The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1879 Page: 2 of 4
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tatJvA o the vo civtliaed
evmcd to Jo tlio ehiii-o ol (nmny
ol our voter ’ ’
Ut im dofeat oar opponontafnlrly
and aquarely la pr mqttp and ad-
vio attll time t
While npon llila auhjeet
the jliberl of Miying that jn our
opinion ua u joiirnaliNt nnd jis a
aitt)ier ol vvout and the lltne
pud l ho i-riHi In our hintoiTi tliut it
i nut the time (or tlio enoourngo-
meiit of party' leolinga but a time
when evory voter abapld inform
itimaelfaf t9 tbo capacity and the
Uiba to meet at Eafalah to taka j jonwrty 0f e varioua candidate
(lnto eopaidemtion the preaent aitua- n(j (ien t0 oaqtjn voto independ-
tion of mattor out weat and to do- eQljy 0f ptrty leadora or the per-
ylao aome plan whpr°y tho prcaont tUMjnn 0f other It la aaid that a
jMtd fittnro Intrualon may be prevent- crovv(j of voter in any country are
ml Wa ahall with all other Indiana 8tl00p) au vote onP ’ accord-
look with anxiety for th molt °f g u they have boon influenced or
their deliberations and hope for our lBitructJ tTe do not object to
nation that aomo of oqr beat men I perty" in nn ordinary timo but it
will hewL ' - I strike na that at tho coming ojoo-
’ aJHErOOl’ PAUAOISR ‘ ' 1 ton wo should endeavor to ejoct our
r I alrongest and beat men independent
Jhat region ' ol eountty ‘ qbout of party prodilcclion
vrhieh there is ao much excitement “Look before you leap and
' vn iro bv “ Jivr tuko a leap in the dark”—
we vialtofl oncemany yeora ago uj i
are good old hints which it would
be well to apply to ourselves
-forraken regiou-a land ol Have we in the Cherokee Nation
S:T centipede tarran- men of abihtyr Other wiy wo
tulM horned Ira pore sand no have We quote from an old report
tinSr po er Mge-bruah-that of former agent " Among the
domain verfpropprly Uld down in Cherokee are men of education and
th old maps as “the Great Amerl- talent who would figure anywhere
L!" hTrt" ner reports of Gen even In our balls of Congress Thoy
I are men ot statesmon-like views
Sian -Desert” per reports
Leavenworth Col Marccy Pickett
and Gregg old Santa Fee traders fk ly able to express thorn view in
'and by other old army offleenu But a language excelled by few of our
‘iruatb l Itj now nil of a sudden n public men 4o These sumo men
paradise”— a hcnven-klsaed then referred to aro yet alive nnd in
sun mj
atmosphero Ac- do Moro than thorn or shall wo compel them to
(atmophcro
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lost mioal Wollnotwltb
atanding all the real fnc-U in ha I rest with th voter of onr country
that n discovery is made ol ailvor “ bury their tolent nnd bido their
'udoldShiM mica! Wollootwltb light under a bushel” Tho answer
a I sm tki
case— although U never rains out
‘there in anmmcr nnd thero t no
soil or loam ’ iiMnuouil I It is almost impoisillo for ua to
fa ours nnd we w add anything to the merit ol tho
ly object fo any such raids a " iommI)tai of tl0 N YSun(pMh
now on
hifiM
FOUL ASSASSIN TlON I
W have been informed by
friend jut arrived Irom Webber’s
Fails that most wicked assassina-
tion took piece at tho forry near the
’Falla qp ijttnrdfiy evening tho 0th
nst Iato in the pvoning of that
day Jir C W Ilauka n prominent
lishud'in our last issue) Ton the
! project of tho Railroad-Territorial
Bandila that are endeavoring to de-
slroy tho Inst resting place of the
(40) forty Indian nations and tribes
Unittd States their remoyql to n
country west hi tbo dliasisijppi
mucknora extensive and letter
adapted to tbeir condition-than tbnt
npn which tjioythen resided the
guarantee to them by tho United
lac of ficlutive potstuion of that
ooumry forertrj rom oil intmion
from white men 'with amplo provis-
ion for their aocurity against exler-
ternel violence and internal dissen-
sions and the 'extension to them of
suitable facilities' for their advance-
ment in civilisation”
Patents as provided for above
have long been issued to our Indian
tribes coming to tho lands they
now occupy and are on record in the
Goneral Land Office in the United
States at Washington
President Lincoln ns representing
tho Republican party recognised
and executed the Indian policy aa
Inaugurated by the said Act ot 1880
and our subsequent treaties ' Ho
wa so very scrupulous aud consci-
entious in preserving the good faith
of the United States aa pledged
obiefly by tho Democrats that bo
would not and did not proclaim our
treaty void— an he might have dona
in regard to some of our tribe Hint
went into therehellion But on tho
other hand lie maintained our fren'
tjps and preserved this country for
the Indiana throughout tho bloody
struggle between the North and tbo
South Aftor his death President
Johnson carried out tho saino policy
as our trcntios of 1866 will attest
under which tho cutiro country of
the Indian Territory “is reserved
for the homes exclusively of Indi-
ans and such colored poople as be-
long to the Indian of this country
and as aro entitled to citiseoship
under tho trentios"
“Prosdont Monroe In 1825 made
substantially tho same recotumen-
dulion to Congress when among
other tilings ho advised tho acquisi-
tion of 11 n sufficient tmcl of country
