The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1897 Page: 1 of 5
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FHE CHANDLER NEWS.
SEVENTH YEAR.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1897
NUMBER 13.
You Get Three Papers for $1.00 Gash if You Pay it to the Chandler Nems
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To keep down the. Klondike
fever expose yourself to blizzard
as often as one comes along.
Now that Bryan is in Mexico
the faithful may expect the
earth to tremble in thai direc-
tion.
Through the Chinese minis-
ter at Washington the -Chinese
government demands an investi-
gation of the murder last Sep-
tember at South McAlester, of
Chung Sum' a Chinese laundry-
man.
A democratic president could
not have more fun shooting
ducks than William Jaybryan
does.
Freeman Miller is having, a
time with the two or three edit-
ors? whose names he failed to
call at Hennesey.
The enemies of Marshal Thom-
pson and Postmaster Beidlor are
making their big tight against
confirmation but it w ill not avail.
Some people still write it "X-
mas." This is wrong. Christ
never signed his name by a
mark. He was not from Arkan-
saw. Edmond Republican.
The country will recognize
Pres. McKinley's wisdom in se-
lecting an embassador to the
court of St. James when it is
known t hat Col. Hay has fifty,
times refused to make public
speeches.
It is now said that if Delegate
Callahan can get the lines of
I township 17, range 1', Lincoln
county*, straightened out by a
bill in congress allowing a resur-
vey, the dream of his ambition
will be fulfilled and he will be
willing to retire. State Capital.
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Sac and Fox Sketches
Steps will be taicen to reorgan-
ize the Indian territory govern-
ment. Weather the B. I. T. s
appeal t<> be iUiaoheiJ to Arkan-
saw will be considered is'not an-
nounced.
Wkylek, safely landed in
Spain and surrounded by his
friends talks very boldly about
his Cuban exploits. Also he is
going to have his go\terninentget
after McKinley.
Civil service is receiving an
overhauling this week by cong-
ress. There does not seem to be
danger, however, that the ex-
tremes of the Cleveland civil
service wi 11 be followed by the
opposite extreme under the }.1c
Kinley administration. Rather
the manner of administering the
the law will be corrected. A re-
peal is not i'a/ored by a majority
i >f the republicans.
The aged mother of President
McKinley died Sunday morning
and was buried Tuesday, all her
near relatives and most of the
president 'seabinet being present.
Hers was a complete life in every
respect and death came only
when life had no higher joys and
honors to bestow than those al-
ready received.
Again the powers of the dem
ocratic and populist parties are
pondering the puzzle "ToJuse
or not to fuse." Life in the re
publican ranks is more simple
and satisfactory fgr such prbb
louis as that of fusion do not have
to be settled anew biennially.
Hon. Dennis Flynn is in
Washington and it is expected
that he will use his influence in
backing the Dawes commission
and against the Indian •lobby.
Flynn is better acquainted with
the situation in the Indian terri-
tory than most of t lie men in con-
gress and his advice has weight.
There is no prospect of inter-
jesting homestead news whereby
i Oklahoma gets free homes: that
| ceased to be a probability over
a year ago. But there promises
i to be a whole lot of interesting
legislation regarding Indian ter-
ritory affairs and this is likely to
lie nf a new and improving na
t lire. It look's as if the Indian
' territory-aristocracy is in a fair
way to be knocked in.the head.
i'm • m i 'd exchanges we
learn that J. V Callahan took his
eight"children to Washington in
order to give them better sur-
roundings than they could have
in Okltyhotpa. Mr. Callahan must
be ambitious. Many of his con
stituents think that Oklahoma is
'good enough for them and their
children; others believe a whole-
some country rearing more ben-
eficial to young America than the
forcing processes of city schools
and environments. After Ihis
congress Mr. Callahan's olive
branches will be forced to eon-
lent themselves with the accom
modations offered i.i the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe country.
Sac and Fox has three daily
mails.
Sam Jondahl is building a new
house.
The cotton gin here expects to
be kept busy till Febuary.
Mrs. J. B. Charles returned
Monday from a visit at Shawnee.
E. L. Conklin is spending the
week in Chandler on business.
