The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-05

acres. Within three years from the anal
ratification OF this agreement this land
shall be sold az auction for cash by
three trustees. Each governor OF the
tribes appoints trustee ana the p-ess-
dent selects one. Practically al mineral
lands have been located By the United
States biologists. and the limit OF six
months required b. the secretary OF The
interior after the treaty becomes opera
tive Is not necessary TIE proceeds. freed
men excepted. shan Re distributed per
capita among the members Of the tribe.
The land may be sold in tracts not ex-
ceeding so acres IN size; leased coal and
asphalt lands shan be sold al special sale
All coal and asphalt deposit in townsltes
and held BY lease may be sold AT the
expiration OF two years No leases shsn
be made after ratification The r.in-
eral lands can be sold after ratification
IL il is found necessary. But Il must be
upon the recommendation OF the gov-
errors. When the agreement was nego-
tiated it was eontended that the freedman
was not entitled 10 the 40 acres OF land
as provided in it. The United States
court Of claims will review the freedmen.
will be given them gratis by The tribes
or the United States government con-
PEELED 70 pay for il ~ its appraised value
The special citizenship court. created
by an act Of congress is limited 81 pow
ers b. treaty provision. The purpose
OF this commission is specifically 10 de-
termine the rights cf what are known as
court citizens. admitted 20 citizenship
in the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations
by DEGREES OF the United States courts IN
the couthsrn and central districts. The
citizenship court is given power % viii
ate the judgment OF these courts il IL
can be shown that fraud was practiced
in obtaining them The court citizens
VIII not be permitted. 1t is said. % Gle
upon any land until Anal decisions are
rendered BY the court. or account OF ths
legislation in the agreement of affecting
court citizens there Is much anxiety
and fear among their ranks rs TO the
stability OF their judgments ana inas-
much as they hold hundreds of acres
Of valuable lands their fears may wen
be imagined. The citizenship provision
shows lack Of confidence IN the federal
judiciary in the Indian Territory IL IS
openly known that the failure % the ma
tions to tight .hs court citizens when
they were originally pending resulted in
many being admitted. some that were
not riShtfully entitled 10 Judgment ard
have since been stricken OF by the courts
that rendered them others that are !e-
climate.
Speaking OF the citizenship provisions
tonight. a prominent attorney said 10
your correspondent: In the legisia-
tive effort 70 construe the rights ~ the
Choctaw and Chickassw Indians as they
now exist. congress by agreeing To the
treaty has undertook TO say that what
things are settled by the treaty are fin
ally and forever settled. In this rropo-
sitlon | do not agree. because IL Is well
understood among lawyers and the pro-
fession and the decisions OF the court
that the profession and the court fully
agree that he whose citizenship has been
investigated IS fnal. and that such in
vestigation was competent and judicial
and final"
Within six months after the ratification
Of the agreement Mississippi Choctaws
must locate in the Chickassw and Choc-
tsw nations in order 20 secure an aliot-
rnent. Il is further provided shat they
must live three years unon the land In
order 10 claim 70 rs their own. one 81
the most laborious tasks OF the Dawes
commission was the enrolment of the
Mississippi Choctsw Indians in Mississ-
ippi. II Is approximately estimated that
there will be three thousand upon the
rolls: but many are in adverFe circum-
stances and decrepit. who VIII De unab'e
10 reach the Tndiap Territory. thus in
crsas!ne the wealth q the individual
Indian. Under tho Curtis bin. section
81. ron-citizens could make valuable Inn
provements upon leased iants and were
given the risht 20 occupy tne same un-
III tho improvements were PAID Tor out
of the rents The treaty aeFoiutueiy
wines out the non-citizsn equities in the
improvements. ard quite number VIII
be affected But the lawmakers. rec
ognizlng the fact that The Indian estates
had 70 be wound up. has shaped poll
icy FOR the future guidance ~ the IN
zf,rs aud tho nou-rtrizers