west of tho Stato of Missouri and
tho Territory of Arkansas in order
to establish permanent settlements
of the tribes which wero proposed to
bo removed”! President Jackson in
his message of Doc— 1829 hi re-
commending tho romoval ol tho In-
dians which was nftorwards accom-
plished under the act of 1830 said:
“As a means of effecting this end I
suggest for )our consideration tho
propriety of setting apart an amplo
district west of tho Mississippi and
without the limit t of any State or Ter-
ritory now formed to bo guaranteed
to the Indian tribos ns long as thoy
noegsan assistance to keep intru-
ders pad robbers and murderers out
of ear country — or to put snob out
ottho country if they should comr
into it— every able bodied man Jo
tbo number of lOOOO at leobt— will
hoist-the flag of tho United State
and help him
The present “Indian policy” or
the rights of tbo Indians ns secured
by their treaties and tbo laws of the
United States is bat a voice of the
people and is therefore tbo duty of
all good poople to protoct it and tbe
Indian are ready
OUTLAWRY DEFINED
There seems to bo a determination
on tho part of numerous porson in
Kansas to colonise the Indian Ter
rilory and they aro going on with
tboir preparations regardless of the
fact that they have no right to do
so and will bo outlaws ns soon as
they trespsss on tbe forbidden
? round Tho proper way is to have
fongross pass a law opening the
Territoiy to both immigration and
civilisation — Washington City
Post May 2
We are glad to see that tbe Post
is rotuming to its senses Wa rather
expected that paper to sido with tbe
would-be aggroesors upon the Indian
lands of the Indian Territory and
dinn lands when dhe Government
h os-claimed they had no right to
the settlers after much trouble have
won thesiay - We do not speak of
the right or wrong of th shatter-
only stnto the fncta If tho crowd
now 'gathering on our bordors ate
determined in their purpose deter-
mined to oppose the action of the
Government there is not enough
troops at its disposal to stop them”
From tbe forogoiog it appears
that tbo “Coinmonwealth’' admits
that squatters from Kansas would
be violating the troatios nnd laws of
the United States ns well ns the
rules of common decency by taking
forcible possession of the lands of
tbe Indians in the Indian Territory
But that pnpor seems to have an
original idea that it is not within
the powor of the Government to
protect (he Indians and says “the
tutnre should bejudged by the past”
Six years ago the famous Kansas
squatters in their wellknown avoca-
tion of robbing Iudians of their lands
come down like grass-hoppers in
the lands of the Indians in this Ter-
ritory nnd President Grant had
them removed by military foroe
Why can not President Hayes do
the samel la he less efficient than
Grant! Is not the army ns strong
to-day as it was then 1 Tho Govern-
uow resident in this Indian countryj shall occupy il)cnch tnboliaving'n
and of tho many thousands of home- distinct control overtho portion do
citiaen of our country wa return-
jug home from Fort Smith in com-
pany rfitli two gontleman They ar-
rived at the north sido of tho Ar
less Indians who are now wander-
ing fugitives in tho States nnd Ter-
ritories of the United States and
who aro destined ere long to turn
tliotr backs upon tho graves of their
futhon as wo have done to find a
home in this country whore they
rivV-ih h olUak ny A 8lurm‘ a"(J
r ilW-r persecutions of tbo moro powerful
being on boaouth dejndjost tglo3nxoh Wo J how
jkani
the three bad entered
had shoved off Into the 'stream
Hanks wns ' fired upon from tho
Jiushee upon tbe bank of ihe- river
The bull entered hi back nnd pen
ctratod down nnd Inwardly On
'account of tho extreme pain the
‘wound ei-uld not be probed It I
said that be cannot recover
wllon
ever remark that It Is highly gmti
fymg to percelvo that tho press-
north south nst and west regard-
loss of party considerations — con-
demn In unqualified terms tho pro'
posod aggressions upou tbo Indians
We lire also rejoioed to see that tbe
noble sentiment ot justice to Indians
namnt I Mi not confined to any particular
Words full na w on P I tbnt agitates tbs people of the
jo describe ouy sbhomnee a d con- w £ tho ien
detonation pf ich on act A "" I timont of the maairt of the people
in tho full pritfc beaulv 'rior I throughout the Union Tho “lndl-
of young nifiilmod with every ttlMall jUCation” im It now stands for-
unding to iwkelile enjoyable nnd I hU(U( o( h ullUd
desirable ami In th midat of use- SUto trokliv8 botwoon Hint
fulness to be cut down without n I tgovormnoiit and the Indiana ia in
‘moment’ warning I something
Rial
no sense n political one This ques-
tion is onu involving the good faith
’tremo horror' of every political party that admin-
W hope that tho officer of the HjorJ jj government of the Unitod
law will do f heir duly In Ibis caso I gln(ei(i ql0 )rmtit “Indian poll-
imd not rest satisfied until Hi per- j§ l)0r) o t0 xiumocrsdu
f -L w
a a M b na J £? a
jielmlors whoever they are
le brought o justice
Mr Hunks has sorved ninny years tg tl0 reull ol the feelings ofn
as n member of tho National Conn- Christian humanity Imbued into Ihe
11 both in Hie upper ami lower hearts of Ilia Anglo-Saxon raco In
