The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-11

the rolls OF the c1ti&ens OF :
he Choctaw and 0hickasaw nations. ,
litter full statement of the work OF
he commission, the report concludes ,
With q recapitulation of the persons .
Who have been listed for enrolment
Is follows: I,
CHoCTAws.
Listed for enrolment as citi-
zens of the Choctaw nation
by blood and intermarriage 1929
Listed for enrolment as doubt
full claimants for enrolment
to be disposed of Jan. 1901. 1,O39
Listed for enrolment as Choc-
taws in accordance with the
judgments of the United
States courts for the Central
and Southern districts, In-s
dian Territory, 2,175; of
which the names stricken
from the original Judgment
number 76,. 6,................. 2,099
Totsl number of persons list
ed for enrolment in the -
Choctaw nation. -. 1s 1865
CH1cKAsAws.
Listed sJr enrolment as citi-
zens of the Chickasaw ma
ton by blood and intermar-
r1age.- o,0o4 |
Listed for enrolment as doubt
full claimants for enrolment
to be disposed of during Jan.
x0U1 1A6
Listed for enrolment as
Ohickasaws in accordance
with judgments of United
States courts for the Central
and Southern districts, In
dian Territory, 7s4; of which
the names stricken from the
original judgment number
1Z0.. oOS
Total number of persons listed
for enrolment in Chickasaw
nation .................... e,4O5
CHoCTAw FREEDMEN.
Listed for enrolment as Choc-
taW freedmen. n............... 3,S75
Listed for enrolment as doubt
full claimants as Choctaw
freedmen. ................. 2S4
Total number listed for enroll
ment. ...................... 4,16s
CHICKAsAW FREEDMEN.
Listed as Chickasaw freedmen 5,415
Listed as doubtful claimants
as Ohickasaw freedmen.... 205
Total listed for enrolment. $3.50
REJECTED CAssEs PASSED ON.
Rejected as Choctaws. ....... 1850
Rejected as Chickasaws, -. 306
Rejected as Choctaw freed
men 90
Rejected as Chickasaw freed
m0u. o
MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWs.
Number of persons identified
as Mississippi Choctaws and
reported to the secretary of
| the interior in the report of
the commission of March 10,
1899. :. ..... ...... 1928
| Number of persons whose
claims the com mission has
heard and been unable to
identify and refused to June
| 30, 1900. ..................... 1850
In referring to the work of appraise-
ment of the lands in the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations, the secre-
tary says:
1.-THE land belonging to the Choc-
1 hnr I'D SaL~ feS
held in common by these tribes, and
all preliminary work and final allot-
ment must be in accordance with
their agreement with the United
States of date April %, 1897. This
agreement requires that the land be-
longing to these tribes shall be al
lotted to the members of said tribes
so as to give each member of these
tribes, as far as possible, fair and
equal share thereof, considering the
character and fertility of the soil
and the location and value of the
land This necessitates an appraisal
of the whole body of the land, an
area much larger than all that be-
longing to the other three tribes.
This appraisal was commenced at
the beginning of the fiscal year,
June 80, last. The appraisement
party, under the direction of the ap-
praiser in chief, was composed OF
four camps, each divided into two
parties of two appraisers and one
surveyor each. The first efforts were
not very successful, owing to the
great amount of sickness in camps,
which increased to such an extent
as to compel the abandonment OF
one camp on August II, and such
members that were especially
able filled vacancies In other camps.
These conditions continued until
cooler weather; but after the third
camp resumed work on the 21st of
October the work took on renewed
energy and appraisement progressed
rapidly.
"On November IS the appraising
camp from the Seminole nation,
having finished work in that nation,
was made q part of the Choc-
taw-Chickasaw appraisement, thus
putting Eve camps in the field with
thirty men constantly employed as
| annpofaora ond Ave avk-o ~,.o-