The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-09-21
WORK FOR SIXTEEN YEARS.
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Naskoses / r.. sept IS Four ln'
dian executives are noe spending
Of their time signing paienfs 70 alloi-
meuts 10 iile Greek Chcrotee, Clloe-
saw ana ChlckasAW naslors and tfe
once u the commission 70 lht Hse
rlslll1ed tfltes =, Mussogee = flooded
with thousands ~ Documents eAch
representing To- acres u land
IN ghs decd department % iilo com.
uissiutefs oases yssleTA-y aps pat.
snls nese piled upon a table gradg 90
= carried b sgvcial mewQUgef o.
ssuvrrnuF 1cGuftaln az tise Cl,ocgaw
Nation. fpr his signature BESIDES
tiseee, there wefc l.ua CilccsAw Aisa
Chlcsasaw patents ana Sn Cherokee
deeds THAT msfN received yesterday
from Tie secretary ~ thn lnleflpF.
having tesn approved ~ him Afier
having heen approved by tho scFcia.
~. tl4esa patents are rrcorlied lu the
comm lssloacfs of4ce al MnAkQgsf ana
thsu forwarded Tor tla lAst llme 10
TIE Indian executive Tor dellfsD 10
tie allottesa
Il "a estimated That there wili lx
faliF aea.0p deeia 90 u~c0Fd AZ tise
commissioner once tefofg tie aiict-
msnt business n finally disposed uf
Win tie present force Ia ihe ncofd
ink division. MOI more than forty
deeds can D. recorded each dAy AZ
tbs rate lf wuaid rrqulfr Natecu
gsaFs 70 complsts this part 81 the
vufk assigned % ule fapcs conmis.
sion Il a evident thar TIE force ln
talls department must h. greatly ln.
efoset if tho Commissioner would
complete his uofk silbin the siiaft
tlase assigned "a him.
Tie Indian executives nna signing
psisats are 9enefai y Porter pfluc
~ chief Of ths Cfcsk uafion Gfesa
Hefuftsiu. gotcfnnr ~ fhc Cieciae
uatlen Gofefnof Johnston, uf tlie
Ghiesasass aud chief i.ossn. oi tiis
GieNses nollou TIE commissioner
q tfe ase civilized tflt.s ha, asign.
- a trusted messenger to eatii ~
slese execaliges and each of These
messengers i given ietssf canlain.
ing q record 90 tl,o deeds interested a.
lis ears ani . duplicate 81 thh fecofl
IS kspi ia iht otlcs The deeis are
delivered io tle Eostnuf " tie ns.
ton shefg tllsy ueiong Ard hr -
charged vith item upon the books
of Tie eumml0lau. Tie Indian sNa
tise then slsss tiYe pAienis and tlis
messenger takes them personally tack
81 TIE 0ffics 81 tlle commissioner Who
fofWafsta fllem q Mashlnetnn ieF thu
signature III ihe secretary az tisT IA.
teflar - careful IA tlir govern.
me0t u tllese deeds iilAt n d0ra n1t
even trnst them ID Uncls sans
nasA III tie ClincgAw and ChickA.
~ nation. the pFocesium Is even
ssAA8H aAAAHt NHA4M AAA*H NAH' WN*HN 81
signed Is tie nAociAw gugefner and
rsf8fuet Il the commissioner Office
ties afe tlaeu taken in Chleka.
a~ nation and signed % sogefnof
Johnston Tie joint signature u the
10 governors Is ncceSafy 10 those
nations
~ Tie 900 patents that wsrs de-
lifsFet to aliottess in the ChoclAs
aad Cllekssae nations without tie
= tie secretary 81 the ln,e
flef taflnE tie eonif0grfsy tetseru
lie United States government and
lie saseaflsus af lnse nations sil
aaf - have 1een retgmct % the
missioner uface bf tts ail0itess
81 ues additional ones afc coming in
a4sfY daY Tieg must bo returned
auA forwarded f. llie secfetArg 81 fhu
interior Ter his signature teiafe they
alIi IL considered good