The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 19, 1876 Page: 2 of 4
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r lu " of Lints give
’ Court cooirol ( jyvof
1 m tit il proccdoro of
Court in the Nation to rcgo-
- it r- tlo Co art may nco lit Tlio
Ijro in tbo “states ’’ ( mostly
!' ') i tio mm mou law practice of
L' amt in ns principle nnd is as
j rf-’d for the attainment of its
-1 os hundreds of' years of ex
j i' Knee etui iimlfo it in a thickly
‘ tkcIc-4 and highly civilised comma'
nity It is however ncccsssrily in
' and difficult lo understand ill
'oil Us dc tails and is theroforo ill-
wdapted to onr condition at present
While the Supreme Court nuiy have
-v - xhs foil henetit'of it tho Court nmy
- 1 If it sees fit adopt for the practice
r of the different CboKikee Courts
j each jmrts of the common lew pro
-Wiloro as it Inay-Judgo to bo suit
-t-wible f ' ' '
r This a HI bo r difficult task to do
Jn the matter of testimony for iu-
- stunceoar law recognises Boston-
olrd authority but It 'allows tho
’ Supremo C®ort 'to lo 'so a hen and
i j ho whir the Ctulrt may think best
- - It is plain that accompanying and
i -n limbed lo llie form of trials wo
" ' f hsVc adopted' many rules to’regulsto
the admission and exclusion of tee
tliuony will become necessary to
i make Every ipiCBtlon' raised by-
either sklo will ftirnisK an occasion
f' to make a'rulo or fo' refer to urulo
nlrcudy made settling the point
Unless this practice is followed tho
f administration of law can never bit
" 'come ’uniform and’ will always bo
'’liiortf'i'ir less unequal and unjust
''since it is easy to See that Without
settled nnd recognixud rules for gov
" Periling diO admisdon hud exclusion
y of testimony1 certain testimony ad
milted at onetime may' be oxcltt
- ded t another tinder ’similar dr
cmmrtauces relating to It and cor
tain testimony excluded at ono time
v- nmy be admitted at another lime
Vf e bavo discarded ar’oid oarage
forms aud ciistoms in (aw As woll as
in medicine There In Bo good
m reason why we should not adopt tho
jt i v or ir '‘cdig I a cxpvn
t -’i i t 1 of t uiic' but
i i'vf Wl e wt i wb’ch one arc
pi ’ os that can and must be on
' lbutlnnvray they to cq-
r i t rr rightly— “that is thu ques-
tion" We slmll lie glad 1® pursue
tbo topic in conjunction with otbrs
w ho wo are glad to ko feel a suita-
ble Intercut in it and are' qualified
to suggest a practical remedy for
present difficulties
In ono tiling our Correspondent is
right in everything but the applica-
tion intimated Ho says “the fin
ant-ial condition of a country is as
general thing the reason of tho offi
ciency of the administration” True
But the present financial condition
o( tills country is ’ not now ’ to' bo
considered tho measure’ of tho effi
cioneyof this administration --
"Onvcpountjof (lie enormous 'ox
penae the neocsslty of dofrtnliugjayr
rights against movements in Con
Grafr-adra ef Kaa to to Xmii tVJttli
t S(nhr '"'c '
My ran’C IsSifikcf I sidafull
bioe-J Chen kee 2Iy IkUier’s name
was J 'lying my mOthilsVtiaind ws
grew has compelled this Nation to
go to warrants hard not boon at par
for yonrs This expouso continues
though it can aud should ho greatly
reduced Howovor it is an expense
that is not to lo fhirly charged t
the nroseutadmisistratioin "
Then again it Tho now code Was
passed under another administration
and it is to tho increased expenses of
administering daw causdd by tho
higher pay of guard and for beturd
that the greater part of tho 'present
depreciation of tho currency is to bo
laid Tho hlghor pay of officers pro-
vided by tho new codp has nothing
to dowith i the depreciation Be
canso tho suicrior efficiency of offi-
cials or at least tho bottor perform-
ance of their duties' which the in-
crease of salary is intended to se-
cure is bound to oporafo as econom-
ical elements so fhr at least as to'
balance the incrcuscd expenso ' h
’ Again Tho great number of
criminals whoso triafs havo mado
the lust throe quarters of a ' year so
oxpensivo to us committed thoir
crimes when the old coda was in
force No administration is respon-
sible for that but if criino is chock-
ed ns M consequence of tho “now
redo” tho lust administration ought
to havo tho 'credit of the consequent'
docroaso Of expense ' 1
So-it fs a mistake to ’ churgo this
administration with uti evil that it
tins really had not tho timo either to
muse or to remedy' r V ?
