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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27
AND THEY ARE SURVEYING.

The question of allotment Of
lands has been discussed pro and
con for the last thirty years. And
there arc very few leading Chero-
kee citizens that have not at one
time or other favored allotment.
And now at the present stage OF
the game allotment is one of the
things that is considered inevit-
able. As to the time when this
country will be allotted, it is very
uncertain, but this we do know the
surveyors are at work cutting our
country up into sections prepare.
tory to placing every citizen upon
his or her prorata share of the do
main. Congress is not expert
menting. The vast sum of money
that it will be necessary to ap
propriate to pay for the survey
precludes The idea of its being
done for pastime. No, there il
no use talking, this country il
soon to be allotted and the question
as to whether it is right for th'
government to do this or not doei
not enter into the subject at all
Individually we believe that j
would be wisdom on the part 0
the Cherokees TO accept allotmen
at the earliest time possible /
wonld settle a number OF vexatiou
questions. 1t would make monop
oily impossible. II would fre
the country Of intruders, that is,
would place the land in the hand
of the rightlul owners and thu
forever settle all questions of cit
zenship. And if none of thes
questions were to be settled, q
needed settlement, this Cheroke
government is rapidly reaching
point where allotment will b
necessary for the protection of th
citizens, one against another. n
honest man will contend that it
right for some of our people
own and occupy thousands otacr'
while others have none. Ever
citizen that has more than b
share of the public domain shoul'
as a matter Of right, be made
disgorge, and the only way
. regulate this matter is uDdoubted
: by allotment.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

THE most conspicuous PROPOSE.
ton tho National party is making
to the country just now is that 1t
will take away the spoils from
the Downings. But there is no
assurance that the people will be
benefited; indeed, the element
that is now pushing Ross forward
is the most dangerous Of any in
the country. The men that made
the National party respectable at
one time have left it and gone over
to the support of Mr.. Mayes, as a
measure of safety. The mal-con-
tents are all that are left.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27
SABBATH SoN.onsERyANca.

One OF the tendencies of the
times seems to be the desecration
and violation ofthe Sabbath. And
if the present trend Of public SEN
timent continued it will soon be an
open question whether the Sab
bath Of our fathers is to kept at
all or not; whether business
houses shall close or amusements
cease one day in the week or not.
In our own town and country prob
ably the most inveterate foe Of the
Sabbath is none other than the
base ball "fad." It's to be called
a "fad" because it runs to ex-
tremes and its votaries will not
even let up for one day in the
week, and play especially on Sum
day and at the expense of good
morals and in violation of law
The Sabbath is the great dis
tinguishing feature between civil
lied and savage men. ltis pecul-
lar to civilization. II is the sign
manual OF cultured and religious
humanity. 1t is an unspoken
proclamation of Christianity. 1t is
an outward sign, striking mani
festation before men, a reminder
of divine law and another world
sentiment. The savage and
heathen nations of the world keep
no Saskatchewan no Sabbath,
Civilization is to so some extent
measured by the observance OF the
Sabbath. The hush of traffic, the
quiet street, the one day in the
week when man "goeth not forth
to his labor until the evening"
when the OK and the horse, the
dumb companions of his toll, alsC
enter into their rest, the solemn
stiffness of the air, the ringing o
the church bells, the peaceful
quiet OF our homes, the subdueC
demeanor of our people as we SCI
them pass by, the matter even o
their Sunday apparel when tn
garb of toll has been doffed, al
this is a visible manifestation, al
object lesson, panoramic exhi
bition seen of men, an epistl
known and read of men, whethe
they will or not. Voltaire saw tn
I, force of the Sabbath keeping sen
timent of the people when h
wrote: "There is no hope Of de
stroying Christianity as long a
Sunday is kept" Ingersoll
8 quoted as saying with equal SO
i gacity and more venom, "Sunda
: is q pest; it must be taken out
Il the way" So common is Sabbat
S breaking in this country that it
5 no uncommon thing to see me
e with guns and dogs or fshin
i tackle vending their way to tn
d country for a day of sport, or If
s journey is to be made, a day
IT frequently "saved" by making
II on Sunday. 1t will be 6 sad da
for America when the Sabbath
:, no longer kept, for with it dow
:, will 90 the bars of civil and r,
lipious liberty.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

