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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

above quoted, directs the secretary
of the interior to have paid to the
persons entitled 1852 "a out of the
remainder of the 1908 1865, after
certain expenses are deducted
therefrom. You will perceive from
this that the Freedmen are to be
paid at the direction of the secre-
tary, but inasmuch as your honor
able bodies are expected to appro-
pirate an additional sum to insure
full payment to all entitled, any
amount over the 1903, ,365 necessary
to make complete payment will
be done by our own authorities.
From the foregoing you may not
be able to gather the reason for
convening you in extra session.
Your act of compromise, December
z, 1895, did not make any addi-
tional appropriation for the Freed,
men over and above the courts
judgment of s903, ,635 in their favor.
1t only authorized the court to in
crease their judgment to $780,
600, but the court having passed
its decree could not make any
change in it, and consequently no
provision in law is made to pay the
Freedmen any amount in excess of
the courts judgment. 1t will be
necessary, therefore, to appropri-
ate the amount with which you au-
thorized the court to increase its
judgment to 81, 100000. Thus it
may prove in the end that the
amount of the courts judgment in
favor OF the Freedmen may be suf-
ficient to satisfy all demands on
their account against the nation,
ard your appropriation not needed.
Very respectfully,
S. H. MAYEs,
Principal Chief.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

Funds due Indian nations. as re.
ported by the commissioner Of In.
dian affairs:
Cherokees-Funds in the treas.
ury IN lieu of investment and
United States bonds held in trust
2,716,97 9S.
Choctaws-Funds in the treasury
in lieu of investment, s5S5, 900 SO:
to be appropriated by congress,
1890. 257 80; capitalized permanent
annuities, s210, 400; total, s1.1S5,
65S9
Chickasaws-Funds in the treas
ury in lieu of investment, 81 ,306,-
695 &c; capitalized permanent an
nuities, $50, 900; total 81 ,366 ,695. sc.
Creeks-Fuhds in the treasury
in lieu of investment, 81. 800, 900;
to be appropriated by congress,
SAFE, 16S; capitalized in permanent
annuitirs, 1924 200; total, 81, 799,
36S 90.
Seminoles-Funds in the treas
ury in lieu of investment. 81 ,500,-
600; to he appropriated by con-
gress, s475,1C total. s1.975, ,16S.
Grand total, sl0,043. .S70.55.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Collection Of Notes Gathered Chiefly
From Our Exchanges.

Uncle Joe Chambers died at
Claremore last week, aged 20.
Eufaula has instructed her re-
publican delegates for Mckinley.
A bill to permit the construction
of railroad from Sapulpa through
Oklahoma has become a law.
Near Bartlesville one day last
week Marsh Wagner was kicked
in the stomach by a plow horse
and died next day.
Two Cherokees having q contro.
versy over some property had a
trial before the United States COM
missioner at Muskogee, at their
request.
A fight is reported in the Usage
country in which an outlaw named
Bud Pittman was killed and an Off
Ger named Scott Bruner dangerous
ly wounded.
Sam league, said to be an In
dian, shot and killed a negro by
the name of Simon Barnes, near
Joplin last week and escaped, CON-
ing to this territory.
Miss Francis E. Willard, presi-
dent of the w. c.. T. U lectured
at Muskogee last week; Sunday af-
ternoon she addressed an overflow
ing audience in one of the St. Louis
churches.
The Indian agent at Sac and Fox
reports that the absentee Shawnees
are relinquishing their patents and
coming over into the Creek and
Cherokee nations, probably because
the whites are paying them to re-
The agent suggests that
if they are not permitted to settle
in the eastern nations they would
not leave home.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

THERE should be statute max
ing it compulsory upon all physi-
clans TO report promptly every in
fectious disease to which in practice
their attention may be called. If
a doctor don't know smallpox when
he sees it, then he ought to be dig
ging or blowing, or doing some
thing else beside practicing medi-
cine. If the alarm had been given
when the first case of smallpox
manifested itself in this city three
or four weeks ago, great deal OF
expense and anxiety might have
been avoided, to say nothing OF
three or more deaths. There are
none of the popular professions
about which the masses know so
little as the theory and practice OF
medicine. and certainly none in
which they are go frequently i'm
posed upon.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

Forty y-eight stays including one
royal snd an l1-pointer) had been
killed this season in Lord Airlie's for
est of CaenlOchan, in Forfarshire,
which is let tc Mr. G. ". Henderson,
who s1cceeded Mr.. Pilkington in the
tenancy. This is remarkable scol 2,
considering that Caenlochan comprises
only 1900 acres, the ground also in
cludiny the Tulchan grouse moors.
Still more striking was the bag in The
adjoining forest of Glencally, which
is rented by Mr.. lambert from Sir John
Kinloch. The extent is little more
than 1900 acres, aud - stays were
shot. while the Glenisla moors 5000
acres) yielded a. bag of nearly 500 brace
of grouse. These two shootings are
on the march with the heavily stocked
deer forest of Glen Doll. - London
World.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
FORT SMITH LETTER.
The Last Of Cherokee Bill's Cases
Other Criminalities.

