The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-03-31

An interesting country the Indian
territory, and until comparatively re
Gently land practically unknown to
che people of the United States, thoug /
situate almost in the very middle OF
ihe United States. 1t was not. untl
after 1894, in which year the national
congress authorized a survey OF the
lands of the territory. that we had true
topography of this large legion. 1t was
bought to be an open. Hat country, II
proved region about one-fourth OF
which was mountainous, nearly two,
thirds woodland
An interesting people has reigned
supreme in the tcrritory-this nation
within a natiOn-the Five Civilized
Tribes, who came >thithHr under an
agreement with our government guar
anteeing their tribal authority. They
entered this fertile land of exile in the
laiddle sos, and in the period interyen
ing between then and now have cor
Quoted their own affairs. Subject tC
ne requirement that they must keen
within the limits of the constitution Ct
the United States, and must recOgniz2
The United States governments para
mount authority, they have been s1-
preme in their own domain But now
all this is ended On the 4th of Marca
1906, the last tribal organization OF the
Five Civilized Tribes was dissolved
and their numbers diifused in the
mass of the country's citizenship, th1
fnal chapter in the Indians annals a
q distinct race written,
In the Atlantic" OF the month thai
saw the final dissolution Of the Five
Tribes, appeared an eloquent paper ty
Charles Harvey on The Red Man 5
Last Roll Call" a paper that told Il,
not only of the Indians of the Indian
Territory but also Of the great proces
sion Of red men peoping this land. OF
their character, of their heroes. The
. reader was made TO see IN flash the
vanishing life of the American race,
the red men possessing he land when
the whites came, the aborSines tha'
proved themselves far mode lOrintdd-
bic warriors than any other of the IN
ierior races even encountered by tn
empire builders Of Spain, France, Eng
land, Holland or Americ9." One range,
far as one reads; there is De Soto
encounter with the warlike ChickaSaWs
and Cherokees il, the Mississippi val
ley; Champlain and the powerful co..
federation of the IroquolS. Tecumsch
the Shawnee, fighting with the British
against Old TippecanOe; the Apach,
Rough Riders in New Mexico and Ari
lona And the author OF The Red
Mans Last Roll CALI speaks of the In
dians' victories OF peace. Ia peace
TOO the American Indian gained vic
tories which ought TO be as renowned
,S those he gained in war. Hiawatha
the Onondaga, and Dagonseda, the Mo
hawk, evolved q confederation for tn
IroquOis under which the affairs com
mon to the Mohawks, Cayugas, Onei-
das. Onondagas and Senecas were res
ulated, and this Went into operation
yer three centuries before Washing
ton, Hamilton, Madison end their assO.
ciates met in Philadelphia to devils
the federal scheme under which Wt
live. ... The League Of the Iroqnoi-
as Jefferson wisely intimated, coulC
have given valuable points to the Phii-
ldelphia convention of 1887.
But let US return to the Indian Ter
ritory and the Indian of to-day. Il wa
Jefferson that suggested the transfer Ot
the Indians to the west Of the MisSle
sippi, and it was under Jackson tn
Indian Territory was created. the Fiys
Civilized Tribes began foregatherin-
there Early in his service as pre-l
dent. Jefferson announced. II am my
elf alive to the obtaining lands from
the Indians By all honest and peacedb.s
means, and | believe tn honest an
paaceable means adopted by us will %.
rain them as fast as the expansion OF
our settlements, with due regard 10
r0mpactness, viii require After the
purchase OF Louisiana, Jefferson pro.
n0sed the move to the west. In 1890
President Jackson ordered the removal
of the Indians from their homes cas-.
of he Mississippi; in 1892. the Indian
Territory was set apaT. tor the Fjy-
civilized Tribes; by 1916 the iast ones
ne SiminoIes, were estlDlLh-d there
other Indians moved !a-a these
lands The census OF lsol reported 2
N1d1l reservation Of 40 souls. an o.
ta~a reservation Of -,2n5, Peoria res