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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

as your dog full-bloodedP" Guess
he is. He's been samplin' tn blood Of
most of tn neighbors." - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
She-'I had a kiss stolen from me
yesterday" He-"No wonder" She
"Why?" He-"You shouldn't purse
your lips" Y. Press.
Weary-"I uster be a great pianist
anG made money to burn" Walker
"Yes did. How did yer lose yer grip on
on de public?" Weary-"Me hair fell
out."-Boston Traveller.
Clerl-''Did you say you wished to
see wine glasses, madam" Madam
(severely)-"Wine glasses! Not at all;
show me some unfermented grape juice
glasses. indianapolis Journal.
Johnny (sobbing)-"Does it really
h-h-urt you to whip me, mamma?'
Ma-"Yes, my son, very much more
than it hurts you" Johnny drying
his eyes)-"Pm so glad" - Stray
Stories.
"Ah! Angelica, If you only knew how
1 loved you you could not be so formal
with me. Call me Fred, darling; call
me dearestl" 81 am sorry, Mr.. Softly"
replied she, ''but the best can do Cor
you is TO call you down."-Baltimore
News.
young man, am afraid your going
to college has taught you little of good.
you are going the wrong way. just
saw you coming out of a saloon" "You
don't can coming out of a saloon going
the wrong way, do you, dad?" But the
father was silent.-NauToo Rustler.
Miss Swelltop-"Sister is so disap-
pointed. She can't go to the opera to-
night" Miss Blugore - as she so III
as all that?" Miss Swelltop-"Oi moi
it's just q nervous affection of the
throat. She's not really ILL.," Miss
Blugore-"Why can't she go, then?'
Miss swelltop-"Why, goodness gra-
cious! She can't speak above whis-
per."-Philadelphia Press.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
FOUND FOUR LIONS.
A PrOspectOr's Terrible Fright While
Travelling Through the Idaho
Mountains.

"Twice in my life, up to five years
ago, l had felt my hair crawl" said the
prospector, "but as to it's standing on
end 1 didn't believe such a thing pos
sible. was knocking about the noun
tains of Idaho with q partner, when I
went out alone one day to pop over
some game for the dinner pot. I had
gone a mile or more from camp, and
had descended to the bottom Of ra.
vine to get drink of water, when I
turned the top of fallen tree and ran
plump against as pretty a sight as you
ever saw. On grassy spot, in the full
blaze Of the sun, lay four mountain
lions, fast asleep. For half a minute I
thought them dead, but as stood star
ing with my mouth open every one Of
the four sprang up with growl.
had a Winchester in my hands, but I
could no more have lifted It to my face
than 1 could have uprooted the noun
tain. The first sensation had caught
me IN the ankles. 1t was numbness, as
II my feet were asleep, and it travelled
upwards until stood there like block
of ice. Only my brain was left clear.
On top of my nnmbness came a feeling
that 1 was breaking out with a rash.
Then the hair at the back Of my neck
began to curl and twist and crackle and
a minute later every hair on my head
was on end had on a soft felt hat,
and am sure that it was lifted up an
inch or two.
'As to the lions, they stood there,
head-on to me, and shifting and growl-
ing and switching their tails, and had I
but moved a finger they would have
been on me. didn't move, because I
couldn't; don't believe 1 moved an
eyelash for three minutes. By and by
one of the beasts dropped his tail and
whined. Ny unexpected presence and
queer appearance mystifed him. His
actions were followed by another, and
ten seconds later the four made a sneak
down the ravine, growing andwhining
as they went. They had been gone q
minute before felt my blood circulat-
ing again, and perhaps it was another
minute before I could move about,
Then found my hat on the ground at
my feet. There wasn't a breath Of
wind down there, and If my hair didn't
lift that hat off my head how did it
leave 1t? 1 know the hat was pushed
off. Ilnow II, because when I got back
10 camp my hair hadn't yet Asttened
down, and when my chum rubbed his
hand over my head there was crack
ling as Of rabbit running through the
dry brush. This state of things con-
tinued for two days, and the way I
finally got the scare out of the hair was
TO rub on about a pint Of coon's fat and
heat 1t at the campfire. e."-St. Louis Re
publican.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
OLD AGE IN THE SOUTH.
Good Sporting Blood Is Always .
Ready standby Even In De-
cIininE Years.

