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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-02-01
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1893.
BREVITIEs.


Another butchershop on the way.
The pay car showed up yesterday.
Case oil small pox at Sacramento.
A warm heart makes a bright face.
Blaine's estate is valued at $500, 900.
The nation mourns the death of Blaine.
Gossip is scarce-the kind we can use.
A. C. Bragg has gone to the Bay again.
500, 900 insurance on the Boca Brewry.
Mrs. r. Richardson is greatly improv-
ed.
Geo. Herberth OF Reno spent yesterday
in town.
The Order of Knights OF Pythias has a
new ritual.
Hon. Thos. Wren and the silver ban
ner are at Eureka.
Plenty OF snow means plenty Of water
when we need it most.
j. H. Whited and R. II. Cowles took
in the Stewart banquet.
Blaine's funeral services were held at
a Presbyterian church.
Senator Foley has recovered his health
and is in his seat again.
Susanville people believe hat the
price of beef will advance.
George Frasier was in town last week
but his visit was a short one.
An electric plant should pay at Wads-
worth. We need more light.
Kate Kastleton Klub entertainment
and dance on Friday, Feb. 10th.
A brother OF John and Charles Lowery
came out from the East on a visit
Mr.. J. F. George and family have
moved into their new residence.
Invitations are out for a social gather
ing tonight at the residence OF S.
Arnstein.
Buy your groceries at home where you
can examine the goods and know what
you are getting.
There will be fifty three Sundays in
1S93-a kind OF a leap year for the con-
tribution boxes.
c. I. Washeim has succeeded j. o.
Gregory as manager of R. II. Cowles'
Wadsworth store.
The Salvation Army should go to Elko
where a can of coal oil is stolen from
the church occasionally.
L. III. Kent OF Saltwater brought in
some beef cattle for Pike & Whitman
of this place last week.
All communications to the S. P. Cor
net Band should be addressed to the
Secretary, c. V. Peach.
Republican Senators are in favor
OF the admission of Utah, New Mexico,
Arizona and Oklahoma.
Captain Wallstab is the happiest man
in town and his talks should make bene-
dicks out of the bachelors.
Measures effecting the fish law and the
issuance of bonds for our fire department
are now before the Legislature.
Will the Library Association adopt d.
rector Hibard's good suggestion and
when will it be put in practice?
j.. W. freeman OF Kaiser q Freeman,
Saltwater, came in with a bunch of
cattle Saturday that go on to s. F.
"a villainous p%ersonation of a sublime
character" is what the Geyser says of
pugilist Jackson playing Uncle Tom.
Here's to the president of the society,
Patrick O'Raferty, and may he live to
ate the hen that scratches over his grave.
List of letters unclaimed at the Wads-
worth Post Office for the month January:
Bangs, Barton j.; Galeri, P; Moore,
f. p; Melone, 7. H.; McFaul, j. L.;
Wade, W. T. A. w. MACPHERSON.
p M.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-02-01

