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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-13

Some years ago in one of the
campaigns, ex-Chief Bushyhead
compared the Cherokee people to
flock of wild geese that had lost
their way and were flying round
and round, making a great noise
but no progress. No better illus
tration has ever been made. and it
fits the present time better than it
did when the honored ex chief
made it. The present session has
been one continuous caucus, and a
great deal of bothering, thinking
and talking has been done. Last
week the senate committee on
ways and means were struggling
for several days trying to evolve a
bill, or bills in line with recon-
mendations of Chief Mayes. The
condition of affairs here was dis
cussed fully, and from every stand
point. A number of leading Cher
okee lawyers and other prominent
people were invited to sit with
the committee in their sessions
and TO take part in the discussions.
Some urged immediate action in
unison with the Dawes commits
sion, while others opposed any,
thing and everything that looked
like yielding. Prominent among
those who were opposed to a COM
promise in any form was Dick
Wolf. Wolf is lawyer and poll
tician, keen, adroit, and very able.
He can come as near fathoming
the full-blood mind and leanings
as any man in the Cherokee ma
ton. He is not ready to quit
fighting. He relies upon the pat
ent to the land, and thinks the
Dawes commission have approach
ed as near our Notifications as they
can without our consent. This
man has great influence with the
real Indian element. They doubt,
suspicion and fear him, and fire.
quently denounce him, but follow
his leadership all the same. The
committee on ways and means
sent out list of questions one day
last week to a number of the most
prominent Cherokee lawyers, re-
garding the constitutionality of
proposed legislation, and also of
the advisability of acting along the
lines suggested in the chiefs mes
sage. These questions were an
swered by the attorneys in person
with elaborate statements cover
ing every phase of the subject, and
embodying every shade OF opinion
relative to present and future dan
gers menacing this country. Sat
urday evening bill was reported
by this senate committee provid-
for the employment of five attor-
neys to represent the Cherokee
nation before the Dawes commits
sion. The attorneys were named |
in the bill. They were the firm of
Hutchings & English, of Musko-
gee, who were to receive So, 600 for
their services, and w. w. Hast
ings. d. w. e. Duncan and Frank |
Boudinot, who are TO receive 5000 |
between them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-13
WANTS, FOR SALE, LOST. rED,srOLES

Each notice, of the character indicated, not
exceeding Fifty Words, will be inserted two
weeks under this heading for Fifty cents.l
STRAYED-From my home i'm Vinita, July
20 1896 one black mare about II hands high.
branded shoe brG1 ON left shoulder and
shod with shoes, no corks; sucking a bay
colt about months old. Anyone returning
same TO me will be paid liberal reward. ].
:. Davenport. 1880
PUBLIC SALE-Monday. Aug. Il. at p.
Shanahan's place miles west of Ninita: 2
horses. | sucking mule. COW, 800 bushels OF
oats mower, check rover. drill. cultivators
single plows, breaking plows, other tools
and farm implements; also my household
goods. :. :. Stanley. 1880
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-13
NeOshO In TO Date.

NeOshO, Mo-, August 5.-The
Neosho Ladies' Mckinley club
was organized this afternoon with
Ill members. Mrs. Julia Haas
was elected president, Mrs. Ida
Miller Weir secretary, and Miss
Ella Sterrett Price treasurer. They
expect to increase their member
snip TO at least 300.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-13

