Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-30
CHEROKEE STRIP
The INDIANS NOW IN COUNCIL
AT TAHLEouAH.
Chl'l Harris Recommends IAaiIAs Land b
Sold on the Terms Offered By me
United slaIss Congress

Tahlsouah, I. r.. March 2s-tspec.
h ihe cherokee council convened
mere az y o'clock this morning arl Wers
20 WORK with genuine rno8 feeliny M
is expected By tomorrow that some 10.
hhlte Plan Of action viii be mnpped ont
10y, the legislature and Il Is confidently
ueileNeu That The trade will be- agreed to
WYNN the next week or ten dnvs
ne vmei message is "a f1iinwa. and
seems TO give Eeueml satisfaction:
Executive Office, Cherokee Nation.
=, taiequuh, l. ~, March ~. a3
70 ule Honorable National Council IN
Special Session:
You have been convened in sppcial
session 70 consider and take such notion
rs ypnr wisdom seems best in the modi.
hcauon made by congress In the articles
OF agreement entered into by the com.
missioners for the United States aud
Nheokee Nation for the Vession of land
10 the United States belonging
ing 10 the Cherokee Nation lying west
OF O6 degrees west longitude. ncceutcd
md nuhcd 10 part by the Cherokee
Nau0n 10y au act Of the national oouncn
gress dated March 3. herewith submitted
for your information. Nou will observe
that this agreement was amended To-
this oXtent that before any mtruders or
unauthorized person who entered the
NherOkce Nation and commenced ian.
provement prior to Aug II. 1856. shall
DC removed from the limits thereof as
provided IN the agreement, such inn.
provements shall be appraised ~ board
Of appraisers and the Cherokee Nation
~ required 70 pay such intruder the
value of bis improvements, hut The ap-
linisJgs may consider the rents and
NN a.H MI tt.t|N
10y the intruder In determining the value
of his improvements. or Ike $S.6N5, I36
agreed 90 BIZ paid by the United States
IN the original agreement with the Chero.
kee Nation sos, 1876 n Immediately avail.
able upon the acceptance by the Cherokee
Nation of the modification made by con-
gross In the said agreement and Che
remaining SS3O000O is TO Doc paid in
five equal annual instalmcnts ccinmenc-
ing ON the 4th day Of March 1896 and
ending on the Fourth day Of March.
1879.
The said deferred payment to bear 4
per cent Interest per anuum.
Paragraph 3, Of article % Of the orig
in0l agreement giving exclusive iurisdic-
ton TO the courts of this nation in OH
civil and criminal cases, whore citizens
of the Cherokee nation, either by blood
or adoption, shall be the ouly parties In
interest. was stricken out by the net Of
congress above referred 10. ] recommend
that you accept the agreement as amend
ed 10y congress.
The act of congress does not Interfere
with the right of the Cherokee milton &C.
determine who are lbs citizens but c0us
firms that right and provides for their
removal ON demand of the principal
chief,
/ recommend that commission be
appointed and authorized 60 proceed RI
once TO Washington with proper instruc
tons to make and execute a contract
with the secretary OF the interior for tho
payment VI the SS,3OOOO0 IN addition 10
the S205,T8O available as provided BY
the act OF congress and suggested 10y
the secretary of the interior in his letter
herewith submitted for your Information.
! further recommend that after ihu
contract aforesaid n fully t'onsumninted
the snid commission be further author
lied 10 thoroughly advertise and receive
It proposition for negotiating loan on
the principal and interest provided for In
the act Of congress, 10 be submitted to
the national Council for approval or
rejection.
In the event Of your accepting the
amendment. an absolutely correct cen-
sus Of the Cherokee people and mtrudcrs
or unauthorized persons within our
boundary Will necessarily follow, that q
distribution Of the money be made To- tho
first, aud list OF the intrudors be had
that they may bc reported 20 the prcsl-
dent for removal as provided for in the
agreement In order that census rolls
be correct ! suggest dat Il would be
proper to have Uicm authenticated By
The Cherokee council and n special ses-
sion TO be- called as soon ns the census
takers complete their work, nt which seq.
will have time TO report such PROPOSE.
lions to purchase the indebtedness as
they may have received.
G. j. HARRIS.
Principal Chief