The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-09-14

Httt4t. ~ hN1 1ftf NNNtAMA tsi@ Httk
nifcent space lying between the sea
coast aud the Alleglanles, from Nif.
slnla to Louisiana. but swept on west
ward over the summit 81 The klas
Ridge and ils assoelAled fanges, 20 thg
Ohlo and Mississippi. taking IN ths
space how occupied hg the states q
Kentucky and Tennessee, togettel
with the nnrthegn naitof Georgia and
Alahama or course, the liues IL AT
markation which set on this vast ter.
ritogy was, AZ least 70 the appfehen.
sion u the outlying trites, exceealugly
Indefinite, and BY them but little ~
speeted. II seems to have been enlf
a tract tbs integrity Of which NAs
maintained solely hY Cherokee valef,
aud into which 10 enemy teutufed e
lutrude except as the opportunity fur
niShed 4 guarantee Of safety Tie
newcomers became II once actuated
bg an ln0rdinAte desire 10 usufp ia
themselves the entire and exclusive
enjoyment o. this magnificent herlt.
age Tbe expealeats which they
adopted Tor the attainment of this
end were various and IN general most
unriehleous THE initial scheme vas
simply 10 clear The ground of the In.
diau's presence By force of arms. st
tho same time transporting tie cap.
tiyes g the West Indies and selling
them into slavery. Sec joYces hla.
tory of the CherokecS. b l3pl
subsequently these hostile relations
between the Chefokses ard the white
settlers were gradually substituted hy
amleable treaty relations, q system
of intercourse with TIE natives which,
when the colonies ceased 20 exist. vas
taken 40 andperpetuated by thet nited
States down 70 the present day Ia
pursuance Of this latter policy annie.
ably compulsory treaties rapidly aceu,
mulatea between the ohefokees and
the government, colonial and federal
50 Thar a. The present time, there
stands Or record more than half a han
dred q thom not one oi Whlch vas
ever violated by the former and uol
one ever faithfully observed bY the
latter Twrnty.four Of these so-callel|
treaties eere designed simply 10 s
cure from the lndlansa q felpciaut coa.
sent % rslinquish their title % sgme
vast scope of thglf hunting grounds
which, had hceu arougiullg oyeFfun
aud h0pecssly monnpolued by TIE
white ~ttlers Thes compulsory ces
siouS we're regularly exacted during
the two hundred yeaD G1ginniug a.
the close Of the seventeenth century
and ending with tie ninctecnths il
took just forty.sesen q them 70 ek
haust The entire body Of Chefokee
hunting grounds ard 4end tie Ter.
edltary ownem into exile beyond tie
Mississippi
e.shaxear took Palestine ffem tie
Jews and transported them beyond
tie Eaphmtes he made no apology
shatesef for such conduct, and las
had consequently & bear centuries ef
repfoaeh as an uineFupaloas tyraHt
lie vas foolish fslios. lie should
have worked out MS purpose By am.
lcable negotiation
It may bc frankly admitted that
the CheFokees. prior 70 thelr eonlact
with European culture we're NOT Wha,
could IL called. ln 4 true sense a civil |
lied people yet their condition SIS
vastly sbote that q tae brutal sag.
age II Soto found them engaged IL
tllilne tie soil fer their bread ard /
vhy should theY diseaFd thc chase faf
meat xhen bouuteoas natufchad hlisd /
the izHd wlih neess and herds fsg
their ase Could tie lsraelitss 1e
called HnclFlllged heeaase theg Sub.
sisfei "a 8ualsg
TIE >panisH journalist speaks con.
tsnplnoasly oi the Cherokee apparel
ia the early DAYS af tie sixteenth cen.
tufy liut ne hagreaif bis bare sou /
fos lf. History gives Hs - data whieh
would enable any one g hold q con.
troFeFsY with hlm apeh this p0laI /
And Yel. it IS aafsaln that hfsfafs /
giess q ~ account 8 any perlod IL
the existence u the Cherokee people /
when thay could hase nean properly /
characterized As blanket iadlanA
u Is true. before tieY had Access te
the products of the European loon,
theY cad themselves mainly Ia skInz
But i thls material used As 4 resfare
be = ahadge oi barhaTlsn among Indians
wis Is It not equally - Ia London.
iafls ard New York;
on. II will be aid. IN these centres
Of blazing light and knowledge. these
hoFld pslts. by an application Of tie
reilnamenta of art afe hfst carefully
aud completely dlv0feed from all tie
repnlslee associations which connect
them u imagination vlfh the uneIezn