"Some one has said" remarked Jack
ToHEer, "that the closing years in the
life of a southern gentleman are sad
and lonely; that the man who leads an
out-of-door life, hunting and horse
racing, has no resources left with
which TO tighten his old age. Well, Il
may seem so, but 1t seems to me that
that's a rather sweeping statement.
just take my uncle Archie, in Yir-
ginia, whom 1 visited during the hon-
days, three years ago.
why, Jack!' he exclaimed, as he
met me at the door Of the square, old
fashioned homestead, I am glad TO
see you. Come right in and make
yourself comfortable
'I followed him into the dining
room, where the carved oaken legs of
the old sidetable We're almost bowed
under the game and fruits and wines.
"'Yes, Jack my uncle said, when
we were seated, 1t certainly does seem
good to see you, and only wish you'd
come oftener. But suppose I'm get
tin TO be poor company for a young
chap Ike you. The boys, they have
their huntin' and ridin', but we old fell
lows have to just sit round and think
1t ali over. No more foxes or cOOnS
when your knees get feelin' that stiff
way; / guess there isn't much left IN
this world for your uncle now. But
It's a great comfort 10 see you again,
Jack; deed 1t isl
"It did seem hard for an old widow
eF TO be living that lonely life, too old
to take part in the hunting that he
was so fond Of, and with no one to
talk to but old Joe and Aunt Sally.
His one remaining interest seemed TO
center in his pet horse, who, like his
master, was of good thoroughbred
stock, but well on In years.
Jack my uncbe said on the morn
ing of my departure, Robert and
may be we'll on past huntin' and rae
ir' days, but I'm going to drive you
down TO the station behind him,
and, though there may be horses in
the county that are faster now, don't
think Wen miss that train of yours by
very much. Joe, just let that shovelin'
rest awhile, and harness Robert L 10
the light buggy. 1 shall drive Mr.. Toll
lifer TO the station
THE old darkey touched his hat and
kobbled off TO the stable. Soon he re-
turned leading Robert L with one hand
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
AKENr GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

There is not much in the clamor
raised in different places in the
Indian Territory for the esta bllsh-
menI of a governmental system OF
public schools for whites. There
is not a community in the Indian
Territory that is not able to pro-
vide itself with a school as cheap
ly as they can be had by taxation
in any state in the union. In the
towns of the territory schools and
colleges were established in the
early days, and were the very har-
bingers of civilization.
1t will perhaps be many years
before there is much taxable land
in this country. and for the govern
ment to assume the burden of q
public school system 10 be kept up
by annual appropriations would be
at once impracticable and unneces-
sary. 10 the towns there is gen.
orally ample educational facilities,
for business men readily see that
there can be no better inducement
to bring good people to town than
good schools. The federal laws
provide for the raising of ample
school funds by taxation in all
municipalities, and in all of them
good schools have been establish,
-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
Norse Then Dana's DAD.

