Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-03-07

Choctaws, shall we 60 to all that
expense and have this elaborate
system Of judicial procedure by
which men are taken up and car
ried out of the territory for trial7
There is not paper, | think, in
the whole five civilized tribes, and
there are great many newspapers
there, which does not advocate
the abandonment of those outside
courts and the creation of the court
that is proposed in the amendment
of the committee on Indian affairs
which | have had the honor TO pre-
sent and to try to defend. | dot
know that | could justify r1yself
in OBTAINING the senate by a more
protracted statement of the neces.
stiles of this legislation than that
which ] have made. There is one
point, however. in regard to the
Cherokee country and its condi-
tion to which | wish to call atten-
tion.
The Cherokee InCians have pre-.
sented the strongest objections
that have been made here upon
the question of the obligation we
are under TO protect them in their
treaty rights. wish now to show
another engagement which we
made with those people and
the engagement which they
insist is stronger than the one we
made with the Chickasaws and
Choctaws. It is really not SO
strong in its language, and taken
with its surrounding circum
stances it is not su strong in its
import. What does it mean? |
invite the attention of senators,
who have any doubt or difficulty
at all about this case, to article 26
Mr.. Chandler. Will the sena-
tor from Alabama allow me to
suggest in regard TO the amend
ment which he proposes to the APP
preparation bill aud to which he
invites the attention Of III. mem
bers of the senate, whether there
should not be some member of the
majority of the committee on APP
piup. iations on tie floor to be con-
viuccd by the senator that the
amendment ought to go on the
bill?
Mr.. Morgan. | presume they
are entirely convinced anyway.
MIR. Chandler. ! uude' s,ond the
amendment has not yet received
the appropriation of the cImmit-
tee on approbations, and it
seems to me they ought to hear
the remarks of the senator from
Alabama
Mr.. Morgan. lthas not receiv-
ed the disappropriation Of that
committee by any means
with to read article 80. shall
be very glad if senators will give
me their attention for just mo-
ment
The United States guarantee to- the
people Of the Cherokee Nation the
quiet and peaceable possession Of their
country aud the protection against do
nestle feud> and iusurrecl ions, aud
against hustilitics Of other tribes.
II there is any one guarantee
needed in that country at this
time it is for the protection Of one
Indian against another, for the
territory is in a condition of ieud,
and vendetta prevails there.
There have been great number
of Indians killed there recently in
personal feuds among themselves.
| am not exaggerating when | say
hundreds Of Indians have been
killed there recently in feuls
among themselves without any
apparent responsibility TO the law
or the dread of it at all They have
no respect for their own courts aud
up to this time we have not given
any court ofthe United States pow.
er to interfere where one Indian at.
tacks another. But there is our
promise to them in the treaty that
we will protect them against feud
What is a ieud? Not political
turmoll. III Is personal cOntrO
versy; it is that which breeds ven
detta-private malice and private
anger, sometimes running into
families and getting up combina
tions of that kind, one family
against another. But the prevail
ence Of this lawlessness and des
truGtion OF human life is 50 great
we can call il feud, and many,
yes a great number OF those people
are looking today with extreme
anxiety for the people Of the Unit
ed States to come there and sup.
press those feuds and establish
laws in that land.
NoTE-The law as amended
and in its entirety is given on page
two of this paper