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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
Ihe nunsettIed conaItlon." |"

"Oh, the unsettled condition OF
affairs here !" We hear this com.
plant often now a.days in the
Cherokee nation. The "unset-
tied condition Of affairs" ell? Yes,
but from VIII ON does il come2 You
seldom hear Cherokee say any
thing about the unsettled condi-
tion." " / mean a genuine Chero-
kee by blood and birth and who is
in sympathy with the Cherokee
people aud their laws, customs and
institutions. Some times you hear
it from som, Of our North Caro-.
lima, Georgia or Texas Cherokees
by birth. / heard one Of these
say a few days ago, ~ want my
allotment set of to me so | can
sell it and go back to Texas" This
selfish and ungratelul fellow to the
Cherokee nation was admitted
among many others in the early
sos, and he ought to have been
left out until he could learn a les
son of gratitude, at least.
The "unset,led conditionw This
complaint comes from the non
citizen spectators in townsiles,
minerals, ETC.; some non citizens
who are among us and want our
homes and land, and expect to
swindle ths Indian ou, Of il; from
tie non. citizen press and some oI
the citizen press, like the above
mentioned Texas Cherokee, u
and lastly, by good many (noi
all) OF the white adopted citizens
These are the classes from whom
this cry Of unsettled condition"
comes The genuine Cherokee il
perfectly calm and settled anC
only wants TO be let alone. H'
can build his house, plant hil
orchard and dig his well with ab
solute certainty that il will neyel
be taken away from him. Th'
above mentioned whitewashet
Cherokees are to be partly ex
cused, since they are more or les
directly interested. but the non
citizen and noa.c citizen newspa
} pers have no right whatever to pu
, their CAB in, especially on thi
treaty. That is a thing for lh
; Cherokees TO settle for themselves
II involves their homes, their law
, and institutions Of learning. tn
. graves Of their fathers, and all th
q pleasant and friendly association
Q that they have enjoyed for th
J. past sixty years in this, their ow
country.
i II makes me tired; yes, indil
nant, 10 have some non citizen te
J. me l had better vote for the treat,
6 or the Curtis act will he enforce
Q on me These very fellows helps
i to have the Curtis act passed
u order to force or scare us into NAL
y ing treaty. And they think Il
y Cherokees are a set Of tools al
= don't know better. beard
10 drummer say in Chelopa recent
Il THAT land down in the terrilol
l. will be appraised cheap at
d II a man buys up lot Of
all he will have to do will
TO sit down and gel rich" Th
A. made me boil over. The idea
% "eppraiTpg our land cheap
10 -onr land patented in fee simp
n $50 that he could buy Il "cheop
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
OUR PATENT.
Some Quotations From Treaties aud
our Patent, and U. s. Supreme
Court Decisions.

Treaty 1S88-Act /. "The Uni
ted States sgree TO possess the
Cherokees and to guarantee IT to
them forever, and that guarantee
10 hereby pledged, Of seven mil
lions Of acres Of land, to be bound
ed, ETC., land letters patent shall
be issued by the United States as
soon as practicable for the 'sud
hereby guaranteed"
Treaty ls85-Act2. the uni
ted States, ia consideration Of the
sum OF FIVE hundred thousand dol.
lars therefor, hereby covenant and
agree TO convey to the said Indians
and their descendants, by patent
in fee simple. the following addi-
tional tract of land" etc., describ-
ing the boundaries.
The patent was issued December
81, 1888, aud signed by Martin
Van Buren, then president Of the
United States.
1t lie a splendid document. One
who sees it will be wonderfully
impressed with its appearance
II is written in elegant Englist
and splendid legal phraseology
At the head Of the first page is tn,
great American eagle with out
stretched wings witnessing as /
were the solemnlty of the ooca
sion, together with the coat o
arms and other emblems of power
justice, &C., and on the CLOSING
page is the great seal Of the Unite,
States imprinted in wax and
beautiful ribbon tied through th
parchment upon which it i
printed.
Now when the government ID
sued this patent it parted with al
its title and interest in this land
except that, "the lands hereb
granted shall revert to the Unite
States, If .he said Cherokee naiio
becomes extinct or abandons tn
same"
Neither Of these two condition
will ever be fulfilled. The Cher
okee nation is not extinct, as som
of the speculators would clair
since her laws have been take
away, nor will it ever be until III
last individual Cherokee is dea,
, Neither will II be abandoned
0 until the last one has moved b,
0 yond its geographical limits.
y Referring to this theory Of aban'
onment the United States supren
! court saws: "Slrong doubts Al
4 entertained whether that cond
D lion in the patent is valid, as
wac not authorized by the .real
Q under which Il was issued. /
! the treaty the United States co
! enanted and agreed 10 convey Il
; lands in fee simple title, and
may we'll be held that II that CO
o dition reduced the estate conveys
o 10 less than a fee, II Is void"
y Holden We. JOY, II Wall 2ii.
y In the case Of the Cherokee n
u tion W. SO. d<ans. Ry. Co. a
% U. 8. e50) the court says; "TI
% fact that the Cherokee nali'
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
New Bullding-New store.

