The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-03-29
UGH! UGH!
TIE NOBLE RED MAN sBAEEs HANDS
WITH GOVERNOR EOGG.
A Trio Of Thsm are Here For the Purpose Of
Claiming soms Land Claimed to Have
Been Granted Thsm-NO Political
Significance In Their Visit.


house was disturbed yesterday morn
ing by the presence Of the red II al
within its sacred precincts. In al
probability the only Indians that eve
entered the capitol bailding entered
there yesterday morning. There were
only three Of them, and they entered
quietly ana talked business with the
straight, forward, come-tO-the-scratct
wav, that impressed all OF the
officials favorable. They first struck
The Office OF Private Secretary
Levy. That gentlemen arose quietly
but firmly TO the OCCdeiOn, bowed to
the noble red men aud waved them
into the gOvernOr1 office. Entering
there these gentlemen rom the wild
and woody West ated their business
briefly. The trio were three promt.
neat warriors from the Shawnee tribe
who are at present quartered in Okla
homa. Big jim, the chief OF his tri he,
is the most imposing Of his party and
his companions, short Legged Joe
aud ClabOer Eye Jake, are not nearly
so manly of form az their superior of
ticer. short Legged Joe, who is the
Interpreter for the party, stated to the
governor the business which brought
them here. He claims that years ago
Gen. sam Houston entered into
A TREATY
with the Indians, and this tribe es-
peclaIly, agreeing to give them large
tracts of land ii they would retire
within them and be at peace with the
waite man. The Interpreter said the
reason the tribe had never called for
the land before was due to the fact
that living in the Indian Territory
they had had plenty of room The
recent action of the United States
government in the way of dividing
the land up into strips for invasi) IN
by the whites had cramped them W,
however, and they now wanted the
state of Texas to fork over the
land given Thorn long years ago By
Sam Houston ia that treaty. In this
com ection an examination of the LAM
office shows that there is no record Of
any such transfer of land as claimed
by these Indians. True, there was ali
old treaty entered into between HOu;-
ton and u number OF the chiefs of diff
ferent tribes away back yonder in the
early days of Texas history, but that
realty was never ratified by the Texas
congress and has OF course been void
for a number of years. That is AZ
doubleday what the noble red men
are baeing their claims on, hOWeve',
and it is with rather poor CONSOLE
ton that the officials tenderly COZ
veyed the information to the noble rd
men that they are barking up tle
wrong tree if they expect anYthingt to
come out of that old treaty, which las
long since been no good. The appear
ance of these ambassadors is not at all
sOul-inspiring. They are dressed in
rather rough suits of clothes, with
slOuched hats, and no attempt
at that gaudy array that story
books tell about They resemble
in a measure at least the average col
lege football beauty. The chysan-
themum growth of luXuriant black
hair, on their massive heads, would
fill the heart OF any foot ball player
with envy, aud the artistic manner in
w HUI GIlS CdlNOb VI llIOll ICES oIO
wrapped would prove proof against
any violent conclusion of an Oppon~
ent'- vicious kick from the rear. The
Indians claim that their land is locat
ed near the Nueces river, but judging
from the proof that cOntronts them
their land is loCa ed solely in their
imagination. About an hour after the
party had left the capitol Judge Rea'
gan hard of their presence, and Big
Jim's especially, and Immediately
rushed cut in search Of him TO find out
what political party he belonged to.
He was doomed to disappointment,
however, and returned to his office,
where he informed Commissio Ter Eos.
ter that he would bet anything that
Big Jim was in favor of free silver
Commissioners Foster not understands
ing the full meaning of the
Judges remarks, not having seen
nor heard of the party, demonstrated
with Judge Reagan, telling him
that he should not speak of
the governor in such disrespect-
full tones as to class him
Big Jim. Judge Reagan explained
the matter satisfactorily, but mutter-
ed rather audibly as he settled him.
self to read the morning paper: "I'll
bet 81 .05 that that Cussed Indian met
Waller Baker before he came to Aus
tin. and that's one reason he didn't
call on me-" In this connection it is
we'll to state that the presence of these
in town are not to be taken
in any way as significant of politi-
cal conference among "the party who
accept ballast"