Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-06-21
REAL CAUSE OF REMOVAL
OF THE CHERoKEEs TO
OKLAHOMA TOLD.
MANY WRONG THEORIES
Cherokees Were Prohibited From
Holding Council Meetings
in Georgia
uBY L. A. MACMnLANJ

tBN 4, \. MACMILLAN
ADA. okla. June 20 The real
cause OF tie rem val Of the Cherokee
Indians from Georgia 10 oklahoma
is not only generally misunderstood
hut often misstatod. True II is that
/ one of the minor reasons and the
/ one usually given as the major reason
was the discovery of gold in the
I { herokee country For many years
/ prior to 1881 tho citizens of Georgia
had loked with cnvious eyes, on the
/ fertile hills and valleys Of western
. Georgia. occupied by the Indians.
Minerals were aboundant not how
ever, in such paying quantities as
/ supposed. A series Of minor events
/ had occurred during II period Of ten
years that led TO legislative action on
/ the part OF Georsia among which
WIS one that prohibited the ChCro-
KEGS frOmr. hol0ipg cOunc'f, or as
soWbling for any purpose, provided
fer the distribution Of their lands
among her citizens, requiring all
mites residing in the Cherokee Ma
tlon within her chartered limits to
take an oath u allegiance TO the
state, and made 1t am oilense pmr
ishahle by four years imprisonment In
/ the peniteutiary TO refuse TO do so,
Rev Samuel A. Worcester the ma
tonal grandfather OF Miss Alice Rob-
e''Son' IoIHlo'S Pos0'i''S''ess ol N'1 h
foS'v, ana I"lnl!1A!"I! H"Hlvu hul-
/ I,I, VINO We're al IHal uI.'o nL!sS'oI.'
/ alI'S among lhe lheIoheos NeIe ~
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a.Griii' ','1r ,Ia ,i- ao,tdi, 'o', ,
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| That decision without any doubt
M'S 'i'e 'p"i I'"'o Ma 'I1I w. o'N NJ M,
HvI IpNco Prop'o ~ 'N'9to'""'
$50, a. 0H II, NJ 49, feoo
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/ ~ orr,,rVo,t oF ~ coso ou tooii1"
~ nrnTc MI Cnorgi, had aconiosrcd
/ g. n ,,t,,,....,i Io-,',..i',t,,, t,'t 49,.
/ ~, i,or,,l,oo N.tr ,,nssossod frll
riaLt to tho Ia,ds thny accILind
,,ntI 10, rio,,t sbo,,id ho dYt,r-
| ftgf fa..1 frrtt IA Iaa
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| l'oi, t'.,,i,o,,, ,,,.,s ~. - .i,,, r'"t
/ ~, ar, s,ot. vit,in u.Loed nho,,to,
/ lir,iis :, e,. ,,,,,,t't ra.;do L,, - baTrd.
nv, linz cstahiisLa1 j,, trootjo,. mot
/ within tbair hnundariee ,bev nosecss-
/ ed rIrhts vbiob No state couId inter
fero with ard that the v,bola novvcr
! of regulating tho intercourse win
+ them uas vested i'm tbe I-nitad states
/ Tho legislature of Gaor,ia Therefor.
exceeded ber riobts and anv lopis-
lation an Tho eubiact U-,s unconstitu-
tionol ana vbolIv void
Kbon tbe ucycs ~ tbat docision
reached tho stata of Georgia tho
/ noonie rer,eod 20 snl,r,it 10 a ond
| claimed tbat The eurro,nn C,.urt nos-
eessed no ri,,,t 60 rando,. /, sba haino
/ nv tho constit,tior so,eraion an6
/ indonordont etota ana ,o naS, stata
ro1ld no Formal ,ritbin hnr li,,its
vithout bor consent
SOY ,,'a. ,i'a 'tia,,,,,,, g., ,,lio,,
Pr. sidant faclieon Was ri,cnd aftor
tbo r,,,rt IA ra,dSrod ~. dalis-
iar ~ ,,a nort 0f Ga,,l,ia a.
,,,ard ,,.os ,,,odo a. ,,rotodt Lor 90
stiti,tiomoi ,,,abts h, tpo ,,rostSo'rt rn-
fusing to enForcs tho dorieio1 of tho
e,,nra,,,o y. .irt MA ,S,,a''',-o,. a.
n,5nded tho r,,irtnDonco ~ thair
/ rigbts as e,orantnod tn ,bo,,, und,.r
no trootv ~ I-ot ana srs4,'i,,0d ~,
decision ~ Tho sunre,,e curt