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CHIEFTAIN PUBLISHING CO.
VINITA INDIAN TERRITORY THURSDAY APRIL 6 IS99.
VOL. XVII. NO. 32
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LEGEND OF A RICH STRIKE
The Church of the Holy
Virgin.
Mr. J. B. Dickinson who has
traveled extensively in Mexico ad
well as in the United States fell
into a story-telling mood this
morning. "A great many Ameri-
cans" he said "know of the won-
derlul catecombs of Guanajuato
but while they have no counter-
part in the known world there
are other points of great interest
in this wonderful Mexican city."
The church of the Holy Virgin
is situated 1650 feet below the
surface of old mother earth and is
probably the most cuiious place of
worship to be found on this conti-
nent. The furnishings and fittings
are quaint and quite elaborate
costing upwards of a quarter of a
million dollars in silver.
This little old underground
church is located on the deepest
drift workings in the Serena
mine in the city of Guanajuato
Old Mexico. This mine was dis-
covered by the Spaniards in the
year of 1557 and worked con-
tinuously by themuutil about 1S47.
The records show that more than
8130000000 has been taken from
the mine.
The account of the old church
erected by Juan Guiaddo an old
Indiau miner a hundred and ten
years ago. and of the legend con-
nected with it was obtained by
Mr." Dickinson from credible
sources. The story detailed is
story follows: Old Juan Guiaddo
obtained permission to work down
jn the lower level promising to
give a certain per centage of what
he took out to the church. One
day while at work he concluded to
ask the Holy Virgin in solemn
prayer to direct him to where a
"rich strike" might be made. He
prayed long and fervently and at
last beard a peculiar noise very
near him a sound which seemed
to startle him. He crept
along in the darkness to the spot
where the rapping appeared to
bf and there struck a blow with
his pick. To his surprise and sat-
isfaction he uncovered a large body
of rich ore which netted him S1S-
000000. The strike caused some
little excitement and old Juan had
no difficulty in securing the aid of
miners to help bim secure the bid-
den treasure. During the next
few years there was no poor
in Guanajuato. He established
eating houses for the hungry and
erected comfortable homes for the
homeless. His money was spent
with a lavish hand while it lasted.
The prayer he offered was full of
promises. He said he would not
only build a church on the spot
from which the treasure was dug
but would erect a handsome church
on the surface. The church stand-
ing there near the entrance to the
jaajn phaft pogt more than a mil
lion dollars and the three fine al-
tars are inlaid with gold and pre-
cious woods. On each altar there
are one hundred life size images
all guilded with pure gold.
The underground churph was
well lighted when I visited it and
our guide informed us that the
watchman nevep allowed it to be
dark for a moment. The altar
contained several large old paint-
jngsofrara yalue &s well as a
number of life-sized statues. We
saw several miners there paying
their devotions to the Virgin. The
place will accommodate about two
jiundred persons. A priest calls
there regularly to hold services.
Our guide said that at any hour of
day or night there would be found
men there on their bended knees
in solemn devotion.
The Serena mine is now being
pperated by AjnericanB on the
most modern "plap and a large
output of silver and gold is being
obtained.
The story was printed in the
metropolitan papers a few d3's
ago that the town of Perry Okla.
1749 about to go into voluntary
bankruptcy and now the oili;ens
of that town are looking for the
correspondent who sent the mes-
sage and promise to make his
hair stand on end when they find
him.
The court of appeals will meet
the 22nd of April and the session
will be very interesting from the
fact that half a hundred opinions
will be banded down by the four
judgee. Jt is something of a chest-
nut but It is expected that an
opinion on hop ale will be given
on that date. South McAlester
Capital.
The Gen Porter lease of a large
Creek pasture was aLrogated b
order oi the 'nterior department
this week.
'MYhite Man's Ilurdeu.''
Kipling's celebrated poem has
become a household verso all
over the civilized world and it is
said no poem ever written has
met such universal recognition
and that had Kipling never writ-
ten but these few verses he would
have won renown.
"Too-qua-stee" The Chieitain's
gifted literary correspondent
wrote a poem not long ago in an-
swer to it from the standpoint of a
Cherokee Indian which was
printed in The Chieftain and
which elicited much favorable
comment from literary circles.
