The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
AN iNOlAn DAILY PAPER.
Edited hy Indian Hun orist, Advocate of
Ntnte Eisht. For III. Enrr.

Edii'd hy Indian Hun nrist, Advocate Of
state flights For His Face.
Tho las been launched At Eufaula
lndan Territory. the first issue of the
iirst .ally paper ever printed nr pub
lish0l 10y an Indian. says Il Guthrie.
oklaH"ma, dispatch To the New York
lin 3. The editor is Alexander Poscy,
kno Nu rs The "trecl: Bard. a member
of iHu Greek tribe of Indians. who al
ready has achieved distinction IN the
new >nnper field as editor, poet and
huIuvr.SJ. He is one OF the prominent
men of the Creek Nation and took an
actl'. part in the convention held at
EuiluIn recently, called for the pur-
pos ur formulating an Indian plan for
statehood. He helped frame the fam
Gus appeal 10 the people for an Indian
Sta ,n. separate from Oklahoma, in
whirh no intoxicating liquors should
ever De sold.
Although known as the Greek
Bar. roscy is only half Creek. rs
his father was n Scotch trader. an
cary settler in the Indian country.
lit ~ IL 'bi IL ItiI VA -Ah-h@
23. 1873, and was educated ut BacOne
University. MuScogee |. r.. from which
he was graduated seven years ago.
AftCr leaving school he engaged i'll
educational WORK and was successive
ly superintendent of the Creek Orphan
School. superintendent of Public In
struriiUn for the Creek Nation and
superintendent of the Eufaula Creek
High school. Before entering the
newspaper field Posey had won 4
reputation in literary lines. As boy
he gained some renown as n writer
Of verse, which he signed by the nom
de plume Of 'Chinnubble Ilarjo.' In
March, 1902. he became the editor of
the Indian Journal, a weekly newspa.
pei at Eufaula and the oldest paper
published in the Creek Nation.
IL addition to making it q thorough
newspaper he has won II reputation
through its columns rs the original and
only Indian huluorist. Every week his
papCr contains a humorous and gently
SatIrIC.' column OF comment on In
dian Territory politics prepared in the
form Of II letter and signed Eos
FiAiro.' These letters are written i'll
the dialoct used by the Indians. who
thus far have not accustomed them
selves to the idioms of the English
language. They made an immediate
hit from the time of their first appear
ancC, aud to-day they are reprinted MS
soon as published in the Journal by
almost every paper in Indian Terri
tory ana Oklahoma. His comments
on the Statehood situation have at
tractcd especial attention. and have
done much to establish the Indian i'll
the opinion that he should have State
wherein he may control.
Leading Cherokee politicians express
themselves as being in favor of abol-
ishing the office of editor Of The Cher
okcr Advocate. published at Talcquah,
I. r.. and to permit that old-timc In-
dian journal to pass into history. as it
is claimed ii has filled its scope of use
fulUcSs and is Il needless burden upon
The funds of the Cherokee. The Cher
rkcc Advocate is the only paper in In
dian Territory printed in the Indian
language. At one time il was n great
PAPER among the full bloOdS. but dur
ing the past two years it has been cut
lown in size. ana the expenses of run
uing Il are very great. The salaries
Of the office force. it is cOntcndcd, are
not sufficient to justify good ncwspa
per men in taking charge Of it. there
fore the idea Of passing it into his
tory.