Every day for the past year an
old white COW has regularly APP
piled at the back door of the Jour
nal office for exchanges" When
there Is none she eals the scraps
of printed matter swept out by
the printers. The old cows love
for literature is something wonder
full. There is hardly a paper in
the territory which she does not
appreciate and thoroughly digest.
In fact we call her the Review"
at times and sometimes the pat
ent inside" She has her prefer
ences, too, among the exchanges.
For instance, she seems TO be fond
est of the advertisements in the
Muskogee Phoenix. She belches
softly as she swallows the Fort
Gibson Post, especially as the poe
try, goes down. She chews con-
tentedly 90 the South McAlester
Capita, but the Muskogee Times
smallpox report seems to give her
the paunch trouble. Her capacity
is marvellous and the Purcell Reg
lister is all she scorns. The Che.
cotah Enquirer she seems to con
slider delicacy aud caresses it af-
ter a motherly fashion aud swal-
lows without masticalion. Fact
is this old COW has filed away in
her person much good and bad
hterature-she's a record and
when she s. she shall have a
tomb.-EuHula Journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The weather prophets are now
coming out of the brush and CIV
ing many reasons how they knew
ali the time we were to have no
cold weather this winter. The
bark on the north sides of the trees
was thinner than ever seen by the
oldest settler before; the mice, 60
pliers, ground hogs and squirrels
were never known to lay by so
small a store of acorns and nuts;
the shucks on the corn wers never
so scanty; the hens mOulted later,
and the squadrons of wild fowl 60
ing south were few and flew leis-
urely to the south.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
PRONOUNCED SnALLPOX.
claremOre Falls into Line and Has
Fourteen Cases.

For some time there has been an
eruptive disorder prevailing at
Claremore, which DR.. Duckworth
and another physician, both of
whom had served in a smallpox
hospital, pronounced chickenpox.
DR.. Bushyhead said it was small
pox and yesterday DR.. Fortner, of
this city, went out and made an
examination and so pronounced it.
Nobody has been very sick though
an unusual amount OF scratching
has been observed among the
school children. A preacher is
the principal sufferer from the
malsdy.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
OuapaW Laws.

The Quapaw tTibe held a council
Tuesday to take action with regard
to the bill introduced in congress
providing for the sale of their
school lands. We are inform ed
that all Of them signed a remon-
STRANGE to that provision of the
bill, and at once forwarded such
remonstrance to Wa him e ton.
They also selected Peter Clabber
principal chief. John Qua
paw, second chief, and George
Redeagle, tribe Interpreter, as
agents for the tribe to go to Wash
ington and represent the tribe in
their opposition to the measure.
These men expect to leave ior the
seat of war next Monday or Tues
day.-Iiami Herald.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat
is unquestionably one of the great
est of American newspapers. 1t
has correspondents everywhere
and covers every field of news,
foreign and domestic. 1t is strict
ly Republican in politics, but is,
above all, newspaper, and ought
to be in every home during the
important presidential campaign
of 1900. The price by mail, daily,
including Sunday, is six dollars
per year. Daily, without Sunday,
four dollars per year. Sunday
only, two dollars per year. Week
ly, issued in semi-weekly sections,
one dollar per year. The latter
edition is big semi i-weekly paper,
almost equal to the average daily
at the price of the average weekly.
1t not only gives all the news, but
also a great variety of instructive
and interesting reading matter for
every member of the family.
Write for free sample copies to the
Globe P'tg Co., st. Louis. 1921
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The Capital will be in favor of
the elimination of politics in our
first election, and will advocate
the selection Of a citizens ticket
from among our most progressive
and broad minded business men.
The first city government will hold
high place in the history of our
city, and its work will be of the
greatest importance to our future
growth Let US have our wisest
counsel and get started right, and
it will be easy then TO keep on the
road 10 prosperity.-South Meal
ester Capital.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
IN A SERIOUS CONDITION.
Prisoner Who Attempted to Escape
At FairIand Badly Hurt.

