Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-08

! May. 1917, and provided a national
committee of safety and business
management, composed of l3 members
to be elected blcnnially to whom all
questions of the sale Of lands should
be referred.
The same year by written INV
| schoolmastcrs, blaCksmiths, miller9,
! saltpcter and gun manufacturers, fer
rymen and turnpike keepers and me-
| chanics were permitted to reside In
| the nation under certain conditions,
The nation was divided into eight dis
trcts. Judges, marshals and light
| horsemen created for the administra-
tion of justice. The same year poll
tax was levied for the benefit of tho
! treasury and parents made respon5i
! Bile for the board and clothing fur
nished their children who should run
away from mission schools and not be
| promptly returned by them. unlni-
nous resolution was adopted by tha
council IN 1922, not to cede any more
land and prohibition and -gambl-
ing restrictions imposed.
Delegates from the several districts,
adopted and put into execution a writ
ten constitution in 1S72-probably the
first real written constitution ever
promulged by an Indian tribe in tbs
history Of America, II not the world.
The Cherokees removed to the east.
crn part of oklahoma under the oper-
utions Of the treaty in 1895 In 1899
the Act of Union reuniting the
two nations was entered into at the
/ Old Camp Ground, and the Constltu-
ton under which they lived for over
SO years, except as slightly amended
TO conform to changed conditions OF
affairs. was adopted at Tahlequah in
1879.
Tho school fund which has long
been the pride Of the Cherokees, was
originated by the treaty OF 1919. en-.
larged by the treaty OF 1895, and still
further 10y the treaty of 1866. Tho
system of public school went into op.
GRAFTON IN 1912. Their high schools
were opened in 1850, and enlarged IN
lS7t and 1875. Sequoyah invented
the Cherokee alpha bet I'm 1928. The
Cherokee Phoenix was printed part In
English and part in Cherogee in 1928
The first number Of the Cherokee Ad.
vocate was printed In Tahlequah In
lS44
AS n people they played an I'M
portaut part In the war Of 1912. Sor,e
participated In the war with Mexico
and thousands in the last rebellion,
and were the first to abolish slavery
and the most liberal in providing fcr
her slaves Amid all these vicissitudcs
the stream Of their existence leapinS
from the base of the impenetrah.e
cliff Of the great unknown has uerC'
ceased TO flow onward over the shoal1
OF ignorance. amid the arid sands"
what mighty change has taken
place. Their stately capital. with It's
council and senate chambers ana ex-
ccutive offices will hear no moro the
cloquence Of her citizens. Her beau-
tiful seminary building. which has
stood FOR years as beacon light In
education. to white and red childfcn
alike. IL today one Of the states fotc
most institutions of higher learning
The Northeastern State Normal-lni
should SO remain. despite the mailed
hand Of the governor, who claims to
see no benefits In her wonderful
achievements both past and present
The barriers which kept the white
man from without her borders, havu
been removed. The church bells csll
20 worship American citirens-not
Cherokees. The language Of the chase
of primitive mans seldom heard
Snd in the space OF but a few years
the nation has merged. peacefully and