The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-02-10
Senator Landrum Advances the
Theory that Red Mans Prim-
tive Home was in the
Land of Homer
COMPARES LANGUAGES
TO PROVE HIS CLAIM
Scholarly Indian Statesman
Gives interesting Facts Con-
cerning His People in
Lecture at College

Assuring the people Of Chickasha
and Grady county that Cherokee
county and tile ten counties Of the old
Creek Nation are not ia sympathy
with the terms OF the Akin bill which
proposes TO abolish a number Of the
state schools. Senator H. M Landrum
won sIa attention Of his audience At
the Seginnng Of MS lecture last night
President Moore introduced the speak
or 10 the student body as "a man who
has an accumulated knowledge about
a peculiar people Before the lect.
ure the Girls clee Club OF the college
under the direction Of Miss Rose Mur.
ray gave two numbers
Mr.. Landrum Ia hls Introductory re-
marks told how be WAS a member OF
the first and second legislatures OF
the state. and how be had worked
for the establishment 81 taa Girls
college at Chiekasba lle SAID ihat
his county and people were against
the terms Of the Akin bin.
Senator Landrnms address was q
scholarly effort ID prove that the
Cherokee lndisns originally lived Ia
classic Greece
Using the Imperfect English of a
clyIlized early day indian Mr. Land
rum gave iacta Of lndlpn wisdom that
we're startling aud yei full OF humor
lie told how The eIniunr customs
have al gone he's the Pilgrims upon
their arrival 20 America. 'fell on their
knees and thea arose and fell on the
aborlgines:' hov the ,epee has given
place to thc cottage how the blanket
has been discarded. The scalplag knife
Is broken and The war whoop is 50
dead that no echo remains 70 tell the
ialc Of the victories Of the tribes
\ In tracing the civilization Of ths
tribe the Senator showed how peopl,
had been made to give up their Owl
originality to adopt the WAYS and
customs Of another people tie spoke
oi Il a. the death Of a race.
Mr. Landrum condemned tie In
dian reservation. defining It as
place Where the Indians are taught
shittlessness and ldleness that fosie'
gambling and other evils aud a plae'
whore the Indians spend their monel
with the agents
AS civilization pushed wesiwar'
the Indians we're eNlied and extermi
mated. the border instructions beinl
that a dead Indian Is better than
live ono and therefore XIII the Re-
Devils said Nf Landrum
That Greece Was ihe original hom
Of the Cherokee indians Is the cor
viction OF Mr Landrum and hl
brought the proof OF an archaeologis
to substantlatc his claim. The pip
Of peace which originally was a par
Of a religious ceremony, Mr Landrur
likened to the Ark OF the Covenant,
the dimensions Of the pipe being th
same. The marked similarity Of th
2 Greek and Cherokee languages va
one Of th .trongest claims Mr. Liant
rum produced as 70 this Relationship
"One word corresponding With ia
creek Nigh, be an accident, a doze
words might he coincidence b.
where sou iind hundreds Of words
Il certainty 81 tile relationship sal
Mr. Landrum.
Giving examples OF the valley dl
leet and the hin dialect Of the Cher
koe indians. Mr. Laudrum gave wo'
consauctlons. deflyations and mea
Jugs 10 establish the relauonsh
with the Greek language
In conclusion aif. Landram gave
poetic and historical account Of Y
Cherokee Indians Of 0hahoma 20
race is run, our seory is flushed,
must prepare ourselves for a new OF
or og things. Il IS thu dawn Of
new era and we must enter the ra
with patience"
Tahlequah, the capital city Of &
Cherokee Indians. was the seat OK Z
Jal government for years. The III
newspaper Of the tribe was the "Ph'
nix printed Feb. 81, 1928. The Ia
n1lnan ~ ~. .naner was half Cherok