Jlnuse Ho was also ono of °ur vew 0f long sufferings the
jnoat prouilnont members ol tho gr0V0Uj hurt'ions and moluneholy
jiar Unforlnnalely - ho fate of th poor Indian race under
yhorlshod the liloa and haa apokon I wiich it ha fosrlulty decreased
Jo that effect that every man and ( liumi0-a in this oounlry Irom
jil and properly was safe in the I millions to three hundred tho us
(t'liurokeo Nation Woll would it I md souls during tho short period of
jiave been for him and fumlly had tbroo centuries W cliallongo all
he Immmi more guarded Hi wife history for a parallel to this ihtulity
Would not now bo n widow anJ bis
children latborles
to Hie Indian We clmllenga all
history for a parallel to the kind
ness of Iho Indians to tho whito men
The Indian liuvo yielded nnd yield
ed to thu desire of the whites until
their bone are now being plowed
in former nnmbcr of this por
we fell Hour duly lo gly our voice
against n rathejr common habit with
w going pf our polllleinn and ollinra— up In every Slnlo and territoiy of
J f’4T'L qf nilsreprasonlslloii otlher In- tlm Union jj while Hi ill-fkted rem-
y s-xt 'inally' or that of speuking at IHn( 0f that once poworful raco ia
f jo m We are aware ol the tael M0W uroed to aland liko n shadowy
Jliat many man uk at rundom ghost at tho very throehhold of
without eflocllng— that avon ran 1 0toriiy pleading for proloclionand
words are dangerous and will morcy with th Bible In out Imnd
Vm eapacially in rases whore an4 (bo laws nnd treaties of Hi
-'wJ'Hfed to break down nn oppo- United SUtloa in th other I As be
'Vt him titan sltcllon y0r Indluatod th present Indian
FOH Dl'ltmr Clior- policy belong to no poliliesl pmty
'-'m flf Hij joud The Act' of Congress of 1880-lhe
i " n v i ffM) bed-rock of the pi-eseut Indian poll-
signed tor its use Then’ they mav
be secured in governments of their
6Wn choice subject to uo other con-
trol by the Unitod Htates than suoli
n may be necessary to preserve peace
on Hie frontier and bolweon tho
several ti ibca”
The Act of Congross of 1830
referred to above upon which our
treaties securing this country to our
Nations and Tribes wore chiefly
based provide:
“That it shall and may ho lawful
(or the Presidont of the United
States to cause so much of any terri-
tory belonging to the Unitod Slate
west of the river Mississippi not in-
eluded in any State or organised ter-
ritory and to which tho “Indian ti-
tle” has been extinguished ns he
innyjudgo necessary to bo divided
into a suitublo n imher of districts
for the reevption of such tribe or
iinlion as may chooso to exchungo
(lie land where they now reside
and remove there unJ to
cause such ol Mid districts lo bo de-
scribed by nuturul or artificial marks
so as to be easily distinguished
Irom every otlior
That in the milking ot any such ox
elinngo or exchanges ii shall and
may be luwlkl for- tho President
solemnly lo nssuro tho tribe or na-
tion with which the cxcluigo is made
that Hie United Htntcswill forever
socuro nml gunnintoo to Hiom nnd
tlioir heirs amt successors the coun-
try so exclimigod with them and
if they prefer it tho United Sates
‘ ‘ to be
in that connection tp attack our Del-
egates for hiving tuken tbo active
part they havo' in prevailing upon
the Departments and the President
to adopt protective measures for the
safety of our country and people
But the logio of the post is a little
doubtlul after all That paper say
that the trespass ot the citixons of
the Unitod Stntes on the lands in
tho Indian country would be out-
lawry but goes on ftirther to say
that “tbe proper way ia to have
Congross paM a law opening the
Territory to both immigration and
civilisation” Now if squatters havo
no right (which thoy have not) in
view of our treaties to rob us of our
lands wo would like to know bow
it is that Congress would have the
right to rob us regardless of our
Treaties it the gorernmont of the
United Slates Is to keep faith with
us Our trentios prove that tho
lands in tbo Indian Territory aro
only subject lo settlement by Indi-
ans while tho same trentios as well
ns tho Indian Intercourse law of
Congress strictly prohibit tho in-
trusion of citixons of tho United
States into the Indian Territory
Docs tbo Post want the Govern-
ment to sneiffeo its honorable obli
gations to the Indians 1
Wo trust that tbo Post (which ha
one of the ablest editors in newspa-
perdom) will assist us in our efforts
to pursue troaty stipulations We
shall be cncouragod In this hope
from tho fact that tho Post has
ceased to allow Gardner G Hubbard
in behalf of Hie railroad companies
to stick his vulgar “squibs” into its
columns us editorials We mflior
siispect tliut tbo stomach of tho Post
nauseated at Hubbard’s $10000 post-
al trip down into tho Indian coun-
tiy nnd somotimos we wonder what
has become of that mattor Tbo
railroad mon— Hubbard and Pultor
son -in their protracted and labori-
ous “investigations in tbe Indian
country seems to have mndo a dol-
lar or two”
the origin of the title of the-present
occupants of-the Territory and states
how there came to be any dispute
over ihe lands now claimed os be-
ing subjection to piw-emption Tbe
original grant ol land was made iq
1828 to the Cherokee In 1883 an-