Thursday the name of Cherokee
Bill was entered for the last time
on the docket of the United State S
court. Col. Crump made his re-
turn of the death warrant and all
cases against Crawford Goldsby
were dismissed They were one
murder, eight robbery and two lar
ceny of postal funds. The other
murder case is pending in the su-
preme court. The body Of the out
law was taken from here on the
afternoon of the execution and
buried next day at Fort Gibson be-
side his old chums and compan-
ions in crime, Verdigris Kid and
Jim French. Bill wanted to be
buried on his farm near Talala and
also requested that Verdigris Kid
be laid bv him. His mother in
tends to comply with his request
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
Learned In One SeSsInn.

A truly remarkable story of feline in
telligence was lately told by a corre-
spondent. Indeed, it might fairly be
called incredible, only that the corre-
spondent, as will be seen, vouches for
its truth Il am induced to send YOU
ar account of a remarkable instance of
feline sagacity which occurred in my
house last week. About n fortnight
ago black Persian cat brought to
the house a young sparrow, and. TAX
ing it to the front doormat, began strip
ping it of its feathers. The cook, not
approving of the litter made by the
said feathers, doubled the mat over and
told the cat he must not make such a
litter, but strew the feathers on the
wrong side of the mat and not on the
top. y fortnight afterward the eat
brought in another bird, and, mar
velous to say, turned the mat-which
was heavy coir mat-oler with his
claws and Uttered the wrong side of
it with the feathers, precisely as the
cook had told him TO do" This is alb
solutely true and without eXaggera-
tion.-London Spectator.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

The president has extended the
civil service to nearly all employees
at Indian agencies, excepting only
the few minor positions of labor
ing character like cooks and wash
erwomen. Indians, however, who
show their fitness, may be ap-
pointed by the secretary of the in
terror without examination by the
civil service commission.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
A WITTY OLD CLERGYMAN.
Some of His Sayings That Have Beer
Handed Down.

Some of His Sayings That Have Been
Handed Down.
Years ago there lived in Connecti-
cut an old minister who was quite cele-
brated for his wit. Many of his say
ings have been preserved and handed
down from father to son.
In a meeting of ministers one day a
sermon was read, and, according to Gus.
tom, criticised. 1t had been read in the
old, well-known, sing-song tone. One
minister objected to the tone of the
sermon and another found fault with
something else. The old doctor sat
quietly in his corner until his turn to
speak came.
IF you take away the tone," he said
dryly, "it seems to me there would be
little left"
While travelling IN the western ccun-
try he learned to shave without the
aid of a mirror. Long afterward, while
attending some gathering of ministers,
he got up early and was discovered
by his friend standing face to blank
wall to perform the act of shaving.
although there was a good mirror in
the room. In answer to his friends
surprised question. he said that he had
not used a looking glass for 80 years.
'The last time | looked in one," he
said, with a curious drawing in of the
corners of his mouth that always ac-
companied a joke, Il got so little en-
IouraSement l thought | wouldn't try
il again"
He did not eagerly enjoy having a
,oke turned on himself, but sometimes
he fully appreciated it. One day shift
less neighbor called and asked If he
had wheelbarrow.
YES" replied the clergyman, but l
don't lend it,"
WELL" said the neighbor promptly,
did | ask for it?''
This pleased the old minister so
much that the neighbor presently de-
parted trundling the cherished wheel
barrow with the old mans full consent.
Chicago News.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
CORRUPTION NOT THE CAUSE.

