The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1917-06-02
Money Comes After Years
of Waiting to Heirs of
the Favre Heirs,
AS WARDS OF NATION.
Clemogene and Elizabeth
Favre's Descendants Come
Into Their Own Through
Efforts of E. j. Gex, Local
Attorney-at- Law.

After many years Of patient and silent
waiting some of the ''Indian money"
from the Government has reached this
city to parties rightfully entitled TO
share its possession. 1t was long
trip from Washington to Bay st. Louis
if we are to reckon distance by time,
but the money at last arriveda few days
ago, and, as his clients gratefully said,
thanks to the instrumentality and ac-
tivities of Attorney E. J. Gex.
"Unfortunately," said Mr.. Gex to The
Echo, sail of the money that had been
looked forward to and the money that
was counted on to make the heart OF
every Indian or Indian descendant glad
did not come as expected. but what did
come was due the heirs at law OF Clemo-
gene and Elizabeth Favre."
It appears that many years ago when
the Government was registering the
Mississippi Choctaws, that the parties
above named attempted to enroll and
moved to the Territory. For some rea-
son or another they were never actually
enrolled. The failure was never ex-
planned, neither was it their fault. An
effort was made to have the courts order
them enrolled, but the Supreme Court
of the United States decided against all
Indians that tried to mandamus the Of
ficers to enroll them. The next move
was to ge at Special Act Of Congress to
enroll these parties with officers. It
was question then how long time
before the moneywould be forthcoming.
During, all Of this delay, seemingly
unnecessarily, one Of the women died.
Fate had decreed against her. In a
course of time the other became despe-
rately i'll, and an effort was made to ac-
celerate, if possible, the slow grind Of
the mills of the government.
The Government considers all Indians
enrolled as wards Of the nation. No
money could be paid to this living Favre
but by application and approval of the
Government. The application was made
and the money allowed for the support
of this party and an order issued that
the applicant could buy home. But
cruel fate again intervened. Mockery-
like, the money and the order for the
purchase of the property reached Bay
ST. Louis the day after this Miss Favre
was buried.
Under the rule OF the department the
money was not to be paid the heirs di-
rect as they had never been enrolled.
This was another delay, and after many
disappoihtments and planning, finally
and Unexpectedly one day the money
was at the postofice, addressed to MIR.
Gex, for his clients.
The following-named parties received
money, the amount approximately dis
tributed to each set opposite their
names: Joe Favre, Jack Favre and Eu-
gene Farve each, $4,000. andrew
Pouadeaux, Eddie Pouadeaux, Elodie
Capdepon and Nege Capdepon, $780, 90
each; Hazel Pouadeaux, Victor, Octave,
Elizabeth, Margaret and Alphonse
Pouadeaux, each, $500; Glenn John
ston, S735.00; Dada, Alcide, Raphael
Favre and Mrs. VIM. Poison, each, $50.
Sylvest, Julia. Angeline and Marx Favre
each, $1,000; Bobbie, Ernest and John
ny Favre, each, $1,000; Frazene Favre
and Min Window, each, $100; Eugene
Favre, $4,000. It is needless to say
the hearts of these people were made
glad when Mr.. Gex paid the money over
to these different people, and The Echo
knows that he felt just as iubilant for
them.