The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09

r,nn, and accept z, 100000 acres OF land
west of this river
There are now about 10000 Cherokee
Indians and 1000 Cherokee freedmen
living In that nation who are ana tnehh-
hers of the tribe.
The Cherokees do more farming than
arv Of the other five civilized tribes
EVEN before the first treaty was maos
with them. In 1876, they invariably haa
+bo,r natch of Indian corn near theiF
hut the suuaw doing the labor IN tnose
DAYS. Now they also raise cotton MOST
of the work, however, Is done Dy the
African descendants, their laoor IN
many sections Of the nation being as
cheap as the wind.
whom Congress created the Dawes
Commission, it instructed the same 10
make rolls of the members or the give
Trihes In order to accomplish this, it
was necessary to take census or each
of said tribes, When the rolls are COM
Melted they will contain names or fuii-
blood Indians, negroes, and white men,
with every intervening degree OF blood
Some Indians entitled to enrolment
have but one sixty-fourth degree or
Indian blood and show no resemblance
whatever to the red man. In compil-
ing these rolls, the commission was
guided to an extent by the old tribal
rolls. Great difficulties confronted 1t,
H. %hn nhOnUp sNT names
among the members Of all tribes.
The commission has it's headquarters
In the town Of Muskogee In the Greek
nation. When the making Of the rolls
began, the great majority OF the In"
dams, opposed to enrolment, would
| not come to the commission. So 1t de
cided to go to them. The hotel accom-
modations in the interior being made
uuate the commission purchased the
necessary equipment for its malnte-
nance In the field. Then 1t advertised
q schedule of Its appointments In the
various towns and villages. BY com
ing to the Indians in this way, it could
invariably secure the enrolment of the
majority OF the citizens of each tribe.
To proceed just and fairly in the al
lotment Of land in severalty, the gov
eminent ordered an appraiselnent OF
all lands in the Indian Territory. sc
that each citizen would receive az
equal amount of dollars worth Of land
In view of appraising the land, the
commission organized and equipped
many field parties. Each party Is com
posed Of six appraisers. one clerk, two
teamsters. and one cook. Two Of these
appraisers are surveyors, and act In {
double capacity. Each party, while
living In one camp, operates In TIVE
divisions, with three appraisers Ii
each, one Of them a surveyor.
The Choctaws and Chickasaws will
receive approximately 500 acres pc
capita, the Cherokees 100, and tn
Creeks and Seminoles 160
The United States laws prohibit tn
sale of firearms and intoxicating liz
uors within the limits Of the Territory
This law Is enforced very rigidly.
1t may be of interest to add that tn
government has already allotted land
to seven small tribes In the northeast
ern part of the Cherokee nation. The
are the Quapaws, Peorias, Ottawa.
Modocs. Shawnees, Wyandottes an
Senecas. When the Dawes Commits
sion will have finished its labors til
tribal government Of five large tribe
of Indians will only he a memory {
, past history.-R. A. J. Mangelsdorf, l
the Illustrated Home Journal.
= Tipped the Chief Justice.
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