and gild it's ebbing tide,
And nature with her fond caress still
fingers by its side,
The song-birds with their purest notes
awake the early morn,
And all rejoice when nature SMILES and
Spring is newly born.
When Summers gentle breezes swept
over hill and dale,
And willing hands still labored on, their
motto: Never fall"
For in the cause OF right they stood to
build a House of Prayer,
And here upon the Truckee's banks VIZ
have our Fathers care.
We are constantly reminded that time is
on the wing,
Through all the changing seasons new
songs we have to sing,
And still the work of loving,hands greets
us in glad surprise,
While songs OF praise are borne to heav-
en- where the glad soul never dies.
We hear the gentle music OF the river
every day,
Through the mist and in the sunshine
where its peaceful waters play.
Its vespers they are soothing as sweet
songs of eventide.
Let us love to meet and worship by the
Truckee's flowing tide.
We first met within its portals ON a
bright September day,
The sun shown on in gladness while we
fingered here to pray,
The gentle breezes waited a shower OF
welcome rain,
Gods glory to proclaim.
To have a House OF Worship and serve
our Heavenly King,
And meet each Sabbath morning was
q most thing;
To linger in the evening while the stars
of heaven would shine,
And hear the holy message that is given
for all time.
Behold how good and pleasant for breth-
rem here to dwell.
1t is like the dew of heaven hat on
Mount Zion fell,
And like the precious ointment composed
Of spices rare,
This was the sacred message before the
parting prayer.
With sweetest strains of music and
songs we loved of old,
Our children here they sing them: how
strange our hearts grow cold,
And we stay outside the portals of this
house of light and love,
When to worship in Gods temple will
give us strength to look above.
When we see the golden sunsets and
tints Of heavenly light,
1t is we'll to pause a moment before the
shades Of night
Dim their heavenly beauty with shadows
dark and gray,
And know that life and glory will short
ly pass away.
We shall pass into the silence and our
journey take alone,
And leave our earthly treasures for our
long abiding home.
If we have been faithful, a helping hand
will lend
4 light over deaths dark river to a king
dom without end.
The word it shall go forth as the light
that gilds the morn,
And fill the earth with gladness since
our Savior, Christ was born,
And like the lonely shepherds we shall
see the gospel light
That decked the starry heavens on that
holy Christmas night.
So let us show our wisdom by bringing
gifts of gold;
And strengthen those who labor for the
Master in his fold;
And show by deeds of kindness that we
seek the narrow way.
Learn to bear each others burdens and
never cease to pray.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09

tain that a compromise OF some
sort will have to be accepted if the
trade is ever consummated. But the
average Cherokee citizen would
rather have the Strip taken out.
right than be forced to pay the ii.
truders one cent in remuneration
for their improvements made here
against the continued protests of
the nation. The promise of the
removal Of the intruders was the
greatest consideration, and the
prime inducement to the Cher
okees to ever have agreed to a sale
of the Strip on any terms. After
twenty-nine weeks OF slow and la
borious negotiations with the
United States commissioners we
finally agreed to sell on certain
conditions, and the agreement was
made. And now we have the
strange spectacle of seeing the gov
ernmcnt refuse to ratify its.own
treaty.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09
THE STRIP BILL.

The Cherokee Strip bill passed
the United States senate last Sat
urday and differs very materially
from the house bill. 1t now goes
TO conference committee Of the two
houses, to be reported back to
each when all points Of difference
have been settled. The principal
difference between the two houses
is with reference to removal and
remuneration of the intruder, and
the payment of the purchase mon
ey. The lower house is in favor
of the removal of the intruder, but
against making the appropriation
of the eight and a halfmillion now
while the senate favors paying the
money at once but opposes the
intruder clause in the house bill.
The conferees on the part of the
senate are Platt, Pettigrew end
Jones Of Arkansas.
One amendment TO the senate
bill authorizes ex-Chief Bushyhead
to select quarter section of the
ceded lands, on account of valu-
able improvements made thereon
before November, 1891. II is like
ly the bill in some form will pass
both houses at an early day, but
it is extremely doubtful if it
passes in a shape that will be
acceptable to our people. The
Cherokees are a unit against pay
ing the intruders one cent for their
Improvements, made here against
their earnest protests.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09
THE ANTI-opTIoN BILL.

The anti-option bill that passed
the senate few days since seeks
to tax ou. of existence the institu-
tion of option gambling in fictitious
grain and cotton. Under the pro.
posed law no one would be pre-
vented from buying a million
bushels of wheat or a million bales
of cotton and holding for an ad-
vance. That would be legitimate
and honorable business, but gam
blers should not be allowed to
place "wind" in competition with
real wheat, corn or cotton, or any
other product of the farm. New
York handles a comparatively
small amount of the cotton crop OF
the United States yet the cotton
exchange of that city, with the
aid of Liverpool, controls the cot
ton market of the world. In one
week in December last that ex
change "sold" nearly two million
bales of"wind" cotton, while dur
ing the same time only 4,040 bales
of actual cotton were sold. The
exchanges of Kansas City, St
Louis and Chicago, handle the
bulk of the grain of the country il
the same way.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09
THE INDIAN TRIBES SETTLED
IN THE CHEROKEE NATION.

