hill college in Arkansas He
came home from the Confederate armyto
find il necessary 10 go to work, The Cher
okee Nation had freed all Of bis fory
slaves. Ii is not generally known that The
Cherokees led of in the emancipation
in this country By legalen
actment that nation declared all negroes
owned by Cherokees TO be free shortly be-
fore President Lincoln issued bis famous
George Sanders, who used % be one Ct
the Cherokee delegates here, still visits thl
capital occasionally He owns a farm 10
he Arkansas valley, and is one Of ths
members Of the Cherokee senate. His In
lian name IS Soggy. He reads ard writes
his own language, but when it comes q
alking English he has to rely upon amin
erpreter He is very sensible indian
Not long ago the delegates OF the EiveCT
lized Tribes, who were then in Washing
on, invited some other Indians TO thrf
weekly council The visitors were mostly
,hippewas and Sioux from the northves.
they went back to their old customs, ana
anne to tie council in blankets and teala
rs and rnia(. Soggy WIS disguised b.
ore any of Bis associates knew NhaI De
lad i'm mind, be took the floor and began 20
ecture the guests. Soggy weighs aooli
10 pounds. and he can be very seriols @
cry funny, As he pleases. On Tins OCCASION
e did not wait for the ceremony Of pas.ll-
round the pipe and the fire water, pug
topping out IN front 81 HE blankeiel "
ians he said, with long pauses between
is words:'
NO more buffalo, no more deer la5l
ointing TO the garb Of the yisitors, y
hook his head and in tone Of oon'enP
reclaimed.
BLANKETS no good-feathers no goa
aintl Ughr'
He suddenly changed his manner to one
earnest advice, and going through -
pantomime said:
"Injuns must work -plow-raise CON-
fat-good clothes.
With that Soggy made a sweeping
IRE which included his companion usD
ates. and then he laughed till bis gro
des shook. The visiting Indians loae,-
thoughtful and amused az I
ie same time. while the delegates 60
pom Soggy in astonishInent u was
rst Grafton in English
Once while Soggy was in the sehass
is nation the question arose We.
d. 600 which had been paid into the ~
zee treasury should be divided per eapi.e
set apart for school purposes -
ok the side OF the schools. and ne -
his own tongue;
sDne dav a white man came 70 my ~
49, ,-r., any cor