Tuesday John Chandler commenced
the erection OF a one story
store building 2OxGO feet Gu the lot
on Wilson street now occupied by
George & Hughes photograph gallery.
When completed Mr. Wallen and O.
II. Wilson, Of Cassyille, Mo-, will oc-
cupy it with carefully selected stock
OF general mefchandlse. Both gen
glemen are eXperIenced merchants.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
MaYOr Shanahan.

Edward Shanahan Sunday took
the oath TO preside as chief magis-
trate over the destlnles OF Vinita for
one year. Ex.Mayor Sheehan admin
istered the obligation and Mayor
shanahan, in turn, swore In the other
municipal officers.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
Warning Order,

In the United States Court for the Northern
District OF the Indian Territory. sitting At
Ninita.
blanche NJ. nairl, Plaintiff 80,
vs.. No. lltls
George W. Hairl. Defendant.
The defendant. George w. nairi is
warned 20 appear Ia this court within thirty
days frOm the date hereof aud answer the
complaint OF blanche NJ. Hairl, the piuintin,
who claims a divorce from said defendant,
or said complaint viii be taken as true and
judgement rendered accordingly.
Ia testimony whereof have hercuuto set
my hand aud aliXcd the seal Of
lsEAIl said court on this 18th day OF March,
A. ID. 1901,
W. N. Tihbils. Chas. A. Davidson.
Attorney fnr plalutin, Clerk
Geo III. Mccullough, 4. A. Chandler,
Attorney for nOn-rcsi- Deputy.
dent Dofeudant
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
seeona cIass coIonIst 80.

February 20, March 8, l2, 10 and 20,
April 2, 0, 16, % and 30, 1901. On the
above dates the Frisco line will sell
one way tickets to Los Angeles, San
Dlago. San francisco and intermedl-
ate points at s20.bO from vlnlta.s
B. E. WALKER. Local Agent.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
Famous BInck Squirrel.

Couch & Gex's famous saddle horse
"Black Squirrel" will remain at their
stable 10 this city through the season.
sl0 to Insure colt. dw.tf
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18

can get il also at half value. And
some of our weak. .kneed, Texas
born and foreign sentiment peo-
pie are going to vote for 1t, too.
This may seem like plain talk
and / mean it to be such. The
Chieftain, through its kindness to
me, must not be held accountable
for what l say. / cay il of my own
volunteer will and accord because
| believe it is the best thing for
the masses Of the Cherokee peo-
Pile. | say il, because 1 believe it
is best for the children of the
fathers who are opposed to what l
say, and for hose who are in hon.
est doubt az to what Is best TO do.
| say il, because | believe il the
best and noblest thing that l will
ever have the opportunity in life
of doing, namely: The defense Of
the rights aud wishes Of the iif-
teen thousand fullhlood Chero.
KEGS who honestly aud innocenily
wish TO keep their homes as they
are, and who scarcely know any
thing Of all that is being said and
published, and the tricks aud
schemes that are being concocled
to get their country from them.
/ will write next week on "Our
Patent" Very respectfully,
JAMES w. DUNCAN.
Tahlsquah, l. T., April 8, 1901.
W. II. Crawford, II Chelsea, and
Miss PeaFle Anderson, Of Bentoaviilei
Ark, were united In marriage yester-
day at Hotel Green, Rev. W. Il. King
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18

Lost-A black SOW, weighing between 100
and no pounds. from my pen on Cabin creek
east Of the railroad bridge. Red spot on
her hip about three Inches square. a reward
hY sending Information % Nm. smith, gen
cral delivery, post oiico, Niuita ta-lW-p
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
Tahlequah, l. T., April 8, 1901.