The most important object for
mans study is man. This philo-
sophical rule has not been applied
very thoroughly to the nations OF
the Indian Territory, and perhaps
least of all, to those residing with
in the area of the Cherokee nation.
For full knowledge of the human
being, the study of his customs,
manners, history, language and
bodily peculiarities are necessary.
For the tribes in question some
researches have been made, but
they all date from early periods, in
which ethnology has not yet been
reduced to scientific principles, and
all investigations were made only
by empires, travellers aud curl
osity seekers. For Delaware eth
nOlogy. the missionaries Hecke-
welder and Zeisberger are still the
foremost. The Shawnees have
never received much attention
from scientists or historians since
they have ceased to be a warlike
people. OF the Cherokees what
has been gained Tor science is
mostly Of historical and sociolog-
ical character, and their language
is but imperfectly known. On Its
grammatic elements more has been
published than on its lexicon, and
James Mooney has made a good
start by publishing the songs and
texts Of their conjurers, as he found
them among the eastern Cher
okees, North Carolina, in the sew
enth annual report Of the Bureau
OF Ethnology.
Besides these three tribes or ma
tions. there is a feeble remnant OF
fourth one, residing in the south.
ern or southwestern part of the
Cherokee nation, above Webbers
Falls; ! mean the Natchez Indians,
who have been on .he verge of ex.
tinction for some time. In 1888
four old Natchez people resided
among the Creeks, al Abika, about
ten miles from Eufaula station, and
there the present writer obtained 4
Natchez vocabular Of ablut 1 ODD
words. II is very soft, beautiful
and vocalic language, with rich
and complicated verbal inflec
ton. Almost all we know Of theil
ethnic peouliarilies was leh 70 VI
by French colonial chroniclers,
who lived at the beginning OF thu
eighteenth century.
There arc scarcely any full BLOOD
Indians now among the Delawarel
or Lenape Indians, and II is sale
that among the Shawnees the near
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

Will the Cherokee council ratify
the Strip agreement as it comes
from congress 81 is perhaps the
greatest question that has ever
confronted the Cherokee people;
and il is a question that must nee
essarily be answered immedi-
ately. If we were assured Of fair
treatment according to treaty stip-
ulations and a decent respect Of
the title TO the Strip, perhaps every
one would say that il would be
best 10 refuse the agreement il it is
changed in the least from the orig.
inal instrument. But past exper.
fence has demonstrated the fact
that the United States government
does not regard Indian titles tc
land as worthy Of very serious
consideration. Let the Strip ones
be thrown open TO settlement with
out our consent and about all we
our children, or our grand-ehild
rem viii have TO show for II will b,
an expensive and almost hopeless
law suit n is now well nigh Ger
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09

We will sell YOU standard prints at I2 cts. other
merchants paw I-2 cts for the same goods; Cotton
check at Cts other merchants pay tor same e hot ol
Gle arge ot of work shirts for less than any dealer
cam e buy them for at the factory large line of very fine
dress goods for less than our Oay Day
30 cts Tor the same goods Cashmere pants at 1925
cost our competitors $2.75; pins cent paper Gihg-
hams g. and -o cts; the same gnghamS cost otheT
merchants from to cts. per yard more than we sell
them for But we cannot enumerate all; Inc goods
must be sold Come and see for yourselves ohawls
worth $1,000 must go at 5000.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09

HAD the interests of the Cher
okees been as closely guarded as
has been those Of the intruders, our
affairs would, without doubt, be in
better shape than they are. 1t is
the belief of many that E. U.
Boudinot did more in presenting
Cherokee matters as they really
exist before congress than any
other delegate that ever went to
Washington. Not another dollar
of the peoples money should ever
be appropriated TO send men 10
represent THE nation in congress
who only know enough to make
asses of themselves after they get
there,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09

