The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-16
OKLAHOMA IS Is
YEARS OLD TODAY

CONTINUED PROM fAtE bNt
rcmovnl Of the Indians 10 what Is
nov Arkansas and OklahomH, were
expressed boy Jefferson in his second
inaugural address tiS0JD. when he
reminded tho country uf IT. duty TO
tho Indians.
Tho aboriginal inhabitants ~
those countries ! have regarded with
the commi-Drttlou their history iu-
spires. Endowed with the faculties
uud rights ~ men. breathing au
ardent love " liberty md iu1epnu-
dcno'. and occupying u country
which left them mo- desire hut 20 be-
uudi.iurbcd. the stream Of overflow
ing population from other regions
directed itAolf 0u those shotes. with
out power to diroct or habits 40 CON
tend against if. they hove been over
/ Whclmvd by the current. or driven
before it, now reduced within limits
too narrow fur the hunters state,
humanity culuiUs uH Co teach them
agriculture and ths domestic arts
tU encourage them 10 mat Industry
which alone 'uu enable them 10
I jpmaiutaiu their place ln existence
and To prepare them in time Tor that
state OF society which 20 bodily
| comforts the Improvement OF the
mind aud morals. We have there.
/ fore literally furnished them with
/ the Implements Of huahnuury and
| household use, We have placed
I among them instructors In the arts
, or first nccessitv and they are cov-
. cred with the Rcgls OF ia" law
against aggrcssions from among
b ourselves"
/ Home for Indians.
Treaties were made with various
| tribes Of Indians, giving them a
/ permanent hong which was TO
/ "rcmaln theirs forever" Some uf
| tho treaties provided that the ccdvd
/ lands should In M. future time.
/ without their consent, be included
| within territorial limits or jurisdic-
/ tion Of any state or territory The
/ lands were assigned 20 them in per-
| pctulty. They were 10 have seclusion
/ fromft he whites and government by
! tribal Organization and Indian cus-
| oms, under the supervision OF tho
| United states Their lRnds were 10
he innlienable and non-taXablo 80
! long as grass grows ana water
] runs
There have been frequent changes
[ In the policies OF the federal govern
| mont towards the various Indian
| tribes
what was known as oklahoma
| territory was opened TO settlement
! April %, 1889. when an avalanche
OF population swept into oklahoma
! In "a single day About bn.9o0 stakcd
| out available lands. a territorial
governmc was organized. The
| Indian Territory was an unorganized
I territory. with the central govern
ment In Washington. which was 80
{ obnoxious as to he designated az
| bureaucratic government"
on June 12. 1906, President
/ Roosevelt approved an act OF con-
gross commonly known as the en-
abling act, admitting oklahoma ter
| ritory and Indian Territory as one
state upon certain conditions. OKLA
| homa was admitted to the sister
hood Of states, being the forty
sixth.
when admitted to the union.
Oklahoma had far moro wealth and
population than any other state
when admitted and vast resources
! that had been only touched. An9na-
/ lous conditions prevailed. one sec
/ tion wanted a herd law and parts or
/ the other section did not. one Soc
ton had no good roads or COM
mon school fund. There could not
bo "A grant of sections 6 and 36 for
| common school purposes. All OF ia.
/ states carved out of tho Louisiann
/ Purchase were TO come into the
union upon equal footing. so an APP
! peal was made to congress TO appro-
| pirate Si0,000,O00 In lieu of said
! sections OF Indian Territory TO which
| Indian titles could not be eNtin-
guiahed by reason of treaties the
government had made with the In
! 'in~e. the reasonable value or the
land, but congress appropriated only
/ S6,UOU.O00 In lieu thereof
Congress did not make a sufficient
appropriation to pay the entire eN-
pCnses 10 the constitutional conven-
tlon. Oklahoma state became the