It Will he ample time to ohargo
the - admlnistratioh- with extrava-
gance whon thodimqXo apply tbo
remedy has pusspifwithout nnprovO'
montv-Frixn fAaf time it will be
rcsponsjfo for tho evil should the
- t r s -v " 1 '
tho plate of murder Tam now 1
der sentence on the tr'ul I had at
Van Buren in believe if'tie
testimony of Thopkehouskcuwa
Talkbry They were living in Bi-' "taken anil thPresident of the Uni-
li0 DintlfU'tf VflllfllKAi I f-1
M i‘vNauera fiiil twvny ivuf t f IjujiU-o done tWhvre will have to bd
rule to the civilred cyiff C virTiTfinp' Tirxjlke-ddiijutiiif ra-
'tndrcYti3re'vboSoirrrt)he casUijis course JniluHo thfi coua-
Oif-Jipon Aylfcfi r thing
JU
' well ae n tho ofJirr' Jrmiat eliouhi
i ilixk vtji phycitian whamMulit' -mnet'dopithdJ'AAd who ary’iho Imen
not hesitate to acorn i a standard
tu t fed wrk - bocouso— well bo-
ivnsuahatf That it was the work
f white maaf But tho swtoia
which he does not hesitate to praise
and to practice sprang from' tho
whites nnd standard Wdrks of tho
’ profession nro cxjmnents of tho sys
i tem -Thero would bo no sense or
tonsUtency in a doctors rofusing to
tmcognix and follow tho rules laid
t down i a standard modicai nork
so far as be can understand them
j fto with Jaw Wo hve adopted
with much applause home and
abroad a civilized njjtcui1 of lawfk
1 There are standard iorka pub)ithed
to explain and assist tho operation
" of t W- ryntrin of law as Well as
standard Works published to expose
and leiuh tho system of medicine
There are maxima dnd elements in
both pixfrdons Hint standafd works
are designed to apply aud illustrate
There is as little propriety in rc-
fii'ing to rcoogntxoa standard work
of authority iu ono profbsaion as in
- nnjihcr
We hop then that our Courts
will out make a mcrif ofignoranco
' of ntarujvrd uorka upon any of ‘tho
I--iu Tips of law practhv dmt will
con all saiteUe octusions encour-
ago rvferrnccs to such works os
pirt of (lio systoni of isw we hold
in j n‘w’a honor Questions in re-
tct irony would nover
vuijic up in our courts of justice
that have the solo power to( give
nfiy wise suggestion of tho chief
practical effect -Tho
“currehcy question” is of tho
highest importance and next cout
cii will bo (lie time to settle it wise-
ly and permanently' When tho
nowtodo ff06® into full operation
aud has been given timo to manifest
its value we expect H to bo seen
that the expense attending criminal
trials heretofore needlessly great
!a many instances will bo greatly
reduced' We will - notice in duo
time the provisions designed to effect
that important result
If tho now code is faithfully ad-
ministered tho pay for ' “boarding”
mhwed to something loss than ab-
solute extravagance the expense At-
tending delegations reduced by a
lair division between all the Tribes
of this Territory of the cost of de-
fending their common interests aud
the present indebtednexes of the na-
tion provided to be nettled' we ap-
prehend 1 there will bo thence fbrth
no occasion to complain of of a de-
preciated local currency - ' - ’’
A J
il
'3 '
:iv rsr
of : “Year financial
a ' -II t Udlowrd p Uu-
ij n ' — a sppliod somo-
i - 'Jo rv-mlt a iil ho to
h n I alii-r a while
pul'j pol’iy of the
- no other means
rrn-nr I think the
’ f iri 1 I ihiiil as a
- ' ! ru 1 I ten J itum
t u i tv
i 1 in ef
i are
y fire
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The- Indian Journal of
lOtli aaysi ‘ " ” -
The Cuxroku Advocatx says
“dome wicted stories about some of
our officials hsrs been running
around of Into like snakes' Where?
In their 60018?”
Tliosnikei our frion J the Journal
“is thinking of are not tho annkes
the Abvocati way “talking about
Kren tlio JoorraJ must admit tliat
Si'verul officials of this nation are
worthy men nevertheless exposod
to calumny
However that may be the Journ-
al moot admit that stories of a secret
and Venomous tharseter arc tike
s lakes tlio common enemies of
mankind aud against which all —
high and low good and bad— are
1 alko Interested to detest aud crush
To tbc-vo reptiles of tho tongue per-
him in plain arc peculiarly exposed
and jnitdng from tb purport to
the art'i to in the tome anmbcr of
the Journal cnlitlc-d “Ours If " no
tnieliasl'il rr-vstir orcaaton
f 1 P -1 li h
Clicrokeo Natloiw-at
tho time I was born and I lined
lived there all my live I do not
know bow old 1 am' but wus not al-
lowed A vote until Angust -1876 T
bad ono sister who died In k-liildf
hood 1 bad one ‘ brotlicf whoso
name was Wilson"' I am known
bore os Sinker Wilson but my name
is only Sinker 3Iy parents separ-
ated when I was a small child Hy
mother ‘then married a Cherokeo
whoso nanie wM Babbit' Hewds
in tho Federal army and-wits killed
in a fight between Baxter and -Ft
Scott so I havo boon told 3fy
father died before the war I bad
no advantage m my childhood edu-
calleMiUx and therefore grew up in
ignorance! WfcewJiegXn to approx-
imate manhood I oomiutuecd lcnrn-
tng tho Clioro kco- latiguugo Tind can
now read and write in my own
tongue 1 want to say hero for the
oenefit ot all boys and young men
that they should shun bnd company
os that is tho reason I tun ?iere
awaiting my execution 3fy brother
was a wicked man and at times lie
seemed to bavo plenty of money
and whiskey And it was thought os
I learned when toe lute that he camo
by it dishonestly— he lived seven or
eight miles from mymothera Whon
was but a boyr mysolf and some
other boys from the neighborhood
went to my brothers’ to drink
whiskey When wo -arrived there
were several thero' drinking nnd
among thorn one Fimgonray and
one -Owatta who with my brother
tad been accused of murder Wo
had been there about un hour or so
whon EnagonmJ Approached me
saying to me : “ Slnlcor I suppose-
011 have said that I had killed a
man and you wore going to report
me is it so if it is 1 will kill you ?”
