The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
NEGROES GROW RICH FAST.
Many of Thoe Livisng in the CreeK
 Nation Are Well-to-Do.

If Is not in the South that the ricnest ne groes are found although mapy in that fesnon on SsVe amassed a goodly store of property since the war. Doubtless the wealthiest connuh,ey .e 7 of colored people in the worid rr'torS is LV There are about 1000 of tho>n, and they are W"ttn t.a on an average 900 each. The wealth or ne ane more industrious foots up even nlBner ana individuaIs being the owners of from SloVVV to Sl5 0OD worth of land each. ,s.
 These negroes are the dsns desoshan and are known as Greek negroes They are emitted to share in the division of Creek Indion lands coo negroes own 22, ,OOO, GOO acres of land Ana vet their education Is far from coippiette. t Their social environments are cruue ,d h ,hair extreme and progress goes slowly amid theh
 iG unliKe the other Indiaus of the rich five five freeing their slaves to give them an equal share in their lands and money: Al tnat time there were few slaves put 'ns n, nun 1,iiv OO0 have laid successful claim to head right" on the Creek rolls of citizensnlp. Creek Indian Legislature their own schools and their own churches. Everything pids sar lsir to make them the model community yri,osv or nes Js recovered from the tangle wilderness or t.1s construction. its laws made uniform ana i'sei Tha,e |. little culture among the Creek me- eroes They have a social set all their oNn' to which not even the Indians a, are rne,snre tiesront from the negro of the South or the North It is & mixture of botn' with auoi- Ike inc Indians, these negroes have thelr dances i'm the open, which have come to pc sort of religion with them Ana, tolIowins WI t ,l inc footsteps of the Southern negro, they nave ha1hecmes tnT "possum hunts and the like. As northern type of the negro they are more M III. dustrious and independent of the whltes, kno% % how to work hard and save thelr money, anu; like the type from the city, are wen @ ui eSssu % -gaudily but at the same time wearing eN pensve clothes. a., l., .-oo. o,
 These 900 Creek negroes live Tn trdc- ol rich land called the Canadian River bottoms and Okmulgee is their town and traing P9ia.. Okmulgee is the capital of the Creek inulah nati1n and has been for years negro town; Recently however. white people nocken III anu have token possession. The negroes are stat ~, ing their own towns along the pfanch or 'he Frisco Railroad, .I. c,oo,,
 NotwithstandIng that many of these Creek negroes are industrious. there are some among them who rent out their estates and lounge in IdIeness about the railway stations It IS A common sight to see 5o0-acre tract or ricn land fin the Canadian bottoms being titled by a white man. Invariably. upon inquiry as to his landlord, he will refer 10 the nSsTo owner in no complimentary terms. Meanwhile me will find the owner shooting craps oI eh- towing himself eating turkey and possum m
 When inc Creeks freed their negroes in 1884 the two fraternized for time, and even in- ternarried, but that has all passed now In dom the Creek negroes are allowed Eolce in the tribal government, and so they nave their own members in the council nave tneIr avn schools and all that but the Creek Tn dian feels above the Creek negro ana reIuseS to associate with him