The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 28, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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KntrreJ st the pctorflcs at T!iliush
Indian Tcrritorr as'Knd claw mail matU-r
Saturday SmKMiiKn 17 1901
We have been inform'? by
what we tM-lieve reliable author!
ty that the prospects for secnricg
the new nilmal from Pryor
Creek to TatileqQah ia good Go
after it and leave nothing undon-
GRAFTERS STILL AT WORK
The contest division of the lam
office unearths and lays bare some
of tbe worst swindle and rubber
ies that it is possible to imagine
Grafters or whatever you are u
mind to call tiiem go to old Indian
women who cant speak a word of
english snd know nothing of the
ways of the world and by intimi
datum secure their signatures to
valnable improvements for one
fourth of their true value They
have gone so far aa to threaten
them with the penitentiary if they
refuse to transfer their improve
meats to them st their own figure
so they testify And these parties
sre Dot stone they have others
with them Thank God there is
seldom a case but in some way
finds its way to the commission
and there tbe facte are brought out
“and we have do fears but that the
'poor noedorated Indian will he
protected It seems that these
schemers would be ashamed to
associate with honest people but
(hey will put on a bold front and
go about just as though they had
never done a wrong in their lives
It is fortunate indeed for these
Indian people that such men as
Msj Breckenridge Judge David
son and in fact all of the employ-
ees of the commission have a say
in this haziness or they would
be robbed as many of them may
be any way by these Infamous
scoundrels as some of these cases
will never find their way to the
Oommiasion
We take occasion again to offer
advice to our full blood brothers
The report has got out that one or
two parties whose names we with
hold fo the present was delegated
by a land company to buy tbe al-
lotments of two Cherokee women
at one hundred and fifty dollars
each They went to these old worn
eo got them to sign receipts for
one hundred and fifty dollars
paid them fire and pocketed the
balance— one hundred and forty
five dollars making the company
believe that they had paid these
poor old Indian women the one
hundred and fifty each These
parties are Cherokees by blood
and well known here they Lave
been accused of dirty work before
and we trust they have overjump-
ed themselves this time so they
can get their just dues We wish
to say this to the Cherokee speak-
ing people Dont sign any paper
till yon go to some person whom
you know beyond doubt is your
friend and will advise you right
There are honest people in this
country that will tell you tho truth
and give you the right kind of
advice If you will only go to them
And ask for It
AN INDIAN PROBLEM
J Blair Shoeufelt is the Indian
agent for the Union agency at
Muskogee Ills position is the
highest and most imporUut in In-
diau Territory The careful atten
tion be has always giveu his work
and tbe thoroughness with which
be does It has giveu him complete
knowledge of conditions among
th five tribes Therefore his ob-
servations and recommendations
are worthy of careful considera-
tion Mr Shoeufelt baa expressed bis
opinion that the erriforial Indian
a a class have no conception of
the real valae of the land winch
bare bean allotted to them by the
government Aa ail example of
thia ignorance he cites a typical
case One Indian had made ar
rangementa to sell hie land for
Han acre and the bujer was to
pay for it in lnta!lmenta of $50 a
year The actnal value of this
particular piece of land waa at
least $10 an acre ond it couU
easily have been sold for cash at
that figure Mr Shoenfelt enye
that 95 per cent of the Indian
who have petitioned for a sale
their allotments have show
similar lack of judgment
The seriousness of the situation
should not be overlooked There
are 80000 Indians in tbe terr
tory all having valuable real estate
holdings About 25000 of thi
native population are fnlbloodaam
some 2000) more are Indians who
have no experience or capacity
fr business Under the laws re
ceutly pased the restrictions
which were wisely placed against
the alienation of their lands wil
soon be removed The enabling
act will begin to take effect in the
Creek nation March 8 next year
A large portion of these Indians
are incapable of taking care o
their own affaire for Mr Shoen
felt the beet authority says so
Now the question ia what shal
be don! If they lose their lands
Indian Territory in a few years
ill be overrun by beggers and
innpers of the worst class So
the matter is of equal importance
to the white and red races Mr
Shoenfelt suggests that new taws
e made by the next congress to
safeguard ignorant Indians It
egius to look as if it would be
advisable to follow this sugges
lion — K O Journal
The people who are In a position
to know have never had the re
tnoteel doubt but what Agent
Shoenfelt was a true frieDd to the
ndiau: He has from the very
first shown his friendship and if
le is allowed to have his way he
will devise some means for pro
ecting them What are unedu
cated Ignorant people to do when
these sharps Cherokees by blood
many of them who are
n the employ of these land buy
ers come around and make all
sorts of promises in order to get
them to sell their land for almost
nothing Yes! we judge Mr
Shoenfelt will recommend a law
that will protect tho Indian peo
pie
THE BEST WAY TO GET AN
EDUCATION— VTTETION!