and at the same time drew from his
belt a rovolver I was surprised
and told him 1 knew nothing nbont
it I remained then but twd days
lion I - returned homo Aitor I
had been at hoi"' for -sot-oral days
my mother told mo she had heard
that I helped those fbllows kill a
man and said if it -was so sho wan-
ted to know it J told her that it
was not so and sho said she knew
it could not be no because? I had
been tvith hor-“-you see t)to man
was killed Sorite time before I tvont
to my brother’s— oho told eh 6 never
Wmld'wwttwlrwty pud she
sald’lf ITiuTnbte’iftle to mg brother
been pccusedL J told Her that ) did
not kpow they wore so wkkc4 and
was not responsible for’ what they
had dqne Aiuiut two nionths from
this time' 1 went 'to my brothers
nnd had been there but un hour or
so when tho civil authorities of the
Nation came in and arrested me and
my brother 1 They took uA to Fort
Gibson and gave ns np to tbo Uni-
ted States Marshals who took us to
Vau Buren Arkansas and wA re-
mained in prison about a month
when wo wore tried for the murder
of a boy near Lynch’ mill in Cher-
okee Nation 1 came dear and my
brothor was fonnd guilty and sen-
tenced to be bung And np we were
going from the coart room into the
prison I saw my witness coming bnt
then too late to bo ofsuviceto me
this I can provh by Jackson King
The interpreto Only- two wit-
nesses wdro examined both wero
white toon one of them said he met
a man driving sheeps and farther on
ala way he mot — two mon and
small boy The other man said he
was behind this man and met two
men and a‘ small boy and further
on his way bo found fbe sheep driv-
er dead and be sceniod to have boeu
killed but A very short timo— my
lawyer asked him if I was the boy
ht met and ho said be was not aura
that I whs as bo waa only travel-
ing throagh tho iration and know
accounted for by TOy accusers I
believe that it i thought the provi-
I deuce of God tlmt t havo been
uopkehouske-u Jwaa -spared during alt these years of
jroublo j and if it is his will that I
should escape death this time all
tho bnmnn powers could not reverse
it therefore I rtsign myself to his
core My 'affections are placed on
things above I -realize daily- that
T ain getting nearer to God by faith
The nearer the day for my execa-
tiqn approaches the more fully am
I Assured that the grace of Christ is
sufficient to bear me -np above all
piy troubles Heave my wife -and
child in the bands' of God -1 want
my little boy to bo educated to be a
ao one J tTpon’ this evidence
Christian Jury fonnd me guilty 'of
murder After wo had been put in
prison to await execution — this was
along aboat tho first of December
1807 add we wore to be bung about
Vie first of Fchrumy 1808 and a
prisoner devised a plun of escape
By aoms mcanes ho procured a case
knlfb— and with thia - knife wo cut
our Shackles and about the third or
fourth evening after ws sere put in
thon he managed to untateh tho prto
on door and four of a made our es-
cape My brother told me after ws
bad broken prison (hat ho And an-
other man duf kill’ the boy uoar
Lynch's mill aud said lie was sor-
ry that I bad to suffer fbr It' be
never told me of any other crime
(Un that bo bad committed but I learn--J
IT fterofihs Jomn-' ed aftewarda that bo and bis com--11
'ftef 1 and 11 rrlohe lhatr j rsdc were looked upoq as anspi-
j cloa characters My Lroibrr sas
- no tihihsJwurual arsania kills! uhile trying to
’ ' - '3' ’ j e-iaj-s from the officers One of
' ' ’ 1 t- 1 ' j cciim ifc-rv I sent for whose name
ilaT-- -hi fisirl is SOW Itrli-g in
- 1 " ' in I -i-r is (’iircvLri N ation
T " tu'hlenC'V ins Ii
kciffl-tiitcsM-as to examine into my
casohVwonld pardon me forj nm
an innocent ’mam I bavo rwyor
kilhjS anybody nor have I ever
'any om? filled f - was (utq
sumilTjoy then and f guess bcinae
J Was an orphnri hi hninblo fife
that onr Cliiof cared With ing about
me and therefore gavejmsolfno
concern ' 1 thought at fta tone hat
some mercy should -bavo bcpii
shown but alas for no I rI watjpft
without t)umsn assistance ’jbont
three days after piy brother jtvas
killed 1 was arrested and prriqf (o
Fort Gibson and while the Marsala
r it-
were ou tbeway with me' to You
Buren after wo -bad enroasedTHi
nois river while the guards lyote
putting on their - saddles I dodged
into the brush And made my-opcqO
Again I thon returned home ind
mymothor died soon after bhg
was not A elirjstian and goncralmun-
gaged in dancing and kindred qrick
odness I then JlyedjMUqng toy
fx'icnds'and relatives for about toe
j cars when I married and kept
hpme until lust fall whoa the Uni-
todStatcs Marshals arrested me
and started with me for ATinlta
About dark Jho sarao day I nd
my escape by slipping from -my arm
a chain by which they Avero holdipg
me I then went back homo -Tire
was a balfbroed by tho -onme
Ezekiel Millor who kept av little
store in tho nation and alley
reached homo I went thero to tragic
He approached me' saying “Sinr
I understand you havo said 'you
were going to kill mo Is it so?” J tpid
him I had never thought of killing
him or any one else und if bo lyid
heard that I guessed tlio boyq 'had
told it for a jokcTbIt all passed jy
and I thought no jiioyo aboHt it r
tho time About two Weeks frqm
this time’ bis storo liouse was buit
and soon nflor a‘ marshal canip- to
his house 'and he told tho nmrshu?-
tlmt tho boy that escud from Yaltl
Burcu several years before'- was
there and that ho was going td'lmvj
him arrested foVljuriiiiig his ’store
and if he (the marshal) would ' lie
on band bo could take 'chargo pt
him and “mako kusmoss” This'l
hoard from tbo neighbors - So'J
was arrested and stood my trial fbr