est approach TO full-blood man is
William Greyfeather. Very few
of them are dark complexioned;
they approach the shade Of the
white mans skin, are tall, we'll
built and able-bodied people. OF
the Cherokee people the same may
be said, though, many are darker,
and many full-bloods exist among
them, not in the towns but in the
outlying farms.
In investigating an Indian lam
guage the first thing is to ascertain
the family TO which it belongs.
This is done by comparing their
numerals, parts of the human body,
the words for water, fire, sun,
moon, and other fundamental
terms. In this way it was found
that the Delawares and Shawnees
belong to the same families, COM
monty called the Algonkin, al
though both tribes cannot readily
understand each other. The Cher
okees belong to the Iroquois fam
lily Of the Six Nations of New York
state, and there belong also the
Seneca and the Wyandot. The
Natohez forms a family for itself
without any known dialect, and so
does the Uchee.
OF the languages spoken on the
Quapaw reservation, the Ottawa,
Miami, Wea and Peoria belong to
the Algonkin family also; Modoc
belongs to the klamath of south
western Oregon, and Quapaw to
the great Dakota stock of the Mis-
sissippi valley.
The other languages in the In
dian and Oklahoma Territories
have to be classed as follows: To
the Muscogee family pertain the
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Apalatche,
Greek and Seminole; Hitchiti and
Mikasuki, Alibamu and Koassati.
Cheyenne and Arapaho are Algon-
kin dialects, though extremely dis.
tant from the eastern Algonkin
forms of speech; Pawnee, Caddo,
Wichita, Kichai and Weko are
Pawnee dialects; Kansas, Ponka
and Usage are Dakota languages;
Kiowa and Tonkaway represent
families by themselves independ-
ent of any other; Apache belongs to
the great Time stock residing north
of the Saskatchewan river OF
Canada, and Comanche is an off
shoot of the Shoshonian ia lilly OF
the interior basin, and sounds al
most like the Snake language Of
Wyoming.
How many beautiful Indian
songs, myths and stories have been
lost in the course of time, because
no trained person was present tC
preserve them in writing. In
many points the native languages
far surpass those of the white man,
as in precision, abundance OF forms
and expressiveness. But educated
Indians should themselves take q
hand in their investigation and no.
tation, for their facilities exceed
by far those of the white man IN
this speciality. To rescue the
memory of the red man in this way
from undeserved oblivion should
be the highest aim of the Indian
OF our times. Any Jealous patriot
who will undertake the task will
of course be ridiculed by miscre.
ants and ignorants. Should this
occur, then simply be mindful OF
the proverb: "Men damn what
they do not understand "
ALB, S. GATscHET.
Vinita, Feb. Z, 1898.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09

Senator Platt says they have not
been represented before the govern
ment in many years.
AT Tahlequah, or Vinita, or al
most any town or village in the
Cherokee nation may be seen state
ly mansions equipped with almost
every luxury that money aud taste
can supply. Approach one of
these favored ones on the subject
of allotment of lands and equaliza-
tion of taxation and he will tell
you: ooh, mol We don't want al
lotment while our herds can Craze
over the land of a thousand other
people; we are all right and can
make moneys; our farms are too
large Tor individual shares and we
don't want them cut down" And
the Office holder will say, 1--WE
don't want any change at all while
we can get four, eight or twelve
dollars a day for running the gov
ernment for these people; away
with statehood; we are all right as
we are and are just beginning to
enjoy Indian autonomy But
harkl The government is looking
for the real indian. 1t will find
him. Il will press the investiga-
ton to a finish The "whi.e In.
dian" in his demonical rawlings
may cry robbery" but the United
States will see who is being rob.
bed. The wolf thought it no harm
to kill a lamb, but it was robbery
when the lion appeared and took
the lamb away. The next Indian
commission that visits this coun,
try should go over into the hills
and study the real Indian; meas
ure his farms and compare them
examine his bill of fare, his chance,
for getting living, aud then say
who is robbing him; and then az
the crowning act, the ultimatuu
OF great government to the last o
a once powerful race, throw arounC
him the protecting arm of state
hood. As an Indian he can II,
longer exist. Sad and pathetic az
it may be, he has shrunk away be
fore the mighty tide of civilization
His council fires have ceased t,
burn, and stripped and naked a
he is, he has a right to deman'
that protection that is the common
heritage of every American citizen
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09
THE KEw PERMIT LAW.