1t is the candid opini on of the
editor Of this paper, that in view
of the hardship upon the Cher
okee nation brought about by the
recent decision of the court of
claims making the Wallace roll OF
freedmen in the Cherokee nation
the basis of such citizenship, that
pending a final settlement Of this
question in higher court-if the
chief sees fit to appeal it, the ma
tional council should be cslled in
special session and provide for
the payment of money a part of
the proceed of the lands west of 96
to all OF the adopted citizens of our
country recognized by us A
Downing chief to call the council
council composed Of a National
majority favorably acting. would
leave the political balance even
and justice would be done to tho
deserving at the same time tn,
fight against the unjust portion o
the Wallace roll must be clearly
defined and must not affect the
innocent. At this crisis the coun
Gil could not afford TO be in session
for longer time than it would TAXI
to make the proper appropriations
therefore the expenses to the ma
ton would be comparatively
small. Otherwise what are W
going to do?-Telephone.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

NJ. FRAzEE has tried in vain to
enlist the sympathy of the old
soldier element, both G. A. r. and
ex-Confederate, in trying to extri-
cate himself from the tolls and
trbulations incident to his having
THE CHIEFTAIN searchlight thrown
on him. Any man worthy of the
name Of soldier-and there is some
thing in the name that thrills-has
the utmost contempt for a man
who spent his soldier days like a
drunken vagabond and for which
he now draws a pension. How
many Scared and grizzled old
soldiers have heard the old mar
tell and laugh, how he came up tC
camp drunk, slipped and fell
spraining his ankle, for which h'
now draws a"weekly stipend''frou
the government? How many ole
and way-worn warriors have hearC
Of the vulgar slurs cast at the G
A. r. on the streets of this town
Sympathy, forsooth. If the chill
dren of the town were asked t.
name the most vulgar, the mos
profane old man in town, the dim
pied hands Of every one would b
pointed at Frazee.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

We must have touched old man
Frazoe on a tender corn from the
way he comes back like a wolf at
bay. Dick walker will put up
$1,000 and forfeit same if anyone
can show a receipt for $1,000 col
lected on rents on public buildinPs,
during the payment, Of which We
are custodian. We admit making
a little money on the outside dur
ing the payment, but II cost the
most Of il 10 pay the National
members of the council 10 locate
the payment at this place, and fof
other things done Tor which WI
had 10 pay them dearly. Com'
ain, Fraaee, and we will promise
10 let the cat out Of the bag beior'
the first Monday in August roll
around NJ. Gibson News.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

THE Ross organs are telling how
somebody wanted to bribe Bob
Ross with $4,000 to ges him to
introduce and work through coun-
Gil the white adopted citizen bill
last year. Now if this is really
true, justice to the public demands
that Mr.. Ross tell who it was that
made him the proposition. The
voters of this nation have a right
to know about ,his thing and Mr.
Ross is the man to give the infor'
nation.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

THE National organs sum up
Mr.. Ross record thusly: Has
been in Office twenty.seven years
and only took $40, 900 at one time
and $4,000 at another time. and it
was all taken in daylight, and the
Claremore National adds; "This is
the matter in a nutshell, and Mr..
Ross private lie is unclouded. -
Shucksl Is that all?
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

CAPT. JACKSON has an article
printed in this issue of THE CHIEF
TAIN that should be read by every
adopted white man in the Cher
okee nation. The Nationals will
now drop that $4,000 bribery
story like a hot brick.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

THERE are some candidates on
both the Downing and the National
tickets that it is quite hard to find
reason why anybody should vote
for. Some OF them are popular
but not honest, while others are
honest but not popular.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

NORWOOD, Frazee, Bob Ross
This is a triumvirate to make she
angels weep. Yet, this will be the
size and shape Of the administra-
tion If the Nationals are success
ful at the polls. Great heavensl
has IL come TO this7
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

THERE has developed one thing
during the present cam aign that
speaks volumes for the independ-
ence, patriotism and manhood OF
many of the at one time leaders
of the National party, and that is
the number who have had the
courage to quit that party. All
honor to a man with breadth and
sense enough to repudiate his
party when it becomes as corrupt
as the records show the Nationa
party to be.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

