The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-09-13
DISAGREES
John c. Duncan Differs
From His Vinita
Uncle


notice in a late issue of the Vinita
Leader communication from Too
Quas-Tee commenting on a speech Of
Judge Stanfeld at the Ketchum pic
mic.
am not politician nor statesman,
neither hold / a sheepskin from Dart
mouth, but / am a Cherokee Republi-
can, and feel grieved that / cannot
stay in political line with the distin-
guished and patriotic Too.Quas-Tee,
who was Che sole cause of my choosing
the Republican as the one of the two
great political parties Of the United
States to which my allegiance should
be given.
1t was he who stomped his foot on
the great stone steps Of the capital
building at Tahlequah, when con-
gress passed the act providing for the
appointment of the Dawes commission
under a Democratic administration,
and said, History repeats itself. " 1t
was he who said. "Oh! when you have
read the same pages of history that /
have, you or no other Indian can have
any love for the white man, who
drove us at the point of the bayonet,
tearing asunder the ties of love for
our homes and tiresides, and the
graves of our beloved, east Of the
great Mississippi, thereby creating an
Indian cemetery Of the roadside from
Red Clay to Fort Smith which will
stand as historical monument to
prove the great and unparalleled love
the Democratic party had for the
Indian race. /"
And 1t was he that related SO much
of this that / was forced to become a
Republican. Now how strange it is
that man SO smart and so well pre-
pared to know facts would attempt K
say that the Democratic party was
not responsible for this great destruc'
tion of Indian life and property. He
admits that President Jackson was
willing TO sacrifice the lives of thous
ands of Indians to appease the wratf
of a handful Of Georgia robbers whose
policy he himself admits was rob, rob-
rob.
Bow easy it would have been fol
that great Democratic republic Uncle
Sam to have put his thumb down on
the little unorganized state OF Geor'
gia and to have said: "Hold STILL
Georgia, Those: people have rights
that must be respected" Then dc
you think that Georgia would have
been so imprudent as to have com
mitted any crime on that line? Not
so; she would have quietly withdraw
her troops and quit.
But no, that loving and God-fearing
president, Jackson, preferred to COM
NIT the crime himself, and did it well
He goes down in history as being the
greatest wholesale murderer known
to the civilized world. Too-Quas-Tes
gives to President Jackson the honol
ofJmaking the iron-clad title we holc
to this land, whichis great mistak ke
We were represented in that day bl
the memorable Chief John Ross, wh'
asked for this title, and in order tt
secure the Georgia gold mines, which
were becoming very popular at thai
time, President Jackson would have
igned anything.
The admissions of Too-Quas-Tee
himself are sufficient proof that the
policy OF the Democratic party is mol
only to rob Indians but to annihilatt
them as well. 1t IS a historical fact
that a very near relative Of Too-Quas
| Tee, who was an old innocent lady, re-
| ceivei some rather harsh treatment
at the hands Of that Democratic mol
sent there to enforce martial law
4 Some Of the soldiers found her sweep
ing her own yard and thought sh'
was picking up gold nuggets, which
were occasionally found there, and tc
prevent futher mining operations sh'
was drawn to a pear tree in her Owl
yard and hes arms we're locked arounC
| it and there she stood all night, with
no shelter, food nor water. OF cours'
the Democrats permitted this for thu
pure and unadulterated love thel
have for the Indian.
Now, gentle reader, especially Mr
Indian, did Too-Quas-Tee show you
single place where a Republican eve
attempted to rob, rob, rob, an Indian
futher than what would naturally
follow such a great scheme as thi
allotment deal, which was prescribe'
and carried 50 far by the Democrati