Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-17
The Present Anomalous Condition
Cannot Last.
Allotment, Abandonment Of Tribal
Organizations aud tho orEauila.
ton Of Territorial Govern.
ment Necessary 10 Final
Admission.



Special DIsuitch
~. ~ ~, 80 NV r.
l. =" p'o' W. w i'""vs
statehood commission today made public
the following address 10 tho citizpns OF
tbe fvc riciligel trn,,s
-, ~ ~, c,.,
i|oonls OF the Ohtel sinteS COMMISSION
Mnsk0gec, J. II, Feb Il, 1891.
10 the Citizens Of tho Five Civilized
,r.u,,s.
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me conditions existing IN the Ter
rltory occupied bv the five ciyilispd tribes
ar, ,,,t .eti.f,ri,,,,. A., rbo ..,s.r,,,,t,,
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" '"N NNlleA 9t"l'"' rot "'Nelal years
suggestions have becn made by congress
looking TO a change of these conditions,
mil ,,ti..,. 49,. 49,, .,,,du, ,,r,,,,,,
"i'u '""''''' nave wy" ''''uis e''"'"e
worse unit now we believe Nhc govern
meut has fully decided that this torri-
to,., nu,s, Ii. r,,r,s,,iv.d IL IN teo late
~. fr,.
Nv" " N"4u'V WI" ~ g" "'"H''' Wv
thing tho country is Interested iu Is TO
find and apply a remedy. The rtrls
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"'eV9's'u' >" Vi'N',''e '"',
l. Allotment OF lle ANUS UNIONS 'nV
owners 80 that each will hold his share
In ,,.y.roltv
D An abandonment of tribal organiza-
lions.
e. Tbe organization of a territorial
government. or union with Oklahoma.
\No bplirve these ste,s Will inevitably
d, taken In tbe near nitlrc. and tbe qhcs.
zion h not whether there ehnll De- d
dividend OF land among thp owners, hut
In Nhnt mciIod IA ehnli be- done
Ii IL true treaties made years since
providpd trihN Governments aud land
holding in common should be continued
indefinitely. Mo United STATE govern
mont is aiwova anxious a. - serve It's
.reates. and always does SO, unless
changed constitutions make It necessary
10 ignore them for the mtrresta OF both
parti,~. When these treaties we're made
ihis Territory was far from the huhi-
tations of white inen, and 1t could
scarcely he anticipntd that the tribes
womb ma surrounded Inv settlements us
now. aud thaf Inc lime would come when
there ,yould be Ina the territory two white
men TO one Indian. aud that the terri-
tory would become refuge FOR oriml-
uals. brewing ON surrounding communities
nnd NM tfin Indians WOuid be go we'll
| ounlifiod for citizenship 40 they now arc
| Inc Development OF me country, the pro-
gress OF the world, and change condition
! of the peoplo often make 4 necessary
to amend constitutions and laws, or TO.
neal them and ennct other better suited
10 now "ondiiions and the interests of
! the people
nelipye ns when we tell YOU the pres
eBt anotnnlnus condition c1isting In the
! ave tribes cannot last.
fD,p pynensea Of M, Judiciary have be
| came hurdensome and The United States
oueht moi 10 br asked longer to endure
Them. And vet crime Is loo prevalent,
| AMI Mo lnr,,, unsettlel dietriots afford
lns Il nearly inpossible 10 arrest them.
| The uolicy nav IN existence Of leasing
| lar,,a tr-,cis ~ lind Tor grnEing purpoaos.
| AMI fms nreventing settlement, fereg.
| sarily leads 10 a continuation OF these
cviis
fS,ye,tv thousnpd Children both white
! ond Indlnu ara gru,yiug TO maturity
! ,,ifha,,t liz onn,ritnities of obtaining a
" o,,,,,,,,,, srboai sdncntinn Whore GOV.
,',-,,,.nt Il III, c,no,'enf Of tlie peonle's
/ win h cannnt be vood nnd wlae unless
| ~ rconie ore educated and nre infeili
GENT Sot only are these children with
] ~. t,n,tton,T s5y,utsgea but th.y
out ,,,,, III liio,,a i,s,,
a.ins N'..rvHis 't'" M NV" ra,5 N btrbarjs,,
s.uH' ff.t ~, an no, aiinsi ttt'
ahu va, , ~ ,h ,.'itbe,,t
| pV@ptut r,.si1Ia ~, y, nreyeni Il Ia.
W. ~ P'i h ,rder me- biehest possiiie
| NlIn, - 49,, iii H. novye,. ii ~
Dpllts, lohA u uA'l' ~ '' PY 80 P''
ve ven, It. a.. -, a.. ma.
| nc elHier heiusIf Anu w u .i ell
le'pilNhf el9 uNhrolonh, u.u,i Wy lhNH
| thn uaas's OF tilnAl k2Nein.l,,frT XIV ,i
! loylnE q h'ouop9y OF h,hF VI me
nest lands ana nave "ngrl unoi-
Of lana containing yen nnies llitlr
| snare, Mhlle NE dinidehl pna fetrihf
| iuh.higod indihnH have scsh TpWde.
back INTO me stony, wooirl mus ana
/ worthless lands and are compelled 10
| eke out an existence on rev acres
and are 50 widely separated and 80 FAR
10 make schools Impossible, anu are