The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-09-27
Chief ROGERS
LAST MESSAGE
Final Appeal to the Lawmakers
of a Gying Government.

! the allotment of the lands of the
Cherokee Nation, for the disposition
ofGtownsites therein, and for other
purposes, approved July l, 1902, and
ratified by the Cherkee people at an
election held August 7, 1902, common
ly known as the Cherkee agreement
provides: ''The tribal government
Of the Cherkee nation shall not con-
tinue longer than March 4, 1906. {"
The other provisions of this act pro-
yides Tor the NATURALIZATION of the
lands Of the Cherokee nation, the
making Of the roll of citizens of the
Cherokee Nation, the management of
schools until March 4, 1906, the plat
ting Of town Sites and the acquire
ment Of titles by the individual
owners of lots and the public sale of
the remaining lots, and the method
Of conveying title to the allottees from
tho public domain Of the Cherokee
Nation
Sections So to 90 inclusive provide
for the issuance Of patents for all
conyeyGnces of alloments made under
the provisions Of said act which shall
be signed by the Principal Chief and
approved by the Secretary of the In
terror, and after the patents are ap-
proved it is made the duty of the
Principal Chief TO deliver the patent
to each individual allottee or his rep
-esentative, or the person entitled
under the law to receive and receipt
for the same.
Under section "A of the act herein
above referred TO certain lands were
reserved from allotment to individuals,
and among the reserve1 lands will be
found 40 acres each upon which the
Cherokee Maleand Female Seminaries.
colored high school and the Cherokee.
Insane Asylum buildings stand; also
the grounds occupied by the National
Jail, the Cherokee Advocate printing
Office and the square occupied by the
capital building at Tahlequah. In
addition to these reservations it is
known that there will be small tracts
and fractional pieces Of land left at
various places throughout the Chero-
kee Nation after the allotments shall
have been completed. No provision is
made in the Cherokee Agreement
above referred to for the disposition of
the reserved tracts of land, together
with the buildings thereon, nor is there
any provision made for any lands re-
mairing latter the allotments shall
have been completed. The work Of
the Commission to the Five Civilized
Tribes in the allotment of land is fast
nearing completion, and / have signed
a great many patents for lands allotted
to the-citizens of the Cherokee Ma
tion, but none as yet have been deliv-
cred to the allottees, although a few
have been approved by the Honorable |
Secretary Of the Interior, compared |
and recorded by the Commissioner to |
the Five Civilized Tribes, and are now
in my hands ready for delivery.
Section Ga requires that nine months i
shall elapse after the date of the orig
inal selection of an allotment before
any patent shall issue, so that time
may be given to any adverse claimant
to institute contest proceedings, if he
so desires.
The above provisions Of the Cicero
kee Agreement have been referred to
in order to invite your attention 70
those things for which no provisions i
have been made for a settlement.
Inasmuch as the congress Of the
United States viii assemble in regu-
lar session on the first Mondy in De-
cember, 1905, I deemed it necessary
aud advisable to convene you IN extra /
ordinary session and submit for your &
the advisability Of tax &
Ing such action as you might think
sxpedient TO make provision for the {
inal disposition Of all property not !
disposed Of
Since an of our legislation must be S
by the president Of the q
United States before the same becomes ]
siiectiye, and inasmuch Jas our past
experience has shown that legislation y
enacted by the Cherokee National {
1ouucil during its regular November 7
.ession has not been returned before o
lbout the first of February following 7
and inasmueh asour tribal .
expires on March &, 1905,
thought very necessary, il we hoped a
@ get any congressional relief that &
ge enact such legislation now, SO that 4