other grant was made to the Creeks
and Seminolos The third grant
was iu 1855 to tho Choctaws and
Chickasaw These throe grants
comprise all tbe present Indian Ter-
ritory Every Indian Tribe Hint
has subsequently boon placed in this
Indian country baa been thus loca-
ted only through subsequent pur-
chase by tbe United States from tbo
original grantees The land now
claimed has been purchased by the
United Slate in trust only aud tbe
effort to pre-ompt these lands is to
be resisted to tbe uttermost Mr
McCranr will to-morrow issue or-
ders to have tbe ringleaders In this
invasion arrested and tried when
found in the Indian country Bona
fide settlers who have come on in
good faith will be permitted to re-
tire pcaoeably if they offer no resist-
ance othoiwise arrests will be made
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Tbecngineors of the raid npon
tbe Indian Territory are displayiag
extraordinary activity at the present
time Tbe President’s proclama-
tion warning all person against
partaking in tbe proposed invasion
and the appearanco ol Gea Pope
with 1200 men nuder hie command
ment put down a rebellion of eight I to enforce the order ot tho Secreta-
millions of people is It not now I ry of the Interior soem to have hud
strong onough to put down few
Kansas horsothiovos( land-grabbers I encourage immigration to tho In
and squatters? When did those dian Country They hope to make
thieves become so potent as to bo the tido of Immigration too great to
above the Government ot the United I r08isleJ bF lho
nnd en-
dcavor to capture the land for
States! Has Kansas any Immuni- which thcir carU hunger before
tios beyond tho Government of the they ran be turned back by tho
United States or beyond those on-1 Government To accomplish thoir
joyed by other Statos! The squat-
ters of Kansas robbed tho Chero-
kees of their Neutral Lands and
“strip Thoy robbed the tisages
tbe Potowattomies the Dolawaros
the Shawnecs the New York In
purpose thoy have secured a num-
bi “ ' ' ' ‘ -
jor of organs tbe latest being tho
Republican which yestonlay argued
thut the treaties mado with the In-
dians have been outgrown by tho
country and hence should ue no
longer respected Tho Kansas City
Times is daily fillod with rensational
dians and evory other Indian Tribe ppCi4 (0 poopio in all parts of the
that has had lands in Kansas country to hurry forward and secure
Every Indian Tribe has boon Jiomosteuds in the “heaven kissed
thus robbod and driven out of Kan- country" and its columns teom
- SVSXrrfiTSl?
for oxistonce and strange to say j5veJ th0 atmosphere comes in for
those Kansas jay-hawkers aro not its share ot praise being discribed
satisfied but now propose to pursue in doubtful English as “this genial
the Indians out side of Kansas aud mellow atmosphercsoftswoot
and exhilnrating as a maiden wild
admitting tbeir lawlessness they pftMonat0( flretkiss wait" The
shamelessly claim that thoir own tiinbor is tullor the waters dearer
Government enn not stop thorn It the grasses richer in this forbidden
is bad enough to steul and rob— but than anywhere clso In the
b ! wcriw
crimes and glory in their own shame mijjllt not gcom guMeicnt to iiiduoo
it Is timo tliut tho Indians them- people to violate the laws of Hie
selvee should lonrn them a lesson timd nnd to disregard tho Prosi-
lt is tho duty of the Government of dent s proclamation it is now pro-
i it i a t i tended that gold and silver mines of
the United States to vlgnroonsly pu)ltjol1lt wealth have been discover-
prosocuto tlio ring leaders of tins I cd j the Territory though rare Is
fearful attompt at robbing the In- tuken not te say where the deposits
dians while it is no loss the duty ef I aro located
Iiisidloto nrguo with tho Men
who aro forcing this movement tor
our own Government to prosocuto
those of its own citiaen that have
conspired with such ruffians for the
ruin rf thoir own peoplo
Let the law be enforced and let our
own Indian Governments In a law-
ful way assist tlio Government of
tho Unitod States m our protection
The Indiana must be true to- them-
selves if they export others to bo
truo to them Self-preservation I
tlio first law of nature &o
thoy will not be turned
‘ known
purposoby any I
reasoning ( They aro well aware
from their
process of
POOR FELLOW I
same Providedi Tliut such lands
shall revert to Hie United Stales if
tho Indians beenmo extinct nr aban-
don tlio saino i That
it shall nnd may bo luivlul fur the
Prosidout to cniiso such ti-ibo or na-
tion to bo protected nl their new
rcsidunco ngninst nil interruption or
disturbance I Vo in any otlior tribe or
nation of Indians or from nnv other
person or pontons whatever”
Presidont Grant ulsnobsorved Hie
samo policy toward Hie Indians In
reply to a letter of Mr Goo II
Stuart on this subject President
Grant wrote Hie following letter t
Exxcitiv Mansion
Wasiiinoton D C Oil 26
To Qeo II Stuarti
Mr Dkar Sib: Your fkvor of th
24th Instant Mying that a change
in tho Indiun policy oftlio Admin
lorted to
iktrallon la reported to bo contem-
plated ia just rocqived Such
thing has not been thought uf It
the present policy toward Indians
raij ' improved in any way 1 will
N
I present Indian poll
P nMo t ro"1 ' orkmen’ cv-wn foreshadowed by th moat
