The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-12-01
THE SUPPLEMENTAL TREATY
CHICKASAWS AND CHOCTAWS
MAKING NEW MEDICINE,
Attorney TelIos Views Of Twas Per-
mitted to Read Only Part Of It,
But Saw Enough to Disapprove
of 1.-THE Commission.

The Denison Herald furnishes the
following interesting article In spec
ial from Atoka:
Considerable interest is aroused in
the Choctaw Nation ON account OF re-
cent developments in the procedure
of the commissioners of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Nations In formulat-
ing new treaty TO supplant the Atoka
agreement The expression new
treaty Is here used. because the
treaty that has been formulated be-
tween the Chickasws and Choctaws Is
not in reality n supplemental treaty
to the Atoka agreement, but contains
many new features and new ideas
never thought OF or advanced by the
Atoka agreement
on last Thursday. 4. Tellc, n promi-
nent ChoCtaw citizen and attorney OF
Atoka received message from Gov.
Gilbert w. Dukes. OF the Choctaw Ma
ton calling him 10 South McAlester.
where the Chickasaw and Choctaw
commission We're to meet the Dawes
commission for the purpose OF formu-
lating new treaty, or as was intend
cd treaty supplementary To the
Atoka agreement. Mr.. Telle went to
south McAlester on Friday In answer
10 the message from Gov. Dukes. The
Governor of the Choctaw Nation met
AIR Tere and told him that some OF
the commissioners appointed by the
governor to formulate n supplementary
agreement were not serving ana ne
had decided to tender commissioner
sbip TO him (Mr Telle). Mr.. TeUe
informed the governor that he could
not act as a commissioner, because his
family claimed all of his time and at
tention now. and he could not be away
from home, and further stated that ne
ala not feel that he could do the work
ON a supplementary treaty as ne was
not in accord with the idea.
Mr. Telle was invited TO meet WIN
Gov. Dukes and Judge simon LOWS
Choctaw commissioners, AT the ONCE
of the attorneys Tor the Choctaw Ma
ton. Mansfield, McMurray a CORNISH,
He went to the meeting place ana WAS
given a copy of the supposed supple
mentary agreement with request
from Gov. Dukes that ne reau II, MI
Telle started to read the document d,
the invitation of Governor DUKES anu
no had read a considerable portion OF
II when MIR. Cornish. member OF
the firm of lawyers, who are attor.
news lOI lDt AHONAaN +N"''N'
the room, saw what was goihs ON
and going up to Mr. Telle took the doc'
ument from his hands. He later eN-
planned that he wanted the paper 'o
make some copies of sections,
To the Herald representative MI
Telle said: THE document ! had was
very large and voluminous, was type
written, and contains more matter
than the original Atoka agreement. !
did not get to read all the doucument,
because MIR. Corninsh came in and
took the paper from my hands ana
told me he wanted IL, explaining later
that he wanted to copy some OF the
sections. Mr. Cornish went cut OF the
room and later called Gov Dukes out,
and shortly after called Judge Lewis
out. These gentlemen left me alone,
and later Judge Lewis called TO me,
and said that the attorneys had de-
cided that ! not being a member of
the Choctaw commission, and having
refused to serve on the commission,
was not entitled to read the agree
ment and that could not again see IT,.
Il told Judge Lewis that this was
the first time had ever heard of Choc-
taw treaties beiug made In secret, and
asked him To get my hat and !
would leave. He did so.
II had reached a section In the
treaty in which the Choctaws and
Chickasaws were made TO agree to