/ mas AlON CCltlCb
and there is great diversity o
opinion upon that, as upon nearly
any other one point. However, il
has pretty nearly always been the
custom to readmit all who have
been citizens and residents of the
nation, and who have forfeited
their rights by moving out of the
limits of the country and becom-
ing citizens of another government.
All these questions will be argued
at length before the Dawes com,
mission prior to the examination
and investigation of applications
for citizenship.
XIX
They love their land because il is their own.
And scorn to give aught other reasons why
As the days go by there is less
and less probability of this coun-
Gil yielding to any of the over
lures of the Dawes commission
The National party is in posses
sion of both houses of council and
there is little probability that they
will give favorable attention to any
of the recommendations of the
chief. The full bloods are op-
posed to the Dawes commission
and propose to eight it out on
that line if it takes all summer"
They are taking a position against
the government and in that posi-
tion will entrench themselves and
remain there to the bitter end. No
man need ask an Indian why he is
not willing to submit to allotment
and a change in his government.
He has no other reason to give
than that the country is his, and
looks upon the acts of congress in
the matter as being monstrous in
the extreme. A grand pow-wow
lasting two or three days was held
by both political parties this week.
This was the time for the annual
convention and more interest than
usual was manifested by the Ma
tional party. This party repre-
sents the greater portion of the
full-bloods and embraces the Ka-
too-wa organization. No half
breed or white man ever enters
the secret conclave of the National
party. 1t is for the real Indian
and its edicts are inexhonorable
law to every member. The legis-
lation of the next few days will
develop what action was taken in
secret by the full bloods relative to
the future, and the relation of this
nation to the Dawes commission.
If the Ka-too-wa decides that we
had better 60 to war, to war we
will 60. and a declaration of indie
pendence and a general def"
may as reasonably be looked for as
any conciliatory measures, or
surrender to the Dawes commits
sion.
An open air mass meeting was
held Monday night in the capitol
square, presided over by the ven
cradle Capt. John l. Adair. Ad-
dresses were made by D. w. C.
Duncan, ex-Gov. Harris, Ridge
Paschal, w. w. Hastings, w. P.
Thompson and others. All these
men advised speedy action on the
part of council, and were in favor
without exception of treating with
he Dawes commission. The i'm
passioned eloquence ofDuncan'was
he event of the evening. The |
Dathos with which the old man re-
viewed the history of his people |
ouched his hearers visibly. Dun
,an has stood like a granite shaft |
or the unmolested maintenance of
cherokee institutions, but now he |
las given up all hope and advises
he appointment of a commission
o make the best terms possible
With the Dawes commission.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-13
THE CHEROKEE COUNCIL.
THE SESSION so FAR A CONTINUAL
CAUCAS.
The Senate Trying TO secure Legisla-
tion i'm Line With Chief Mayes' Rec
concentrations -Ex- Chief Bushy heads
Comparison Of Years age More Fit
ting Now Than Ever.

One of the features of last week s
work was the speech of ex-senator
Butler, of South Carolina. Gen.
Butler is a gray haired veteran of
the confederate army, with face
like Thackery and a stub of leg,
having lost the absent member on
the field OF battle. 1t took coun-
Gil two days to 60 through the for
mality of inviting the general to
make speech. Some of the men,
bers declared against the resolu-
tion with a good deal more vehe-
mence than rhetoric. The Indians
were afraid the general wanted
something-had IAN axe to GRIND" "
But in the mean time the venera-
bic ex-senator of eighteen years
service, and who only suffered de-
feat last year by "Pitch-fork"
Tillman, waited and delayed his
departure till Wednesday after
noon. Both houses of council
marched out under the trees
around the historic old speakers
stand from which has been deliv-
cred the messages of all the chiefs
for three generations. Each men,
ber carried a chair, brought from
their respective chambers. The
chief and executive council and
other digpitaries came in the same
train and with the same equip
ment. The public stood or sat up
on the grass, as best suited their
taste or convenience. Senator But
ler's address was successful ef-
fort. He talked plainly, from the |
shoulder. There were no frills !
and furbelows. 1t was not elo-
quence, but forceful utterance.
The old man was terribly in earn
est. He had espoused the cause
OF the people to whom he was
talking nineteen years ago in the |
United States senate, and had |
kept up the fight all along. He
had come to tell them that it was
time to quit fighting. He told
them that it was their duty to CO.
operate with the Dawes commits
sion that was now in their country.
and to do the very best they could |
for themselves. He said the
Dawes commission were their
friends and would help them if
they would avail themselves of the
opportunity. In speaking of the
Curtis bill, now on the senate cal
endar having passed the house in
the closing days of last congress,
he said that it could be passed in
twenty-four hours after the assem-
bling and organization of congress,
and that ifthe Indians did not act,
and show some disposition to pre-
pare for the change that it would
be disastrous to them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-13
LIKE THE EVER ADVANCING TIDE.