vasnlieady varrunled uud ofyou'dblahl statesmen in America of Iba
you potter gone oft mil adder bRH0W'‘ll lboul- l’roidtjt '
''in making recommendations
'li then unfortuiiat
P pEP O TJ Gh OT O O -U' Indiana aaid t
ijolioy Hi prlnel-
v'l ty unbleasant mil your rough feelings almost bcriind'(vl mnr than
' y yep half of fool or shoe den of you don’t get
!t”undyour rodit vns panhrupted don't got oxclted oon-
- " '''d
ulwaya bo roady to receive auggos-
lion on the suldoot but If any
change is made it must bo oil the
ride ot ceiitraiiauHon and colonisa-
tion of tho Indian I donotbollovo
our Creator ever placed different rn
eesol men Oil this earth with view
ofliuving the stronger exert all Ids
norgie In tlio xn-rmiiiation of Hi
wanker If any change takes plnco
In the Indian policy of Hi Govern-
ment while I hold my preaent office
It yril bo on tho -lmnmiiltariaii - side
of the qiiwtlon '
’ Vry truly youra
f pSOaANT
ProsIduiH llaye also aeknowlcdg
ei and enforces flip sum policy as
evidenced by hi Ini proclamation
warning clllxcn pf tlio United
Slate nut In inliudc Into Uia Indian
Territory
H la Claimed aa the Oata-paw or
“Uouth-plaoa" of the Propos-
ed Destroyers of hla People
“TH NSW WAR”
From tk “Topeka (Ksn) Commonwealth”
April 201871) - -
It ia evieent that thero la to bo
trouble on tlio southern border of
Kansas and in tho Indiun Territory
over the proposed taking possession
by the white soltiors ot a portion
ol that Territory Thousand of
mon are gathoringat' Independence
and along tho border preparatory
to a movemoiit into the 14000000
of acres of so-enllcd government
lands Tlieeo lands are in four
sepuruto bodies The ' smallest
tract is uboul seventy miles south of
lndepondenco and in extont 1859-
000 ucroa Tlio next is nbout 3000-
000 acre about m tlio contro ot tho
Indian Territory In tbo coiitre of
tlii tract it ia proposed to make
llioaCaiiilal ol tlio iiW Territory
Tho third tract of about 6000000
acre lies across tbe Kansas line ad
joining Conimnnchoe and Clurk
Counties Tho otlior and last tract
ot 4000000 acre lies in tbo
southern part of tlio Torritory
Allot those tract liuvo' boon sur
voyod and aootioniacd Mya Col
Iloudinot but the Govern mont snya
tliut ia not so - Col Boudmot nq
oducatod and able Indian a lawyor
by proloasioii and ono of tlio
alirowdoat mon living— haa writton
a lottor giving the legal reason Air
believing that tlieso land aro open
to settlement lie is tlio mouth
piece of tlioso who for years have
neon trying to got aomo legislation
through Congress to upon the Ter-
ritory! II Is at the head of that
portion ofthe Indian who doriro
lho Country opened to white settler
Tho United Btatcs Government a
our reador know by the President'
proclamation published in our Inst
Issue duos not acknowledge that the
land belong to It '-Tho President
and tlioso in authority claim Hint
they belong to tho Indiami Tho
Attorney Goneral ha tolegra
tho Unliod Ktntes District Attorney
of tho District of Kriism to invest!
gala His legal statu ot tho quoatlim
and lo roport on tho movement
white into tho dlspitd Torritory
What will bo the result! W enq
only Judgh of tho future from tlio
past llvratoforo whoa tlio whites
liuyp In large binjici jjono onto In
largo and influential journal which I is bound in honor to see that they
wa banded In this morning by our ro rospoctod and -arrlcd oit ii
e 1 a a t T I good IniHi This ia why the l’rosi-
friond Stapler It Is a mattor of ro- R Mue(( a - proclamation
oiomg to us and our poopio to rend warnjn nu porsons against Inva-
such editorials and we appreciate I dm2 the Indian Territory The
such an art of kmdncs on thoir Fodcral troop must do their duty
partto a weak and defenseless pco- that duty colsthem to ro-
move by force if necessary all
pic for auch wo ar Wo 1invono I wlltw’ nJ foulld on ti
armies no cannon— none oi the im- jn (0 luco of tho law it is
plomonts of warfare— but wo have idle for tho invaders to arguo that
something bettor Wo havo law nnd tha Indian country should bo thrown
i i in ni tin rrni upon to white settlors becuuso It is a
gospol on our sido and tlio snired rnmknl rith ftnJ rortilo region
guarantees of n great and poworful w)(l unjcl p0por cultivation
govormont tlint wo siiull not bo mo- would soon blossom ns tho rose
lestod and that wo riinll not bo do- By a parity of reasoning a cultured
o -I th ku a VS
ofself-govornniont You cant do-1 1 ranl fnmnr op bcirimr mluht
coivci ua with tho idea of crowding
8EN8IBLE VIEWS
By Boawt Toumtla
We give below an extract from
thut the region known aa the Indian
Territory has been cedod by the
Unitod States Government to certain
civilised Indiun nations and that the
treaties under which this cession
was made distinctly declared that
white mon should not bo permitted
to settle within that Territory ox-
cept by permission of tho Indians
They also know that whan lho
United States bought aomo 14000-
000 acres of this Territory from tho
nations to whom it wa ceded it
was distinctly agreed that tho Inmls
so purchased should not bo thrown
open to white settler but should bo
kept for otlici Indiun tribe Tbo
troatic in question are still In force
anl ilia 1 !ni led Statos Gorornmcnt
tribes The Indiana -would soon be
