The Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. IX.
CHELSEA, CHLROKBE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY, FRIDAY, JULY 34 1903.
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and Respectfully 5ollelts Volir Account
jEDUCATIONOF THE CHEROKEE?:
Judge VaujhfT fcfore the National Board of
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NOTICE!
Notice !• hereby given to all parties lodebt-
' ed to the firm of P. O. Browning A Co., copart-
| nership, that letters of administration upon the
, estate of P. G. Browning A Co.) P* 0. Browning
i being deceased, have been granted to the under-
signed by the probate court of Newton county,
' Missouri, bearing date of March 16, 1003, All
' persons indebted to said estate are' hereby noti*
| fied to make settlement of such Indebtedness at
> once without further notice,
H. C, MILLER,
Administrator of estate of P. G. Browning A Co.
C.
D. MEREDITH,
Veterinary Surgeon,
Will be in Chelsea
The Third Saturday In Each Month.
I treat all diseaaea,known to the animal kingdom, Am prepared
to do all kinds or dental work.
Veterinary Dentistry.
The causes of numerous diseases and disagreeable habits heretofore
ascribed as constitutional, have been traced directly to the teeth.
Blindness, drolling, stopping short, starting suddenly, frothing,
loss of flesh, weak eye", driving on one rein, bad breath, turning
head sidewise while chewing, qnidding hay up and spitting it out,
and nasal discharge are very often due to diseases and irregularis
ties of the teeth. Rough edges and aharp corners of the teeth
lacerate the mouth and produce nervousness and irritability ; un-
even and elongated molars and incisors prevent the proper masti-
cation of the food, producing indigestion and general debility.
Decayed molars canse necrosis of the bone, abscesses, nasal gleet,
fiistula of th* j^w. etc.
Examination free. Headquarters at
_ IJjUjf Cglton's Stables.
In a report of the address of
| Judge R. M. Vaughn before the
Cherokee National board of educa-
tion the Evening Mirror prints the
| following.
'Judge R. M. Vaughn, in com-
pliance with an invitation from the
Cherokee National board of educa-
tion to add re* the graduating
| class of the Female Seminary on
the 9th of June, at Tahlequah,
I. T., addiessed the class upon
that occasion. Judge Vaughn
took careful note of the country
[and conditions while there, and
I speaking of it to} a Mirror repre-
sentative, said:
"It is the general undemanding
that of the Five Civilized trfbes,
.the Cherokee*excel inlitsMRture,
agricultaral and meebsnittl pur-
| suits and to verify this comujof be-
[ lief, it is only necessary for bus to
(travel through the Indie* Ter-
ritory, visiting the portion oc-
cupied respectively by the Five
Civilized Tribes.
The Cherokee Nation lief north
I of the Creek and Choctaw Na-
tions with Arkansas and Mis-
I souri on Jthe east, Kansas on the
north and the Osage Nation on the
west, between the ,35th and 37th
I degrees of latitude, being thus
situated in the latitude where the
I summer heat never approaches the
torrid zone, while the winters, on
Jan average, are temperate. The
climate is calculated to develop
not only healthy, but vigorous
I active types of woman and man-
. hood, and that sach ia the case one
[ can readily see from the physical
I appearance of the inhabitants and
especially those who have lived
there a majority of.their years.
They are a people having a great
love, not only for their section of
"The chief place of interest are
the two school buildings, one for
the Female Seminary and the
other for the Male Seminary. The
building known as the Male Semi
nary was begun sometime in 1845
the first graduating class being in
1847, The civil war closed the
sc&ool, the building beiug used
for hospital purposes, but im
mediately after the cloud of war
has given place to ■insbiue of
peace, they at once repaired the
building and have since used it
for school purposet, and throigh
it portals some distinguished
minds have passed out as grade
ates who have occupied honorable
positions with credit and distinc-
tion to themselves ay well as the
people. This year the graduating
class was:composed of six well
developed young men in physique
and brilliant in mind, and it was
my pleasure to hear the address of
these young graduates, and
could hardly realize as I listened
to each one of them that Chero-
kee* were the people before me,
as their manner^vas so graceful
in presentation as well as the ad
dress full of choice and rich
thought. But, as usual, the best
is reserved for the last. I will
now say something of the Female
Seminary. The building is
handsome brick structure, well
proportioned, and occupies a beau
tifal elevation hardly one-half
mile from the capitol building and
overlooks the city like "a queen
on her throne." The building is
latge and commodious, something
the colonial style of architect-
uie, yet modern as to the arrange-
ments on the inside. It was
planned for time to ccme, not
simply for present use, and will
country, but for the United accommodate about 300 students,
f
States at large, and are intensely
patriotic. They have a high ap-
preciation of, and realize tne ne-
cessity and advantages of educa-
tion and expend large sums of
money for the support and main-
tenance of t-heir schools as well as
for the construction of school
buildings. The majority of them
are devoutedChristians, belonging
to different denominations, as
Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian
and Catholic churches, and they
seem to take the fame interest
in constructing durable and well
I -c; ' J r* ■ ■ r> V 4 Ti apportioned churches as in build
AN P JI ing school houses. I understand
; yye are now prepared to sell you bargains In
Building Material of all kinds. We handle the
best grade of Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Line, Hair,
Cement, Ect., We jwty you cash for Grain,
Brinson & Patterson!