burning Jds bouse nnd canto VluAv
And immediately the marshal! jto
rested me and brought mo bdfota
Ft'firrjlth Ezoklol Miller wds sust
inAfvod tokleuUfymetMHHHte ear-
ll
Christian that be may shun bad
company os that is what brings one
to my untimely end I-am now
trriting a totter which I want sent
to jny wife when I am dead I want
to see her and my child but I have
po hope of that in thia life In my
daily pmyora it seems as if Christ
was present with me in person tell
ing me to fear pot that there isw
better b°ue for me than this
When J am led to tim gallows I can
only then confess my innocene os I
will not meet death with an untruth
upon my Jips
I feel that I am safe I love every-
body nnd I wynt to meet y oil all in
heayen in the court above whom
w$ will all receive justice and the
love ofmoneywill then be d is troy ed
1 dpsira that (his bo published in
tho CnzaoKSX Advocatx and all
other papers for tho benefit of young
men and boys 80 tor the present
farewell-
Sinker
Seem 'to be 'extermination' and the
came totlio bars of the dungeon
I bow Am and told my interpreter
(Jesse Cochran) to tell me’ that lie
(Miller) Was'the cause of my reseh-
tenco that I bod threatened to kill
him had burnt his store and 1 nov
I hod to suffor for it and lie wantfjl
mo to know that he was tho oausq
of it- d httV(TfUcVpf injurod' 0(
tli rente Injury )Tscidcl Afiltot
dor his properly and ho‘ eoqld -hot
go into any 'court ' and with hi
hand raised before God and tol
the irtttbf And say that I eVcV
Wronged him or any othor man
I hare nevor held any malice to
Wards him and I pray daily that
God may forgive him for tho injury
he has done me
In my childhood I -had no relig-
ious training my parents being ir
religious howovor a I grew up I
was impressed with the importance
1 7roa Defswsrs OUtriet
v Mb Editor — Sir: — I will give
you an account of what 1 did ou my
little' farm iu Delaware District in
1874 I raised about forty bushels
ft i Is “
of corn on my fiold on a little prarie
branch six miles one hundred and
ninety two yards and three inches
from the mouth of Duck Creek
On the 15th' of July wo commenced
eating roasting ours out of it and on
Hie 20th' of November didn’t havo
a bog to sell and no pigs 1 bought
20 bushels' of corn for $10 und
bought 200 pounds pork for $1200
These figures 'prove that corn fed
to hogs my way don’t bring nuy
money to a fellows pocket nor docs
it allohr him to bavo r“doep sop at
our bouse”- Tlio Arkansas or Duck
Creek 'June rise did not effect my
crop in any way-1-! don't think my
little ftmr acre “patch! on tho puirie
will produce three hundre I and eighty
turning the wbtfle busmens over to
the Wan Department This last is
th$ only serious v 000 the other at
least cast of the Mississippi is only
the effluvium from the “strong” writ-
ing of which editors of tbe TiJton
school have had since the war so
seldom an opportunity to indulge
The turning of the Indians over to
tho War department would simplify
many matters Of detail which are
bow conftised and settle a good many
conflicts of authority hut would by
no means- prove a panacea for au
evil too great to be solved by the
nntving of a few knots of red tape
Neither are all ’Indian agents un-
mitigated scoundrels as Is popular-
ly supposed Many of -them are
hard working self-denying men
who! have taken npon Jbemselves
the burden of dangerSardship and
Obloquy from a seme of Christian
duty That they do not succeed is
largely the fanlt of a system and a
state of things which the War De-
partment would find it almost equal-
ly powerless to 'contend -against
The system and that state of things
are qhiefly that the Indiana are ex-
pected to be bound by treaties
which the tuition does not prevent
its own people from infringing that
they are irregularly fbd and at the
same time see their-natural means
of support diminishing that they
are supplied with arms put under a
nominal restraint 'that is irritating
and allowed a freedom that 'is dao-
gerouf The Sioux pave a-nominal
reservation to which the hunger for
gold draws an irresistible crowd
exasperatod within and forbidden to
go' out1 recognizing their fate if they
stay at home and tempted in additon
by tho season by their fine arms
and their natural desire for battle
they hare gone out and their first
blow has struck home ou tbe sensi-
bilities ot the American people
Tbe solution of a question which
lias already been solved in our sight
cannot be had Our neighbors in
British America and Canada have
no trouble with' the Indian question
no wars no massacres no perpetual
irritation and danger They pro-
claim that their safety has kuen in
strict observance of the spirit as well
as the letter of their treaties and in
treuting the Indian as far as justico
is concerned exactly as if he were
a white man - Truth and justice
make a very simplo secret But we
also have in our own country an ex-
ample of what good effect the obser-
vance of n treaty for fifty years has
even although ft was founded in an
injustice In the lucjian Territory
there are the Cherokeos removed
from the region of tbe Tennessee
less then fifty years ago Thoir
lands have not been taken from
(hem nnd although their country
was Bwept Jjy ttremwora of civil war
they ato now a prosperous pencotul
and civilised nation — Wo quoto in
substance from the reporTat the
lost session of the Grand Council at
Okomulgeot
“The population of the Uhcrokees
about 17500 Their annual
school found is $5(1000 and their
aMja atortiS thTpS
thraRTWy body eiscs-jinylmto Afid a icmulo seminary sup- prieo tends to enre it sell by checking ' 1X1
ported from tho public turn!
