The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 28, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL 28
TAHLEQUAH CHEROKEE NATION I T SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 1904
NO 40
JUSTICE FOR INDIANS
1 0 essre forced to live and contend
with white men
Chas J Bonaparta Maxes A Talk
Before Trans mississippl Congress-
lion Jas J Donapsrte hr our
reader are aware waa special
agent eeut from Washington to in-
vestigate alleged frauds tn the In-
dian Territory In his talk before
tbs Trans-Mississippi CoDgress
he refers to his report
“The American nation owes its
Indian wards first of all and be
yond all else— justice and justice
is wbat they have least frequently
and least readily obtained We
havebeen In aeense profusely gen
erom toll era We hare poured
out on them oceans of emotional
sympathy partly humanitarian
partly artistic common sense and
a fair regard for their own welfare
a well as ours hare been more than
once in grave danger of 'drowning
under floods of sentiment Hut
the one thing It has always been
and is now hard to get from them
is justice we seem well nigh un
aide to have their rights first im-
partially h' attained then clearly
defined nml finally sacredly re
eperted
and down and his chest well pro-
jected in order to give a large lung
“The ‘safety and happiness’ of capacity he is the man who does
things
You cannot aspire or sccom-
pi sh great or noble things so
long as you assume the attitude
and bearing of a coward or weak-
ling If yon would be noble and
do noble things you must look up
You were made to look upward
and to walk upright not to look
down and to ehaiuhle along in a
semi horizontal position l’ut
character dignity nobility into
your walk— Success
these ‘rightful owners’ are in our
keeping as a nation they ann't
protect themselves webavemost
solemnly promised to protect
them Moieover we not they
are responsible for the dangers ini-
mediately threatening their safety
and happines
It Is a duty of tMa Congress to
enlighten arouse and guide public
opinion first as to the existence
and gravity of the dangers to be
met secondly in search of a rem
dy There is no field in which
zeal needs more urgently to he
coupled with knowledge and tem-
pered with discretion than in crit-
icism of Indian affairs Depend-
ent and helpless people ere by a
law of nature at once credulous
suspicions talk on th nart of
those stronger than themselves
which might otherwise he merely
untimely r injudicions when
ovetheard by them may readily
become harmful and even dauger-
on s
‘‘ And ttils is the more likely to j
hnpen if ns Is too open the case
the talk in question i more or
less fiercelv dt nunciatnrv of those
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted at a session of the Com-
mission to the Five Civilized
Tribes held August 21 1904
Resolved 1 That hereafter no
tentative or memorandum eeiec
(ions of allotments shall be receiv-
ed at the Cherokee Land Office
all applications being restricted to
citizens or fried men whose en-
rollment has been approved by
the Secretary of the Interior
Provided That when a selection
CHEROKEE STATISTICS
Up to and including October I
according to Secretary Cunning-
ham there had been paid In at the
unmn agency Muskogee to the
credit of the town lot fund of the
Cherokee nation S94f52 45 The
general fund of the nation on that
date waa $t37fl 1018 acciued in-
terest 108755 09 school fund
i5CG PC594 Interest 157329 92
in position of responsibility I
“We fall to solve this problem I
1 do not think I am over charitable
less hv reason f its real difficulty
althongh Its difficulty most not he
under-estimated than because of
certain prevalent fallacies respect
ing the rights of Indian Of these
the most obvlns is that they aim
ply have none or at least none
which a white man is bound to re
sped In saying this I have in
mind not o much the primitive
reasoning of those who hold the
only good Indian a dead Indian
a Ihe less proved but not mis-
ohievous views of thoe who con-
tncfflial sins but the in ve stigs-
tion I conducted listintr l as
left me convinced that our lVei
dent aid nnr Secretary of Ilia In-
terior nro unselfish friends of th
U dian and on the whole I found
few public servants tu condemn
and comparatively venial faults to
lay to the charge of the most anmni
these Individual debnquinries
ninloiihtably exit and add to the
evil flowing from gpneral can-es
but I believe that ve dud I better
serve the interests of the Indian
sider them a sort of human game we ry to F onreVea and have
belonging to the nation in much
the people see and having seen
remove the latter than if we give
over much of nnr time and thought
to t lie fo-nter There will be work
for the friends of the Indian after
the end of this administration and