- - - CHELSEA, I. T.
'PHONE 73.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
All the latest style cards and best' Aristo Platino finish.
Pictures enlarged in Crayon and Pastel. Kodak films de*
veloped and finished in Velox as cheap as any place. Photo
Buttons in water color tints, Views in the country by
special arrangements.
J.E.BAKER,
PHOTOGRAPHER OH ELSE A. I. T.
that the enrollment shows about
37,000 Cherokees, that is, includ-
ing those of different degrees of
the Cherokee blood, but who are
classed as Cherokees.
Tahlequah, the tribal capital,
was first selected soon after the
Cherokees immigrated from Geor-
gia, as a place for holding (heir
council meetings and it was with
great care and judgment the
selection was made, for to the
north of the beautiful grove in
which the council meetings were
held, as if terr«*d, a bill about
150 feet high rises as a mighty
barrier against the winds of the
north in winter, and its summit
famishes a delightful place dur-
ing the summer. Here they haye
ij the valley five overflowing
apringa of pure crystal water, al<
most as cold aa ice water, the flow
being sufficient to furnish water
for a city of 10,000 people. The
old capitol building erected by the
tribal government is a two-story
brick structure erected ou the site
where they used to hold their
councils, with the force* growth as
their principal Shelter, some thirty
years ago, and is now in use for
tribal aud pother governmental
purposes.
This building, was finished and
ready for use about sixyears ago,
and I think each year has wit-
nessed the departure of graduates,
who have helped to build up the
intellectual and moral sentiments
of tine Cherokee people and to
whkfa lis due largely the proud
positiea occupied by them today;
still the class of 1903 composed of
sixteen graceful and beautiful
young ladies is the banner class,
they being the greatest in number
and eqally as beautiful cultured in
body and mind as those who have
gone before; therefore the class of
1903 can well be called the ban
ner clsss.
"It has been my pleasure to at-
tend quite a number of commence-
ment exercises and I have never
looked upon a graduating class
that impressed me more with the
appearance of solidity of character,
the fruita of culture, and the pot-
session of a higher degiee of
physical beauty than the aixteen
graduates of this noble institution
that I had the privelege of ad
dressing. The Cherokee people
have laid for themselves a founda-
tion for the atructure of future
years in the high type of citizen
ship that they have through the
years of labor in the interest of
education established, that justly
entitles them to be' admitted as a
state, and when admitted will add
another star to Old Glory, the
luatre of which will not be dim-
med by the brilliancy of other
stars that have heretofore been
placed and now adorn the "Star
Spangled Banner." Many of the
leading politicians in the Cherokee
Nation, among them Judge Wil-
liam H. Barker, ex-speaker of the
Cherokee council, believe that the
coming election for chief of the
Cherokee Nation will be the last,
aud they are therefore, taking a
great deal of interest in the elec-
tion of a 'favorite son* to go down
in history as the last executive and
represestative of the tribal gov-
ernment. As a state, the burden
that has hampered this fair
country in preventing it from be-
ing developed will be thrown off,
and the wealth that ia within the
Indian Territory will be brought
forth by the ingenuity and skill of
the inhabitants thereof, aided by
outside capital and influence and
will be made to administer to the
wants of mankind in such pro-
portion as will pause remorse to
find its way in the minds and
heart of those statesmen who
have from one pretext or another
opposed granting statehood to this
glorious country. Many people
froip Texas have found homes
aiyejjp the Five Civilized Tribes,
especially the Cherokees, there-
fore, all Texas is interested from
\ standpoint of friendship and ties
of blood in the advancement and
progress, not only of Jndian Ter-
ritory, but of Oklahoma, apd I
believe Texas will rejoice more
over the addition of the two stars
by the admission of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory as separate states,
or over the one additional star by
the admission of both as one state
than over any otjier state."
WHEHE BEAUTY DWELLS.