wilL-
Wbilo you are at it just remember
me to inquiring iriends I tun glad
to 1 Often that O P Breiver und J II
Uilderbrand are u II right
- Vf CB A
of prayer aud many a time when J W Jordan has not returned yot
alone in the woods If would fall on he Is in pursuit of fugitives — last no-
my knees and prayMo the Great
Bpirit to help me out of my troubles !)iot track — wo hopo to welcome
I do not undeiutamb English' und
havo never beard any one preach’
in my own language sine' I corn
eeived tho idea of becoming relig-
ious After I -wa p'uf in prison
hereto await 'fcsnlts! oemmonced
reading tho New Testaraeut”
thero being one in here in the Cher-
okee language and' the moro I read
tbe more light I received' Oeey
Sanders a condefnned Cherokee
used his influence to induoe me to
become a Christian- and told "me
that Mr Samples a' Presbyterian
Minister who wa then visiting the
prisoners and instructing 'them
would baptize me bypouriug water1
on my head aa he had iu him 'To
thia I could not 1 eonYeiv -fly sumit(’
becauso I had learned from the
reading that persons were baptized
in water nnd I wanted to go in water
too I 'learned from the interpre-
ter that one of the ministers who
had visited tbe prison baptised in
water nod when I tent for Kim he
come and baptised ' me’ When 1
learned that could not go to (he
river I had eemo doubt as to the
propriety ot being baptized in a
box j but when I read again I found
that Jcbus did not any th water of
which a man must he horn was to
be in a channel tn 1 became recon-
ciled 00 that 'Mr WablroC a Chne-
tluo Minister baptized me and
from that lime no I bare bwi re-
joicing In tho Un 9 of my SvjiMu
God bear me wituew that my etary
Is true My bands are not uinod
with blood and having no rririio ta
s- Our Canadian tetter
CaXadia S Diwtiikt C N Aug 8th 1870
Editor Advocate — I would like
soo a goticral rcjKirt of the corn
crdjia throughout the Cherokee Na-
tion euch report I believe would bo
a benefit to tlio Cherokee people
I am happy to state th it the corn
crops of Canadian District aro very
flattering — corn crops will yield
about 60 to 70 bushels per acre
which is a very good yield Wheat
Tory good not much sown Our
grango is doing very well tlio mem-
bers seem to taka a great interest
in tho order Oui worthy brothor
flea Culm's Wits
I bad pevor ’seen Gen Custer's
wife when 1 met him at tbe Union
League Club reception last winter
nornimself butonco before in my
life and did not even know he had
a Wife Observing while we wero
in conversation that bo smiled to-
ward A lady who bad previously
excited-my- interest I said: Hleu-
eral who is that lady? - Do you
know her? Sbe has ew li a bright
sweet look and though so simply
dressed (she wore a plain dark oifk)
is so thoroughly a kidy that a want
to know her Above all she looks
interested and happy I wonder
who she is”- - ' - V i-
“Madam” replied 'the General
looking much pleased “I shall be
most happy to present tbe Indy to
you although indoed sho knows
you already" allow ms 1 to present
my wife - '
That is bow I became acquainted
with Mrs Gen Custer ami indeed
she was a wife to ' be fond of and
Eroud of Never' away ‘from her
usband all her mnrneu life was
spent on th? frontier which offered
nobardsLips or privations to her
which could be compared fa separa-
tion from him 3he had the sweet-
est truest face and her eye met his
with such absolute trust as thrilled
me with plasura that was pain to
see Sho was a Michigan girl and
had only him but “ On! ” she said
“no one-' can ever know ' but I how
good he is” She had grown quite
to love camp life which had sbe
said many v compensation The
principal one of these whs freedom
trora the ills and weaknesses which
belong to high civilization No
headaches no neuralgia no nervous
prostration no pain in the Bide or
disease ot the liver- Sleep is an
absolute restorative and in 'tho re-
gions which have never known kid
gloves or French cooks every one
wakes well— Cor Baltimore American
count wo had of him he was on
him buck soon and a successftil
Jrip Yours Truly '
t - AR-8TO-LA-TA
f 1 I
Tte tnOlzz Question
Thd fooling of wrath humiliation
And grief which followed tho news
pf the destruction ot Caster and his
fegiment has not yet sufficiently sub-
siuod to allow the nation to take a
calm view of tbe Indian queetion
(bus again forced npon it attention
by a stinging blow v nor will it be
Until tb Sioux are- ought' beaten
subdued This is tho first dutv 01
tiie nation whatever lie tho rlglitu
af wrongs of (he Indimt? the mad
ian must bo subdued und confined
np matter what nmy havo Hia-lodiiiti
aA- The i-ry of extermination Is