Aubrey Lawrence and wife are
herefrom Texas visiting rela-
j tives.
Sac and Fox people are very
much interested in the Frisco
ex ten: ;ion.
The payment is over and the
Indians have all returned to
their camps.
Maj. Lee Patrick went to Te-
<■ : «h the tirst of the week to
j attend court.
Supt. Reardon and wife were
i up from the Abs. Shawnee
school Saturday.
The Agent's office and the
'schools have each received a
hands > ne new Hag.
A new roll of the Sac and Fox
Indians was completed last week.
It. shows .114 names.
Mrs. E. L. Conklin, the Misses
Conklin, and H. B. (Jilstrap
visiie l Chandler Sunday.
Sac and Fox Agency prob'a.b-
•ly does more business than any
I town its size in Oklahoma.
Harry Conklin, the Kickapoo
farmer, is here this week look-
ing after some lease business.
Dr. Wvman's wife is spending
; the winter in Iowa, where his
daughters are attending school.
It is quite common for Sac
and Fox Indian men to marry
women much older than them-
selves.
The Sac and Fox council was
in session several days last week
on business pertaining to tribal
interest.
When a child is born to Sac
and Fox parents an Indian
name is given it by its relatives
and the agent is asked to supply
J an English name.
| The Sac and Fox school has an
attendance of 0(5 40 girls and 56
boys. The Abs. Shawnee school
also has an attendance of 96 40
boys and 56 girls.
The Sac and Fox Indians are
fortunate in being free from the
I vicissitudes which surround and
(threaten the members of the
, civilized tribes.
It is said that the payment
last week was the most orderly
one ever conducted here. There
was absolutely no drunkennessor
disorderly conduct of any kind.
Chief Keokuk is a very religi-
ous man. He laid aside his
blankets and Indian attire at the
time of his conversion and has
worn the attire of the white ever
since.
Major Moses Neal arrived
Saturday from Darlington,
where he has been, alloting the
Kiowa.and Commanches. His
position as alloting agent was
abolished Nov. 30th.
It is interesting to note the in-
terest that the Indians still feel
in Dennis Flynn. They have
more to say about him than the
president even, and it would be
hard to make most of them be-
lieve that he is not still our dele-
gate. He is one of the very few
men in publie life whom they
have learned to trust, and they
regard him as a true friend.
Sac and Fox Officers.
The officers of the Sac and Fox
nat ion consist of <the chief, the
assistant chief, the interpreter,
and eight council men. The coun-
cil is selected by the two chiefs,
each choosing four. Then the
council chooses between the two
chiefs as to which shall be the
principal chief and which the as-
sistant, and it also selects the
interpreter. The salary of each
chief is $500 a year, and the in- *
terpreter and each member of
council receives $.300 a year. The
following are the present officers:
Mah-ko-sah-toe. (Chief MaKos-
ito) age 65, principal chief.
< > -nan-ke-sah, (Moses Keokuk)
age 75, assistant chief.
Nah o-quah-ke-shick, (Win,
Hur) age ti.'!, interpreter.
The members of the council
are as follows:
Kan waw-so, (Edgar Mack) age
44.
Mesh-she-walk, (Jack Bear)
age 56.
Nav mal-way, (John Bigwalk
er) age 5:5.
Nish-ke-kot, (Jeff. Davis) age
04.
Waw-waw-to-sah, (Alex. Con
nolly ) age 42.
Shaw pol-law-he, (Win. Park-
inson) age 0)7.
Mesh she-walk, (Win. L. Har-
ris) age 52.
Wa-kol-le, (David Wakolle) age
06.
Mah-ko sah-to was made chief
at the death of the old chief, Ah-
quah ho-ko. about " 1H89. This
was done because the son of the
old chief was not thought a fit
person for the place, and Mah-
ko-sail to was at that time chief
councillor. Keokuk is a lieridi-
tory chit 1' for life. He presides
over the sessions of the council,
and is said to be an orator of
great ability. .•
H. B..G.
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Gilstrap, H. B. & Gilstrap, Effie. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1897, newspaper, December 17, 1897; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115363/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.