Now Mr. Chas. H. Goffe of
Springfield Mo. has written an-
other poem on the same subject
which was printed in the Spriug-
field Republican a few days ago
and it certainly compares favor-
ably with that of the "World
Laureate." Below is re-published
the poem in full;
What is the white nan's burden
Of wbtcli the poet slnpst
This laBreate from the Jangle
Who thtfiLs such borrM things
Who tells of apes and devils
Of dark UBcansy lands.
In language weird ami savaze
Scarce a mortal BBderstBmis.
What Is the white bub's linrdent
Will some one please to rise.
And tell a wiIUhc anxlops world.
What Kipling' verse Implies?
To sound the depth ef Ivliilltifr'a lore
And through bis . res trace
Trophotlc of a might y trutb
1 he Llsmct of the racer
What is the white maa hurdon'
Let him dcclaro who chb.
Co search the psge ef Sacred Writ
And I earn Cod's mighty plant-
To Jacob was that bardoe clen.
Io Israel's name addressed;
"In thee and in thy clxe send.
Shall all the earth be WessrtJ."
And ye shall break tlie captive's. jtie
The nation's gate shall beM;
Shall rule the island of the se
Wblle time andseasos roll:
The cattle on a thousand hills;
Earth' fiillnos'. al are UttM
For Israel's seed In Isaac's name
Shall reign to bless mankind."
What is the white man's burden?
'TIs thoscopter and the rod!
Yc cannot shirk the solemn trust
That bears the seal of God?
From Sinai's stern and awful fionl;
My Horeb's storm rent crest;
Through Epbniln) aad Manasst) oaaie.
The race which lie lias blasted.
Dost see the march of Umpire?
TIs the SaxonVbattle line!
The right is on the sunset shore.
The left-the Vhillipines!
Thccentrr at Omdurman
Where rolls the slopglsh N'He;
Tho base Is with -nr Mattaar I"
Proud Brilala's -IIIssed Isle."
This Is tho white man's tardea!
And these tbe best we breed"
'The children of Cod's Ceveeaat"
Who came of Israel's seed.
They rear the Cross of Glory
With freedom' fyag unfurled.
And "the burden" of this mighty rae.
Is the Empire of the World.
Chas U.jOorpE.
Springfield. Mo. Feb 2S 1689
Reminder of Old limps.
The Coffey ville Journal reprints
a city ticket nomited in that town
25 years ago. It sounds a little
like old times in Vinita. A num
ber of very good stories about Vi -
nita city campaigns not nearly soj'fhe Northern district (and which
far back as that could be told but
it wouldn't be entirely safe to
print them now. The town will
have to be bigger and older tho'
'twill be mighty good reading
then:
EARLY GOODRICH TICKET.
For Mayor
CAPT. NAPOLEON BONAPAUTE
BLANTON.
For Councilmen
N. GOODRICH
Selected for his intellect and virtue.
JAMES CALVSKT
Son-in-law of N. Goodrich; selected for
his gentlemanly deportment aud
dignity.
J. J. CHATHAM
Selected on the ground of his being
also a prospective bou-in-law of Capt.
Napoleon Bunapartc IManion.
JAMES DAVIS
Selected for lib subrlety and goodness
to liis family
C. THOMPSON
A brother-in-lary of OupU Napoleon
I torm parte Blantoti; selected for
that rcaon.
For Police Judge
SCOTT BOTLEK
Selected for his profoum knowlodgc
of law and justtcc.
For Treasurer
LYMAN GOODRICH.
Son of his father selected for his hon-
esty and business capacity.
For City Clerk -JOHN
FLEMMING M. D.
Selected for his childlike simplicity.
For City Marshal
LIMBER JIM
Of the Cherokee Strip selected for his
beautr bravery and other sccohip-
lish:uent. For Town Bull
FRANCIS MARION McLAIN
Down by the Spring.
For City Ctia plain.
ABRAHAM COOKE
Father of the faithful selected for his
profound theological knowledge and
Christian character.
For city das leader and the great
grand cyclop-
I). W. DUSNETT.
So mote it be Brother T. B. Ekl-
rldge let us pray.
The annual meeting of the In-
dian Territory Pharmaceutical as-
sociation will be held at Vinita
May 23 24 and 25. Secretary E.
P. White and the local druggists
of Vinita are making every prepa-
ration possible to make the meet-
ing a profitable and pleasant one.