gtver tUo sheerest most absolute
needltss cruelty tliat ever de-
od tho untbiii celling itecli ct Vi-
1 and wo' ls-liore tliat Cutter
himsolf who hud dilvulry us well as
cqurnge woui-l kowlodgo tliat the
Indians fought him os fairly as bo
whuld have fought them and that
hAand his soldiers fell by chance of
wr There need not bo recalled
tb Cbivington massacra the slay-
ing of man woman aod children In
Bl&vJi tie’s village and a hundred
other Instances In tbo Iasi ten years
where the cruelty ef the whites has
been suck that the rod men could
on(y surpass it by tba rfinemt of
acknowledged torture Nevertheless
the Sioux must be beaten and sent
back to their reservation' nor U
thero any question 0 for as tbe fo-
i tor of tho Indiaaa ia conrarnod
but tliat it iny be 00 hi i ic rod done
Mbsl there is left of bitting lull's
An
iisyluuv for the (lciif and dumb and
otherwiso unfortimato has boon
built at an expense of 825000 and
an educational institute for jtlic
teaching of indigent Cherokeos
English for 875000 They have-
about seventy-five thoiistind acres
of hind in successful eultiviitfon”
It may bo said that thoCberokccs
are un cxt-cptionHl tribe Tbe Ghoe-
tuws Chichasaws and Creeks arc
little if any inferior to them in
civilization nnd the fierce Semi-
nole since their removal to the
Territory have become fifth in rank
in education and progrecss and the
Southero Cheyennes und Arapa-
hoe for instance hare made com-
parative if not equally great pro
gross
Tho Sioux are of a different
strain but one would think ' hardly
more untamable than the Soiqinolcs
at any rate it is the only chance ex-
cept termination Let them be
placed in a reservation large enough to
provont constant contact with the
whites and fbrtilo enough to support
them If it cannot be done in their
natural homo in the Northwest let
them be removed lathe Indian Ter-
ritory which now contains repre-
sentatives from eyery quarter or the
country and there fod for a' while
hav the purchase money for the
Black Hills invested in permanent
school ftinds nd with their Arms
taken from them the experiment
Can be tried at least if the Sioux
are not susceptible to th influences
ofjnstice and humanity 1 and will
not grow in civilization aa theChorv
okoea have done until they shall in
generations be absorbed py blood
and become ono of 'the small ele-
ment in that M range compound tbe
Amuricua race — i'rovidene (R I)
Journal vr - -
The New York Trihone argues
that the demonetization of silver is
absolutely impossible in all countries
where it lias been nsod as currency
It is a question whether Germans
will not be compelled to abandon as
impracticable tbe task of partial dc
monetizing which it lias undertaken
Already its attempt to sell a great
quantity of silver hus deranged the
prieo throughout the civilized world
und Tory large sums still remain to
be disposed of It is evident that
if France or any othor country m
ing a largo amount of silver had un-
dertaken to escape the disaster re-
sulting from the full in price by a
speedy demonetization the utlcuipt
of both Governments to sell would
huro failed Tho civilized world
cannot get rid af silver if it tries
In tbe effort it can ouly inflict terri-
ble losses upon unu country after
another in -hiu-ccssion Tlio convic-
tion that this is true must soon have
its effect upon these countries which
like France aud Switzerland are
hesitating in respect to their coinage-
Iu dua time the conviction
that silver cannot he driven out jf
prieo lends to enre it sell by checking
tlio production It is probable
thorulorv thut a permanent ruaction
in the price ot silver will
cur — San Diago-Union
8imofi:tni intuited 7
and I wish to sell my him sitaatel
on Grand River stvcii mile trom
Fort Gibson and three and a ’ half
miles from Gibson Station I havo-
1 2 hundred acre under ibnee ami ICO
acres in a good state of cultivation
divided into four fields al-o A good
frame hou&o 2 story high® good
laige room in it good Kara 60 x 10
feet good frame smoke house grain- '
cry carriage house cliiekea lions ’
aud young -orchard consisting of '
800 healing apple trees good vine-
yard 500 assorted grajie vines 50
of thmn bearing Good gitrden4 tht)
Place has on it -two living springs '
good Veil and cistern nt the door
also 2 good cabh)s for ’ ranter d
is the finest situated place on grand
river covering about 500 acres of
the best bottom land in the western
country— I-wiU se)l my v place tor
76 per cent of what the -improvo-roent
cost it is all new I will take
national ticket at their'eush value -or
cattloor will waitoue year for -port
of the pay and take toe place
as security any -one wanting
