Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04
SETTLERS SETTLING IT.
rHE WHITE COVERED WAGONS
BRING CIVuiIA ALTON.
How the Lands Are Held 10y the roo-
pie Who Come tn to Make
Happy Homra for
Themselves.

Tho many lcupw at Inquiry about
Comnueho shuw that the proplr at u
dlutnnre are wholly I'm the dnrl, us to
the situation la thc ChickBHaw nation.
In the nrst place IN the states they
have no knowledge of 10 land system
NCNcupt that conveyed by deed from
state or the government and handed
down from person TO PERSON, guarded
by the law ana records II has been
generally undcrHtnod that the title was
the valuable consideration. Here, Ia
some cities lots sell from $1,000 10 $1,000
each aud yet both parties 10 the drnl
know that the title to all the land hers
ig vested IA the Chlekaanw tribe OF ln-
diana under a treaty that says The
land shall be held In common, 80 that
any Indian has the same right ON amy
lurt OF II az nny other INDIAN No
wonder that the settlers away from
here wonder how they can come hero
ana settle in liberty; Yet the faVta are
that 900 settlers arc In this nation
with every reason to believe that 100. r.
600 more win be hpre In the next 10
months. What iH their title3 None ut
all What Ia their security That w
tho uucatlan md only one to consider
IN the FIRST place, In open violation Of
thc treaty, u law was passed by the
INDIAN tribe that an Indian could fence
NJ all the land he pleased, Second,
that an Indian could rent 20 uon-
Citizen for one year. The white Indians
We're the auth0ra of that law beyond a
doubt, Some VI them wired In 100000
pcrea, and most OF them from 10000 to
10000 acres. Then the next thing was
10 rent IL TO non-cltlaeng That opened
the way for the non-citl2on, The real
Indians saw their land In common wna
Rono aud they who had stood by their
land IN common treaty were lett land
leha and nearly homeless. The rail-
roads came In, and With them the pion-
ecrn who saw that u claim would pro-
trct them In pOsacasnna Then Cnmo
the United Stntoa courts 10 lnfOrce
thr civll and criminal laws OF Ariansns
but no land law Thus we stand today,
When thu roal Indians saw the whiic
indiana veto gohblng an their land
In common by tribal laws, they dis
franchMcd them, and are now tryinu 10
Rick them out OF the tribe, but olasi
the white Indian holds his claim insi,te
Of his wire fence and the real Indian
han neither money or inhuonc. tn dla-
lodge hun! The white settler hoida un-
hs white Indian and viii. until u suits
him TO plead land In common to Keen
from paying rent to individuai IndiNns'
When that any comes the only way left
iof the indian vs. to get pay for HE land
hN shle ~ he has no law to collect
rPnla on the public domain, ana nut III
u nus pocket, The DAVIS commisslon
" mere % treat with them, Tho urht
nus been between tho Indian inndior,ir
pleading treaty" and ,land in com
mon" while nghtlng for time 10 collect
rents on the land In common"
However. tho end " near, civilization
Y ARMY planted here through Inc vloi
lntion pt the treaty b. tho Indians
themselves. The real Indian IL robbed
~ hi7 land by the white Indian who
has now got to face the music. ana
SNOW. WY he y pleading Hand in com.
mon While claiming a mononoiy ~
ns an Individual, why they are Plead
ing treaty while holding their land In
apen Nolctlon of TINT treaty The md
y near and niain. The day tho settlers
,eLnre 70 rer7gnixe any Indian landlord
hut a tribal oiilcor as United station
rcfaNAr the tribe lias no land il cnn
rohlrNL The Aeiienaau Statute. IN
iugce herr guarantee penctablp 'pbsi
session. Tho security here 10 the as