Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-10
LIST OF THE CHEROKEE INTRUDERs
WHO ARE TO BE OUsTED.
TO HAVE THIRTY DAYS NOTICE.
REMOVAL TO BE EXPECTED WITT
LEAST HARDSHIP POSSIBLE.
Intruders Merely TO Be DisPOssessed
of the Land and improvements
Illegally Held by Them
Instructions to Agent
Wisdom.

Washington. July 9-Following Is the
Complete present list Of intruders. heads
OF families. whO are to be removed from
the Cherokee nation on the demand of
the authorities of that tribe. together with
their pOstOtfice addresses and Indian dis
tricts in which they are located:
vJ265s,e John c; Ward, BaPtiIs takgncr1fnrH crnH'
Ward, Sloan sprinilll continue 10
the Going Snake dis
Belle Lipe. Fort
Blansette. Melvin. So ...- la.
Sallisawa. ]. r. Qllinois d. ,trtctI; John
! BlaylOck, Susan NJ. Smith ana Thomas &
I Parker and wife. all Of Muldrow, /. I.
George W. Walton. Cottonwood. l. T.: Jo-
seph Sherman. MuldrOw. l. T. Gall Of the
Sequoyah district; William Crockett. John
/ ". and II. T. Chastain. James ". Crock
EFT, 5. l.. Crockett, pOstOffices not known
(all of the Delaware district; William Hen
~ Moore. Tailalah. /. T.; S. NJ. Stubbs.
Blue Jacket. l. T.; JuniUs o. Hill. post
office unknown; William l.. Snyder. of Blue
Jacket; Richard Pueffer. Henry M. Pueffer,
William Smith. Cornelius or Alonzo Rob-
erts. pOstOfiice unknown; Leo II. Singleton,
Of COffeyville. Kas-; Henry Myers. post
office unknown (all Of the COosseescoowee
district; Henry and Annie Smith, post
Office unknown delaware districU Sam
tricu, and David b. Bryant. postofice un-
known (Sequoysh district.
This list is embodied in formal instruc-
tions to-day sent TO Indian Agent Vision,
OF the Union agency, at MuskOgee, i. 7.
on June - the department granted
authority for the employment temporarily.
number Of Indian policemen, not exceeding
sixty. including officers. as may be re-
quired in dispossessinR twenty-eight in
truders and their families in the Cherokee
Nation NJ
provemeuts. The agent IL now directed TO
nominate these policemen for appointment.
suggesting great care in selection. Sixty
was the number estimated by Acting Com
missioner of Indian Affairs Smith as neces-
sary Tor the removal OF 10 families, all o.
whom Chief Mayes. OF Cherokee Nation. de-
manded should be removed. but as an
Initiative only those intruders are 20 be re-
moved who have accepted payment and
have not appealed from the Dawes com
mission decision as to their citizenship. and
consequently thirty policemen or even less
poses.
The proportion OF officers TO men Is not TO
be greater than one 10 ten, unless; in an
emergency, some OF the men be designated
as sergeants. with authority. but no in
crease in compensation In accordance
with Chief Mayes' suggestion. If any OF
these intruders named have perfected an
appeal to the court from the Dawes de-
cisiOn and the appeal is still pending. re-
mOval will be deferred.
The agent is directed that great care be
exercised in the removal TO prevent undue
h2rshnesS and TO work the least hardship
possible. The agent is directed 10 persOlal-
ly supervise the evictions and to turn over
to the designated officer OF the Cherokee
nation the improvements from which in
truders are elected. calling on the Cherokee
authorities to appoint representatives to
assist him. troop OF cavalry viii be de-
tailed TO support the government IN the
work
In the removals. the government authori-
ties will be governed by the instructions
that II intruders are merely dispossesssd
of the lands and improvements illegally
held by them, IL will be carrying out the
spirit of the treaties and agreement Of
1891. and will be a sufficient discharge Of
the obligations OF the government thereun-
der. and will be satisfactory TO the Chero-
kee authorities.
The agent Is further directed TO fix the
date for beginning the actual removal and
to give the intruders about thirty days
notice to permit possible voluntary .elin-
quishments AZ the same time letting them
understand that otherwise they will be
forcibly dispossessed.