The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-03-31
EDWARDS KANSAS FRIDAY 1ses
ADVISES ACCEPTANCE.
Chief Harris Favors the Terms For the
Opening Of the ChesOkee Strip-His Mes
sage to the Council.

ADVISES ACCEPTANCE.
| Chief Harris Favors the Terms For the
Opening OF the Cherokee Strip-His Mes
sage to the Council.
TAHLEQUAH, 4. T., March 29.-Cher-
okee council convened here yesterday
and went to work with genuine good
| feeling.
The interest manifested by the In
dams in the closing scenes of the strip
sale is unprecedented. The capital Is
so crowded with people from all por-
tions of the nation that hotel accom-
modations go at premium.
| Many distinguished United States
citizens are present, among them Con-
gressman Fields, whose advice will be
worth much to the Indians at this
| time.
| Its expected to-day that some definite
plan of action will be mapped out by
the legislature, and it is confidently
believed that the trade will be agreed
to within the next week or ten days.
! The chiefs message is as follows and
seems to give general satisfaction:
To the Honorable National Council N Special
| Session:
| You have been convened in special session to
| consider and take such action your wisdom
| seems best in the modification made by con-
4 gress in the articles OF agreement entered into
| by the commissioners for the United States
and Cherokee ma tion for the cession OF land to
| the United States belonging to the Cherokee
nation, lying west of 80 deg. west longitude, ac-
! cepted and ratified in part by the Cherokee na.
| tion by act OF the national council approved
+ January 4, 1892.
| BY the act Of the national congress dated
March 9, herewith submitted for your informa-
! tion. you will observe that this agreement was
amended to this extent, that before any in.
| truder or unauthorized person who entered
| the Cherokee nation and commenced improve.
| ment prior to August II, 1885, shall be removed
| from the limits thereof, provided in the
/ agreement, such improvements shall be APP
praised by board OF appraisers. and the Chero-
/ kee alton is required to pay such intruder The
| value of his improvements. but the appraisers
| may consider the rents and profits of the land
| used and occupied by the intruder in determin
| ing the value of his improvements
OF the S. sos 1856 agreed TO be paid by the
! United States in the original agreement with
| the Cherokee nation, 1925, SO is Immediately
| available upon the acceptance by the Chero-
kee nation OF the modification made by
| congress in the said agreement and the
remaining IS, 30O0 900 Is TO be paid in i've
| equal annual installments, commencing on
| the 4th day OF March. 1895, and end
| ing on the 4th day of March, 1859, the
| said deferred payment to bear per cent inter-
| est per annum, which interest is to be paid an.
| nually; or, should the national council deem it
to be to the best interest of the Cherokee peo-
| pie to negotiate loan on the principal and in
| terest of the said deferred ayment and thereb
| secure at once the full amount due on these
lands it is authorized by said act of congress to
| do pledging the principal and interest to Sc
| cure the payment of the debt
Paragraph of article 20 of the original
| agreement. giving exclusive Jurisdiction to the
| courts Of this nation in all civil and criminal
| cases where citizens of the Cherokee nation,
| either by blood or adoption, shall be the only
parties in interest, was stricken out by the act
| of congress above referred to.
] recommend that you accept the agreement
as amended by congress. The act above re-
| ferred to provides that the amount to be paid
| the intruders shall not exceed S250,0O). While
am of the opinion that the intruders are tres
| passers without equity, and to whom the law
| of betterment does not apply, AMI deprecate
| the fact that congress has placed different in
depreciation upon the same, yet think We had
better accept this amendment for the follow
| ing reasons: While the number of intruders is
not definitely known as contemplated to
| be paid by this act, 1 am of the opinion
that the limitation to those commencing i'm
provements prior to August II, 1886 and the
| further provision that the use and occupancy OF
the soil may be taken into consideration hv the
board OF appraisers in making their award, rTil
| result in a great advantage to the Cherokee
nation, in a and majority of cases the balance
| sheet will be in the nation's favor The act of
congress does not interfere with the risht of
| the Cherokee nation to determine who are its
| citizens but confirms that right and provides
| for their removal on demand of the principal
| chief
cannot but think with the evidence before
| me that only a small amount will be required to
| pay for their improvements after deducting the
rent and profit for the time the lands have been
occupied
! recommend in case you accept the agree
mcnt as amended that you make some ample
provision whereby the fullest information can
be furnished the board of appraisers of the Gus
| tomary rental value and the cost Of improving
| the land IN the community where such improve
| ments are located, and such other Information
| as you may deem necessary, so that they can
arrive at an equitable adjustment Of various
matters.
| Relative to striking out paragraph Of article
2, viii! say that congress, by an act approved
May 1899, gives us exclusive jurisdiction over
! all our citizens, whether by blood or adoption,
and this right is now recognized by the United
States federal court at Fort Smith, Ark, and
Muskogee in their rulings
| recommend that a commission be appointed
and authorized TO proceed at once TO Washing
| ton with proper instruction to make and exc
cute contracts with the secretary OF the interior
for the payment Of the SS, $1,000, in addition to
the s295, 1s6 available, provided by the act of
congress and suggested by the secretary Of the
| interior in his letter, herewith submitted for
| your Informal tion-
further recommend that after the contract
aiOresalu Is luily conSummateu the SAID COM
| mission be further authorized to thoroughly
| advertise and receive propositions for
| gotiau1g loan on the principal and in
| terest provided for in the act of
| gress. to be submitted to the national
| council for approval rejection. l have
| written several banking houses giving
the condition Of the loan, and am of the opin-
ion that if the contract for the payment of the
SS 100000. which the secretary of the in terror is
directed 10 make be properly drawn with
guarantee of such payment by the United
States, that the Cherokee ma tion will have
dimcuity in negotiating such contract at n fair
and reasonable premium in the money market
You will have my hearty CO operation in
deavoring to realize for the people as large a
premium as can be obtained I am satisfied
that the loan with a fair premium can be made
If these suggestions are carried out
In the event of your accepting the amend
ment an absolutely correct census of the Cher
okee people and intruders unauthorized per
sons within our boundaries will neces-
sarily follow, that q distribution of the
money may be made to the first and
a list of the intruders be had that they
may be reported to the president for removal
as provided for in the agreement In order that
census rolls be correct suggest that it would
be proper to have them authenticated By the
Cherokee council and a special session be called
as soon as the census takers complete their
work, at which session the commission before
suggested Will have time to report such propo.
sitions to purchase the indebtedness as they
may have received C J. HARRIS
Principal Chief
Whipping Hardly Sufficient.
LINCOLN, Neb, March 29-Harry
Dunn, local swell, became infatuated
with Edna Earle Lindon, the feminine
star of the Linden dramatic company,
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