The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-24
MAY INTERFERE
Frauds Suspected by Indian
Agent Thackery--Mex-
lean KickapOOs.

1y the provisions az your amendment
iu the indian appropriation bin passed.
ni the last session OF congress The re-
arlctions werc removed from several al-
lctmcuts Of the Mcxican Kickapoo
tribe OF Indians cf oklahoma Territory,
Two Of tine alomcnts join the city
of Shnwnee on the west and four oth-
crs Of The seven are within one and one
hulf mile Of the CITY, the seventh be-
ing located sear lho town of McLoud.
Clllahmol. Each allotment contains
eighty acres and from theh location,
six of the seven arc OF special value
The matter has recently come to the
roticc OF the interior department and
IL appears that The Indians have not
Teen fairly treated i'm the matter 1t IS
crepcd that cx-mdian Ascent Martin j.
bentley Of shawnee. with the assistance
of ". S. Fields an attorney OF Wash
ington, u. c.. ana others were largely
interested in reviewing the passage of
The amendment 10 the act in question
and that very soon after its passage.
sir Bentley went from Washington,
D. c. TO Mexico and secured deeds
frtn the Indians for each OF the seven
nlojments
Two Of tie deeds arc made to Mr.
Benileys wife. Tia B. Bentley. and
three of the balance were made 20 W.
W Ives. The seven allotments in ques-
ton were raade to O-kc-mah. Thi-the-
auale Wali-mnh-ke- that-hale. shuck-
ke-quah -pale-the-ah, Noten. and
Ki-kali-ro-pit
a f-s
The east half of the southeast quarter
of section "a township 10, North Range
2 East of the Indian Meridian joins
tho city Of Shawnee on the west Inn
mediltely moth OF the allotment Of o.
keenan, was the allotment of Pall-pe-
siuck The latter allotment is crossed
by two railroads which leaves only
about 55. scrcs. This 55 acres was sold
TO the highest bidder under the rules
OF the interior department about three
years ago for S48.9iO,
The deed Of O-ke-mah 20 vs. W. Ives
shows consideration Of only $S00g
wd contains about eighteen acres. The
allotment of Thi-the-quah lies imme-
diaiely west Of the allotment OF O-ke-
NAH ana her deed To W. w. Ives shows
"A consideration of $1,000
/ The allotment OF MISUNDERSTANDING
ah is also adjacent to the city Of Shaw
nee and contains eighty acres. II is
most oNcenently located for a valuable
udaiton 20 the city.
The allotment OF Ke-ah-qua mack
/ les Immediately south Of the allotment
/ OF -nah-ke- thlt-hah and was sold
/ is the same manaer as the allotment
Isl Pah-pe-shiek for S2S.800. and is nov
worth no less than ,45o0o in the same
condition aus il was at the time Of the
original sale rho suppositiou IS that
the Indians have accepted other lands
in Mexico IN lieu Of the alotments
above named which represents only a
Hart Of the amount paid for tle lanl
I'm Mexico. It is reported upon good
authority that two tracts Of land locat-
ed in Mexico and containing 269.0Ol
acres in al have been purchased, sup
Iosedly for ihe Kickapoo Indians at a
cost OF s125Oj0. IN view Of all Of these
facts it is probable that the patents
viii not be issued IN fee by the secre-
tmy of the interior and that an att
tempt VIII be made TO have the ao.
repealed ny he next congress.