driven out lor they -cun not bold
their own in unprotected competi-
tion with while mol Tlioso who
did not become wnrrinr would
rapidly develop Into trsiii ready
to steal and slay whenever oppor-
tunity ofisretl This i not Hie trno
way to solve lho Indian problem
The ItrputAiean is mistaken When it
argnestliat the treaties are outgrown
honor und justice endure lorever
and both demand that the Govern-
ment shall keep fiuth with Indiun
as woll aa white men Thero is
room enough lor nil the iniigrants
who wish to build homes in tlio
West without robbing tho Indians
Iti a pity tliut honest and well-
meaning people should be mislead
nto joining the proMsed invasion
by the cunning mihrepresentutives
of tlie land-gmhbeis interested in
disturbing Indians They are as-
suming serious risks and will bo
severely punished for violating the
laws The whole powor of the
Federal Government will bo used if
necessary to enfbrco the order of
the Sc-erutary of tho Interior in this
matter
St Louts Fost-Dlipatcb ' " 1
According to tho Kansas City
Timos th proclamation will have
no effect to stem tho tido ot immi-
f ration now going Into the Indian
'erritory It says that Mr Hayes
“might a well try to lasso the
Father ot Waters with a rope or
sand or dam Ningnra with bulrush
as ultempt to check the onward flow
of immigration to tho unsettled lands
of the Indian Territory Thero is no
legal barrier to tlio occupation und
settlement of fourteen millions ol
acres under the homestead and pre-
emption luws which wero ro-purcli-ased
by tlio government in I860
and tbe Admihinmilion cannot right-
fully exclude the immigrants there
from any moro than it can shut tbe
gates nguiist intending settlers upon
the Government Innds in any Stato
or Territory in tho West”
' How Muoh Pay Does It Get
The Kansas City Times apropos
of tho settlement oftlio Indian Ter
ritory makes tlieso pertinent obser-
vations ‘ Wo want no more Indian wars
aud to avoid them tho Indiun
must be “assimilated” with tho
Whites Tlio best civilising process
we know of is to open the Indiun
Territory to goneral settlement
Think of it Begining with tho
Bluck Hawk War which cost 400
lives und 13000000 we have
trafficked with tlio gentle ravages to
the oxtent of about 8400000000
Thosenunolo wnr cost 7500 lives
and $100000000 only 1600 Indian
being warriors A war with the
Creeks nnd Clierokces nbout the
sumo time cost $10001)00 The
Sioux war of I860 cost 300 lives und
$40000000 The Cheyonno war in
1867 cost 8000 lives und $12000-
000 Tlie Indian troubles on the
lust twenty years have cost about
1300000000 ' Tlirco campaigns
against the Navajoos cost $3u00i)-
000 If all the Indians uu the Amer-
ean Continent had been converted
to soap-grenso from time to time tlie
sums l-culixvd on the salo ot tho pro-
duct wouldn’t have paid tho interest
on tlio cost of tlieso unnecessary
wars for two weeks And yet Gen
Pope who spent all last
STRAY PROPERTY
TO BE -SOLD IN MAY
ILLINOIS DISTRICT
1870
I will wit to the highest bidder tor rsidi
national rentllestea or nnlionn wtrrnnu
on bo 4th Monday is May 1ST at the
eourt haute In Illmoia Dltlriet C N et
qui
tbe regular term of tlie Circuit Court Ihe
following defer! bed emyproperty to-w it
1 gray more nine yean old aiyar-kiu-k'
Ifteen banda high black kneea ami hoeka
no hranda perceptible ruuuing at Neal
Cordry'a
t bay pony three yearn old left hind
foot white no brnndi to lie aeen runnliur
at John la-ho-lab'n
1 brown pony three yean eld both hind
lla unnll white apot in the fbrehrad
fret while
on kr-ioda to be aeen ruunlng at Mr l'bj)
oen’a - "
1 bay home lix yrtara old one glaaa eve ‘ '
both hind feet white white £ot ihthe fen
bead and s w bite anlp
unkuown running i
1 elieetnut sorrel mare flve yean old
blase laee both hind feet white ehod all -round
when eha came ruuuing at Lew la
Tucker's
1 dark bay pony shout ten yenre old no ’
marks or brands running at Llule Coo
dey’a
1 black eteer flve years old white (pot in
tbe forehead marked with s smooth crop
f the tell year and two splits la the right
ear branded 70 on the leR kip ruining at
David L'nery'a
1 yoke of oxen one a black-and-white
pitted about twelve yean old aurkod
with a crop and half crop In eiudyear tbo
and of hla bora tawed o ft The other
aleer la red and whits spotted on the aides
hie a scab oa hit back marked witk a crop
and underblt and a split In Ihe lelt ear crop'
split and underblt in the right car The
end of horns sowed ofl running at WlUlsint
Terrel's
I red and white epeckled yesrllng heifer
marked with a smooth crop and a split In
the right ear and a split In tbe let! ear
brand unknown running at Jaek Walker
l-whJ?“1f'I?u ®ar 00 marks running
a Wash Patrick s ’
1 white flsced cow and calf cow two
years old whHe bark and yellow brown
brindle eldee no masks or brands ninnlux
at 8 U Druse's s
1 red and white pldml sleer two yean old
nn marka brand unknown running atJobu
Heabolt’s
summer
charing ninety fugitive Cheyennes uiitrli o-iirt Vbfeiiowing ii'triy pnwml
With tho wholo “department of -Mis- I- 1 Small bay mare Die or six years old
eouri” to back linn expects witli a 1 1 i'i !T lint feet white no brands
handAil ot Fedepil soldiers to bar
fitly thousand whito out oi tho In-
dian Torritory!”