The Dawes commission, and
nearly all outside influences have
laid great stress on the corruption
prevalent in the governments OF
the five tribes. and have given that
as the strongest reason for the de-
struction and abolition of these In
dian governments. But the real
need for the change tnat it is now
conceded by all must come over all
these tribes may be found in their
system of land tenure and not in
the corrupt practices that have
perhaps in some instances been
magnified. The system of land-in-
common was made and fitted to
the conditions of a people in a
primitive state, indeed a great por-
ton of the United States was
equally primitive fifty years ago,
and 1t was perfectly natural for the
Indians to desire just the free-and-
easy system that they have enjoyed
in a very satisfactory and progress
i've manner for more than half a
century. There have been various
agencies at work, that were evil
IDENTIFY foreseen from the beginning
and that would eventually necessi-
tate a change In the first place
the land holdings of the Indians
have been cut down and Topped off
continually from time to time, with
and without their consent until at
the present time there is barely
enough land in the Cherokee coun-
try for a small sized home TO the
Individual, and even that is being
lessened as the days 60 by. This
state of affairs of course causes a
state of uneasiness and unrest to
prevail, for it must be admitted,
some of our people are without
homes in a country that is sup
posed to be held in common and
for the mutual and equal benefit of
all its citizens. This is probably
the most potent reason for change,
and the one which all classes of
citizens, at least il a measure re-
alize. But there are other causes
scarcely less serious, and probably
more complicated, and not the
least of them is the ever-present
and greatly complicated question
of citizenship. In addition to
great many thousand out-and-out
with no shadow Of a right
in the country, there are the Shaw
nees, the Delawares, the Freedmen
and the white adopted citizens,
whose status is unsettled, and will
in all probability remain unsettled
until settled finally in the courts
of the United States, and even then
the trouble will not cease, as is
known by the cases that have al
ready gone there. The present
call session of the national council
is for the purpose of a compromise
with the Freedmen and will cost |
the Cherokee government several
thousand dollars, and it is by no
means certain that anything salts
factory will be accomplished.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

In the matter of asking aid for
this town from the Cherokee govern
ment, there was only one question
that could possibly be involved,an
we candidly submit it to the think
ing, reasoning portion of the peo-
pie concerned: Shall the city Off
cials pocket the revenues of a
municipality that pays more than
$1,000 a year in taxes alone, and
then in an emergency where money
is required, seek aid from the gov
ernment? And even this PROPOSE
ton could not be entertained un-
less help was absolutely needed,
which was not the case week ago,
at the time of the fright.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

The senate committee on Indian
affairs has indorsed the Dawes
commission bill to the extent OF
recommending an appropriation Of
$4,000 to provide for the enroll
ment OF all persons entitled To clti-
zenship in the Indian Territory, ,
preparatory to an allotment Of the
lands in the territory. This is the
first step to be taken under the rec
"mmendation of the Dawes COM
mission. 1t Is necessary to begin
by determining the property rights
"f all citizens, and not merely of
the handful of "head men," who
not only "want the EARTH" but
seem to have taken possession of
it as far a, the Indian Territory is
concerned Equal rights and jus
tice to all will be new thing" in
the Indian Territory Star.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

The proposition of congress to
send troops into this country in or
der to keep the peace is about as
far from the mark as anything that
has been done along that line late
ly. But then, the soldiers are
about as well off here as in other
quarters of the union now; they
don't fight any more ANYWAY.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

Smallpox recipe: One ounce of
cream of tartar dissolved in a pint
of boiling water, to be drank when
cold. at short intervals. 1t can be
taken at any time and is prevent
ative as well as a curative. 1t is
well known to have cured N thous
ands of cases without failure. 1t
never fails and never causes blind
npgs
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

A BILL is before congress that
the maximum rate for a lower
sleeping car berth shall be s1.50
and for an upper berth 81. 1t also
provides that when the lower berth
is sold and the upper berth unoc-
cupied that it shall not be let down.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

The CHIEFTAIN's position on
questions of public policysare Pc
culiarly its own, and it will not
sanction anything that it believes
to be wrong, no matter who may
be interested or who may pariake
of the spoils.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

SENATOR JONES, of Arkansas, re-
ported a bill from the Indian af-
fairs committee, Monday, appro-
pria.ing 100000 for continuing
the surveying of this territory.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

The smallpox scare was the only
thing in some years that was able
to shut up the saloons and gam
bling dens of this town. 'lt's an
i'll wind that blows nobody good. "
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

DELEGATE FLYNN has succeeded
in getting a bill through the house
to give settlers in Oklahoma their
lands, instead of requiring them to
pay the price originally fixed. 1t
is hardly probable the bill can get
through the senate and past the
president.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

TIE extra session of council at
Tahlequah seems to be proceeding
very slowly and cautiously in the
matter of the freedmen compromise
bill introduced Monday. 1t is
thought council will adjourn some
time next week.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

CONGRESSMAN LITTLE, of Arkan
sas, Monday introduced in the
house of representatives a bill
creating an additional United
States judge for the Indian Terri
fnru
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

A TEXAS congressman has intro
duced a bill to cede Greer county
to his state, the supreme court
having decided it belongs to Okla
homa. He will have a difficult
task while Flynn is in congress
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

We print in another column an
article printed in the Tahlequah
Daily Sentinel over the name of
"Fair Tote" which we regard as
being both sensible and TO the
point, at the present time.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

Cor. MULBERRY SELLERS was al
ways for the "old flag and an sp-
preparation. In that he was like
our mayor, only our mayor is for
"the yellow flag and an appropri-
afion -
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
Big Figures Accounted For.