there is a passage that runs some
thing like this: "The evil that WE
expected has come upon us
That passage contains a vivid por.
trayal of the Cherokee mind at the
present time. Twenty-Five years
ago the delegates from the five
tribes presented a memorial IL
congress. Col. Wm. P. Ross was
principal chief, and Joseph Vann
and w. P. Adair were the Chero
kee delegates. This memorial was
really protest against a bill in
troduced by Judge /. c. Parker,
then a member from Missouri.
This was, in the light of present
events, a very remarkable doc
ument as well as very able one,
and was concluded in that polished
diction for which Col. Ross was
justly famous. We quote the clos
ing paragraph:
1--WE have shown, from the evil
dence of the president and his ex.
ecutive officers for Indian service,
that we are not standing in the
way of civilization, but rapidly
marching in the way of progress.
Your government asked US to be-
come civilized, and We are becom-
ing so. We have adopted your
form of government. We have
embraced your religion. We have
kept our obligations with you.
What more can be asked of us?
Our people are your wards, and
their weakness should be their
strength. The territorial meas
ures for our country pending be-
fore congress are rainous to our
people, and in violation of the
honor of your government, pledged
to our people In the most sacred
manner known to civilized nations.
And we, in the name of our peo-
pie. protest against them, and
pray you not to pass them. Why
not let US alone and let US concen-
trate our race in the Indian Terri
tory, and so elevate our people as
to fit them at no distant day to be-
come citizens of your great gov
ernment?"
This protest struck the keynote
of eastern sentimentalism and ST.
fenced the batteries of our enemies
in congress, and hushed the clam
or for allotment at home. But the
Cherokee nation and tribal auton-
omy in the Indian Territory was
doomed from that very day, and
at the next congress another bill
was introduced by Senator Vest,
of Missouri, looking to the same
end-the opening of the Indian
country and the destruction of tri-
bal institutions. And the next,
and every succeeding congress
since has been hammering away
at the Indian Territory. Our del
egations have all pursued practi-
cally the same course in fighting
off adverse legislation. namely,
asking for more time in which to
adopt the white mans ways. In
dian sentiment is the same that it
has ever been. Il has undergone
no changes and is unalterably op-
posed to Anglo Saxon invasion. |
When the change comes, which |
will doubtless be very soon, it will |
not be with the acquiescence of
the Indian, and will be forced |
from start to finish. The most
popular idea that one could ad-
vance now would be to ignore the
Dawes commission and propose to
fight it out to the bitter end, until
land and money are all gone, and
the Cherokee people are turned
ragged and homeless upon the
world.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-13

WELL, brothers, if ancient
laDdmarks" are TO be preserved
the time for action has come. The
Baxter Springs News has sent its
office towel TO the laundry instead
OF breaking il in two and throwing
il in the stove. Cut it off the ex-
change list.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
Parliamentary Humor.

AS was amusingly shown by Mr..
Henry w. Lucy's recent article in the
Companion on 1.-THE Humors of the
House of Commons" the British states
men are fond of amusing themselves
in one way and another during the ses-
sions of parliament. Recently story
was told in the house of the campaign
against John Morley in Scotland. AS
his conservative opponent was address,
ing Scotch audience in behalf of a
more masterful military policy, he was
nonplussed by this question from the
crowd: us Master Wilson in favor Of
spending 100000 year on the army
and navy, an only 100000 year on
education-that is to say, 100000 for
pittin' brains in, an 100000 for blaw-
in 'em oot?" In the house one night,
Mr.. Labouchere, who has bitter hatred
of Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, the master of
South Africa was complaining about
the bad roads in Jamaica, and the fol-
lowing impromptu verses were passed
up to him:
The absence Of roads is Jamaica's great
curse,
So Labouchere's warning takes shape
But If you reflect, there is something still
It's the presence of Rhodes at the Cape.
Youths Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
EvERYBopY's GARDEN.


All along the wayside is everybody's gar
den!
There the wild rose blossoms through the
summer days:
Bounded by field fences. and ever stretch
ing onward,
Ut is Gods own garden. For it, give Him
praise.
IT'S gay with goldenrod,
There blooming grasses nod,
And sunflowers small and yellow turn ever
to the sun:
Quaint darky-heads are there,
And daisies wild and fair.
In everybody's garden. each flowers the
loveliest one
All along the wayside is everybody's gar
Come out and gather posies; the very air
is sweet.
Come out, with hearts of gladness, We big
and little children,
Into our Fathers garden. made for our
strolling feet.
The hitting butterfly,
The fragrant winds that sigh,
The tiny clouds that hover above US In the
blue,
The birds song high and clear.
Make heaven draw more near
In everybody's garden the world once more
is new.
William z. Gladwin. in Chicago AdVo-
cafe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
SaIutinpthe Flag.