We at Carlisle camo here for an
education We came because we
want an education above every-
thing eDe Head this and study it
And learn to speak it make it a
part of us and by living up to it
we can go as far in mind culliva
tion as wo wish
Says the editor of the Tresbyte
rlan Banner:
Education is first the power of
attention
Attention ia the tension or
stretching of the mind towards any
subject
It concentrates all the powers of
the mind on tho one thing before
it and makes that the luminous
burning focus of its thought
It is tho will controlling the
mind and directing it to a given
ond
Without this power of attention
the mind can do nothing
A weak attention lets the mind
slip off its subject and wander
about attractod by every passing
eight or fancy a strong attention
shuts the mind up to one thing
and makes everything contribute
to it
A steady persistent attention Is
the first condition of observation
and study thinking and doing
A masterful attention that can
sbaolutelv confine ileelf to one
ihiugaul "lint every ditraoiin
out in one e'ement snd sign -f
genius 1
James A Garfield tells ia th
when a member of C"gre be
onco found his attention 10111?
grip en that when rending to--k
it would continually slip off the
ps?e
Ile wus so alarmed st the sym-
tom that be resolved that If be
con’d not overom the weakness
he would resign his aret in Con
gress and go to a German mover
sity until he had regained control
of his mind
On great difference between
the strong man snd the weak man
the educated and the uneducated
mind lies at thla point
Attention ran tie trained and
strengthened Into self control snd
mastery or it can be let run loose
into distraction and weakness
Practice attention hold it to its
point snd make it do its work
to proteotTllottees
A telegram from Mnekogen says
J B Shoeufelt Indian Agent for
this Territory has announced his
ntentioo to recommend to the In
terior Department that Congress
pass a bill at the next session ex-
tending tbe restrictions on the sale
of Indian lands for at least five
years from the time they will be-
come alienable In defense of
ns position Agent Shoenfelt snys:
“After reviewing a large number
of petitions that have been sent to
this office asking tbe department
'or permissl on to sell their lands
I am convinced that the Indians in
this country with few exceptions
lave no conception of the real
value of the laud that has been
allotted to them by the govern-
ment One Indian for example
iad made arrangements to sell his
and for $5 an acre and the buyer
was to pay for it in installments of
$50 a year whereas the average
and buyer would be glad to get it
or $10 an acre and pay tbe cash
'or iL Fully 95 per cent of the
petitions showed similar lack of
udgement
“When restrictions are removed
on the sale of Indian lands it will
simply throw down the bars for a
class of grafters and adventurers
who will buy the laud for almost
noting snd then sell it to specula-
tors or to poor white people on
layments taking mortgages on
the land Thus the present sub
stantial population would be re'
)!aced by a shitting population
and ths farms would be heavily
mortgaged
Joseph A Gill Judge of the
Northern District Ird Ter will
old court at the places and on
the dates mentioned below:
Vinita— Oct 3 1904 Jan 2 1905
May 22 1905
Nowata— Oct 24 1901 Feb 6
905: April 3 1905
Tahlequah— Nov 7 1901 Feb
0 1905 April 10 1905
Claremore— Nov 21 1904 Feb
27 1905 April 24 1905
Miama— Nov 20 1904 March 0
905 May 1 1905
Pryor Creek— Dac 5 1904
Mar 13 1905 May 0 1905
Sallisaw— Dec 12 1901 March
0 1905 May 15 1905
At the places and on the dates
mentioned below Judge W R
jawrence of tbe Northern District
:ias been assigned to bold terms of
court
Nowata— Oct 4 1904
Claremore— Nov 21 1904
Miama— Nov 28 1904
I’ryor Creek— Dec 5 1904
Tahlequah— Fell 20 1905
Miama— Mar 6 1905
Sallisaw— Mar 20 1905
Nowata— Apr 3 1905
Claremore— April 24 1905
Tryor Cscek— May G 1905
And Is to assist in holding the
terms of Court at Vinita Indian
Territory beginning Oct 10 1904
for one week beginning Jan 16
1905 for two weeks and beginning
May 22 1905 for one week and
probate business in all Courts in
the District
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J LOCAL NEWS J
FRISCO SYSTEM
i
wOCALTIVE TABLE-
rr wrn
I’aieenKi-r No 61 due 11:26 s m
Local Freight No 56 dun 10:20 s m
It T HOl’HD
Load Freight No 65 dun 1:40 p m
I’— ongrr No 6) dun 4:65 p ni
connection st Fsvettevillo for Kan
City St Lnuifi snd sll point north snd
etit Pari snd sll point in Texs
J T Ststheni Agent
L W 1‘rien
Div I’ Agent Joplin Mo
TAKE NOTICE
Parties (Wiring to mix-cribs for the Advo-
cate s ill psv tln-m in st tliia office or is-nd
them ttintnih tbe mail Noono i author-
icd to set our S£riit and our ruWriptio
price is $100 a year
JESS L IIARNAGE
Altaej t Counsellor it lav
Office over the
Cherokee Nations! liana
TAdLEQUAII I T
El Washburn of Delaware was
here this week
Attorney Hatehins and wife was
in onr city this week
John Adair of Sallisaw was in
Tahlequah this week
Mrs Pnncan of Afton was a
visitor in (ur city thia week