home n the Cherokee Nation would
do well to give me call before pur-
chasing else whore ' iv y
J ’ VTm Jackson
n lusuto n au uoritv
Zjmln Msw-lM' f V - ‘ '
w 1 JhdV 38th 187th
Wbcre: — it U provided I the 7th prtiele
ot tbe ti-Mljr conet tided With foe Cbunikee
Indlsns duTy imh I860 (U8 tttst st bqm -Voi
14 p 7W) 'That pay or all of the
prorMoesoftM treaty -which make d!-
tiiiettoiw Id tbo (Izhtsand nsnedles bt4rea
theettizeneray dlotrtct snd the dtfzeit
of the rest of the Mtloa ehofl he abrogated '
wbenerer tbe l’rmdilent (ball tan a arorta to-
ed by a election duly ordered by him that v
amejorHy of the voter of nieh ditrict-
desire them to be abrogated and he shall
have declared' such 'hbrogaltoit' And
whenaa aatlelhetory erldtmeo bee been
presented to mo that it la the deelrr of the
Cherokooo that eueh electloa ehmild take
place: Therefore It it ordered that an alee '
tioo bo held on the 1st day of September
next foe tbeturpoe of aseertnlniujj e bethar
the people of tbe Caatllao distrlet desire
tbe abrogation of the UiKtisetto-n lo tbe rights
and rented tee between the nitlaon of-oakl
district and theeitiaena 4 thereat hf-Abe
natlen which election ahafl be conducted
under the laws of tbe Cherokee relath o to
tbe qu sner of conducting cptlons ami the
return tliereof shall be aulnnlttcd to tho
Secretary of the Interior through tho agent
for Mid Cherokee Nation "
figncl
r 8 VHUXT
rruUSMEDRV AtVHORITV ”
Tbb is to certify that I but raused the
'New Code of Inwii in both tbe Kngllidi and
the Cherokee language to 1mi fuml-hed to
each of tbe idicrltt of the nation for the
pureoae of thdr being posted aa cnal laws
aa the law dlrees) and that I ha-tii -m-clled
rertlHrites of atueh posting from orery
sheriff in tlio nation which mtfticatuA aro
on flletn this otHSe ‘
The posting was entered to be- ihntu by
ngmgnn the books et laws at each court
house aud has been done for ninety days
(Tom dale- r
or Julylsiu
In witness whereof I havo herciint-t si-t
tbo lith
s
HX
(Ml
t lie 1-0 are Nation
my haiui at Tableiiuab on this
of J ’ '
I rertllV tlmt tbe lmve 1 a true copy from
le ft-gtslor nflswain the KverutlXe tllflce
soon oc I fords
the
ssth July I87iq — 14 MHIKH
L jeoiDas'rys
n iili:ptD HOTEL
(fihson Station f JL Tnbio snp-
pluHi with the bcittiie eountrv al-
A I Jr
-- - Waatad t
TKe’jtrvut want of this age is more
men Men who ’are not for sole
Moil who aro houcsf sound from the
(nitre to tlio virvum croiice true' to
the’ heart’s oorv Mnu who will
condoinn wrong in friend or foe in
themselves as well a 01 hers Men
whose consciences are os steady as
tho ituodlo to tho pole Men who
111 stand for the right if the heav-
ens totter and the earth reel - Men
who can toll the truth and look tbe
world and the ileVll njrht in the eye
Men that will neither brag nor run
Men that will neither fiag nor flinch
Men who havo courage without
shoaling to it Men in whom the
courage of everlasting life runs still
deep and strong Men who do not
rv nor cause other vice to bo
heard on the street but who will
not fail nor be dscoaiaged till judg-
ment bo act in tbo earth Men wha
know their own buainr Men who
will not tie Men who are not too
lay to work nor too prood to be
bhodwnl in a shorter cr fongi-e poor Men who arc willing to rat
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clear CiTVvru-o VTbcn Wc n’t cj-p-
ar ! "jt Y t- 1 -C-t Ju hje 1 uO Ui-
thoc boa -ilnin iu former eond lion
ofnrrivi in to tlo United Sutra
TS quc'i-m is what ahall be
iloo wlh tS-ti in tbe future Err-
tJfo B' brow h- I
what tiny have carped and wear
what they hare paid lor
Prtopenlt (Lines on 'diff rvnt
at thu ltI lJh I Hill huriJ a'rli 1 'I ‘ 1“‘l'ie 3 J prmou m-i-h in the nni wav tliat
iltbnlni UiihL'icnddailiwmh utjlhpfJhPqI0jwcnt ”
brv I Uva end m- iLnwrorg 1 ue UriM
re-1 ' " V a iu 1414
Thao ly the-1— - t' fir 1 ut- it Ml!r liU way
tP’ Lt t$
wa $n
Tkt UtMt Wndsr
Boston Traveller Tlio rondos of
tho Traveller have been mndo ac
qnuinted with the Wonderful inven-
tions of Frol' Bell by which musical
and vocal sounds can be and have
boon sent over tho electric wires
but fewif any) are aware of tbe
wondorful results which are euro to
follow (hose improvements in tele-
graphy' A fow nights ago Prof
Bell was iu communication with a
telegraphic operator in New York
and commenced experimenting with
one ot his inventions pertaning to
tho transmissions of musical wounds
And made use of his phonetic organ
and played the tune pf “America"
and asked the operator in New
York what he heani
I hear the tune of “America’
replied New York “give ns an-
other” Prof Bell then played “Auld
Lang Syne"
“What do you hear now ?