FRAzEE's success as an editor is
about on line with his success in
courtship; somehow the old man
falls down on himself 10 each.
He has written nuhbef ol
"strong letters" to different mar
riageable ladies in town and bursl
of a good many buttons in his fran,
tic efforts TO be gallant, but thus ial
be has gone out on q "foul" every
time.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

Hiram T. Elliott, of Vinita, is
likely to be nominated the 29th as
solicitor. Mr.. Elliott is a popular
man in the district and has had no
announced opposition from the
start. 1t is true there are candi.
dates and candidates for the place,
but none Of them are positively
known in the race. Mr. Elliott is
a good mixer, a thorough gentle
man and a good man for the place.
The office of solicitor should be
filled by man who is broad and
liberal minded and who under
stands the law; such a man is
Hiram Elliott, and on the Goth he
will probably be nominated on the
first ballot.-Afton Herald.
Well yes, we know Hiram
Elliott, 'good mixer, thorough
gentleman" "And now in the
name of all the gods at once. upor
what meat doth this our Ceasal
| feed that ne hath grown so greatl
Brother. the weather is too warn
for the perpetration Of such jokel
as this. "Broad and liberal
minded, and who understands tn
law" Nine tenths of the voters
Of Delaware district know tha
what the Herald says abou
Elliott is the verieet rot. Tn
Herald is either grossly ignoran
or it don't care who it endorses
and when it makes statement
like the above it forfeits the cor
fdence OF every one.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

SOME of the Indian mission con-
ference (MethodisD brethren have
been having a regular set-to in the
columns of the Brother In Red.
The subject in controversy is
sant .iiicotion and from the articles
pro and con that have been print
ed one would suppose that it was
something else than sanctifcation
that was the matter with these
brethren. Such epithets as "char-
latan," "demagogue," ''black-
guard" and "liar" have been used
rather freely by these gentlemen
OF the cloth. If this is what sancti.
fication will do for a man, may the
good Lord deliver us from being
sanctified. The Cherokee press
use some pretty strong language
during the heat of campaign, but
wo believe none of the brethren
are preachers.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27
MHERE rnE MoNEY aoEs.
a Surprise for the Cherokee Citizen
Not on the "Inside.v

List Of appropriations of the ma
tional council for the past two
years, beginning first Monday in
November, 1893, taken from the
record:
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27


ONE oi the city drayInen Tues
day evening came up TO THE
CHEFTAIN Office carrying a small
bundle under his arm. On exam.
inalion il was lound TO contain the
weekly edition of the Champion,
the man having been mistaken in
the place. On examination il was
found 10 be marked just forty
pounds--in The neighborhood Of
eighteen quircs or about 400 copies,
This is the l440 that was promised
advertisers. This is the Campaign
sheet that proposes TO nulliiy Tn
CuuKFrAiN, with about three iimel
the circulation of the Champion
II game into the World with a false
heod stamped on is brow like th'
ufa.pi " Cain, aud employed fo
iss editor q sarrulups, ,illthy'moutll
% old repgpbaie lhas The dogs 0
tnk IQnn don'l respect. y
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

WE print this week a statement
of the appropriations made by
council for the last two years,
taken from the records at Table
quah, and we must say it is not
very creditable to either the Down
ings or the Nationals, but it does
show how reckless the authorities
are in the handling OF the public
funds. That junketing expedition
over to Muscogee to meet the
Dawes commission cost the nation
$3.50. Shame on every one con.
nected with such conduct
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

THE interest on the public debt
last year amounted TO $4,000.
During the same year the nation
gave each of its citizens s265 in a
big per capita payment. This
method of conducting business
would be considered ruinous in a
private individual and if it be con-
tinued will mean the same to the
nation. There is certainly nc
good reason for the Cherokee ma,
ton being in debt, and being in
debt, with $4,000, 600 to hand
out TO its citizens last year. There
is no good reason why the deb
should not have been paid then
With the resources at hand tn,
nation could keep out of deb
If properly managed
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