The drafting of laws to govern the
practice of pharmaoy in the terri-
tory to be submitted to congress
will be one of the leading features
ol the meeting and every register
ed pnarriaiisi mm imjn.ia io
urgently requested to ue present.
Wagoner Sayings.
WHERE YOU ARE.
Location of Towns in
Northern District.
the
Muskogee Phoenix.
In view of the pending changps
incident to allotment of the lands
of the Northern district it is be-
lieved that the following facts la-
ken from the official survey map
on file in the marshal's office in
Miiskogte will be verj interesting
to many of our readers.
The survev which has been com
pleted divides the country into
quarter sections sections town-
ships and ranges. A quarter sec-
lion usually contains 1G0 acres and
is one half mile square. A section
of land usually contains B10 acres
and is one mile square. A town-
ship contains 30 sections of land
and is about six miles squaro. We
say a section usually contains G10
acres of land and a township is
usually six miles square because
an inspection of the surveys as
platted shows that some sections
contain but about 300 acres on ac-
count of the rivers and oth-
er streams of water and as sections
are sometimes roduced in acreage
so the townships are proportion-
atel' reduced. Variations of the
surveyor's needle converging of
lines of survey errors in calcula-
tion and other things only under-
stood by practical surveyors con-
tribute to increase or reduce the
acres within a given section or
township. We noted one section
which contained 29S acres and
another with 721 arree and one
township containing a little less
than 19000 acres while another
has 28.1S3 acres.
Sections are numbered from 1 to
3U. beginning at the northeast cor-
ner and running to the west to
number C thence to the east and
so on by tiers of six. Townships
in the Northern district are num-
bered from south to north being
started from the so-called base line
which runs east and west through
the Choctaw and Chickasaw na-
tions about twenty five miles south
oS the extreme southern point of !
this district. The first tier of
townships in this dirtrlct is num-
bered 5.
"Ranges in the Northern district
are numbered from west to eaEt
beginning with the so-called In-
dian meridian which runs north
and south through Oklahoma and
-the Chickasaw nation about twen
ty-eight miles west of the western
line of the Seminole nation. The
western line of said nation is in
lU
fP - Thus the southwest corner of
is aUo the eouthwest corner of the
Seminole nation) is in township 5
north range 5 east figures easy to
remember.
All maps heretofore published
have shown Arbeka as located
within the Seminole nation but
the official survey locates Arbeka
as more than a mile north and
nearly two miles east of the
northeast corner of the Seminole
nation. So with-other points there
has been heretofore created a
wrong impression as to their loca-
tion which will be cleared away
by the official maps.
The town of Muskogee is located
in section 25 township 15 north
and range S east. Vinita is
mainly in section 22 of township 5
north and range 20 east Wagon-
er is in section 15 of township 17
north and range IS east.
Omitting the designations north
and south it being understood
that all townships are "north"
and all ranges "east" we give be-
low the locations of some of the
postofiices in this district. S
stands for section T for township
and R for range.
Adair s 34 t 23 r 19.
Afton s 83 t 20 r 22.
Alluwe s 25 t 25 r 16.
Braggs s2S t 14 r20.
Bristow s 30 1 16 r 9.
Bunch s 10 t 14 r 24.
Catale s 15 t 24 r IS.
Catoosa s IP t ? r 5.
Chelsea s SO t 24 r IS.
Chouteau s 25 t 20 r IS.
Oiaremore s 9 t 21 r 1G.
Collinsville s 21 1 22. r 14.
Dawson s2S 120 r 18.
Delaware s 8 t 27 r 16..
Eagle s 2 t 27 r 19.
Echo s 2S t 25 r 23.
Eureka 16 t 16 r 21.
Eli s 11 t 21 range 14.
Fairland s 9 t 26 r 23.
Fort Gibson s 12 t 15 r
Hanson s? t 11 r S5.
Inola s 4. 1 19 r 17.
Lenajmli s 6 t 27 r 16.
McKy s2S tl2r23.
Mor-e s IS t 12 r 10.
AtuMrow s l'J t 11. r Jli. i
' Muskogee 8 2b 1 15 r lb. I
AluMrow s l'J t 11. r 2fc.
Nowata s JJO t 26 10.
Oolagah s 2S t 23 r 15.
Pryor Creek s IS t 21 r 19.
