The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-03
SE0UQYAH To
Be IMAORTALIZED
MONUMENT TO CELEBRATE CHER
ohEE 10 BIZ UNVEILED
THIS WEEK-
MISS ROSS MODEL
Izhleqazh Giri. Descendant Of Indian
MOl4rchs. WI Disclose Tribute 10
A11cesi0r Who Gave Tribe AIphzbei
and Written Language.

4 real. live. bsood-nesha,5-bone n
dian princess. 6ssosl5zni q the famous
segpoysh- who gave 70 ire Cnsrokee
r-zrlSn rs alphabet and written Ian
g1Sgs- T4l accompany the Oklahoma
delegation 70 the Nstsonzl Reunion q
Confederate veterans. % b he'd IN
Washington. D. C.. June : 70 :. The
princess. descendznt q TIE rsigrirg
rnonarchs q the sboTlgtnes. T. Miss An
ulsPhillps Ross. o. Just plain Ann Ross
A. she prefsrE 70 b. called
Giss Ross VII attend he reur5on as
q maid n honor % Miss Ethel Ika-d. q
Artmo-e. sponsor for John r. Morgan
camp. United Confederate Veterans. of
Ardmors Caickasaw brigade honore5
3llss Este-Le B-ack. o. Marietta. with the
appointment n Sponsor ard Miss Marie
koo.rson also q 3lar.etz, is her maid
u hor0r.
several years ago the state legislature
u C-,la1grna appr0Drlatsi q generous
sum to- statue u seqg0yah. famous
Cherokee who invsnted the Cherokee
alphabet and gave 70 that tribe its writ
ten language.
Model for Monument.
since the appropriation. q well known
sculptor has been busy on the statue.
with Miss Ross sitting FOR him occz-
slonally IN order 70 give the artist the
true CnerOkee facial features. and the
statue has only recently been comple,.
q.
During the reunion this week the
statue VII be unveiled In s,ztuaryr Han
IN the capitol Miss Ross has been Sc
iected as the one 70 draw the strings on
the big covering. and Il Il this honor
70 which she is looking forward eagerly.
Besides her relation % the famous
sequOyah. however. there are other rea-
sons why she should Be selected 70 IN
ven the statue. She il a great grand
daughter q General John Ross. who
brought the Cherokees % Indian Terri
tory from Georgia. and who served as
their chief for forty years. until the
time of his death.
Educated first al the state normal
school a. Tahlequah Miss Ross later al.
tended Crescent College and Conserya.
tory, az Eureka Springs. Ark. She spec.
ialized In expression and has been be.
fore the public on many occasions. For
the past two years she has Travelled
through the east and shared the lecture
platform with the famous naturalist.
Ernest Seton Thompson.
Miss Ross also is a naturaliA and In
her strOils about the wild lands has
gathered and classified az many as
eighty different wild species Of bloom.
Ing plants and vines. especially those
In the southern part Of the state. She
is a child Of nature. and her association
with Ernest Seton Thompson has &c.
centuated her love Of wild life and Of
the beauties which nature has In store
for those whose affections have been
cultivated % observe them.
II do not find life unlnteresting in
Oklahoms's greatest oh field" Miss Ross
said today. This IS my first opportu.
nifty % see liquid gold bursting from the
earth, and ! never would grow tired OF
the wild life and the energy Of an Okla.
hOma oil field"
senator Owen 10 Make Address.
Miss Ross. accompanied by her par.
ents. Col and Mrs Robert = Ross. has
been visiting her sister. Mrs J. C. Cobb
az Healdton. Colonel Ross was for six.
teen years national treasurer of the
Cherokees and has handled many mil.
lions Of dollars In making tribal pay.
ments 20 the Indians.
Al the unyeiling Of the monument 10
sequoyah. In Washington. Miss Ross
VII be the central figure. Col Rober,
L. owen. United States senator from
Oklahoma, will make the speech
through which the statue VIII be pre-
scented 70 the United States. In honor Of
the Intelligence and persistent work Of
the red man who gave his people a Ian.
guage.