The sun., 1902-03-11

! Fellows substituted for them George r.
I Babcook and Charles +. Appeby. Mr.
;. This is called the Ogden Land Company.
its interests are said to be owned by over
no Incorporation. 1t probably could not
/ sue or be sued, nor could IL exercise lts
sGf for ty 70 yaSTs say 9 fsSS to all i has claimed
| ,bqt WITH Us transactions begun the troubles
OF the Indians Its first. purchase. in, 1870.
wSs 1n,s OF Size acres for ,ts.2lo but Of this
the other 5000 had been used in bribing
the chiefs 20 betray their constituents,
4 gr,ss, the Ogden Land Company. com mblning
with other New York specuistors, originated
hhq carried on the scheme by which Tue
United states Government was persuaded
20 ehpend large sum OF money In purchas-
,hs ,bs th1 nm,n Green Bay tract il Wisconsin for
| Indians TO the Far Vest
., The Qncidas and St Regis only suffered
from this, as the Senecas absolutely refused
20 20 lhese transactions extended from
IN. Having failed 70 obtain the remaining
| ANUS oil the Six Nations by the Wisconsin
scheme. the Ogden trust" started on a new
Eir, 70 VII 10 remove these Indians 10
For ri. purpose was made the. treaty Of
isH. This treaty was stubbornly fought
by the great mass OF the Indians: but the
spGculhtofs. led by the Ogden company.
bribed the commission OF Massachusetts,
the representatives Of the United States and
the Indian chiefs. until a majority of their
Prssldeht Van buren,. however. refused to
proclaim u. and In his message to the senate
Of Jan, ls. ls4O, declared its negotiation a
most lhiquitous proceeding
There were powerful interests at work.
however, and Ia the United states Senate.
when number OF the friends OF the Indians
were absent, March 2j, lsi0. the treaty was
Ta'iihied ih ~ 10 to 10. and the vIce-Presdent
Iongres>Iuen or others may find an inter-
es,iinE ,iaE hhtoI OF this most dis graceful trans
acloh Ia The congress lonal Record for jan
ulry 20 April, lsIO. and particularly in the
, speech of senator Sewer. aud the documents
accompanying. Of March 4, is4o
- suggestive fact was brought out The
| evidence showed that every chief who had
| knowingly signed the treaty TO remove his
| people to The West held private contract
| to grant land in New York state Some were
| so drunk when they signed that they did
not need further bribe
| Now. at last. the Ogden Land Company
had claim on all the lands But the con-
| ssGienGe OF Tie natives had been aroused
INC InGI9in'' fearful and sullen. refused TO
| with the SemInoles of Florida could not be
T1epeated Win the Se1"ces Of New York
| although the Ogden Land Company was
| clanoring for it, rights "
inyestisations In New York, in Msssa,
| by the Society of Friends. laid bare the whole
plot, ana threatened TO repeal the treaty
which had not been conStitutlonllly ratified
either IN the Senate or by the Six Nations
The titles OF innocent purchasers" from
the Ogden company seemed to be imperilled
SO compromise was effected
April .. 1872, IA new supplementary treaty
was ratified, by which the Ogden company
we're compelled to reconvey TO the Seneca
Indians the two reservations OF Alegany
ard Cattaraugus with all their old rights"
W lie the Bunalo and Tonawanda reserva-
tions were given TO Ogden, and. in return
for these two. tho Six Nations were granted
the Kansas lands which the United States
thus disposed Of for the benefit OF the Ogden
Land Company
Tho title 20 the Kansas lands. however.
remained with the United States and after
their sale IL took forty years TO get court
iudgm'n ut that the proceeds should be paid
They have not yet been paid. and the pres
"nt Nre'lani biIl proposes 20 take s20o.Oo0
Of the money aud turn 4 over 10 the Ogden
What claim" Mr. vreeland told mem
hers Of tho Indian Commission that II was
believed that decision, OF the Court Of Ap-
ports l2G, about page l?5 established the
claim O. the ogden Land Company
amined that decision and in a brief shows
conciusiyely that il does no such thing That
decision affected land on the Buffalo reserva-
IL declared that the ogden title 20 that
land was good, but NJ the same time on pages
l2o. l23. lSa and 40 uses language to show
leglny and tatttrauguS reseryations-belong
solely and exclusively 10 the Indians and
marked boundaries.
:. one other fact should be noticed The
live separately from the others, remained on
their reseryation--and after much Contro-
vrrsy finally took their share of the Kan.
saS money and paid ii 10 the Ogden Land
Company for deed To their own lands.
In all conscience, II s.n0.0D0 j. to he de-
Quoted from the SrneCas' fund, II better be
gwen to the 1onawandas than TO the ogden
Trust
This Ogden Trust has always maintained
. - -.
or on spec" When the Dawes bill for
granting allotment in scyeralty wa. under
cGGnsi,deTation, G,, i raised a hue and cry
York Indians out of hi, bill
In 1891 II got bin started to pay 5000
Commission offered to agree to the payment
OF 500 ,OOn II "blutfed" a refusal
Mr Applcby inuoccntly explained 70 one Of
the commission, that the Company's attorneys
had contract to handle the matter for a
certain time and he could not negotiate until
that option on an option" had expired
understand il has cSpired. and now Mr..
Appleby is willing TO -"l for s2OOOOO
Sell what? The right to buy if the Indians
want 10 sell. But the Indians protest that
they do not want To sell. nor are they willing
90 sell. and every one knows that OF all their
vast dominions they have no more lett than
suppose, now. that these few lands are
divided allotted in scvrrlity, 10 the individual
Indians, and that twenty-five or thirty years
from now an individual Indian Ti~hr. 10
sell or exchange ms land for other property
l. there court IN Christ tondom that would
allow the claim that preempt.on right
TO the Wild lands. which the Indian might
not want would prevent him from giving a
good title TO lands granted TO him by tho
United states Government for his individual
use? | doubt it
But even were il true that there is such a
cloud on his title. who put IL there. and who
ought 10 remove it, Not the Indian surely !
Tho cloud came from the compromise of
1880, made by white men Tor the benefit OF
whit" men. Ih" Indian was IN no sense |
a party 10 IL
But the vrcoland bin also provides for
cNtinguisling the leases to tho whites II
tho meaning of Ogdsu's rights Assume |
that il Is Let the ogden Land COMPANY
exercise its option as 10 those leases The |
Indians are willing TO sell The Govern |
mont Of tho United States fixes the price |
Let the Commissioner OF Massachusetts, |
the representatives, of the United States |
the Indian chiefs and the Ogden trustees |
meet The land il Tor sulc. one hundred |
dollars for this village lot, atty for that. a.
Some $4,000 worth IN ell
The Ogden trustee has the first chance |
TO buy. IL he buys, all right The Indian |
gets the money, and the l,s-ce Is protected
by his lease
But, perhaps he doesn't want to buy.
doesn't like the price. hasn't got the money. |
or any other means. He does not exercise !
his option What happens then? What |
would happen were one citizen of the United |
states TO fail TO exercise his option on the |
property Of another: The option would |
VNpira
Now, We have good authority for stating