Chkkokxk nation famous pok
its fair and accomplished
daughters.
A writer in the Cleveland (O.)
Leader says of the women of the
Southwest: Nearly every part of
the country has produced what ar-
tists have termed its distinct type
of beauty. The daughter of the
Sonth, the Washington belle and
the girls of the Eastern and West-
ern metropolis, haw- been mapped
by the endeavor to portray a young
woman who should represent the
perfection of the American cacpefa,
while pen and pencil have en-
femine charm.
In the Southwest is to be found
a distinct type, who might well be
called the • 'prairie maiden." Her
home is on what we are pleased to
call the frontier.
So much has been written in
prose and poetry about the daugh-
ter of the Indian chief and warrior
that she is a familiar character to
every reader of books. He. usual-
ly regards her as among the fair
myths of the past, "a creature of
the forest, " as shy as its deer, clad
in th: blankets and moccasins of
the "Leather Stocking Tales.
Yet she is olive today and very up-
to-date.
It seems strange that in this bor-
der land, which civilization pene-
trated' but yesterday, should be
found women who are equal in
physical charms to their sisters in
the East and South, but it is true.
What * may seem stranger still,
their attractiveness is in part due
to the blood of the original owners
of the soil which' courses in their
veins. Some have chiefs as their
ancestors, while in others is min-
gled the blood of the Indian and
Anglo-Saxon.
Kansas and the Twin Territories
have undergone almost magical
transformation in a quarter of a
century. From the Middle West
and the Northwest came the Ger-
man, the Swde, the Briton and
the native American to take up
claims and do their part in turning
range and woodland into farm *ud
garden, village and city. But
they found the country already in-
habited by several representative
tribes of the red iace, who had
abandoned to a considerable ex-
tent the tepee and blanket, gnd
were themselves no mean tillers of
the soil. Many of the younger
immigrants decided to cast t^eir
lot with the Cherokee, Creek
other maidens as they hecaint
the law calls "Indian dtfo
Time has shown that not
were many of these mart
happy, but that the native w
proved themaelves true helpn
Many a woman who has be
mistress of a home in the pi
towns and cities was born,
"clearing" where her father
his Indian wife wereekeing
their existence on a few acn
claimed from the woodlaw
range grass. It would not
that thue are any eleuiefl
beauty, but the life half o<
doors, and nature's surroum
nourished ths child as one 01
plants of the garded; her d
about the home furnished a
"physical culture," perhaps
saddled her pony daily and
for the mail to the nearest si
ment. For the women of
section are as expert with
bridle as their father and bra
With a strong body and com
tiou she eagerly availed hersi
the new session of the school t
she could attend, and furthe
vanced hertelf of the new se
of the school wh<ch she cool
tend, and further advanced
self by home study until
matured into an attractive w<
mentally as well as physically.
Those few who are forM
enough to live in the towns
had excellent opportunities fo
ucation, as the chiefs of tiu
nations, realizing the volt
training for their children,
established over 350 schools «
the tribes, not counting the a
mies, seminaries aud govern
institutions.
One of the charms of the p
maiden is personal refineme
feature and unstudied grace «
titude. The absence of ai
and affection add to her at
iveness. Yet she is^*as viva
as the up-to-date American
The many who have been a(
tuuate as to secure a higher e<
tion to secure a higher educ
have become perfect in won
attainments, so that they are r
in conversation, at ease in
drawing room, and as already
timated, they include not a
linquist«, artists and musician!
The tendency is to dark
plexions, although here and I
can be found "half-breed" git
the blue eyes and the blonde
of the Swedish or German fat!
Not all have been favored bj
tune, though as stated, some
become the mistress of pret
homes, surrounded by the con
and refinement that wealth
furnish. Others have been thl
upon their own resources by
ebb of fortune or some 0
circumstance, and havechosei
riotts vocations, for these dai
ters of the frontier may be h
ih the office and counting roofl
the typewriter, behind
teacher's desk in the sd
house
The Commission to the 1
Civilized Tribes always has U
sue orders ad ingnltum when t
make a rule on any question.
Commission segregated se
thousand acres of the best of
Cherokee lands on the ground t
the Delaware Indians in the nat
were claiming it, and the mat
was to be settled in the cou
Now comes an order from
Commission to the effect t
Cherokees may take as their
lotment these lands, where t'
arc occupied by a Cherokee no
Delaware blood. TheCommisi
has bungled in this matter,
has in many others, and its 1
order is a /confession that wl
was done in the segregation gl
Delaware lands was done witiu
the proper examination into o
ditions existing, aud with*
proper information.
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