W. II. Crawford, II Chelsea, and
Miss Pearle Anderson, Of Bentoavillei
Ark, were united in marriage yester-
day at Hotel Green, Rev. W. r. King
performlng the ceremony.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18
STRAY COLUMN.

Ihavs four or fvo good farm horses for
sale. Cali at singer oince, Ninita. A ".
Brock. 22-tt
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-04-18

Tahlequah. l. T., April Is, 1901.
P.S. Let us hear from the Ar
row and Sentinel Of Tablequah on
Too-qua.slee's questions.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
Max Adele. n New stories

T~enty.hve years ago. when elbow
Room" and '1Out ~ the Hurry Bur-
ly" were the of the day,
Max Adeler suddenly ceased writing,
For q quarter al u centur, he was
proof against the Establishments ~
editors, but within u few weeks he has
completed u new series of humorous
stories which show him ut his best.
Tales of Old Turley, which will ap.
pear In early numbers Of The Satur.
day Evening Post, are wonderfully
droll stories ~ the quaint characters
In an Old.fashioned country town he
fore the u
Local politics. school committee
fights, church squabbles and wOmen's
clubs lend themselves admirably u
Max Adeler's humorous touch. aud
from the basis Of some NJ the c~leverest
stories that have been written for
many u day.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
H0w's I'his?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any ease ~ Catarrh tina, can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J.. CHENEy& CO.. Props. TOledO,O.
We, the undersigned, have known
+. j. Cheney for the last IL years. and
believe him perfectly honorable In all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
WEST Il TRUAX. Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo. u. WALDING, KINNAN
Il MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, -.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken Intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
aud mucOus surfaces 81 the system.
Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the hest.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
Home Charity.

The two women members III the State
Board Of Charities and Corrections,
Miss Perry and Mrs. Hurt. have taken
u stand In favor Of philanthropy be.
ginning ut home. Instead Of charita.
bile childless M~issourians sending
East for children To adopt, these Ia
dies Suggest that children who are
MissOuri-born be given the advant-
ages which are often given Easten
fOundlings. The idea II u good one
and worthy 81 consideration. A strict
enforcement of the statute passed by
the last general assembly prohibiting
the importation into Missouri Of Ger.
tain classes Of children from other
states will do much toward carrying
out the idea Of the women members Of
the board Of charities, Fulton Tele.
graph.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
Use Aliens Foot. Eas.

a powder Ia In shaken into the
shoes. Your feet feel swollen, nerv-
ons and hot. and get tired easily. ~
yOu have smarting feet or tight shoes.
try Aliens Foot Ease. II coOls the
feet, and makes walking easy. Cures
swollen. sweating feet ingrowing
nails. blisters and rallous spots, Re.
lieves corns and bunions ~ all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try II
to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores for pa. Trial package
FREE. Address. Allen =. Olmsted,
LEROY, N. Y. 23.'w
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
IMissoun's Eigh,isth Year.


Boston Herald.
Missouri will have been eighty years
q state when the 10Th Of August In the
present year is reached. Kansas City.
On her farthcst western border. pro-
poses to celebrate the anniversary IL
anticipation ~ the greater project Of
St. Louis on her extreme east. The
admission Of Missouri to the Union
was indeed q memorable affair. Il
was the first notable incident In the
series Of contests Over the slavery
question. which first excited and then
convulsed the country. The Missouri
compromise was the opening pHnacea
for the struggle. q, Its repeal WAS the
signal for the doing away with all
compromises ON the subject. Massa-
chu-.tt,' feeling when this compromise
was proposed was strongly sgsinst II.
One ~ her ADLER public men was polit-
icHlly ruined by casting u vote In con.
grc-- In it, favor. lie was Henry
Shaw. ~ LanesbOro, In the western
part ~ the state. Mr.. Shaw was re-
pudiated by his constituents and lost
to public life. His memory was re-.
vived a generation later In the appear
ance III his son, the celebrated humor.
is,. who became known under his cog.
nomen III Josh Billings"
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
Pine Needles.

