The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-11
iaTisslpArlno The INDIANS.
CAPT. Mctennon ssy1 whites Should
Re pat eff the Lands.

Capt. Mckennon Say whites Shouse
BE Pat eff the Lands.
The following interview with
Capt. McKennon of the Dawes
commission has been recently OBJ
tanned during his visit to Washing
ton:
= Capt. McKennon's attention was
called to the memorial OF farmers
in the Chickasaw nation, asking
for a suspension of that section OF
the Curtis law. which declares all
agricultural leases forfeited on Jan
uary l., 1900. When asked for his
views on the subject, he said:
THE law has gone into effect.
The only way in which to suspend
it is by act of congress. Neither
the secretary of the interior not the
Dawes commission has any author
ity in the premises. 1t is true that
the whites who have been occupy
ing the Indians land are still oc-
enpying it. and are likely to con-
tinue to occupy it until action is
taken to compel them to leave. As
soon rs the commission is ready to
make the allotments to the Indians
the whites, of course, will have to
yacate. In my opinion, they ought
to be made to yacate right away,
unless they are willing to pay the
Indians rental for the land which
they are occupying.
The theory upon which this
provision for the vacation of the
Indian lands by the whites was put
into the Curtis bill was that when
the lands were vacated it would en-
able the Indians to pick out the
lands which they desired for their
allotments, so that, when the
Dawes commission came around,
there would be no delay over the
selections.
The whites are now claiming
that to eject them before the COM
mission is ready to make the allot-
ments to the Indians would work
an unnecessary hardship upon them.
There is nothing in this claim. II
they would allow Indians to take
up as allotments the land which
they are illegally holding. and would
agree to pay rental until such
time as the Dawes com mission con.
firmed the allotments and the In.
dians were ready to take posses
sion, there need be no trouble. But
this is exactly what they do moi
want to do.
"Outnumbering the Indians by
many thousands, they are intimida
ing them from making selections O.
land, in order that they may Oc
cupy it without charge until sucl
time as the Dawes commission for
maliy dispossesses them. | under
stand the secretary is doubtful
about his authority to Summarily
eject these whites previous to tn,
taking of allotments by the Indians
and the confirmation of these allot
ments by the Dawes commission
If they are not put off tn,
lands which they illegally occup.
by the Indian agents in the terri
tory, acting under the authority O
the secretary of the interior, tn
work Of the commission in settling
the Indians upon their allotment
will be delayed. What will b,
done about the matter | am @1lo
prepared to say. This is one O
the subjects which probably will b.
settled by Secretary Hitchcock he
fore the conferences between hin
and the commission have been con
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