The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-19

uase was-raf 1flNtal-fqf ths Cherokee
country. ten.laot-iliah.by six feet wide
with innnmefabIc dcvlces m drawers
aiia hinges for tho person sitting at
It's carved desk The carvings every
where wefe bold aAd Aheayy. or no
less bauty waS6the ihlrror that hung
iG the drawings raapa, Us length was
about eight tfeaid iahls onelhalt and iIsI
Yldth, six tfebt, broad Irauc mQdell
ndl lNnRAh, lhNAlFs,liThe pasNlw iF
more than ~ n hVseays aidrno dtmthe
nster nlstAe 5nl4Fpr eFortmore than
thirty yeagS y .hpng wlLout change
on the SANG eordflsA conpanlGn piece
o. this lnlfrpr MAS a4fnall table
These fwtln AAlgsq fHw pieces ~ this
notable seol lHpaol aurpiuire. The
Only loss. wyas,a sf chars Turing the
Civil @lrysnIIaNTl MARITAL law, Ma
ior Murrell'E ptQ4erty MAS declared
c0nliscatt III .A .c.. jWd Salhored to at
tend Tie sailT byAoffiRry o. the com.
tents of 1iht Mptrel ma0sldn A few
chairs were said hctore inieryention
drove tba ifyaddFs FROM the mansion
ana cldsIn ffs ndu5fs. AT tlhs time
the schtfBkt es Mat .hnd east their lpl
tlihts WITH the eihiaif iil' the az.
cendA1tS oSei. aN6SS Cherokees that
haSf goieiwit6 the Confederacy.
Major. Mriqell AetlHned at intervals
60 Park lllil after the close Of the
war, He maintained his property IN
d comfortable way until he was de-
MED citizenship aiaA lhe Cherokee Ma
lions lie llei twenty years ago at
New Orleaps az the age OF S6 years.
The war mad estrahged Major Muir
fell from many e'of his occasional VISITS
to his isafls' I'M 'Gmarsion was filled
With regrets aud heartaehes Finally
he decided TO abandon this old home
The bulk of thts beautiful furniture
was moved into asingle room. care
fully wrapped aand' the door locked
There II remained 70 rthirty years IN
the dust and cObwehs the mansion
fell into bad repair and IN wintcl
storms raiGscalne through The roo
and damaged the polish and the greer
damask and tho gold dtlowers-
The Mnrnl mansion passed to kin
men aud for nkmyayears II has heel
owned by coAnel Ross, Of Tahleaual
a nephew OF the two wives Of Majo
Murrcll. Lewisu Ross having been
sranduncle Of Cplpnel Ross Much o
the furniture was distribute 1 rs gitt
( and mementpcs among ,mcmbersof tn
Ross family Spple of Il remained \
the Murfell llansioll at Park Hi
and fully two Wagon loads were cal
ried to Mrs N,.P, Ross at Fort GIL
son, a daugntef OF Lewis Ross, VIII
died Ju N 20. 1903, at the age of nearl
S2 years. Thf,S ndf'nfture Is now owl
cd by William u Ross 1T fort Gil
son One Of the most exquisite piece
was a love token 'froai Major Murre
to his second wlieAAa mahogany sew
I ing table, inlaid with ROSEWOOD Th
h9eh.us worlnmal that made thi
table contiiyed manpslittle drawer
AMI lihges thai causeslt 10 open !
peculiar ana slDhsitaf ways Tho ol
instrument brought froMa the East I
This Cheroleo wkdMnt@ islDwned h
! sileiheftiR0ss Allitoru Gibson.
lti gfhe difrct hen. 10 whom belongt
.s1us fu rtlhreeaiosis In nltthe locke
+ ruohl AZ :'Rsrh lltlts wac George Ro.
! Murrell the L0uIslana plaster
gim yeafNpspsed. the Murpcl and Roi
8 t,pl9f ubnISns Ehnf4,se e0upsI
a|fefaNs hnfsANh lhasatths1ge . Mnfr
!. 'wnqhi 5tistt hataiihe hY9,iure. anon
Adal sahssflaytBas. ,yEsalagfb kl04 Nh
4. y aYAs or yi9ktNie l,1btgaBesd M yea
gsdIy dlHYt3illSirSA slti1 pKs eoaaecit
'dds 4put9a skilt, jtssiX ib6e' fampie
\ Stylsatsr5p dSbit aLIsA W.. ssisit "A,
'sheGpktt bsla!!kyesv hlili ,!.nl VI ked II
mpsly3 foYlpt and -jneWofirs OF fstn
Years ponfet nlppB leE,llke a flpo
Next daR NIb19bn,Fele packing u
mnilir@o 5ltsnr 43illlelI vas sendr
y 70 me hCulrityQn iat RaJou Goul
5olidb pftReds 4 large car was bar
" able to cotal the treasure.
Experts were brought from New q
leans To Bayou Gonla to restore u
lprniime Ipd. thers 1, stands toda
lae I. t'eadsIfis Eepes thais espos
been dead, with the dust OF 70
leaves in their hands The CUES
: that sat with the host round the gre
table have vanished and their mer
ment long since passed Into silen
The little empire OF the Cheroke
with all Us tragedy and romance. H.
! crumbled and It's people are journc
, ilg upoa new roads A letter
! eeived from Mrs Murrell By one
/ her kinsmen at Tahlequah said tn
recently the great mirror. with
, frame of nodded gilt flowers h
! lropped without warning from
place on the wall and was shatter
into q thousand pieces
There Is one more locked roc
filled with antique mahogany fur
!, ture purchased by Major Murrell
: ante-bellnm days This room Is
: the mansion that stands on the Nj
:, tiell plantation. two and a half mil
from Richmond. Va
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