Arizona republican., 1908-05-19
KICkAP00 INDIANS
 CONFER IN DOUGLAS
Three Carloads of Them From Okla homa Meet the Whites and Their Exied Tribesmen in Council.

Ther has been frequent mention in tte dispatches recently of certain all laged fire gularities between the deal . i ings of the government representatives and the Kickapoo Indians. souIe of whom have been living for time in old Mexico The Bisbee Review gives the following account and review of the trouble up to Saturday:
 Kickapoo Indians to the number of several hundred will hold an important conference at Douglas tomorrow which may be prolonged for several days, provided trouble is encountered in reaching an agreement on the matters which have brought the tribe tOgeth- CT
 These Indians are brought together for the purpose of deciding on who they desire to act as their representa- tive in receiving from the government the sum of $215O00 which has been ap- propriated by the government to pay the tribe for their interest in certain lands which formerly belonged to the KickapoOs in Oklahoma.
 Three coaches loaded with KickapOO bucks and their families arrived in Douglas yesterday afternoon. They were brought to Douglas for the pur- pose of meeting another part of the Kickapoo tribe which left Oklahoma several years ago and went into MeXi- co. Last fall the Mexico part of the tribe was brought to the vicinity of Douglas for the purpose of allowing senatorial committee, consisting of Senators Teller of Colorado, and Cur tis of Kansas, to take their testimony regarding some of their interests in Oklahoma which it was claimed cer- tain parties were trying to appropriate and who is seems had followed the Indians into Mexico and secured cer- tain transfers of property.
 Since the testimony was taken hr the senatorial committee the Indians have remained in Mexico below Doug las. in all more than 150.
 The Mexican portion of the :r.hc and the Indians brought from Ck!aH"- ma were the owners of certain iaa13 in Oklahoma which the government disposed of and to pay for which S215, 900 has been appropriated and now lies in the United States treasury subject to the order of their legal representa- tive.
 The council, which will begin tomor- row. is for the purpose of giving the Indians the opportunity to decide as to who they want as their representa- tive or trustee in collecting this money from the government. It seems that several government Indian agents have been claiming the right to act as the agent of the KickapOo. and the meet ing now to be held is for the purpose of definitel determining the question as to who will be authorized as their representative.
 There has been considerable dissen- sion among the white men who are connected with the tribe in one way or another over the manner in which the money should be paid. In connec= ton with this decision Indian Agent Mark Goode, it is reported, has been suspended from the service because. 1t is alleged. that he kidnapped five mem bers of the Kickapoo Indians in Mex fco and took them into Oklahoma.
 Factions who are opposing Goode, and who are responsible for his pres ent suspension from the service, claim that he got the Indians to follow him by promising to pay them money in
 glas Instead of taking them to Douglas it is said that GoOde misled them and took them into Oklahoma. Goode's action is said to have been the result of a fight for control of the tribe in which he and several others are interested. and it is claimed he thought if he could get the five h.