of all among its successors which
any of ns shall know as long in
fact as there hp Indians tn work
to have friends ’ — Mnko-
gee Democrat
the same sense as the wild animal
now sheltered In nur Yellowstone
Park havin’ ihe same claim
which these animal hare to pro-
tection from cruelty or wanton do
structinu and furnishing a subject
matter for ethnological studies or
oxperments in education or
sociology just as these a'e inter-L ror
eating to naturalists and may of-
ten hope of useful hybrids but as
fully and rightfully subject to our
arbitrary discretion as if they were
elk or griely bears
‘It i yet a more Inexcusable error i to drop Keep up -cur t-Migc
to bold that ifnn Indian has any walk as if yon were some! ndy nul
rights he mnst have the ennie were g°ing to do something wor’li
right as a white man Ilia theory while in ihe world -n r t even a
is one phase of social and political stranger may note tout bearing and
heresy which ha embarrassed ua maik your snperiorilic if mu
in all dealings with nlion races have fallen into a habit of wilkine
Some people And it hard to under- in a listless dependent way turn
stand or at least to admit that rightabout face at once and make
Ti e following ministers were ap
pointed for the Cherokee District
by the Territorial annual Indian
Mission conference of the M F
church South which convened at
South McAlester Isst week:
Presiding Elder J It McDonald
Vitdta Station II H Watson
Chelsea Station I L Tlmrstoa
Afton Station I L Johnson
Claremore Station C F Mitch-
ell Miami Station Geo II Jackson
Groves Station G M Gdl
Tahlequah Station W F Wil
son V A Duncan sup-Tunm
erary
Pryor Creek Station C I ('ov
Bartlesville Station J M Ir
ter
Still w ell Station J M Hintdy
R'tie Jacket Station JL Drown
Nowata Circuit Y M Knssell
Tahlequah Circuit JT Thomp-
son Locust Grove Circuit W M
Learner wood (ntply)
lVgge Circuit J- L Iut:can(snp-r'j)-
Adair Circuit A W Culvert
(supply)
Clioteau Circuit to he supplied
Hominy CIrcnit Drowning Lew-
Is (supply)
Vinita Circuit DJ Ililderbraml
EM Snell supernumerary
THE PROSPEROUS
SOUTHWEST
No section of the United States
i so prosperous a ihe southwest
The lands are productive and can
be pnreha-ed at reainahh‘ prices
If jon want to secure n home or
tmtko nil investment in good faun
lands in vestignte this section
If yon will tell me wliat m
want and the amount you have to
orphan fund 1311158 27 asylum
of land ha been mads by a citizen I 51 30375 inte rear $1017
or freedman and the land so se- 20 total amount royalties to the
lected I claimed by an applicant crejit ()f th Cherokee nation in
for enrollment whose right to en
relliuent has not been finally de
tertniuid coute-t for the laud so
selected may be instituted by said
applicant for enrollment as requir-
ed by the ru'es of practice in force
ill Cherokee contest cases
2 That application lor allot
merits by purctiaers of Delaware-
United States treasury October 1
$15358120
K C S ALMANAC FCR 1904
The Kansas City Southern Rail-
way Company’s Annual Almanac
is now ready for distribution It
contains the usual monthly culeu-
Cherokee improvements of laml I dar many useful household hint
upon whtcb said imorovements are s
1 sod information concerning the
located shall be received only for liianlry AlisMQrt Arkansas
such of said laud as have had the I ndijM Teiritory Te8
improvements thereon duly an-
J ’ Iouisana
pruied a required hy Vet of
April 21 1901 mid said purchaser
can only apply for said land upon
presentation of a duly approved
bill of rale fr the improvements
thereon
Tams Hixiiy Chairman
T D Nkkpiks Com
(J 11 RlM-'IIKlNltlPUK
Commissioner
U S COURT DATES
Joseph A Gill Judge of Ihe
Northern iMetriet I ml Ter will
lnd t court at the jdacea and on
the dates mentioned below:
Vinita — O t 3 1901 Jan 2 1905
Mav 22 1905
Nowata— Ot 21 1901 Feb 6
1905: April 3 1905
Write for a copy to
8 G Warner
Cil Pas k m A£L I C S Hr
Kansas City Mo
WANTED
MKN AMMVOMKN in tbi oity mid
iidjuiniie’ ti rrit'iiii- to rcpi'-iut mid u'lwr-
ti iili-l old (-tiihllxln-d holt Milid It tut 1 1 —
rial timling Subtly t-i iinii 'Jl wi-i-kb
to Uolll' II j- I'J to ! S 'ik! Willi AH-I- V
ii-tviini-iil eaidi Monday by a thik ihriat
from li -I'l'i! t r- ltoi- i imd l u -y fi riii-ti-d
wli'-n ii'-i'-'--i po-it-oii Adros lI-w
Uroii Co Ilfpt 0 Motnoii Itldo
Chioirgn III
CANADIAN DISTRICT
I will sell at Webbers Falls
Tahlequah— Nov 7 ID ) I Feb I November 20 tb l‘Jt4 to the high-
29 1905 April 10 1905
Ularemore — Nov 21 11)04 Feb
27 1005 Aprd 24 1905
Miatn— Nov 20 1901 March G
19' 5 May 1 1905
1’iyor ('reek — Dc 5 1904
Mar 13 1905 Slav 1905
ShIIisiw — 1 12 1901 Marr’t
20 191)5 May 15 1905
At the place amt on the dates I about 7 year old 13
mentioned In-uw Judge W R 1 no brund visible
Laaieure of the Notlhern District