Henry Burdick was brought IN
from Fairland Monday by De-
putty Pies Thompson and taken 10
the Jail at Muskogee on the flyer.
BurdIok is in a sad plight; his face
and head were bound up in cloths.
He has been delirious since he at.
tempted TO run away from the of
ficers at Falkland few nights ago
and ran into an upturned buggy.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

IfGovernor Buffington's pilgrim
age to Washington is for no better
purpose than to pave the way for
a delegation Of Cherokee statesmen
to visit the capital on a junketing
expedition at the expense for the
Cherokee nation be would better
have stayed away. The tribe can.
not possibly be benefited by dele
cations in Washington, the govern
ment has every facility of getting
information through the Dawes
commission and Inspector Wright.
1t is TO be hoped the president
will turn down all such PROPOSE
tions.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

Statistics will doubtless show
that there has been a light inmi-
grafton Of white settlers into the
Indian Territory during the last
year. The conditions have been
less favorable for white people in
the Indian country tbsG formerly
when there was no talk of allot-
ment, and no steps had been taken
to bring il about. The chaotic con-
ditions which now prevail here are
not calculated to bring a big influx
of people, especially of the kind
of people who always, wherever
they go, want TO own their own
homes, and where real estate can
be had for the money. Another
year will perhaps not see a great
immigration from the states into
the Indian Territory for the reason
given.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
THE MUsKOGEE BOOMERANG.

The Muskogee Times goes into
ecstasies over the announcement
that a case of smallpox was dis
covered in the jail here last week
and necessitated the speedy ad-
journment of the United States
court. The Times draws greatly
upon It's fertile Imagination in de-
pictiDg the scenes around the
court house here at the time of ad-
iournment and makes statements
at variance with the truth, and
which are unkind, to say the least
of them
Now the facts are-and the
Daily Chieftain don't want to vary
a hair from the exact trutb-the
case We have here in the Jail came
from the Muskogee Jail, and was
sent up here either through ignor-
ance or pure wantonness, and the
responsible parties may take either
horn of the dilemma they choose.
If the board of health and the
marshal's Office at Muskogee did
not know that Little Deer had
smallpox when they sent him up
here. they are in some measure ex-
cusable, though certainly guilty
of dangerous carelessness. Ifthey
did know it, a great wrong has
been perpetrated upon the whole
country. In either event Musko-
gee ought not to be Growing over
the unhappy condition it has
placed this community in.
Ii the Times correctly quotes
Marshal Bennett when it states
that he is Of the opinion that the
case is not smallpox, he commits
the dual offense of discourtesy to
the medical profession, of which
he was a whilom member, and of
accusing the board of health of Vi
nita of the unpardonsble blunder
of mistaking well known disease
for smallpox. Dr.. Bennett, if
correctly quoted in the Times, re-
Dukes the physicians of Vinita for
their ignorance and holds them
up to the scorn and contumely of
the world as quacks and ignora-
muses., as they stake their reputs-
tons upon the diagnosis of the
case In question.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The Dawes commission made
the Atoka agreement to suit the
Indians in the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations, but The secretary OF
the interior is constituting it in favor
of the white people OF the territory.
1t will hereafter be an adage that
1--WE care not who make the laws,
so our friends construe them" As
a constructionist, the secretary Of
the interior is a peach from south
ern Texas, large, juicy and un-
blushing g.-Denison Herald.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The publisher of an Oklahoma
paper started out to shoot a mess
of birds the other day, says an ex-
change. He went out into the
country and was doing much ex-
ecution among a bunch of quail,
when the irate owner of the land
accompanied by his dog, bore down
upon him with blood in his eye,
and the poor defenseless editor
did net know what to do. He had
no money and the gun was a bor-
rowed one. A country justice and
a $50 fine lOomed up before his
vision, when suddenly a happy
thought struck him. He took a
large roll of papers from his pock-
ct, extracted a sheet from the roll
and handed it to the farmer when
he came up. 1t was a bill for six
years back subscription to his pa
per. The farmer tainted and the
dog followed the newspaper man
home with an admiring expression
on bis countenance. The editor
hunts almost anywhere now.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

If President Mckinley intends
to turn Judge Springer down, he
could save a good deal of suspense
by being prompt about it.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
Nothing in 1t.