Redfork s 22 t!9 r 12.
Sallisaw so t 11 r 24.
Sapulpa s 35 t IS r 11.
Stilwell s 35 1 16' r25.
Tahlequah s 33 1 17 r 22.
Talala s 2G t 24 r 15.
Tulsa sltl9 r 12.
Vians22 t 12 r 22.
Vinita s 22 t 25 r 20.
Wagoner s 15 1 17 r IS.
ANOTHERCREEKELECTION
The President is Petitioned
to Pardon Ellis Childers.
The national council of the Creek
nation which met at Okmulgee in
extraordinary session March 15.
acted with its usual expedition and
wisdom in transacting its business.
The committee appointed to count
the vote on the ratification of the
last agreement after three dnj's
wrancling submitted a report to
the council stating that about forty
towns had voted and asking if it
would not he better to allow all
the towns a chance to vote. After
a day's discussion the council
passed a resolution directing the
chief to call a new eleotion on the
treaty. The votes were not open-
ed so it is not known what the re-
sult would have been. It is the
prevailing idea that another vote
will result in the failure of the
treaty.
Inspector Wright has ordered
the principal chief to call in all
warrants issued to district officers
since October 1S9S as tliej were
in conflict with the provisions of
the Curtis bill and he would not
pay them.
A hill to request the secrotary of;
the interior to suspend the Curtis
act to prohibit the introduction of
foreign cattle to prevent citisens
from renting their lauds after filing
on them April 1 1S99 and other
like purposes were recommended
by the chief and passed by the
council.
A peiilion to Win. McKinlev
president of tho United StalfS to
pardon Ellis B. Childers laio
treasurer of the Creek nation was
circulated aqiong the member.-
and received many signatures.
The chief has issued a proclama-
tion calling on the voters to moet
at their respective precincts on
May 1 1S09 and vote on the rati-
fication of the agreement.
Council to count the votes on
the agreement has been called for
the 9th of May 1S99.
1 lie Fritco.
The Frisco has 45 general and
traveling agents aud the mileage
operated by tho company aggre-
gates 1.G35.5 miles divided as
follows: St. Louis division 5S3.S;
Salem branch 40; Chadwick
branch 35.S;St. Paul branch 40.9;
Mansfied branch 17.S; Kansas
City division 1S9.7; Kansas divis-
ion 325.7; Jopiin branch IS 3;
Oklanotna division 253.G; Girard
branch 3S.9; Weir branch 9.9;
Arkansas City branch 50 0; switch
branches 24. The Company has
366 stations ali alphabetically ar-
ranged and in charge of competent
agents. Stock feeding yards are
located at Springfield Vinita
Wichita Chester and Paris.
Great Expectations.
The Chieftain is in receipt of a
postal card this morning that de-
serves to be framed and placed in
the archives of the history of the
Indian Territory. It is the first
faint streak of the dawn of a now
era in this wild and woolly west.
It makes one think of the opening
of Oklahoma ten years ago. It ia
the record of the birth of a new
town a state capital and a county
seat and a school already in oper-
ation. It bears the talisiuanic
name of Bixby the chairman of
the Dawes commission and starts
out with a liberality known only
to the Dawes commission as it
proposes to actually give away
lots to desirable persons who will
build upon them. Ilore is the
card:
Fry March 30 1S99.
Mu. Emtok: The town of Bix-
by has been started on the south
bank of the Arkansas river about
two miles west of the old We-a-la-ka
mission. A postoflico has been
granted and will so he open. A
half section (west 1 2 sec 24 twp
17 n r 13 east ot Ind. meridian)
has beep platted and lots are giv-
en free to desirable persons who
will build. A school is in opera-
tion. Bixby is expected to be the
state capital and county seal of
this county. It is 21 miles from
Tulsa. ours tiuly.
F. It ButNNAJf.
NO PLACE FOR INDIANS.
Mexico's Condition Describ-
ed by a Former
Resident.
As stated some days since Mr.
J. B. Dickinson has had consider-
able experience in Mexico and
some that was not very pleasant
with the Mexican government.
