The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-13

n Indian or tribe Of Indians to any
consent n approval Of the federal
government. Some of the and claimed
by the Indians is where the cities OF
Oneida, N. Y, and Philadelphia now
stand. A committee of Indians will
go to Philadelphia next month in an
effort to effect a settlement.
Tribe Threatens to secede.
So bitter became the discussion over
the constitution that virtual secession
OF the Onondaga tribe from the con-
federacy is threatened. The older
chieftains viciously attacked efforts Of
the younger ones to cast aside tradi-
tons and make changes, which the
latter claimed were necessary to keep
pace with the changing times.
Actual secession of the Onondagas
would have ~far-reaching results and
would bring the United States govern
ment into the controversy. If the On
ondagas set themselves up as sepa-
rate and distinct from the Six Nations
a new treaty with the government
would be necessitated, for the one I'M
der which the Iroquois nations now
are recognized is a CONSTITUTIONAL
agreement between the Six Nations
and the United States.
Verbal fireworks shot in the gut
tural Iroquois language, with an oc-
casional English expression adding
emphasis, exploded fercely I'M furi-
ously throughout the entire session.
These were interspersed with impas-
stoned pleas over the proposed suit
against the government for land pay
ments and for a quick settlement Of
fractional differences.
The Onondaga tribe was assailed
savagely by Mrs. Laura G. Kellogg OF
the Oneidas from Wisconsin, one OF
the leading Indians Of the day. She
spoke on the disputed matter Of
whether Livingston Grouse, secretary
of the Six Nations, had the power to
call the council. The Onondagas
that their tribe, through
George Thomas, chief keeper Of the
council fire, had the sole authority to
summon the session. The visiting
braves supported Grouse, while the
were lined up behind
Thomas. Modern flibustering, she
charged, was being practiced by the
braves to carry their point.
"The trouble with the Onondagas,"
she declared, "1s that they have no
brains. They cannot see the issue.
They cannot see what is best for them.
We must decide whether we shall con-
to receive their insults.
Call for independence.
Must we continue to defer to an
I'D shell of an Onondaga council? We +.
a great idea for the organization
If III tribes. 1t was so great that
BART OF 1t was written into the Con- ,
Of the United States. We I
here a golden opportunity for .
elfzgovernment among the tribes, but
nan can come into our reservation /.
nd operate US to his gain and our ,
disadvantage" J
Chief Chapman Schenodoah Of the J
Endorsed Mrs. Kellogg's state \
lents about he listlessness Of the I
)nondagas anC their tendency to re- 7
ard action OF the other tribes }
United we stand; divided we fall" \
e quoted. 1t Is not necessary to Z
1alre the Onondagas think that they :
ave ito gee haw" the horse to bust ;
ess. The thirteen original colonies \
against the mother country, Z
Probably that's what we are Z
DING here. We cannot wait for them. 4
We cannot hang back" =
About two hundred delegates at y
the council. They included :
representatives from the st. Regis \
Ioliawk reservation at Quebec; Okla =