The Vinita Chieftain of Tuesday
contained the following: "AnOth-
er attempt was made a few days
ago to break into the auditors
office at Tahlequah. Some one
broke the transom above the door
of the Office and climbed in, using
an old chair for the purpose. In
side numerous matches had been
struck and thrown upon the floor
Ia the vain search for the record
book ofCherokee national tickets. "
A reporter for the Arrow met Mr..
Andrew Cunningham, secretary to
Chief Burlington, yesterday and
questioned him in regard to the
matter. The secretary said that
there is nothing in the report; that
The Chieftain had evidently
mixed dates, as there have been
no attempts made to loot the
auditors office since the robbery
committed during the sitting of
council, and officers about the cap
tol say that, so far as they know,
no one has attempted to burn the
building.-Tahlequah Arrow.
The Chieftain's authority for the
above statement was Chief I. NJ.
Burlington, who related the facts
as stated. Ifthere is any conflict
in the statement it is between the
Chief and Mr.. Cunningham.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

According to all reports, Vinita
has a real artesian well within her
corporate limits, from which flows
an abundant stream OF excellent
water. This is without doubt the
greatest find yet made in Vinita,
and will be of more value to that
city than any thing outside of a
gold mine. 1t is absolutely i'm
possible for a town 10 do without
good water. Fuel may be shipped
in, gas manufactured and electric
ity supplied by the expenditure of
small sum, but if water cannot
be obtained the rest count for
naught. Vinita is to be congrat-
ulated. d.-Claremore Courier.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The esteemed Purcell Register
has dropped the single statehood
idea and gone to booming can.
ming factory.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The appropriation of 100000
asked for by the Dawes commits
sion for carrying forward the work
in the Indian Territory has been
cut down very materially.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The report of the congressional
committee recommending the ex-
clusion of B. H. Roberts, the Utah
polygamist, is to be made in con-
gress today.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
Ther Decided 10 Paw Un.

From Capt. Jack Ellis, who has
just returned from Paul's Valley,
it is learned that the merchants OF
that place who had been or
dered to pay their tax or get out
by the 18th inst, decided to pay
when be appeared to enforce the
order. He said they were merely
laboring under a misapprehension
or misunderstanding of the law
and were easily set right. But
we suspect that to be Just a pleas
ant way Captain Jack has of tell
ing what they did when be notified
them to put up or pack up.-South
McAlester Capital.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The Canadian commission of
emigration reports that nearly
1900 settlers from the United
States became residents of that
country last year and that they
were worth 100000. Kansas
and Arkanfas furnished the great
est number.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

1t has been ordered that all mails
leaving Vinita be thoroughly fumi-
gated. All letters and parcels
should be mailed at the postofiice
and will not be received at the
hotels nor ON the trains.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25
A CyGIOpedia Of Progress and Events

All sending their subscriptions under our
= clubbing offer, are presented, postpaid, with
the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIsr YEAR BOOK
and ALIANAC for 1900. This great book Is a
CyclOpedia of Progress and Events of the
World, n Guide to Markets, Marketing, and
Prices.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

Smallpox is reported to have
broken out in the Soldiers Home
at Fort LeavenwOrth, Kan. The
diseas- is reported as being about
the same as has broken out in diff
ferent parts of the territory, and
we understand that the govern
ment physician at the home pro-
nounced it Cuban chicken pox.-
Wagner Sayings.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

The warm sunshine of the last
few days has begin to bring TO life
the base ball enthusiasts.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

SOM newspaper men are terri
bic liars. In writing of cyclone
IN Kansas the other day, one Of
them said it blew all the slaves
out Of a whisky barrel and left
nothing but the bung hole; changed
the day Of the week; turned a well
inside out; blew a lake dry; moved
the tcE nship line; blew a mortgage
off farm; blew the cracks out of a
fence, and the wind out of a pop
ulist
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-01-25

At Topeka, Kansas, the doctors
and the people are discussing the
smallpox just like they are in
nearly every town in the Indian
Territory. The physicians claim
the disease to be a "mild form"
of smallpox, while the masses de-
clare that it is really nothing but
chicken pox.