The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-16
APPLICATIONS FPOv DtSCEs-
DtHTS POURING ~
Ire Deozrt1ert' Wtds Exercising
Great Cs1ior IS trcogrtsrrg
Great Difef.liy T, Locsi-
sgstfgi Claimants.
p..IaI.e iss Arenef...s

act % congress approved Jane -.
Isfs eorsnonlY knovn a. re Curtis
laE. contained a. sppfopfiatlon o.
t5rs III a Tor TIE settlement of
clalms held - Eba; are Known ss
TIE Chickasas Inconpsisuts azsins;
the govsrnmsnt. For three years
TIE department has been receiving
applications % people in Indian
Territory pbo claim 70 De.osscen-
darts oi ihs original ChickasaT In-
eornrstsnts. These claims being
carefully considered aud roll y
being prepared containing The names
% those sno are able 10 thoroughly
siabilsh their right 70 become osns-
p itriss under the act Of congress.
srolI - nc~ nearing completion
and ths none. will be fistriouisd 10
tho course of fer moths.
The f1nd originated ir,m the sale
Of What vas known ss the Chicks-
saw Incompetent lands Of NississiD.
ri In 1850. about the time Of the re-
movaI of the ChlckassNs vest % the
Misslssippl river. The reservation
had been sst aside for the incomps-
tents ard orphan members oi the
Cblckasaw tribe then residing 10 the
Southern states. In 1897 a treaty
vas negotiated whereby the presi-
dent q the Cpitsd states was order
ed 20 dispose Of the lands ard issue
certificates - the Indians bearing
interest a. per cent. After the re-
moval o. these people west Of the
Mlslsslppi river these certificates
we're secured by spectators. A. a
resul, they passed out Of the hands
o. the Indians, In some cases, for
. i've cents on the dollar.
In 1896 congress authorized the In
dlaus 70 bring suit against the gov
ernment In the Court Of Claims 20
recover the amount due them. The
court found that there were t5js $50 q
a principal aud sccured interest due
The claimants When the Curtis act
was passed the following provision
VS. inserted.
That the following sum be, and
IL hereby, appropriated, out OF any
money in The treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for fulfilling treaty
stipulations with the Chickasaw ma
ton Of Indians, namely;
For arrears OF Interest, At hye per
centum per annum, from December
81, 1870, to June 30. 1859, on sls1,-
1850 u the trust fund Of the Chick
asaw nation erroneously dropped
from the books OF the United States
prior 10 December 81. 1870 and re-
stored December n, 1857, by the
award Of the secretary OF the inter
ior, under the fourth article Of the
treaty Of June ~, 1852, aud for ar
rsars Of interest at i've per centum
per annum, from March II, 1850. 20
March 3, 1890. on $50 .O2l l.i9 OF the
trust fund OF the Chickasaw nation
erroneously dropped from the books
OF the United States March II, 1850,
and restored December 27, 1887, by
the award OF the secretary OF the in
terror under the fourth article OF the
treaty OF June 22, 1852, t55s ,520.5i, to
be placed TO the credit OF the Chick
assw nation With the fund TO which
1t properly belongs PROVIDED, That
IL there be any attorneys fees TO be
/ paid out OF same, on contract here
tofore made and duly approved by
tho secretary OF the interior, the
same is authorized TO be paid by
him
Nearly $500 900 OF this amount has
been placed to the credit OF the
Chickasaw nation, 20 reimburse the
people OF the nation for the benefits
which the deecendents OF the origi-
nal incompetants and orphans have
received during the last sixty years,
they having lived upon the lands Of
the nation and participated in the
tribal annuitles. The amount to bo
distributed aggregates s2b6,O
| The department la enoountering
great difficulty in locating the right
/ ful claimants. During the last forty
years the descendants OF the original
incompetents and orphans have been
lost sight OF by the department, and
| II is with great difficulty that any of
those heirs are now able to establish
their Identity
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