Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-27

glers are called bootergers They are
desperate fellows and occupy deal of
attention ut thc hands of deputy mar.
shals. The liquor they import be- of che
poorest quality. hut they eau EASILY gpt
- quart for It, The ludiau III he
wants thing will pay any price lor
it lie does not realize the value uf
money lie viii spend nll be- has ou %
iiuo carriage aud pair of hnrscl. though
his sqwtw may be- iu rags The cnrrlurc
IL left out of doors. opposed 10 Che olp.
meuts, aud Ia month or two 10 is de
stroysd
TIE PEOPLE ARE fMpRONiDENT.
"lho people are very improyidcut
Their tendency In not 10 congregatc iu
villages. but 10 dwell much scattered
Apparently they hike 10 live alone. with.
out neighbors near ut hand Oncc m a
while they have feudH, which are prcFr
cuted with the utmost vudictivrnpss
They have some dishes peculiar 10 them.
selves. One Of them b. called Tom
Fuller 10 Is made Of cora which is
beaten Ia A kidd Of mortar. The mortar
b leg " hard wood followed ont
In this the gulin rs reduced 90 The size
VI coarse honiuy 10y pounding with n
pcstle. The corp thus prepared is boiled.
allowed to Torment aud finally eaten
IN the foun of soup, without salt 10
70
able 10 the palate ut the uninitinted
white man They make all Of their corn.
mou ln the same way by pounding the
corn Ia n wooden mortar Meal that is
ground In mill after the ordinary
fashion they Will hot use. Another
inVorte dish Of theirs iH stewrd skunk
They vNId Il as u hrst.class delicncy
] have attempted tu go Into house
whore u WAS cooking, but the smell was
too much for me
"T0 give YOU notion of how the
Indians are imposed GA respecting money
matuu, ] may refer to o payment uf
money due thom from the government
which was made 90 the Ch0ctuws not
long ago The amount was sBOOO,Ou
by the time THE sum Ind passed through
the hands Of lawyers iu Washington
aud had reached tho Indian nation only
about Si.ODOOOO of IL was left ON
its being distributed Go the persons who
are entitled 10 it less than SiOUOOO0
was divided Tho finances of all the
five tribes are Boa excellent condition,
e1rept those of the CheroLcca. who are
among the SeminOleH are thr Browns.
They have been hereditary chiefs for
generations and may Boz said To- run the
tribe Captain John Brown has "a great
store stocked with Indian goods. lie
sells sort of scrip representing pun
chasing value at his establishment which
passes current among The people The
Christlani2ed The Choctaws are Bat
lists, believe They have hymn-books
and testaments in Choctnw lieyiYalH
and cnmpmectinEs are frequently held.
'rhe Choctnw Indians are stu plenti-
fl in Louisiana. Tho women COME ln.
10 the market la Now Orllus looking !
like RIP Van Wrinkles gohlins, with cpoIs
ltf an HwI ali /
ders Amdng other things they sell |
prcttily colofcd cane baskets. for which |
they got the material from cauebrikca, /
also pods Of gumbO, which thoy raise, /
ground for soup. These people used 10 |
fatten the heads OF their children. /
Though living on the Mississippi river |
not one Of them could swim, ON which |
acrOunt much fun of them was made
by other Indians.
THEY FIRST SAW DE SOTO.
"The Choctaws were among the first
10 see DE Soto. the dlsooyerer ~ the
Mississippi Even in that early tine
they ware agricultural, living Boa houses
keeping stock and building large terraced
The first white man 10 behold
them was Cahezn Nuca anglice. MT
Bulls Head who started with an a..
pcdition from San Domingo via Cuba
10Y the purpose of conquest ON the main.
and reaching California with three re
manning companions.
"Ihe whites cncrunclied upon the
ChootaWs ia Mississippi and Alabama,
great deal Of trouble resulting There
were number Of big fights. Andrew
Jackson conducted war against these
Indians, aud The latter nearly occnsioued
serious difficulty between the general
fOl eminent and the two states mem
iontd, because the states did not treat
he cOpper-c0lOred people fairly Their
ransfer 10 the lRdian Territory WIS
,yeuually made by General Scott Pre-.
Fiously the American board Of foreign
MISSIONS had sent among Che ChOciaws
'yrus Byingiuu and other good men,
ghO accompanied the Indians 10 their
lew place 1T residence To them a doe
much Of the prosperity which the Choc.
avs have since enjoyed. Byngt0n
wrote dictionary and grammar Of the
lhOCtaW language"