Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-01
DISSOLVED BY THE GOVERN,
MENT LAST NIGHT AT
TWELVE.
The Dance OF Death"
Indians and Friends Commemo-
rated Occasion With Wierd
Ceremonies Here.
Uy GLENN coNDoNJ

'''. AlAh lhlll .hh 'Nk Aouril luA all
IH .s"r.'
GI1llcd warriors with beating
hearts and unchecked tears that
flowed down Wrluklcd checks and
stood IN simple grandeur The lights
ana noises OF great city almost
drowned the muttlcd sound Of tho
tom TOMS ON one side was the troll
lc} cars and the traffic. but this scene
they gave only a passing glance.
lurlr rycs-.ts keen ass those of the
hoot owl u the night searched tho
darkness tu the west aud north,
whore the Arkansas river Wiudtd in
and out of the Lost city hills And
as they muttcrcd softly, like the pur-
rims Ol tine breeze that swept IN, ram
t'',,1 W. ,'' n'""S "ol', IoVI' lhelr
nliratinr to br.,l." o"u, '''ht' th''r 9T"hh
lr.u In.s y.,..d d., un. .,n',,,'..,, 'e
thrir f,tbrrs -rrnnat.J ,flrr thnn,
"t,nd,s oiu n, 'dnn,'"
,n
me N"''"h Di'@'
Ihc cherokee nation, largest Of tho
INe civilized tribes, was dissolved as
a nation last night, and come forty
odd thousand Of tho most advanced
Indians that ever peoplcd this contl-
nent are today an integral part Of
the government over which floats
tn-colored banner, whose motto IS
| one RAG, one Country, one God"
Tho only celebration commcmorat-
lng the legal death Of the nation was
| held in Tulsa. Members OF the tribe
| from all parts OF the state took part
IN the Impressive ceremonies. After
/ the speeches and songs and dances In
/ the parioTs OF the hotel select crowd
of fullbioods and inter-married ciu-
zens gathered on the roof Of the tall
. structure and witnessed the Dance OF
/ bedih, 1t was the second time It had
| ever been given in full. The other Oc-
| casion was when the CherOkees left
their old homes IN Georgia IN 1885
and migrated to the state that Is now
called oklahoma.
Songs and Speeches.
Speeches ringing with the fervor of
a patriotism for the stars and stripes
and a love Tor the Indian race that
/ planted the banners Of religion and
education west Of the Mississippi for
the FIRST time, were made early IN tho
evening. Songs were sung by sweet
voiced Indian girls and "pdlcfaces,"
who had been educated in the same
schools and trained In the same man
ncr as their Cherokee sisters.
W. Tate Brady adopted member Of
the tribe, WAS sponsor for tho enter
ltAluU'uls Ills duuItsS was Mica
with memoirs OF. a lifetime residence
among those to whom he paid such
high tribute
c. A. Haskell the first governor OF
oklahoma, likewise recountcd in "A
marvellous oratorical effort. the prog
ress Of the Chcrokecs lie told Of
how, i'm his initial message TO tho
first legislature he had urged that
the Old Cherokee seminary at Table
quah be purchased by the state and
made permanent normal school. He
made an impassioned plea for tho
permanent maintenance Of this insti-
tuition, as a perpetuation of the first
real education and civilization brought
to this state.
I,r, . Si,l MI
,,.,,.', -,
george bul'eIt IuHDlooded Dela-
ware ana an "Iopl'd ChtroAee' lett
d SIGN peq 10 pe present for 80
I"iS ne mas "Ntu on the GROUND
n no would Goorg. I4nJlett "oHI% 'i III
a story of progress and achievement
in the annals of modern
history.
seventy eight years ago this month
tho Chcrokecs. at that time a cul.
tured and refined people. trekked
from their beloved homes in Georgia
ness Of Indian Territory" True. two
years before Washington Irving had
trayersed the Arkansas from Fort
Gibson up into the Usage. but he
went through virgin territory lie
campcd on a high NM which Is nov,
but a short distance from the en-
trance to owen bark in Tulsa. and
there h, eat down a bee .ree "TAis"
ho wrote in his Tour Of the pre.r-
tos. rs tho promised land OK milk
ana honey" And Tat whereof ne
grote latal lecam, Tulsa. ON this
seIf-same sDot tne Daughters OF tho
..4- ..-.r Revolution are now plan
nlLf g. erect Il monument OF irving
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