Tlie K-siisas City rimes has ul-
waya boon tha mouth pioeo of land
Speculators Oklahoma Ring4 Rail-
1 brindle heifer one year old no marks or
brands running nt T M Walker’s
1 red brindle and white pitied eow and
call eow about eight yean old marked witk
a crop In the left ear tbs tinder part ofthe
ear froxen off swallow fork In tbe right ear
running at James Thorne’s
1 two year old heifer has s rad head and
a lew red opecke on tlie atdoe no marka or
Itronda running at Jaiuea Harris’
1 blsek yearling heifer while fe an
marks or brauds running at James Uorues'
I pale rad muly now and calf eow three
yean old motley Ikee marked with split -In
one year and underblt in the other ear
no brands running at8amuel Uer'a
Ono four year old steer with a dun bead
and speckled sides marked wilb swallow-
fork and underblt In each ear branded MW
running at George Field’s
I muly cow red and while spotted auout
eight or nine yean old has a bell on blotch
brand mark unknown running at George
Field’s
7 red and white plded steer yearling
marked with a split In the lelt ear branded
II V on Ibeleft hip running at A Stvooular'e
1 blue and white plded steer six years old
arkod crop off Ihe nght ear and under-
slope In the left air no brauds runnlug at
U’olla Dutfoule
Wallace Hatley’s
I red cow 5 years old no marks or brands
runlngatJack walker Jr
I white sheep whetheri) years old nining
at Jack walker Jr
1 white spotted hog 0 months old no marke
WD Hoses
ruuingot I
1 yellow spotted barrow hog 0 months old
runlng at WDHosspa
I nlilto sow pig six months old marked
off Ihe right ear tall rut a ff
with a crop
black on the buck noarUie tali and one' spot
nn Ihe side of the Jaw runnlug at II
Henge’s DEKIN W ATKItX
Sheriff
FOR SALK IN JULY 1879
FLINT DISTRICT
I will sell to tho highest bidder at lha
Court House in Flint Dit on tha Srst Mon-
day In July 18711 at Ihe regular lurm of lha
’"’-1 IVVI TV Hits IIW ltrailllPa
1 bay Ally two years old 110 brands 1 bay eoait
tud one year old no brands at w John '
sons I Imnifray Ally three years old some
white In the forebeadoo brands at U
Sanders
1 Hed conr ball foes white belly marked
crop off Uia left ear and spilt in Ihe right
— - - f t
branded on the baek aud Yip thus !
George Wards
2 Sheep one ewe and one weather marked
roads Cliqnos Lottery Scbcmos or j jJie quintonsr '" plu ’ lh 0llr l
any other kind of chmcs to rob 1 Ulue barraw' hog on year old marked
thn nulilio soil could miika n low f!"°P “I na split la Hit other at'
tno public o it coniu make a tew oulntons l white and black spotted harrow
dollars regardless of whom the olJ lIM mark at Lucy
suffers may be That lllcgctiinnte
offspring of lho pro would and
baa aold its own blood and would
sell hi countty too for money l ln th fof
It WII8 th8 poor white men who or Nntionn) Mri on the ire! Monday In
liad our sympathy few week ago Duri'euhefoUoUngttVri pSjTrlJ!