Coffee is now served out, and for Is
minutes the sailors sit and sip it before
beginning the morning work Of scrub
bling decks and cleaning ship. This
work should be finished by five minutes
to eight, when the bugle sounds the first
call for colors. Upon which the quar-
termaster bends on the flag to the hal
yards of the flagstaff at the stern. and
a signal-boy does the same with the
"jack" at the bow, and both stand ready
to hoist them at eight o'clock. A little
period of waiting follows, and then
eight o'clock is reported by an orderly
to the officer of the deck, who sends the
orderly to report it to the captain.
Presently the orderly returns and re-
ports:
"The captain says: Make it, SIR"
Thereupon the officer of the deck or
ders:
sSound off"
Then ring out the clear. majestic notes
of the salute to the flag, while all men
about the deck face it as it scars with
dignity aloft and floats out to the morn
ing breeze, officers and men touching
their caps in reverential salute rs 1t
comes to rest and the music dies away
in long, full notes.-Lieut. John NJ. Ill
licott, in ST. Nicholas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
An Ancient Crown of Gold.

The crown of Saritapharnes, the king
of Olbiopolis, was found recently in a
tomb near the site of the ruined city in
the Crimea. Olbiopolis was a great
colony in Sarmatia, the country in an
cient times inhabited by barbaric peo-
Piles, which is now included in the
western part of Russia, Lithuania and
parts of Poland and Galicia. Sarita-
pharnes reigned in the fourth century
before Christ. Until this crown was
found he was but a name mentioned by
the Greek writer's to the modern world.
Now we know how big his head was,
also that he was popular with his peo-
pie. AT least they made him a present
of the tiara. It bears the following in
scription in Greek: ''The senate and
the people of Olbiopolis to the great,
unconquerable king, Saritapharnes."
The crown is made of gold richly dec
Grated in carving and repousse work.
The story of the wrath of Achilles is
told in bas-relief. The crown is shaped
like bell, % centimeters high and Is in
diameter at the bottom. The workman
ship is accounted marvelously perfect
by connoisseurs. The Louvre, in Paris,
has obtained this valuable relic and it is
now on exhibition therein. Y. World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
HUMOROUS.

-She-"I would not marry you If
were to live to be 100 years old" He
well, 1 should say you wouldn't if
had anything to say in the natter
Indianapolis Journal.
--He-"Hear the duet Mr.. and Mrs.
Bacon are playing" She-"I hear Mrs.
Bacon playing the piano; that's ALL"
We'll, Bacon is playing the hose in the
yard."-Yonkers Statesman.
For the life of me-" said the young
man, II don't see why a woman was not
born with the same capacity for swal-
lowing excuses that she has for leo
cream. indianapolis Journal.
His Winning Card.-"Why are you
going to marry that man, Laura? He
hasn't single quality to recommend
him!" "Oh, yes. he has, Cora. He is
the only man ever saw who knows
how to carry an umbrella. Detroit
Free Press.
-Drummer-"You must have seen
many strange things in your time, I'm
Gle Reub." Uncle Reub-"Most every
strange thing there be, I guess, b'goshi
I've lived here in Overbehind, man an
boy, for so years, an my eyes amt been
shut, stranger. "-Exchange.
Lady with Alpenstock =" 81 can
never reach the top of this mountain"
Guide-"But, madam, see-there are
those ladies on the summit" Lady
"Yes, I know-but they are Chicago
women who live in the top stories in
apartment buildings!"-Chicago Rec
ord.
Its real mean,' said the Amazon,
Indignantly. "There ought to be some
sort of restriction to prevent such a
thing in civilized warfare" "What do
you mean?" "One of the scouts has
just come in. She reports that the
enemy is making arrangements to use
trained mice. "-Washington Star.
.-Grandpa's Explanation.-A small
boy who had heard good deal of con-
versation on the progress of civilization
went up to his grandfather and said:
Grandpa. tell me what is the difference
between barbarism ard civilization? %
Barbarism, my boy, is killing your
enemy with Ratchet distance of g
step; civilization is killing him with q
bombshell IL miles away."-Chicago
/ Times-Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
0AME.KiLLIN0 FOXES.
Their Destructiveness Shown By the Gen.
tents Of . BurT0W.

