The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-28
WARNING oRDER.


The Chootaw and Chickasaw Nations,
or tribes Of Indians, plaintiffs
Versus
J. T. Riddle.
ID. Riddle,
l.. A. Riddle.
Elizabeth Casey,
Joshua Casey.
Andrew b. Hill.
/. r. Hill,
James W Balthrop.
T. d. Arnold and
John II Bratoher.
for themselves and as representa-.
tiyes of all persons similarly stu
ated. claiming to be members OF the
Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations or
tribes of Indians, by virtue of al
legged DEGREES Of the United States
court for the Central aud Southern
districts of the Indian Territory,
sitting respectively at South Nc.
Alester and Ardmore, and common
ly known as Court Claimants" de-
PENDANTS.
The President Of the United States:
To J. r. Riddle, d. S. Riddle, L. A.
Riddle, Elizabeth Casey, Joshua
Casey. Andrew b. Hill. T.. r. Hill
James W. BaltErop, T. D. Arnold ard
John II. Bratcher and oil persons not
made defendants, by name in the
above entitled action, but similarly
situated to the ten persons named as
defendants, as representatives Of the
entire class of persons SO situated,
and claiming to be members Of the
Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations or
tribes Of Indians, by virtue of al
leged DEGREES Ct the United States
court for the Central anu Southern
districts of the Indian Territory, sit
ting respectively at South McAlester
and Ardmore, snd com,ncnly known
as Court Claimants" You are
hereby warned to appear in this coui t
on the first Monday In December,
1902, the same being the first day Of
December, 1902, and answer a bill in
equity filed by the PLAINTIFF the Choc-
tsw and Chickasaw Nations or tribes
Of Indians.
The nature Of said bill is that the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations or
tribes of Indians own their lands in
common, so that each and every mem
Der of either tribe shall have an
equal, undivided interest in the whole
that the United States court for the
Central and Southern districts OF the
Indian Territory, sitting respectively
at South McAlester and Ardmore, and
proceeding under the act of congress
approved June tenth, ono thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six, upon ap-
peal from the Comm 7inn to the Five
Civilized Tribes, rend ID alleged de
crees purportins 20 nit several
thousand persons to citi. enship or to
enrolment as such citizens in the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, re
spectively, without notice Of suct
proceedings having been given to eacl
of said Nations that such notice wai
indispensable, and that judgments ar,
therefore void; and also chat sucl
. proceedings should have been con
fined to a review of the action of tn,
, Commission to the Five Civillzet
: Tribes, upon the papers and evidence
. submitted to such Commissions, an,
+ should not have extended to a tria
i de novo of the question of citizenship
r that such proceedings are. for tha
7 reason, illegal, and that all of sal
e judgments are therefore void; an
J. also that if said judgments are er
e forced property OF the tribes Of tn
d value Of many millions OF dollars wi
n be taken, and the snare OF cad
d member OF either tribe will 7
e thereby proportionately diminishe
B. and that the plaintiffs have no ad'
IS quate remedy at law.
l. The prayer Of said bill is that .
II VI ''sN J"Nbh0hIS uo ahhuileu
e vacated, and that all of said proceC
Ie ings in the trial of said cases de no"
ID upon appeal from said Commission
r the Five Civilized Tribes, be declsr
n null and void.
ID Witness, the Honorabies Spencer
81 Adams, Chief Judge, and Henry
II Foote and Walter l.. Weaver, ass
Is ciate judges of said court and IL
m seal thereof, at South McAlester, l
re dian Territory, this twenty-sixth ds
nv of September, 1902.
Id (signed) JAMES S. CAssADA.
of Cler
no First nublished Oct 1909