esl bidJer cash m hud the follow-
lug described property
1 dark sorrel mare about 12
years old about 14 hands high
branded 8 on lefi j nv 2 N G on
left s oalder X2 on lei hip
1 sorrel blared faced horse pony
hand high
while ul I iiip:i should be always
and everywhere treated with jus
tire and humanity what is justice
what are the dictate of humanity
must aud will differ and dider
very widely as we deal with men
of different conditions and capa
bilitie- that what m on may be
meat to another may be poison
that identity of treatment may in-
volve beneficence to one class and
the mnHt cruel neglect or oppres
sicn to another Our popular idea
of justice is essentially to give
every one a fair field but no favor
to throw all i 1 1 the some pool
togethci’ and let Midi one float or
niiiic according to hi ability to
swim This is justice for white
men living and contending with J bin self w nlks w ith 11 firm vigor
other white men it is grave Injus- on iep with his bend elect his
pee to Iudi ms especi dy when chin in his t hmiMcrs tlnowii t Vc
x- 1 1 1 ! invest I will tarnish v on wiih 1kiM
Never nllow ymr pny''ca' s’and-
t- sindprlcs of lam's and valuable
intormation
Iloim- seeker ezenrsion ticke's
to the M"iiliwest nre on sale on
the 2rst and t li : t d Tuesdaya of
each n'Oitli t ne fare plus £2 00
for the round trip These tickets
have a I’nal limit of 21 day and
p-rniit stopover in both dlrec
ant lo ! ori fh of M udsnr Mo nnd
1 Kincaid Ks This ofTersau op
a rlt'inge Ynn
shnflle along like tle failures we
porlunitv to tlioroughlv Invcsti
often r e sitting around on park)1
the ' c'oul' west st a miihII cost
Lt m send y 011 illustrated mnt
ter map and full pirticular Ad
haa been ussigned 10 hold term of
court
Mnwa'a — Oct 4 1904
(Mnreinore — Nov 21 1904
Miami-Nov28 It 04
l’lyr (’reck — Dec 5 1904
I Hhleqil ill —Fen 2l 190-5
Minina -Mar G 1905
Sall-aw— Mar 20 1905
Nowata — Apr 3 1905
Glarenmre — April 24 1905
Try or (’seek — May ti 190-5
And is assist in holding the
terms oi Court m Vinita Indian
Territory In giimtng Oct 10 1904
for one week beginning Jan lo
1905 fur twn weeks and beginning
May 22 1905 tor one week anil
probate bu-uncs in all Courts in
tin! District
dres
nroiut: no n
C P A M K & T or
ST LOUIS W0
ESTRAY SALE
I will sell in He ItigcNt bidder
nv 10 1991 t p i t t i I- file in
Tnhleqmb at J -dm VVl'non’ live-
ry stable the foliouing deNcnbed
stock:
I ba v (' y 12 bi'tid high hi ml
ed DM mi i b hi inp nml right
shnuUcr cl 'I- mark
1 red and "b" petted Icf'i- 2
years old no mark r brand
John ('arltle
Estrav property ngent of Table
qunh (iistiict
E STRAY LIST
I will sell tlie following estray
projicrty to the highel bidder for
casn to hand at Grove I T on
the 21th day of December 1904:
1 mouse colored jenney almut
10 y cars old 1 1 hands high maik-
ed hulfrrop nml split iniacb ear
1 rial k gray jenneyno mark or
brand about ) years eld II
lumlrt high
1 black mare 4 y cars old brand
ed li on left inn white spot on
each side ot hack 1 4 hands high
1 red steer 2 years old marked
underbit in right ear swullowfork
in left branded W on light hip
1 red cow 4 year old marked
uncerbit in right ear crop iu left
branded J O on left hip
1 red hull 4 years old no mark
branded — X on left side
Joseph England
Estray Agent for Delaware di
' trict C N 1 T
1 sorrel horse about 15 yesrs
obi about 14 hands high branded 1
on left shoulder ami hip
1 black horse about 1) years old
14 hand high no brands visible
1 ilea biiten gray horse about
12 yrs old branded 2S on left
shoulder 15 hau l high
1 light bay in ire mule 13 hand
high 9 years old w hite collar mark
on left cide d tie k no brands vis-
ible J bay mare about 12 years old
13 hand high no bland visible
ha sway back
1 brown cow 3 vear old inaiked
smooth crop off each ear no
brands
1 brown cow 7 year oi l n arked
under slope in left right ear badly
marked up branded bar diamond
bar on left ebV and R on left Idp
1 pale r ed cow about 0 j ear old
marked smooth crop offi leTt anti
under-half crop in right ear hi and
cd U on left hip I) on right jaw
1 red cow 1 year old in marks
or brands
1 red and white pbled 2 year old
steer no mark or lirsnd
1 y ear old past red Inhft-r' w bite
face no mark or bland
1 red steer yearling with while
face no mark or brand
1 black barr-w about one year
old no murk
I black spoiled Ic'iinw about
nine month old no mail
1 black bairow about II monilis
old narked swalb'Wo'ik in left
ear
Frank Vann
E-linv Nociii
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Melton, W. J. The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 28, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1904, newspaper, November 5, 1904; Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1856268/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.