knowing bow ho was boing taken To-wlt-
m by just ouch newspaper fraud LAnBBV0°"Betp1rl““brol‘
And Important News
1 sorrel fl year old Filly bias foce tin
bnken So branda runnlug on wet prairie
1 light bay mule cult year old past unbro
ken no brauds runn'ng at Wm Warns
ignorant (armor or a boggnr might
- soixo npon a public park in any o
Miuh ft number of sottlors Into our our grout cltius on tbe plea thut he
torritory that thoy cannot bo com- would soon transform it Into a
nwi '“n ? " zS
therofrom aftor they havo squatted ()0 iaw vvliicli clunrly
Not A few villainous squatter are pruhiCbita (hfl proposod liivusloii
much caalor to ubjugnt titan nr tho right of tho Indiun must be
eight or ton powerftil Slatoa in r- considorod That thoy -now possess
l in l a 11 n country olromarkablo natural ad-
bellion— eight or ton 8 at with ( tru0( bul lt muat 0t be
armios and navios and all things re- 01-0l(0 (IR( (boy gave up a richer
quisite for a suoceselul warlaro region In oxchang tor thoir nrosont
i Vo hop to seethe Globe-Democrat abode Tlioy hold thoir tltlo by
and other paper friendly to our the tame right as tho white aottlcra
bai amiibl and °ffh newer States Each pnrehas-
cause continue their aenslblo and fton (lg (joncrtt Government
timely artlolo and as to those who whether tho Indian Torritory
fkvor and write In bohaif of the I block lho wheels ot advancing
schemer In robbery w can only commcrco and ciyillnatlon Is not
"‘5
ter information as to th wal t" I dians bnvo a right tolfvaaomewhrrs
of thing Ijotwcon Hie five oivltlso' m peRue y (ey aro o diepoeod
tribe and tho Unitod States W I Tlio Chorokeos nnd Choctaw and
uro oonidbllod to any that somo of other nation aud trlboa now doml-
zzsixi -pteysasaja'TSs
ranee on Indian mattor or a wlllul '
poryerston ot tha truth i
New Yorii nun
ScHuax Ufon A Tum-vtmnxd Inva
sion or ths Inijian TmaiToar
' Washinoton May 4 t
Mr McCrary da lactoSeoratary by Ilia Government must bs settled
pf Wqr has Ivd ha rooeivad a by wlnte mail rold I
long oommunloatlon from Soeralnry Erritory would pay IlHl niton-
Behiiripon tho subject of tlio present I jm (0 (tlR IIOg (iut divided tho
mvarion ol disputed lum In Indian lands owned by thu Government
Territory !e )-fctcs )n (his letter Iron ioio ovvujilvd liy the clvlllncd
:
-v-wravwv-BTWrtSUba-
A y l-'ksl’vhCI 8
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Invasion about Ended
SL Louis l’Mt-dlspatch
Nxw York May 9
A Herald Washington specinl
snys the lawless invasion of the In
dinn Torritory bus substantially
ended Tho nows received boro
hore show thut it wns gotten up as
a spoc-ulntion of rosHos mon who
wero making monoy out of ths om-
1 bay msre fl rears old no hranda haa a
colt aome bjanda oa Hit right Moulder
about IS hands high In cart of Daniel
8nrt
1 bay rrarllng mill colt unhrnkcn no
branda taken up by llrun Hack living on
w et prairie
lame THicup
Sheriff Delaw are Illtrlct
SEQUOYAH DISTUIVT
I wilt mII to tbo highest bidder for cah
NaUoaal warranta or Nnltonal C’ortlScalca
on Uia lt’Moniitjr In July 1S7S at tba Court
Honao In Hrguoyah Diatrict tho ragular’
(grants by buying their property at term of Diatrict Court tha following u
lacrllwd Eatray property II not provon away
groat Mcriflco and soiling thorn Slip I hefora lha Dlatriot Jsdga of Sequoyah Dla
plica at enormous prices and hud riul’ “ u lw ul"’cU’
no other object In vto w than thia
Tub Instioators to na Funuiixd
Hpaolal to Hie Rcpubllcaa
The Administration Is consider-
ing the question of having tho in-
I bay Horar anddlo and bridla horao M
banda high alar In lorohead and anlp on tho
non 5 or S ycara old brand r L on tha right
Id f aadille (a halfrlged with black leather no
born At Chet Cuoaa
1 bay man pony IS banda high 4 or S yoar
old brand O on tba laft ahouldrr and hip
roash mans kaa amall hall Had an with a
atigntor of tho expedltionjo the p' of ration ropt Job uunfor’i
Indian Terntory indicted for con- i blue roan hcin-r t year old no mark or
to dotoat th law of th I Wmwll'ransns
piracy
United Htaloo nftcr a proclamation
bad boon issued
Soorotary Suhurs remarked this
ovcnlng that tho AddlnistraHon
was vary muoh In enrncst in pro-
vonting ths sottlement of whit
peoplu on iho lands in tho Indian
Torritory
1 Handy barrow hog yoar td mark rrop
and Uidcr half III one tar and under slop la
tba other at Jobs Hartlua
1 blank raw year old la th uam mart of
Ihe taady at Jons Karlina
JOIINKGUNTEH'
Sheriff Sosuoy ah DUIrlrt
THE FOEEUAN HOUSE
I will aril lo Iho hlghttl bidder for ct-k
National Cartillcalaa or Warranta on tbo
forth Monday In September IH7S it lha court
hoUM In 1'ahlaqnah IHalrlct lho following
tlararllwd properly To-wlt '
-8Y-
Wofford
Proprietor
South of Dublin Squara on Kstoownh HI
TAiiLaquAii 0 N
Having ranted and refumtehod lha
njjj mn
of this place I am now prepared to
modal III Aral claaa alyla regular and Iran-
lent bn ardors Ilnoma well furnlbd and
1 bay horaa pony almut II hand high no
brand nbout I year old rinilog at Joha
woods
1 light rami msre alar I forehead an
branda 14 banda high I )r pld ruulug nt
Wash Heillb
I black pony I hands high I yean rid
aa branda riming nt Dill McCay’a
1 titan home about II lianda high right
hind foot while shod all arnnntl aadtllo
ovsryllilng lilt martial afford! pd tha labia
4
marks an ten elite branded M nh tell boul-
der ypara old rutting al Mike Gorty’
II C Iternaa -
sjivriff Tuilfuin)i DUifltp
And if ihe J’rcnlouJ
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