Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-21

nary Indian, like that Of other races, is
his craving for strong drink, and that
fact Increases the responsibility Of the
officials Of our state and the members
Of our legislature in the enforcement Of
the prohibition law.
Married Indian Woman.
II married an Indian woman. and my
daughter has Indian blood in her veins.
My wife had both Chickasaw and Choc-
taw blood in her veins. have spent the
greater part of my life among the men,
bers Of those tribes. The best men in
Indian Territory, the leaders of the section
of the state from which I come, have In
dian blood. Charles D. Carter, the repre-
sentative of my district in Congress, is a
Chickasaw Indian, with some Cherokee
blood. He is a descendant of Nathan
Carter, who was captured when a boy
twelve years old by the Shawnee Indians
at the Wyoming Valley massacre. when
all the other members of his family ex-
cept sister were killed. Nathan Carter
was afterward traded to the Cherokees,
grew up among them. and married full
blooded Cherokee woman His son, Ben
jamin Wisnor Carter, was a captain in
the Confederate army, and afterward
married sister of Gov. William NJ. Guy,
chief of the Chickasaws. Representative
Carter was born and brought up among
the Indians of the Chickasaw nation. He
has been associated with Indians all his
life. He has taken an active part in
politics as well as business affairs, and
| is one of our successful men.
Senator Owen of this state is quar-
| ter-breed: w. A. Durand. speaker of the
Oklahoma house of representatives. is a
Chickasaw, and our secretary of state,
Benjamin F. Harrison is a Choctaw,
born and educated in the Choctaw nation.
| I might name many other Indians who
| have hpan 0O1IQl1V SilccpECfT1 and exercise
a corresponding influence in this section
of the country. In the eastern half Of
| Oklahoma, in proportion to the popula-
| ton. more Indians are holding state, dis
| trict, county and municipal offices than
white people, and they are equally sue
cessful, which demonstrates conclusively
! that they are competent for self-govern-
ment. The only strange thing about 1T Is
that there is more ignorance abroad in
| the United States concerning the Indians
Of Oklahoma than about any other ques-
| ton in the world
Has Charming Daughter.
| Gov. Cruce is widower. He has a
charming daughter, Miss Lorena Jane
Cruce, now sixteen years old, who is at
present attending the high school at Ard
more, where she will graduate in June.
Next fall she will enter the state uni
versity for the full course. A recent edi-
ton of a local pager contains charming
picture of this young lady. and the fol-
lowing personal sketch:
| Miss Lorena Jane Cruce is a perfect
blond, with her fair and rosy complexion,
blue eyes and hair the color OF corn fas-
sells, and she finds It hard to convince
people that she is of Choctaw-Chtcka-
saw blood. Her mother was one OF the
and was one-eighth Choctaw-Chickasa
These twins were known as 'Chockie'
and 'ChiclSie,' since one OF them took
after the Choctaw ancestry and the other
after the Chickasaw strain: These nick
names stuck so well that Miss LIE Flore
was married as 'Chickie' LIE Flore. in
stead of Serena Isabel. her given name.
1T was more than seven years ago
| that Miss Cruces mother died, and since
| that time she has had a second mother IN
Miss Adah Bennett, niece Of Gov. Cruce,
and a daughter Of former Chief Justice
Caswell Bennett Of Kentucky. Miss Ben
nett at present enjoys the distinction OF
being the first lady Of Oklahoma and
until next fall. when they will move to
Oklahoma City.
GAS a student, Miss Cruce is very ear
nest, having specialized in German and
French, and this speciality came in handy
to her father recently. A German state
school land lessee in one Of the central
northern counties wrote to the governor
| in German, and somewhat erratic and
bucoc German at th.t mat hi bsd
not extended into the German Language
and three newspaper men, making up his
chief Office assistants. could do no better,
but Miss Cruce was able to make the
translation"
| Under the laws Of Congress-, as you
know, the lands Of the Five Civilized
| Tribes, in what was formerly indian Ter
ritory, which were held in common since
the Indians were brourht over from the
other side of the Mississippi river. have
been allotted in severalty. Each men,
Der of the tribe received a certain num-
| Der Of acres. The remainder Of the lands
have recently been sold at auction and
| the proceeds have been deposited in the
Treasury Of the United States as trust
| fund for the benefit of the respective
tribes.
Indians Would Have Gained.
If these lands had been held until there
was a greater demand for them. and sold
| to private bidders. the Indians would
have enjoyed the benefit of the rapid in
crease In value that is taking place in all
the farming sections as well as in the
towns and villages throughout the entire
state. But the pressure upon Congress
was too strong to resist. The white set
| tiers and SPECTATORS coveted the prop
erty, and the Indians were crazy for the
money Hence the lands were adver-
| tised for sale at auction, and agents Of
| the land Office at Washington have been
going about all winter selling tracts Of
| from 10 to 5000 acres to the highest bid
| ders. until nearly the entire area Of unal-
| lotted Indian lands has been disposed Of.
In the allotment each Indian was given
| lands to the value of $1.O41, the lower
| the value the larger the area. The maxi
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