The gathering Of pine needles Is le-
coming M industry Of considerable
Importance on the Oregon coast. The
yellow Oregon pine furnishes the need.
les most In demand, which are used
mos, for the extraction Of their OIL AMI
for their finer, Two crops are gath.
cred yearly, and the later one IL al-
ways the larger. The leaves OF young
trees are preferred, being supposed IA
yield u better quality 81 oil, The
leaves are stripped from the trees by
wOmen and men. who ARE paid - cents
u hundred pounds Tor the needles
Literary Digest.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
The saraoga.

The Saratoga Hotel nj Excelsior
Springs. Mo-. Is strictly iirst-clas..
with every modern Improvement, In.
Guiding steam heat. g ectric fans. etc.,
and eaters tn the hest trade. Terms
reasonable
MRs. Dora MrNRo VAN NoTE,
Manager.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
WIZ 81 III W. H.vs tor Oessert?

This question arises IN the family
every day. let us answer Il to-day.
T-y Jell.O. u delicious dessert. Pre-.
barred In two minutes. No baking!
add hot water aud set IN cool. Fla
vors: - I~mmon. Orange. Raspberry
and strawberry. A. your groceries.
lots.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
Dry Esrma. letter. Salt Rh-nm and hois,
Ers ma of scotum.

All eruptive diseases originate In
the blood and kidneys. Blood II I'm
pregna'e ed with dead ~ decaycd It's
sue and poisonous elements which the
kidneys and bowels ARE unable u ex.
pei. Pores ~ skin become clogged,
and thus the system Il n hot.bed NJ
malignant poisons which generate par
asite- ar insects that burrow their
way to the skin. causing various forms
az Eczema. No lore powerful blood
cleanser and kidney regulator can be
found than
DIR. A.V. BANEs RHEUMATIC SPECIFIC
which has an especial attraction for
these conditions, existing In blood and
Kidneys: tl.W per bottle.
No more soothing. healing ointment
can be found than
DIX. A. V. BANEs OINTMENT OF ,.
~ cents per bottle. Strengthened II
necessary.
DR. A. v. BANEs MEDICINE Co.,
~. Joseph. Ma.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
Money to Loan.

We loan money at > per cent on
farm property. No red tape-borrow-
err reserves the right To pay any or all
principal any interest pay day. Call
and see Us.
CONW Az Il DAWES,
East Side square.
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
Changes At n. v. Q.

We elm Tho fo,,ow,nv items from
the M,.souri Valley Observer.
prof. II. T. Krrlio resigned NAV
,3rd. and Inter accented n chair nj
(;eorv.,own Texas. Mis-, Thorn re-.
signed q, become the wife Of MIR. Dor.
An. Mis-. Catherine Allen. A, NJ,
take. Prof. K~er,in,- place. aud Mas
willie Walker. A. H.. takes Miss
Thorn. plnce. Mi., Allen comes 10
n. v. e.. from Hardin College. Mex
leo. Mo-. where her salary wa. raised
and other effort. made Ia retain her.
I'M, she ~pr,ter, Missouri Valley,
Since taking her A. NJ. degree she bw.
-,cnt three aod N half ,ear, .,udyinv
In Germany and travelling In Greece,
l,nly and France. She IL n hIvbly No.
complIsbed ,.acher. and will add much
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12
|ShoE7T Talks On Advertising
ByCharleSAustinBai ~
No. -.

A great many merchants cut down their advertising In the Summer.
Some even stop It altogether.
In everyday life, when a thing is hard to do, Il only calls forth
greater effort. II the laborer can't move the stone, he gets . crowbar
and q block Of wood. He makes q lever-and the stone moves II the
crowbar isn't long enough he gets something longer. He doesn't give
up-because the stone has got to be moved.
Same way In business. Trade Is a stone. The funny thing Is that
the lighter it gets the harder it is to move. 1t can be moved, though.
You may have to have the lever heightened. Certainly you ought not
The Marshall republican., 1901-07-12

ness lever 10 Advertising
newspaper advertising is the
longest lever and the quick.
est to move trade.
Dull times are the times
to put forth the greatest
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-16
LOTTER IS EXECUTED
Boer COmmandant Put to Death by the
British in south Africa.