Abe Mills has made arrange
ments 10 have an expert horseback
rider here on the Fourth. lie Is
also trying 90 get the people Of
Chetopa TO join him in having all
the Sabbath school children join In
grand parade on the morning OF
the Fourth. If he can succeed
this wiz be one Of the prominent
features Of the day -Democrat-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

A LITTLE over a month more and
the Cherokee campaign will be
over and many man will retire
with a good deal less conscience
than he bad at the beginning OF
the summer. But as a sober, Sec
ond thought, the masses will un-
derstand that falsehood is false
hood, whether it be in politics OF
out. A man or a newspaper that
will give expressions to a lie, even
in political campaign, is un'
worthy of being trusted and is 8
case Of moral gangrene, loathsome
and disgusting.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

1t is "mighty poor politics" for
political party to nominate a
man with the avowed and ex-
pressed intention OF "knifing" him
at the polls. If political party
is worthy of support at all, 1t will
at least stand by its regularly NOM
mated candidates. 1t is the duty
and the privilege of the conven-
ton to place the strongest and best
men in the party in nomination
and go before the people with
clean hands, and nothing short of
this will inspire confidence in the
voter. If a man is conceded to be
politically or morally unfit for
office, then the convention ought
to sit down on him hard, and not
allow him to ride the party into
office. The party that nominates
a man and then goes TO work to
beat him at the polls is not to be
trusted.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27
NO REHEARING FOR WATTS.
80 Says the Secretary of the Interior.

DErAurMENr or IuE ISrEniou, oTrroE OF
rus AssIsrANT ArroasEY GENEaAL, Z
wAsnISGroS, May goth. ls95.)
To the Secretary.
have examined the record sent
my predecessor by Secretary No
BILE, in the matter of the applica-
ton for the removal by the Chero-
kee nation of William J Watts and
others, asserted to be intruders
therein.
Watts and others claim the right
to remain in the Cherokee nation
on the ground that they are clti-
zens OF that nation. Their claim
was rejected by the Cherokee au-
thorities.
The proceedings in this case
were taken by the Cherokee au-
thorities prior to the date OF the
Act of congress approved March 3,
1898, ratifying the agreement be.
tween the United States and said
Cherokee nation, the first para
graph of which is as sollows:
"First. That all persons now
-sident, or who may hereafter be-
)me residents, in the Cherokee
..ation, and VINO are not recog-
nized as citizens of the Cherokee
nation by the constituted authori-
ties thereof, and who are not in
the employment of the Cherokee
nation, or in the employment OF
the United States Government, and
all citizens Of the United States
who are not residents in the Cher.
okee nation under the provisions
of treaty or act of congress, shall
be deemed and held to be intru-
ders and unauthorized persons
within the intent and meaning o
section six of the treaty of 1880
and sections twenty.siX anC
twenty-seven of the treaty OF July
10, 1866, and shall together will
their personel effects, be removed
without delay from the limits o
said nation by the United States
as trespassers, upon the deman,
he principal chief of the Chero
Eee nation"
The appeal OF Watts and other
from the decision remained in thi
office unacted upon until after th
date OF said agreement. | am o
the opinion. as heretofore express
ed in an opinion in the case {
Cobb and others VS.. the Cherokee
nation, dated July l6, 1891, tina
the jurisdiction Of the department
to review said decisions is take
away by the agreement approve
by act Of congress (supra).
| am satisfied, from a careful eS
animation of the record, that tn
Cherokee authorities reached th
right conclusion in this case; bl
as no jurisdiction remains in tn
department to review their deci
! ion, touching such matters,
would recompcnd that no actio
l be taken thereon.
! Very Respectfully,
/ JOHN |. HALL,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27

WONDER If it was Charlie Nc
Clellan referred to in Capt. jack
sons letter in another column in
this paper2
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-06-27
Assistant Attorney General.
Approved:

HoKE SMITH, Secretary.
= DEPARTMEsT or THE INTERIOR.
WAsnISoTOn, JLne ., ls95.
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs.
SIR: | transmit, herewith, an
opinion, dated the Goth Instant, OF
the honorable assistant attorney
general for the department of the
interior, in which / concur, in the
matter of the application for the
removal by the Cherokee nation of
William J. Watts and others, as
serted to be iniruders thereon.
The papers relating to this mat
ter are herewith returned.
Very Respectfully,
HoKE SMITH.
Secretary.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-07

s,robable that they only pursue the fec
ing frogs thus at dusk OF evening. or
early morning. or on moonlight nights,
when the frogs can see them clearly APP
nroachine, for frogs are dlurnai and cop
nerheads nocturnal IN their habits. Hence
h Is easv for the copperhcad, when night
time approaches 20 glide out from his
darksomo retreat in the rocks or the
cavernous interior Of a decaying tree.
and come upon the sleeping wood frogs
cuddled away among the dampened leaves
for they. mi the darkness can never
know Of the danger which glldes through
the shadows Of the woodland.
II would De "a mistake 20 suppose that
.he cornorhcad lives only on frogs. J
o,r. fofnd In the stomach Of a dead one
.po rernains OF a short-tailei field mouse.
etn an captivity. / have found them re-
f,ro such diet. Toads. they. IN common
,cith black snakes and others, abnor
triehos they will not eat. nor VIII they
swallow other snakes, which me harW-
loss black snake does with aVldity. a
,,eok after their catching tried thefa
,.i+h common house mice, Of which the
male ate only seven In me course %
.hreo weeks. Tho female refused every
49,, h,,t water. From October 20 March.
.rih0ugh kept IN q warm room, where
+ttlr srakes ate freely neither could De
,ng,oed 10 take food OF any Kind. MY
i,,, may he imagined when ] round them
,,ost ravenously feeding on frogs.
~ an the snake hunts in which nave
49,, ENGAGED. the capture Of this par
y. ,o,,.,erbeads was probably the most
,+c,.ir~ and dangerous Having Deen
,.,,s,,oceseful In my search In other local
t.i.- at last determined 20 try my luck
a. cold sprlng-on- the-Hudson, FOR had
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-07
The Mother Office.

The movement 10 erect q monument 10
the memory OF Anne hiil Carter, or
Shirley. Is gaining ground IN the South.
Miss Alice H.. COlhoun OF alexandria,
secretary of tho Anne Lee Memorial AS
ISOLATION, has issued an appeal % the wo-
men OF the South. pointing out that the
first monument erected by women 10 a
woman was that 20 Mary the mother OF
Washington, and that the time has
come when every Southern woman must
feel that the second so corrected should be
10 m. mother OF Robert Edward Lee"
Mrs Lee lived IN Alexandria. ana vas
n member OF old Christ church. IN the
yard Of which General Washington ex-
dressed his intention 10 Join the kevOlu-
Son and General Lee announced his pur-
pose OF offering his sword IN defence OF
his native State. In this yard II Is pro-
posed TO erect a suitable shaft 10 Mrs.
Lee whose remains are buried few miles
distant The required fund Will doubt
less soon be contributed by the people
Of the South who reverence the mother
OF its great chieftain. \ credltable sum
should be raised in Baltimore by the
Daughters OF the Confederacy and the
friends and admirers OK General Lee
Baltimore News
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-07

companion could come 10 assist me. But
my right hand alone was quite insufficient
TO press her The stick. too, was over
her middle. She turned and bit 1t, ana
then gllged out from beneath H. golns
gradually on out OF sight through the
weed stalks. Dropping the stick. hnns
myself sayaeely after her, determined AT
any risk To get her. Tor the stick was 100
long 10 be managed in such thieke''
SIC went towards some rocks where nig
one eaned slanungly over lesser IN
cav IS under the upper and behind the
lower one she entered and was rap'aly
Withdrawing her body | flung myseh
forward on my face. and with my rlshl
hand 1 clutched- at the last six inches OF
her tail There ! held her. yelling IKE
mad TO my companion to come ana help
me. Like a charging buffalo he plunsed
through the bushes. I wish / could tel
what he felt when he saw ne b.ag there
Nat on my stomach. my left hand resting
on me elbow and holding copperhead
bv the neck: the right hand hold
lug another coppcrhcad by the tan,
while her head. sticking out al
second opening higher up than the one
bv which she had entered was biting and
dashing furiously ~ my face WITHIN less
than a foot OF my nose. With the young
mans assistance / dropped the nrst one
into the bag, and then took my time WITH