The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-10
B MARCH OFClTlLIzATION
(1Soes he Poor indians to Seek
Other Homes.
EHOcTAw AND CalcKAsAw TRIBES
will ldkely Leave the Territory snd
Geek Homes IN Northern Mexico.
1ndian DeIcxstion in rse City.

ktN a. b, Huht OF Topeka, Kan, accom-
anied by COMMITTEES Of Choctaw ant
rhickasaw Indians, arrived in Houston
:ast night on the Southern Pacific from
~ Paso. Among them were $ r. Cole
chairman Of the committee. presiding OF.
lcer Of the Choctaw upper house and q
presbyterian minister OF somo acquaint-
snce in the Territory: v. NJ. Locke. tr.,
ION Of Dick Locke. commonly called the
partisan chief Morgan Cole. II. A..
Adams, J. J. Turner. r. w. Thompson.
Dan Bryant and J. Burgeyin, secretary Of
ssfhc committee. They took dinner at the
Lawior and left on the Houston and Texas
Central for Ennis, thence Will 20 MP the
Texas Midland TO Parts and tho Frisco
Ito AnfIers. Choctaw Nation.
The party had been to Northern Mexico
hooking at tract OF land which they
Contemplate buying and leaving the In
sdian Territory, The movement Is purely
that OF the Cboctaws ard cbiekasaws.
They held a convention at Antlefs last
October when Mr. Hnlit made them
proposition and the trip OF the committee
I'm the city last night was for the parposn
of investigating the iaEd upon which they
will probably make their future home
Five days were speut In the Republic
The sentiment expressed last night vas
that q purchase would be- recommended.
The section In question HES along the
Rio Granhe and. beginning al a point
fifty miles east Of ri paao extending soulh
for sixty fnfieS to the Coucho river thence
along that stream 70 where Il emptics
into the Rio Granda, MAILING a complete
triangle and giving ~ miles OF Rio Grapdc
front, The tract embraces between three
and four million acres OF ana grazing land,
much more desirable than that OF the
Territory Asother feature OF tho COIN
try Is The altitude which. Mr.. Hulit says. |
makes healthy locat ton aud Is some.
thing the Indians are after. As som az
the committee returns home they win re- |
port 70 their people. recommending that !
the trart he purchased and that they 10 /
thcrr at once. 4 brief repnr, V'as drawn
M IN ~ Iaso. where the committee re-
NAMED for Eereral days. bat as soon as
they meet the other braves more de. (
tailed statement VIII he rendered,
The movement Of the two tribes Is the /
result Of an approut~,ing condition which I
they recognize az tneyitahio. The allot-
rent plan began It's formation come years
igo and since has grown 10 such pro
Portions the Indians sec that 4. can not
% nyoideG. SO far had the encFoachments
y the white man gone la the TERRITORY,
hey are seeking another field AMI viii
,egln life all anew. as ala their tere-
atnerg almost a century ago. when they
we're shipped from tho Southeastern Gtates
Q their present hnma. 4 wise mau of the
aee arose q short time after their afrigaI
z what they thought WAS 10 BE- their I
'orpetua earthly abode, and sent forth
piophecy that seventy years hence the
ndians Woyld make another march tus
Yards the setting sun The prophecy /,
'nout 10 be iulfilisd. and Il the expreaaions
iast nights visitors can be taken FOR
nythire. another sly months win 81
ne $4,000 choctaws and chlckaaaws. the
mrnrfest and most Industrious nf the i've
ivilizcf tribes, occupying new homes ON
pc banks OF the Rio Grande.
Much haa been printed about the In
ians and the allotment scheme. AZ much
8 would permit they have resisted The
lIorts OF the White man TO destroy thci
rihal form Of government and their social
citations The presa has teemed wltl,
iased opinions relating TO tho Indian
rnditson, and The ever present .'stan
DfTcDJsoudeit from the East has hpen ,
pom The ground for SENSATIONS Years ago
men the coil deposith were first found ,
astern capital sent experts to the Terri
'-y, and soon leases OF the property were I
lade. Tho Indians received their royal !
es irpm the output. and while left noml-
any in possession OF tho lands propO- ,
lion has lately been put upon foot TO
,nyert such Income TO public school :
ind, tho benetioBries OF which Will be .
idians and whites alike, No amount 0; I
ersuasion can be brought to bear upon =
ic government to keep hands of, aud !,
low the Indiana to live as they have IN | 4
&c past. enjoying the blessings wiiled
lem by their Sfres. Instead the county Y
Ill sooner or later be thrown open for G
'ttlement, $40 acres OF land being given Y
every lndsnn man, woman Hnd child
such q division of land was rendered
Ialienahe the resistance 10 the plan
ouId diminish, Mr.. lluiit says, but as ,
opposed each holder would be AT liberty o
dispose 81 his inheritance and as d re- v
1T they fear that a worse condition would | ii
'evail. However, the Indians viii adapt 4
to the approaching circum- j
ances The best they can. and the chances .
q greatly In favor OF their seeking am :,
her country with another form OF gov =
nment- n
In discussing the matter With reporter
r The Post last night Mr., Hulit said "
at the two tribes had something In the g,
,ighborhood Of sii 900 900 in their ireas- q
les, which would be applied in purohas. y y
& the country previously mentioned and =
RnBporting them 10 IL. "
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FOR 81. rATRICi<'s DAY.