The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-28
MAY SAD MONTH
FOR CHER0KEES
Graves Decorated and Me-
mortal Services Held
for the Departed
Special to The World.

Special to This World.
TAHLEQUAH. - This month
ia a time OF decoration of graves and
memorial services In many of the 10.
calities OF this section OF Oklahoma.
As n visits some of the old-time
burial grounds he Is impressed with
the fact that here was the scene of
a very early settlement, and that
quite n number OF the first citizens
of this northeastern portion OF
oklahoma were indeed pioneers.
Many Of the weather. stained head
stones. with inscriptions sadly in
need OF the chisel Of some "Old Nor
tally" reveal that there are people
resting beneath the soil of Cherokee
county who first beheld the light OF
day In the eighteenth century. Thus
In the old Hendricks burial ground.
some miles from this place In the
country. there are at least a half
score stones whose Inscriptions show
that those In whose memory they
were reared were born during the
latter years of the century men,
toned. Many Of these persos were
of mature age when the people of
the Cherokee nation were removed
to the west in 1898, and several OF
them died during the 40s and sos
Of the nineteenth century. fun OF
years"
Prominent az Early Moson.
Only n few days ago there were
held some interesting exercises in
an old burial place across the boun-
dairy line between Cherokee and
Adair counties. Among the notable
persons buried there Walter
Scott Adair, the first worshipful
master of n Masonic lodge In what
is now the state of Oklahoma. Mr..
Adair held this position in the old
Cherokee lodge. A. f. and A. NJ, in
the small town OF Tahlequah in 1850.
His home at the time was nearly
80 miles away. almost on the site
OF the present burial ground. His
death occurred in 1854, after many
years service in the capacity OF an
officials OF the Cherokee govern-
ment. Very probably he was buried
with Masonic honors and ceremo-
MES.
In the old Ross cemetery. near
Park Hill. are the graves of sew
eral persons born in the eighteenth
century. One OF the stones Is In
memory of n woman who was born
In 1915 and died in 1882, while
there is another gray old stone
dpoNt NNlO u VI 81 n ~
acter born in 1887. Principal Chief
John Ross, according 10 the in
scription on his monument, was
born in 1890, and Riley Keys. one
of the first chief Justices of the
Cherokee supreme court. was born
In 1873. There IL no inscription on
tho big boulder which marks the
grave OF Speaker OF the Council
Archibald Campbell. but he was
probably born during the COS of the
eighteenth century. as he was a
public official at a rather early date
in the nineteenth century.
"The First Cherokee Minister"
At the Park Hill cemetery lie
several persons of distinction in the
carly days. the most prominent be-
ing the Rev. Stephen Foreman, who
was born IN 1907, the first member
of the Cherokee nation to receive
theological education at Princeton
college. New Jersey. As compared
with some Of the other burial
grounds IN this section. the Park
Hill cemetery Is comparatively new,
though several Of those inferred
there reached advanced age.
Quite near the Park Hill ceme-
terry is the old Mission burial ground.
The first interment therein was
Ildue III loovs So ldI us hHoWIi
though there may have been some
turials before that date. On the
second day OF June. 1899. r. Boudi-
not. a prominent Cherokee OF the
early times and notable as "the
first Indian editor" was fascinated
near the mission, and on the follow
ing day. or the second day there
after. was inferred in the secluded
burial place In the primeval grove,
A short distance from this grave Is
that of the famous missionary. Rev
Samuel A. Worcester. who was born
In 1898 and died In April, 1853
Several OF the teachers of the ole
mission are likewise buried in tht
now ~long-unused and neglected
grounds.
In these and other such places
throughout Cherokee county tn,
mounds will be covered with flow
ers, while programs appropriate Il
the place and occasion viii be OBJ
served.
In all of the burial places men
toned there are the burial place
OF men who once served in thu
army of the United States, princi
pally In the Civil wal but at tn
4. Ross cemetery are the ave. o
!, two, at least. who saw service in tn
war of 1912. Others probably wer
In the Mexican war. and t,.ere ar
some new graves. they being o