The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-24


on the said tribes of Indians in refer
ence to lewiston in severalty, of the
community property of the tribes and
the abolishment OF the tribal rela-
tions in said tribes; have fixed dates
ranging from March A. 1907, and at
several other subsequent dates, for the
winding up of the affairs of the said
tribes of Indians, and still the same
mas not been accomplished and
WHEREAS, All the land of said
tribes of Indians in the State of Okla
homa, except individual allotments AID
mineral reservations, have been sold
by the government; and all contested
claims and citizenship cases have been
ruled on and disposed of under the
supervision of the department of the
interior and
WHEREAS, The said unallotted
lands have been sold to individual pur-
chasers under the supervision of the
department of the interior, on deferred
payments, to be paid for in three years
from the date of sale. and said de-
ferred payments have been rightly eX-
tended from time to time by order of
the secretary of the interior upon pc
tition of purchasers thereof; for the
reason, that the financial condition OF
the country prevailing since said sales
have rendered them unable to meet
the demands of said department in
that regard; and
WHEREAS, such unallotted lands
are non-taxable until patented by the
federal government, thereby depriving
the counties wherein the said land is
located from the revenue in taxes on
same while non-taXable; and
WHEREAS, The series of short crop
years just passed, has rendered the
people in the section of the former
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in the
State of Oklahoma, in a financially de-
pressed condition, especially the In
dian people therein, and to relieve
their depressed condition and to expe
dite the final settlement of the affairs
of the said Tribes of Indians in the
State of Oklahoma; and
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the purchasers of the unallotted lands
on deferred payments of the Choctaws
and Chickasaws, have never had the
privilege of homesteading lands under
the laws of the United States; and
| WHEREAS, The counties wherein
said lands are situated, are greatly il
need of the revenue in taxes there
rom, and would be greatly benefited by
that source of income,
We, the citizens of the Choctaw ano
Chickasaw Tribes of Indians, in specia
convention assembled at the City o
Ardmore, Carter County, State of Ok
lahoma, do hereby, most respectfully
memorialize the senators and represen
tatives of the congress of the United
States, and urge them to use all rea
sonable diligence in the furtheranc'
of the passage of all legislation thai
may be needed to the end, that oul
Indian people may realize upon, anC
receive their individual shares of the
proceeds of the sale of their communi
ty property at an early date. We would
most respectfully ask the congress OF
the United States to make the neces
sary appropriation to pay the remain
ing deferred payments on said lands
and cause patents to be issued imme
diately thereon. upon the final payment
to the Choctaw & Chickasaw Tribes
of Indians for the said unalloted lands;
and donate these lands to the individu
al purchasers thereof, in lieu of home
stead rights on same.
Honorable Cato Sells, United States