3hsir Destructiveness Shown BY the CoA@
tents Of . Burrow.
Arthur 8. Burr, of Old Haddam, when
going across lots recently discovered
the carcass Of q ,woodchuck partly eaN
en-, and a little further along q rutfed
grouse. Thinking it was the work Of q
fox, he made search and found the bur
row, with large black hen and two
more cartridges at it's mouth. Suspect
ing there were young partridges in the
row, he made up his mind to return
and dig them out as the town Of Had
dam pays bounty OF two dollars Q
head.
It was five days before he had
chance to do this, and when he dug out
the burrow with the assistance of
Sherm Fowler he found that the willy
mother fox had removed. They were
determined to have that bounty. and in
cidentally the foxes, and after long
search they found new burrow, pick
ing up two more cartridges on the way.
On digging out this new hole they took
out eight cartridges, three rabbits and!
a very large woodchuck, with FIVE
young foxes in the end. The cartridges
were partly eaten. but the wodchuck
was completely cleaned out, nothing
but the skin being left.
Sportsmen have long claimed that
foxes were more destructive to game
than all the hunters, and have noted q
great increase of foxes in towns that
have not paid bounty for the last few
years. The only incentive the farmers
boys have for killing the fox is the
bounty money. Eight cartridges in q
burrow but four days old show the
great destructiveness of foxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
INDIANS AND TORNADOES.
Red Men Selected Chicago Site Because
Cyclones Never Touched 1t.

Red Men Selected Chicago Site Because
Cyclones Never Touched 1t.
I'm the speculation about cyclones in
Chicago" said Amos Kersey, a resident
of Elmhurst, who has known Chicago
for almost so years, zone most inn
portant thing is usually overlooked. In
the ordinary course of nature there will
never be tornado in Chicago. It is not
entirely question of why the city is
safe. The main thing is: Is it safe?
After that speculation is idle.
"But you know that tornadoes never
visit localities where the Indians had
villages? They never do. There was an
Indian village at the mouth of the Chi.
agoriverwhen the first explorer came to
the portage. And tradition then said
that village always had stood there.
There has never been a cyclone in the
city. Sometimes they come within ten
miles, but they never wreck the city.
There was no Indian village on the
site of ST. Louis, and cyclones have come
there repeatedly. The one in 1872 was
almost as severe as this one of Wednes.
day.
81 don't pretend to understand why,
you know. only give you the facts.
suppose the course of storms, the chan
mel in which they travel, is as definitely
fixed as the course of the gulf stream or
the recurrence of the seasons. In pass
ing ages the people, however primitive.
will come to recognize these boundaries.
They will not make settlements III the
places where tornadoes come. They
will go to places where tornadoes never
have struck.
"By that system of selection they
chose Chicago. They did not choose St.
Louis. Now. it may be tie presence of
the lake-though that scarcely seems
reasonable, as other lake cities have
been visited. 1t may be the general fat
character of the land, but Kansas and
Nebraska have suffered, and they are
as level. I don't know why. only
state as a result of my observation and
study that sites Of Indion villages are
never visited by cyclones. Chicago
Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
Yellowstone Park

Is more and more impressing itself upon tho
public, as the years go by, as being tho
Of 1t is the fact that 1t is not man made
park True enough man has built roads
and bridges and hotels in order that he may
see the park, but he has not yet tried his
hand at constructing new tangled geysers.
or re-adorning or re-sculpturing the Grand
canyon of the Yellowstone. These are a.
God left them. There, too. the elk, bear,
deer and other animals are not enclosed in
wire fences. They wander free and un.
fretted whithersoever they will. Mans
handiwork is but little seen and the park is
the grander for it. Send Chas. s. Fee,
General Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific
Railroad, six cents for Wonderland '06, and
read about the park.