Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-10
AMONG THE CnlCKASAWS.



which was held at Manard, Cherokee
nation, In October, 1892, Elder Hytum
uoi,,,,a aud ,b, ,,,i,.r mar. ma.
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poihteu 70 ihOor IN the ShlcH'sa"
nation. From manard 10 our neiu OF
labor We had 10 travel about two hun.
d,ob ,,II,.s ,brough Tho ch,r,l., md
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Ohocta" h"''o"n' P''noip"S ''''
rough broken country, and somewhat
thinly settled, especially through the
,o,,h wos,.,, nortion M the Chociaw
80. r,,'.",. 80. -, 49,. 4.
ha''on' inro"s" '"n' P"i' '"oio !"
very little good water To be iound' rs
wells are scarce anu cisterns have to be
an, q, vbi,h mi, wat,y IA cauybt md
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s"Veu ior use uuii"B '"o Wy He"sons VI
the year. Crossing tho line into the
Chlckasaw nation we found "a much
oic.r na,t nf thu oou,,trv instead of
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ooihs M oo'o'eu WI" 'ihoei """
rocky hills like Choctaw, we hnd hue,
smooth prairie lanu, anu gOou water.
After passing Through the little town
OF Stonewal aud travelling ABOUT eight
miles "A low rocky hill Is reached, at the
foot OF which Is a large spring OF clear
water, about twenty-five ieot wide and
forms a stream about M large No that
coming from BIG Cottonwood canyon
In salt Lake county. unliko the ma
JOrity Of streams In this country this
ono remains about the same all
tho year round. On IL q large
cotton, gin aud grist mill arc
located, run by water power n
Few miles farther west " Big Blue
creek, on which may DO found aBood
many full blood Chickasaws. AS
fuie they are living Ia settlements by
themselves, anu seem TO want 70 Keep
as Tar away from the white people ~
they possibiy can. Of course this Is
not true OF all Of them, but the ma
Jrity OF the iull-bioods nave that pc
ouiiar'iy. There nre very few Indians
here compared TO the white population,
there being great many whites. Ihe
Indians hold this land In erveraity,
each one can hold oil ne VIII cultivate.
The Indians hire the whites TO clear
and improve the land with fence anu
buildings, anu then rent II ~ them.
The Chickasaw law iorbids the leasing
OF land Tor more than one year. anl
therefore the citizens have no en-
couragement TO Improve. For this
reason the country IL not built up like
II would DO II u were open Tor settle
ment. The ihni Is very rich anu pro-
ducuve.
Continuing our journey to the south.
west We cross Pennington and MIL
creeks, where the family OF the late
Governor Harris lives, and come to
ROCK creek, where the famous sulphur
springs are located. These springs hre
said 10 DO very heaithtul, anu hunureus
OF people come here from different
parts during the summer season Tor
health and pleasure, camping In tents
and wagons. There are hve
springs close together, some
being stronger oil sulphur than others
The largest nows at the rate Of over
thirty gallons per minute. Auout Two
nHles and nall northeast ID IarSe
spring OF fresh water, which CUISINES
out oil rock In the hillside anu iorms
Whht IN Known rs sulphur cFeek,whlch
emptlos into ROCK creek between some
OF the sulphur springs. rus II u
beautiful stream OF clear water, re-
minulng US OF the clear, COLI streams
In our dear mountain home, hs II
comes splashing over the numerous
fails aud ilows down into the creek be-
low.
IL does us good to look Mt the benutl.
ful scenery along this winding noun
tain stream anu see the hsh when
abound therein, for It Is seldom that
running very slowly. rns fah found