The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-27
WARNING ORDER.


1902.
Tho Chocsaw and Chickasaw Nations,
or tribes of Indians, plaintiffs.
Versus
j. T. Riddle.
ID. S Riddle,
J.. A. Riddle.
Elizabeth Casey,
Joshua Casey.
Andrew B. Hill.
l.. r. Hill,
James w. Balthrop.
r. ID. Arnold and
John H. Bratcher,
for themselves and as representa-
lives OF all persons similarly situ-
ated, claiming to be members OF the
Choctaw or Chickasow Nations or
tribes Of Indians, by virtue Of al
legged decrees 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 cf the United States:
To j. r. Riddle, d. S. Riddle, J.. A.
Riddle, Elizabeth Casey, Joshua
Casey, Andrew b. Hu. T.. T. Hill.
James W Balttrop, T. D. Arnold ard
John II. Bratcher and al 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 50 situated
and claiming TO be members of the
Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations OF
tribes Of Indians, by vhtue of al
legged decrces Of the United States
court for the Central and Southern
districts of the Indian Territory, sit
ting respectively at South McAlestel
and Ardmore, gnd comIacnly known
as Court Claimants" You are
hereby warned to appear In this comt
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 plaintiffs the Choc
taw and Chickasaw Nations or tribe.
of Indians.
The nature of said pill is that the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations o.
tribes of Indians own their lands IL
common, so that each and every mem
bor Of either tribe shall have al
equal, undivided interest IN the whole
that The Uniteu States court for tn,
Central and Southern districts OF tn,
Indian Territory, sitting respectivel.
at South McAlester and Ardmore, ant
proceeding under the art of congress
approved June tenth, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six, upon ap
peal from the Commission to the Fiv,
Civilized Tribes, rendered alleged de
crees purportins 20 admit seyGra
thousand persons to citizenship or L
enrolment as such citizens in tn
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, re
spectively, without notice of sucI
proceedings having been given to eacI
of said Nations that such notice wa
indispensable, and that judgments ar
therefore void; and also that sue
, proceedings should have been col
, fined 10 review of the action of tn
Commission to the Five Civilize
: Tribes, upon the papers and evidenc
submitted to such Commissions, an
should not have extended to a trii
, de novo of the question of citizenship
! that such proceedings are, for thS
/ reason, illegal, and that al OF sal
, judgments are therefore void; an
also that if said judgments are el
. forced property of the tribes of Ii
|, value of many millions of dollars wi
r be taken, and the snare of eac
member of either tribe will |
t thereby proportionately diminishe
r and that the plaintiffs have no ad
9 quate remedy at law
, The prayer Of said bill is that a
, of said judgments be annulled an
vacated, and that all of said procee
. ings in the trial of said cases de nov
= upon appeal from said Commission
G the Five Civilized Tribes, be declare
{ null and void
!, witness, the Honorables Spencer
n Adams, Chief Judge, and Henry
s Foote and Walter L. Weaver, ass
s ciate judges of said court and Il
n seal thereof, at South McAlester, ]
dian Territory, this twentv-sixth di
of September 1902.
a (Signed) JAMES S. CAssADA,