The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19
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us" Thompson, however.
UCnefo, fJll-blood. and reference
~ u' trg,4phies OF the men who
met 80. tue date when John Ross
fom r-incipal chief. until the
t.,.y az william G. Rogers,
c1,t, ,I.ripd chief, evidences the
"t,t tnufe never has been a
,,'1d chief Of the Cherokee ma
rra,r Territory. The 10
Fll 'bo hold the highest official
i'm fro gift of the people
'.is. rterofco nation, after its cs-
m Ilt,,epf Iu 1889, were John
Ie,rIs Downing, william j.
Os charles Thompson, Dennis w.
s,5ead joel b. Maycs, c. john
u''ii iii1rris. sam H. Mayes, Thomas
II ,,.gtor and william G. Rogers.
,',s, mentioned John Ross, had
n y, '",rrol 4s tine principal chief OF
M n1rd Nauar' I'm Georgia in 1928,
n .',,cgt'orgd IIo held the position
4 .5m 1889 r.I 1866.
IL Ievis Downing ana Charles
+. ,.--,nsor rrs-pssod more Cherokee
~ .,5 ,bou did the other principal
"a N.fs Dowu.ng was Of about one
..r,fr white to three-fOurths
K. i.stee bIopF while Thompson
At y. osvt.ly o, half white and one
M indian. But he had the I'm
IA. u, irrk' and actions and because
M y, .,sso things was generally sup
\, ,,si fo be n full-blood member OF
III \ nation. The only picture eXtant
M ,tb.s chief shows him wearing a
/.' ~ stiff hat. OF him Il has been
I. ,,i5 that he erected n church house
Fn11nNsF ptfiyang
n t.t mat the Raptists would not reg
Huarly ordain him. stating that ne
n yos n LAWYER. Evidently the belief
g vac NAT n lawyer could not "make
/. r,odn az a preacher, but when the
III IN man was elected principal chief
L. his nation q sudden change of
Xysws came about and ho was or
N3,rod rs n regular minister. 1t is
la interest to- recall that even I'm the
n IA days iu the Cherokee nation
Wvhen political campaigns were un-
ds- vay. there were campaign les
Nftated, even as such have been and
~ now related by the 'palefaces."
Some big ones were told concerning
Nthe kindly and hospitable Charles
1T5ompson or Ochelata. one Of
them was 20 the effect that he lived
In cave out in the rugged hills OF
MgDavipaw, the idea being to show
Ehm up as man OF the woods and
XG only semiciviliZed attainments.
NPgt the stories were without results
n and when the votes were counted
NOchelata was found TO be almost
Nt'acted. there being, as has been re-
hied, only eight votes difference.
NThe eight votes would have seated
L
tRoss, but there was among those
1vho had the counting of the votes
Iir charge a very astute "paleface"
who had married n woman of part
n Cherokee blood. This man had often
been befriended by the former chief.
but desiring to "get in good with the
O.helata man." he suggested de-
Nrroying sufficient votes TO give
n 0chelata a majority. This was done
,nd not until long afterward was It
related how ''the trick was turned"
nj 0.heata served only one term and
nd was succeeded by Dennis Wolfe
III Blshyhead, a man Of much ability
ana who had been educated in
III .awrenceville. n. J.
~ Ot Dennis Wolfe Bushyhead it is
ag that his real surname was STU
en- His grandfather, a captain
- - stuart OF the British army, stationed
III near the border OF the original
III Vlerokee nation who was of part
Vale blood. The captain had been
W. aled "bushyhead' by the full-blood
+. Aerokees on account OF his heavy
t pond hair, and after his death his
III ,'a grew up among the Indians and
TOO, was called Bushyhead. In
"a a' way the family name was lost.
W - principal CHIEF Of the nation
trns
w wis Downing, often regarded as
W : ll-blood Cherokee, served one
WA 'rn and died soon after entering
M sp9n ms second. Like Ochelata, he
1| me Indian look" TO some eN-
~ pn1 and was also a minister OF the
4# 'Ps' denomination. Downing had
NJ argated career. Besides being
M preacher he was n councillor in
~ w .herokee legislature, a soldier in
e FEDERAL army in the civil war, n
s.mer and chief. Tall and erect, he
Su 70 have been n striking figure
william G. Rogers, who was
Sa Sa during the closing days of
eueIokee nation, a nation which
* ~ ssualed In Indian Territory in
ii%I ana continued in existence un-
X s.,v s,v act OF the union in 1899, when
ssaIes or both the western and
III T,Silln Cherokee nations, met near
,,S ,,Sttguah and agreed to merge
~ Wi. WI Oe known thereafter under "the
~ toH w o4 INC SneroAee ma
~ Igor a number of years the nor
,.w,Ht 49, Of all tho 10 principal chiefs
oo,,,i' as most OF the men who had
III D,pSu D,scias me position Of vice or
M q Sau chief,' hung upon the walls
~ ,ou, executive office in what Is
N hop.. "e cherokee county court
nv gg h. Mler the old capitol build
tes Svaihe the property OF Chero.
q. no4s.t.uu'y and was remodeled. the
= 1'sIa library. U !" 'Ne |ar-
r-,.or TO 1870 the offices or tho
M n.y. chier and the meeting
,grs NJ ". me members of the legisla-
IA cspIi,te IN log houses, built on the
Vas al aquare, but about 1867 action
breE E"Hssh Hsh by tho council to have n
t0nn,sti5use erected and after its
II. A,4 n an the various offices. were
WI sri ~ ue new house. The senate
~ bf ma aell .sl chambers and the SUI
# bf' - courtroom we're also in he
|| rars y aphol and there were many
81. pstissIia valuable documents and
H s'9red upon its shelves.
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