Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-09-14
FAMOUS INDIAN INN.
WHERE CHEROKEE POLITICIANS
LONG MET AND PLOTTED.
I, Is orce More TO Be the Scene &c
Tribal Council - Interesting
Bits Of the Hostelry's
History

The oldest hotel IN Indian territory.
the National. a. Tahleluah. will enter
tain the councillors Of the Cherokee
nation this fall for The last time and
will cease to b. the rendezvous for
politicians Of the cnee proud and pow
erful Cherokee people For over -
years the venerable hosselFy has been
receiving guests. as he Kansas City
Journal
For that period IL has also sheltered
nearly all the chiefs 81 the Cherokee
nation and the members Of the Ia
dian council About its 6replases
many \ deep-laii piog Of state has been
perfected. and many Os the bills now
incorporated into he laws Of the
Cherokees were draxn up in the low
ceilinged rooms d The old hotel
For years TaAlsquah vas designated
in the gsographis= a. the capital q In-
dian territory. although IN reality il
vas never more than the capital of
the Cherokee nation 50 superior were
the CherOkees. however. TO the other
tribes in the science OF political r12nip-
ulation that they exercised = great il
iuencs over the politicians 81 the other
nations. and thus Indirectly became
the center Of the government in the
territory u vas in the old National
hotel that the political p-UweSs Of
ths Ckerokees Wa fcsfered-
The National vas bull, in ls4i hy
Aunt SUSIE Taylor. wife % Dick
Taylor. a weil-knowH Cherokee II
~ss opened Immediately a. a tavern.
- hotels we're called in those days
and son bscame she popular stopping
place Of all leatiu= men in the Indian
territory The hotel stands Just north
Of the square IN which the national
capitol building ~ the Chsrosees l.
located. and hence has always been The
logical place for Cherokee lawmakers
10 stop
During the period Of the civil Ezr
all business enterprises we're rraeti-
esily suspended in TahlsqGah. and con
ssgusntly n. oil tavern. which has
been running ~ years. vas closed u
became the arsen1l for the confederate
soldiers who hat possession Of The
town Every room q the building wal
stacked full II AIMS ami ammunition
These supplies Sere sSterwari cap
-ired by The northern troops. ami the
hotel beam" an arsenal foe the fed
eral troops until Ia. close q the var
After the var the National VA
again opened a. ] hotel. and Hrs
Elizabeth Aiberty. generally knoNn al
over the territory Is Auut Eliza tOos
charge OF the place She i a native
Of Cherokee. and b@for. The var grae-
uated from ihe national female sem
mary Of til Cherokee in III. class o.
1879 and later taught The Cherp
see male seminary She did mort
than any other person perhaps 10 fOs-
ter these two institutions. which hav,
been tie pride OF Tue CherOkees foi
over half a century. Aunt Eliza hai
adopted 50 many Cherokee Girls ant
siven them an education in these in
situations that she cannot remember
the number Although we'll alons
toward the seventies. Aunt Eliza !.
siiil running the hotel. and is a full
Of vim as she vas a score OF yeaI
ago
1 slept in this room in 1857. agair
in ISIS. and tonight find myself rest.
Ing before the sane fireplace said /,
guest of the hotel the other day. ans
tae room looks iGst ike it did whes
! first stopped IN T.
In that very roor Chief Lewis Down
ing founder OF the Downing party
aud one OF the most famous exec,-
tives Of the Cherokees. died. In thu
same room Senator'S Plat. Teller
Stewart and many other men Of IA.
tiOnal renOwn found shelter while IN
the Indian country. bent on business OF
pleasure During the great deadlock
In lsss between The national and
Downing parties federal authorities
called Chief Msyes and the counsellor,
Of the Cherokees together in the par
Tor Of the National hotel and savs
them until nine O'Clock OF the usxt
day To settle their difficulties.