Gas Man - Humph. Something
queer about this meter. Do you use all
those lamps standing there in a row?
New Girl--No, indeed. sir, we don't
use any. | guess they wants mending,
cause missus told me TO leave 'em where
you could see 'em.-N. Y. Weekly.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

The river Euphrates flowed through
the city of Babylon, and on each side of
its banks the walls of the city were car
ried up to height as great as at any
other point, so that even during n siege
the city was as formidably defended
on the river as on the land side,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

MANY things promised by con-
gress are now abandoned-because
of the fee simple title. The Dawes
commission will be continued.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

lie Ito elderly young lady, after n
long waltz)-"You must have been a
splendid duncer!"-PunCh.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26

IT is cold day now when an n
dian delegation don't call upon the
president.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
GEO. w. HILL,
A. NJ. CLINKsCALEs,
B. +. FoRTNER.

Well, probably the best comment
on the above you'd be to state
that time has shown that fHE
CHIEFTAIN was right, and that no
appropriation was needed. The
board and the mayor have done
good service in stamping out the
pestilence that broke out two
weeks ago in this city, but they
made the mistake SO common to
fra;l humanity-they wanted an
appropriation.
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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-26
In THE FORE FRONT OF BATTLE.
The Health Board Made TO Play the
Part Of a Modern Uriah.
VIyITA Alt Mch. 30 '96

NINITA, L. l., Mch. ~, 20.
1t is the sense of this board OF
health that the recent criticism by
The CRIEFTAIN of Col. L. B. Bell
relative to his request for an APP
preparation by the national council
for relief OF Vinita, is unwarranted
by the facts in the case. Ii is not
our purpose to discuss the propri-
ETY. of the appropriation further
than to say that 1t is both fire.
quent and a humane practice for
governments to aid afflicted COM
munities, and that on a former oc-
casion when visited by smallpox,
Vinita was voted liberal assistance
and honorably turned the greater
portion of it back into the treasury
oy her board of health. Vinita is
at the threshold OF the Cherokee
nation and her whole citizenship
is more or less effected by her
health operations, by her veal or
her woe. So we see no reason why
the national council may not see fit
to rendsr assistance in this COM
mon cause of our people
This board being in touch with
the mayor is qualified to state
without reservation that he is dis
charging his duties in this matter
in such manner as to entitle him
to the confidence and gratitude of
every body, and that no sort of sus-
picion can attach t. him.
GEO. w. HILL,
Al
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-08
The Fear of Heart Failure.

The world is full of people who i'm
agine that they have something tn,
matter with the heart. There is
what appears like palpitation and
futtering, then disagreeable faint
ness and nervousness following. This
upsets the mental equilibrium, which
at once reacts upon the physical
the patient is in a state of terror
and is going to die at once of heart
disease. AS matter of fact, not one
patient in a thousand has any or
ganic affection of the heart. There
are sympathetic troubles and reac.
tionary conditions, but diseases OF
the heart proper are rare occurrences.
In the majority of cases, the trouble
is entirely in the digestive organs, or
in the nerves, which, in most in.
stances, amounts to the same thing.
Error in diet, stimulants. high pres
sure, sudden and violent exercise
when one is not accustomed to it.,
mental strain and exposure, with
wrong conditions in dress and sur
roundings, will almost invariably be
found the provoking cause of the ills
that are charged to the heart.
In more common disturbances an
accumulation of gas is the incitant
and the only cause. The gases
gather at one point and press upon
the tissues, nerves, and delicate MEM
branes until the strain causes excru-
ciating pain. AS rule, a teaspoon
full of orange flower water in half
glass of pure water, few moments
of slow and careful walking about,
or an entire change OF position, such
as lying fiat upon the face, or resting
upon the knees and elbows, will give
immediate relief. The latter position,
by the way, is an excellent corrective
OF insomnia. In persons who lead
sedentary lives, the weight of the Or
gans of the body presses upon certain
nerves and arteries, and affects the
circulation. Fifteen minutes in this
position just before retiring, or if one
wakens in the night and becomes
restless, will frequently remove all
unpleasant sensations.
One patient whose condition all
medical prescriptions had failed to
reach was entirely cured by assuming
this position whenever he Weakened
and found himself nervous and rest
less. After a few trials he dropped
asleep in this attitude almost before
he knew it, and on several occasions
slept two or three hours. awakening
to find himself precisely as he was
when he dropped off.