“I hear the tune of Auld Lang
Syne with the foil chord v distinct-
ly” replied New York
Thus the asstouDding discovery
bos been made that a man can play
upon musical instruments in New
York New Orleans or London or
Paris and be hoard ’ distinctly iu
Boston I If thia can be done why
cannot distinguished performers exe-
cute the most artistic and brautifti!
muBie In Paris and an audience as-
semble in Musie Hall ’ha Boston to
listen? u -
' Prof Bell’s other improvement
nnmcly the transaisu-ui tire liu
man voice has become - mi lar jK-r
fectoa that pert-on have conversed
over one thousand miles vf wire
with pefcct ease although ns yet
the vocftl sound are not loud
enough to be heard by more than one
or two person But if tbe human
voice ran now be jient uwr the
wire snd so doliol!y tlmt i lieu
two or throe known'purtic' rc tel-
egraphing tbeyoee ot eachcau be
reoognised we piny oo:i Jiave di
tin pushed men delivering epeet-hoe
iu Washington New York or Lon-
don sod an audience assembled in
Music Hall or Fancuil Hall lo iis-
-y -1- -
Twenty-years ago Liverpool
tamer packet company wished to
buy food from a woman' Sbe sold
it cheap but got a clause in the
agreement that during her whole
hie ahe and a companion might al
any timo travel free ia the compn-
ny e vessel The day after tho bar
gain (he sold her lumhure let hr
house and wont on board the first
oqtward -bound Vewcl Since thro
be hoa always bccd'ln wane rtifp
of tbe ooBipany atTr-mpank'd by a
woman conpankn for whom he
dvertMCKAiid wb-e pamage nmni-y
he pw kelo SSw) hza mode over
10o’') in tii wr
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Xavk O DAtlT
n22 6m - Proprietor
Iliuk leaves Gilisun Stalina dui ly
nt 7 o'cliH-k A 5L for Fort Gihon
leave Fort (lihsmi at! o’ lock P
M for Gibson Station Muck new
and comfortable— driver- rareftil
and acoininodating— cbargvK reason-
able Gibson Station Julv Ifttli 1876
7 NOTICE V- f
Notice l hereby gtran to all persons claim-
Ing Cherokee eltUenslilp— but whore claims
sre Joubtod— thst I will tie at Tahteqush
during the month of September to take -ev-Idenee
In such coses— persons will ks well
to promptly come forward and establish
their claims -
1 OWDrnu-te
Chief Justice Supreme Court r
’ Cherokee Nation'
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Theresr four span good mule several
horses and ponies " '
National Tickets Warrants or eatUe will
be takes la exchange at liberal prices by
tbe undersigned at Yittlta L T A 1m for '
-sale two loe hunting ease Gold Watches'
J A Thompson '
LM! Leas!! - - -
By tbe subeeriber the following National
Warrants
Mo M JA Thomneoa A Co April SMh
1070 AS7IJM No M J A Thoap-oo aoo
Mo 114 In faror of Dirt Kster April 1870
ftlOM No ISt bvorof John (Irao April
81876 3000 No 116 Is fiivor of J TCun-
ningbsai April 8 1876 Y 2W0O
-- JohnMaThompwia
' VtuiuC 5
Xsy 3M1879' nliWfo
1000a bushels earn la exehsngn fhr goods'
sIm 100M hmdssle wheat In exchange for reAL
also tho nndereigno-l h ivn for sale Monff ’
good rherry -roj hrlek aMMLW per thousand ’
rail oner srndy-Mir onlera to ’ ‘t
1 GisHiYsisnm A uWzra
ram -- 'VlnliaCx
form (er kola V -
I here for sale a No I -form fr mltea 1
Dom VinHa l seres under fonre I sere
IneuliksibMi 8 roam ter hoara-stable snd
hdft good WeU snd plenty Mock water foe
a am good timber WiR esehaag for sloe
n Natboud Warrants fag most sftlress’
v 1 Al (ioovrsoxn
'to 4- - '-VtaMLGN -
sryyj
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We M W Dial and 80a barfug’gsrara
a good sillier as1 j-ooO udn to'Wmnage sad
nias miUlhisprereatysorsrefoe UoMwe
foel Uul we a sad srllL merit nar e— ff- “
deora and peuroaaga tn the Mi
aaaU aiuiala ao luaw on sewui m4 Mir
rarelraaoara ay rarVrt you aiU gad as ah -wavs
proatio eoenrW and gvnilrauale
loelL We ma Iba sadl three foiHlb af lOa
lima Dead heeh runa lha ether (mr aulh
era Ju-kre Tslhat aad Boo Sra daaa mldrva
M t hold esnaetvea re oreUile for aH
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