The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28

would be held down 10 lawful grazing on aemsn
trsct instead Of unlawful grazing on lsrge
s%tsntisl cash prize sddea TO Il would in lIt.eifbe
infinitely better 10 the Indian than = uouptIui
title 20 large tracts. and this would be reaizen
bat for the fact that those squaw men in poses,
aion OF the greatest expanse Of country succee1
en- oS sSny,2S,nE I. a.. S.aoT 3 s .hsI and that Il q treaty
~ made for statehood and allotment white Pee,
pie will be allowed TO race into the country sno
Although the Oklahoma country was fairly
acquired from the Indians by purchase and
%tiensnt Is quoted against the Government con-
stantly. Few of the Indians take the trouble 70
those who do vote and hence are able 20 offset
any outbreak Of seutiment n favor OF = iair anu
hpsl settlement q the trouble. l. IN. cboc.
taws, the Creeks. and other civilized nations arc
opened for settlement, the condition q affairs
and Cherokee strip openings. There are several
towns with well-stocked stores. and q large
kickapoo Indians will shortly be opened for
settlement. and will be paid for by settiers az ihe
prosTess with The PSnchss' Wichitss. and other
nations, although there Is much opposition. Inc
Osages, for example, are about l.opo II W. nun nsr
also about, sio.ooo,ooo in money drawing
i infant draws n siso o T sssr fsb %Sp the dSysrnment
as interest. and there are several families draw
1HS si. Is enough land for every family to have
about 5000 acres. The members of the tribe
can object to any change on the ground that ~
cannot he for the better. and therefore - PROB
ably for the worse.
The Choctaws own $1,000 square miles Of ter
ritory, the Cherokees nearly 5000, the, Chicka-
saws 1000. the Creeks nearly 5000. the semi
noles about 800. the ponchas LOO. and the Kan
sas 100. The Chickasaws number about 3;4O9.
They make good use of their excellent land,
raising large quantities OF cotton as vel as good
crops OF corn, small grain, sorghum, ana Tobacco.
They have a dcposit In the United states Irrasury
that yields them nearly SSO,OOO a year interest.
Their individual wealth Is exceptionally large.
There are some 10000 non-CitiIen white people
who hold land by lease from these Indians. ana
IL Is significant that, for every 100 acres actually
controlled and operated by full hloods. there are
at least 10000 acres held by intermarried
whites, or, strictly speaking. In the control. OF
enforced On these people each individual IN the
tribe. including all infants. whether full bloods
or the result ~ mixed marriages, would receive
800 acres Of land. II the Government would
limit the holding Of each TO 100 acres, there
would be 40 acres available for purchase ana
settlement. so that the tiniest pappoose with the
faintcst tingc of Cherokee blood Is a capitalist
and landowner in his Indian way.
The sentiment among the CbiCkasaws IN favor
OF allotment Is growing rapidly, and the i'm
preston IL growing that the indians will he very
IL it bears on its face the ssmblancc Of socialism.
is in reality a reasonable and legitimate settle.
ment ~ a question which the squaw men and
cattle kings are doing their utmost Ia Keep quiet.
And the only opening they have Is through mar;
rage with a Suuaw. and thus the commercial
value OF even an ugly old squaw IL indeed al
most her weight in gold.