Dr U L Fits has been quite
sick for several days hut is up
again
ITiate Courtney of Delaware
District waa in Tahlequah this
week
Jess Cockran of Conweescoo
wee District paid our city a visit
this week
Mrs Jennie Bangley of Afton
spent several days in Tahlequah
this week
Owen Coval the Mile son of
Henry Coval has been quite sick
this week
E M Landrum and w!fe
left
the
Thursday for a weeks visit to
St Louis fair
J W McSpadden returned last
Sunday from a weeks visit to the
St Louis fair
'About thirty deeds have been
filed In the clerks office within the
past few days
Attorney Karnagay of Vinita
was here thia week attending to
some contest business
W T Richards accompanied by
his daughter returned Sunday last
from the St Louis fair
O P Brewer of Muskogee
member of Cherokee Board of ed-
ucation is here this week
Mack Roseborough and Bill
Smith of Delaware were here this
week filing on their allotments
W AY Hastings has been look-
ing after holiness in connection
with the allotment of our estate
Land Office call on straight roll
Thursday eve 8200 fallblood call
1090 Average flliDg per day 100
L F Parker Attorney for the
Cherokee Nation was in tho city
this week attending official busi-
ness Fifty or sixty guardian papers
were gotten out by the Guardian
Trust company within the last ten
days
Ott Smith of Fairland was here
this week looking after some con-
test business before Dawes Com-
mission R F Glenn and family came
down from their home in Ooowee-
scoowee District last week to visit
friends here
James Cowell of Delaware Dis-
trict was looking after some con-
test business before the Commis-
sion this week
The clerks office issued marriage
licenses this week to Will Christie
and Hester WIes both of Cookson
I T L C Marian to Freeman
Dutch Miile John Lewis to Nellie
Johnson Oak Grove
Jeff McGhee a prominent farm-
er of Delaware District was look
ing after business before the land
office thia week
John Countryman one of Dela-
ware District’ best farmer was
looking after business before the
land office this week
We understand that there was a
Mg nighthawte dance thts week in
Flint District Hawks from all
ovt-r the Nation were there
'Chief Rogers who waa here all
of last week looking after official
business returned to h't home at
Sklatnok I T last Rnnriay
George Bible one of the oldest
and most highly respected citizens
of Coowerscoowee District was in
our city for several days this
week
Next Monday tbe call st the
land office will begin at the lowest
number snd continue on up from
day to day till the highest number
is reached
Elmira Coval while on her way
to her school at tbs old Flint court
lioue lost her trunk and contents
while transfering from od train
to another
The little boy and girl of Mr
Williams who lives in the north-
west part of towD has been dan
geronsly sick for some time with
typhoid fever
Next Monday will be the last
day for calling return i umbers at
land office for no telling how long
st least till the commission
changes its ruling
Come in and inspect our bar-
gains in clothing shoe and bats
also a small lot of calicos and
lawns at lowest prices
TuhLquah Mercantile Co
John Patton a leading farmer of
Cooweescoowse District was in
the city lb's week Mr Patton is
In very bad health but completed
his filing and left for home a day
or so ago
W W AVLeeler one Of the
leading business men of Sallisaw
was here this week- Mr Wheeler
was for several years Chief Po-
lice of the city of Fort Smith and
is tbe only Iodiun that ever held
that position
- One of the tnerry go-rounds
polled up stakes and left for parts
unknown Monday but the one that
makes the mot noise is still here
and as long as there are people
crazy enough to patronize the
thing it wi!l stay here
Mrs Janana French and family
will leave in a few days for Cali-
fornia where they expect to make
their home at least for a year or
so We understand that Post-
master R B Bess will occnpy her
home during her absence
Mrs Bettio Keys of WanD I T:
passed through here Monday on
her way to Fayetteville where she
goes to place her sou in school
Mrs Keys spent her girlhood days
in Tahlequah and was very much
surprised at the wonderful changes
that have occurred since she tnov
ed away seventeen years ago
We have just learned that Sena-
tor W T Davis of Delaware Dis-
trict who has been a sufferer for
several years with rheumatism is
unable to get about and the
chances are that ha wont he able
to attend the Council in Novem-
ber Mr Davis is a very able and
active member and will be sorely
missed at this time
A law should be enacted that
would forbid schools forcing
half Indian heads to their capacity
with information as it is a toxen
of their ruination for thereafter
is used In attempting to teach their
teachers that they know more than
those who taught them or casting
sharp paragraphs of fiction and
dall sentences of truth at heads
blessed with the darker tint of
their blood because they havn’t
been boiled down and skimmed to
the value of a knowing one
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