Middleburg, Cape Colony, Oct. IA
Commandant Letter, the Cape rebel,
whose commando, consisting almost
wholly of rebels, was captured south
of Petersburg in September, and who
was sentenced to death, has been shot.
Commandant Lotter had been tried
and found guilty on eight counts, in
Guiding sedition, the murder of colored
unarmed scouts, the murder of troop
ers in action, the blowing up Of rail-
roads, and the cowhiding of British
subjects and Europeans. Letter plead
ed that he was citizen of the Orange
Free State, but this was disproved. ,
Two young farmers who had twice
Joined the Beers have been hanged
at Vryburg. The death sentences of
number of other condemned men
have been committed to penal seryi-
tude.
London, Oct. 14.-Lord Kitchener re-
ports to the war office from Pretoria,
under date of Oct. II, that General
French's columns have captured Com
mandant Scheeper. Lord Kitchener
does not state whether Scheepers CON-
mando, which has been active in Cape
Colony, was captured or not. The
British have been in pursuit for a
couple of weeks. Scheeper himself was
so i'll that he was obliged to travel in
buggy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-16
DIVORCES MAY NOT WED
House OF Bishops of Episcopal Church
Adopts Canon.

House OF Bishops of Episcopal Church
Adopts Canon.
San Francisco, Oct. 1.-THE house
Of bishops of the Episcopal general
convention by vote Of 81 to 81 adopt
ed canon sc, which forbids the mar.
rage of persons divorced "for any
cause not existing before marriage"
The latter clause refers to such
causes as insanity, inability to exc
cute contract, the existence of a liv-
ing wife or husband. or like reasons
which practically render the marriage
null and void.
This section has long been bone Of
contention, strong element in the
church holding that the remarriage
of the innocent party to a divorce
granted on the ground Of infidelity
should not be forbidden. The bishops
have refused to accept this view Of
the matter. The question Is by no
means settled, as the whole subject is
now TO come up in the house of depu-
ties. where it is expected to cause a
protracted debate.
The disputed section Of the canon
as adopted reads as follows:
mo minister shall solemnize a mar
rage between any two persons unless
nor until by inquiry he shall have sat
isfied himself that neither person has
been or is the husband or the wife of
any other person then living, unless
the former marriage was annulled by
a decree for cause existing before such
marriage"
San Francisco, Oct. 14-The ques-
tion Of marriage and divorce was be-
fore both houses of the Episcopal tri-
ennial convention. The bishops adopt
ed substitute for the proposed canon
81, provided for the discipline Of per-
sons marrying again after being d.
vorced. The principal change made
by the substitute Is the provision that
such person may receive the sacra-
ment on the written consent Of bish-
op.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-16
LATEST NEWS FROM MANILA
Looks Like the Insurgents Are Growing
More Troublesome, at This Time.


More Troublesome, at This Time.
Manila, Oct. 14.-The military au-
thOrities have received word that Gen.
eral Miguel Malvar, the insurgent
leader, is believed to have left the
province Of Batangas, Luzon, and to be
planning an operation in the province
Of Bulacan, where insurgent conscrip-
ton has been progressing recently. The
country there is mountainous and well
adapted to guerrilla warfare.
The police force at Banana, province
Of Batangas, has been disarmed and
the chef of police and several others
have been placed under arrest on
charge Of belonging to an insurgent
society and using their offices to obtain
information for the insurgents. There
Is intense feeling among the natives in
San Fernando, province of Pampanga,
over the killing of native by sol
dler. Strong patrols are out in both
San Fernando and Bacolor to prevent a
hostile demonstration.
There Is considerable criticism here
Of the recent statements Of Represen-
tative Edgar Weeks, of Michigan, re-
garding Filipino character and posi-
bllities. The native press unstintingly
condemns the conclusions of Weeks as
unjust and viciously false" Weeks
said the Filipinos must be ruled by
fear. The members of the Philippine
commission say he Is "tOO sweeping"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-16

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