AN ACT authorizing the treasurer
to furnish clerks of the several
districts with blanks for issuing
permits and for other purposes.
Be il enacted by the national
council that TIE treasurer be and
he is hereby instructed to cause TO
be printed in the Office OF the
Cherokee Advocate three forms OF
blanks for issuance Of permits TO
employ foreign labor; One Of the
denomination Of fifty cents, one
Of one dollar aud flty cents and
one Of three dollars with blank
form Of stub for giving name OF
citizen employing labor, time Of
employment, amount received and
whether IN cash, warrants or Ger
tidcates, and name Of person EN-
ployed. And he shall on or be-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09

THE Indian appropriation bill
agreed upon by the house com
mittee carries 100000. 1t in.
cludes an item of $4,000 to con.
tinue the Cherokee commissions
s25, 900 for survey and allotting
lands and $50, 600 TO enable the
commissioner Of Indian affairs tc
complete suitable Indian exhibit
at the Worlds fair.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09

A PETITION asking for state
hood for the five tribes has been
circulated and numerously signed
here recently, and forwarded to
congress-.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09
WE TELL YOU


nothing new when We state that II pays 10 engage
Ia a permanent, most healthy aud pleasant busi.
hess, thAt returns profit for every days work
aueh u the business Oher the working class
We teach them how TO make money rapidly, and
guarantee every one who follows our instTuciions
faithfully the making Of $4,000 a month.
livery one VINO takes hold now aud works will
surely aud speedily Increase their earnings; there
can be no question about a.; others now al work
are doing u, aud you, reader, can do the SANE
lhls u the best paying business that Won har,,
ever hah the chance TO secure. You will make =
grave mistake u you fail 10 give Il trial Al oncs
W 3ou grasp ihs situation, and act quickly. Won
VII directly hnd yourself In a mOst pFosparous
business, AZ which you eau surely make ana ssSs.'
,aIge sums OF money. The results Of oaly a few
nour. work VIII oiten equal weeks wage.
nhtiher you are Old OF younF man OF wor1sn Il
makes no difference, - do as We tell voa and -,,c
cess VII meet you NJ the very start. Nel,hsr
snpenenee or capital necessary. Those who wort
Ior us are rewarded. Why not write 10 'dav ~,
iail particulars, free u. q. ALLEN a co. w
boK No AGO. Augusta. Ne.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-02-09
J.F. oHARLEswoRrH

A..,oh or;cee that we are enabled to sell the
eame , Hf for less money than other merchants pay
i for the IS same me- goods We are compelled to get
the money out of them within thirty days ana
in order to do this will sell for less than whoie-
sale prices.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-25
Look at This.

Ladies lax rolled plate chains
warranted Z years, only 50 at F. A.
Sharpless'. II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-25
June Forecast, 1893.

June will open attended by a
stormwave advancing from the
west, reaching eastern parts later.
Clearing weather will follow on the
3rd. About the 9TH warm wave
will be advancing from the west
over central and eastern parts
forming local depressions, attended
by local storms of wind and ram
on the 9th, 9TH and 9Th. Clear,
pleasant weather will prevail to the
10th or 18th, when the temperature
will grow warm generally in all sec
tions and storms of wind and rain
will advance from the west, in par
oxysms, to the 10th or 18th, VIII en-
pleasant, clear weather will con-
tinue to about the 2lst, when a
warm, sultry wave will spread over
all sections. Large atmospheric
depressions and storm centers will
be progressing from the west east
ward, attended by south winds and
a low barometer. The stormwave
will be central on the 23rd, which
will be followed by storms of wind
and rain. Pleasant. clearing
weather will prevail from the oath
or 25th to the 9th. when the tenn
perature will become very warm and
south winds will be in attendance.
Falling barometers will be an
nounced and large atmospheric de-
pressions will be advancing in front
of the storms center eastward,
reaching central and eastern por-
tions about the 2Sth or goth, and
perhaps will be prolonged to the
3Oth. Dangerous storms of wind
will prevail in many places within
the storm belts, and excessive local
rains will also be announced,
July will not be excessively wet;
much clear weather will prevail.
p. R. SMITH.