Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-03

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tribe given title thereto upon pay
ment of the price, is Just and fair,
then the title held by the Chero-
kee lot owners ought to be con-
firmed by the same act for the
reason, as above stated, that they
have already complied with the
very provisions which congress is
now endeavoring to apply to the
other tribes.
In view, therefore, of the sug-
gested legislation upon this sub
ject, in view of the fact that The
Cherokee nation has by deed con
veyed in accordance with law all
the title which it could convey to
the individual, and in view of the
further fact that this has been
done by the express and implied
agreement of every member of the
Cherokee nation who has an inter
est in its landed estate, there is
no legitimate escape from the con-
clusion that these people who have
purchased these lots ought not
now to be deprived of their titles.
Ii will not do to say that the pur-
chasers have and hold the titles
by occupancy only, and that,
therefore, they ought to be put on
the same plane with the owners of
lands in the other tribes. The
Cherokee nation has never by any
treaty agreed for the allotment of
its lands, and il has never been
contemplated by the said tribe or
by the United States in any COM
pact or agreement which has ever
been made betw cen them, that the
Cherokee lands should ever be al
lotted in severalty. And, indeed,
under the Cherokee patent and
the conditions annexed To il. it Is
a matter of great doubt whether
the government of the United
States can force the allotment of
these lands as against the Chero-
kee nation without Its consent. If
allotment has never been contem-
plated, then it must follow that
these tOwnsites and the use of the
same would be regarded by the
Cherokee nation as perpetual. 1t
Is clear from the former legislation
enacted by congress, and from the
legislation now proposed, that il
is intended to allot the use of the
land held by the five tribes,
and not the title. If this
be true, then it is clear that the
Cherokee town lot owners who
have purchased the perpetual use
of the same from the Cherokee
nation ought not to be disturbed.
Such use would be entirely incon-
sistent with the schemes of allot-
ment which looks to the use only
and not to the fee. The question
examined, therefore in any light,
ii seems to us is free from doubt
and points to the inevitable con-
clusion that congress ought, in
justice and in good faith to re-
spect the title so conveyed to
these lot owners of the Cherokee
nation and to confirm the same.
W. L. HALsELL,
W. Z. THOMPSON,
Representatives of the town lot
owaers of the Cherokee nation.
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