When asked his opinion as to
the prospect of the Cherokees and
other Indians getting along down
there Mr. Dickinson replied: "I
have been interviewed by repor-
ters for eastern papers on this sub-
ject and have expressed my doubt
very emphatically. The Mexican
government has all it can do to
take oare of its owr. people who
are largely of the Aztec rac and
President Diaz in my opinion
could not or rather would not as-
sist our Indians in any way. The
scheme there is to tax all
classes to the extent of every cent
the' can possibly pay and I found
the several tax laws very burden-
some. The federal tax stamp
must be attached to every receipt
and document and the state and
municipal tax is excessive. In-
spectors make regular visits to
look over tho accounts etc. and
no one can escape him. A correct
account must be kept of every
transaction no matter how small
and if one tries to conceal any-
thing he is arrested and fined
heavily. Foreigners find the sev-
eral classes of taxation very ob-
noxious as well as costly.
"Mexicans have not outgrown
their old hatred for Americans.
They say that if we would remove
Texas from our fighting force they
could whip the United States. I
have heard fairly well posted Mex-
icans say this. I attended a re-
ception given lo a wealthy Mexi
can who had visited New York
Boston Philadelphia and other
American cities. Ho made his
friends believe that we had no
army; he positively declared that
of the thousands of men he met on
the crowded streets not one of
them carried a pistol. lie also
exprocted surprise that the Nsw
York police force was not fitted
out with sabers and rifles. This
is the custom down in Mexico.
"My advice to Indians and oth-
ers is to first go to Mexico and
study their ways and methods of
doing business incidentally get
some idea of them as a class of
beggars and vagabonds and you
will come to the conclusion that
Mexico Irom start to finish is the
most deceiptive country in the
world. To quote the language of
Jno. Randolph in the United States
senate many years ago: 'Mexico
is a land of flowers without per-
fume men without honor women
without virtue a land of blanket-
ed thieve; and hooded harlots.'
"I should very much regret the
fate of our Indians who cast their
lot with Mexicans. My three
years' residence there and the
knowledge of their language and
customs has forced me to the con-
clusion that the freedom enjoyed
from taxation and tyranny in the
Indian Territory would cause the
people emigrating from this coun-
try to Mexico to rebel against the
lifgh tax and tyranny of the Mexi-
can government. Diaz is the gov-
ernment and will remain so as
long as he lives. Mexico is are-
public in name only."
STILL NO TIDINGS
Search for Robertson Still
Continues.
The search for Ed Robertson
the missirg editor of the Fairland
Bee has continued ajl week with
unabated interest. There is little
doubt in the minds of any that he
has met foul plaj' and the general
belief is that he has been murder-
ed and the body concealed. Two
or three parties are suspected of
the murder and are under surveil-
ance. A buggy was tracked through
the woods near "Carey's Gap"
and red paint found on the under-
brush. The two tie ropes that
were in the buggy are missing but
otherwise nothing had been dis-
turbed. The following account
appears in yesterday's Fairland
Bee:
Mr. Ed. A. Robertson tho editor
of this paper left Farland last
Saturday afternoon about 1 o'clock
to drive to Grove and transact
some business. He was seen in
Grove by many and took supper at
Mr. W. P. Mayes' and then Blared
for his home in Fairland There
s little doubt bnt what he passed i
hi ho about eight o'clock and was
(recognized by Dr. Elam driving
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Goods that will please all both l
in quality and price. To get
your choice of this beautiful as-
sortment call at once and see
them. Skirts and waists that
embrace every assortment of the
season's styles that will inter-
est every lady. We have them.
Come and select from our pretty
. stock. Come early.
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rapidly toward Fairland. Here
all traces are lost of the man; how-
ever his team is discovered about
10:30 that night going quietly
along the road through the woods
near Walter Smith's and were fol-
lowed by a young country boy un-
til the prairie was reached where
the boy rodo to the side of the
buggy and discovered that there
was no occupant. The horses then
became frightened and began a
race toward this town reaching the
livery barn of Dixon & Ames about
11:20 sweating and flecked with
foam. Since then every effort has
been made to get some trace
of Mr Robertson; the woods have
been searched and parties are still
searching and dragging the river.
There can be no reasonable
theory advanced except murder.
The gentleman besides his connec-
tion with this paper had a nice
insurance business and was the
principal of the Fairland high
school. lie had been here over a
year and was rapidlj gaining
frienda and influence and becom-
ing one of tho town's representa-
tive citisens. He was only 21
years old almost a boy and would
not weigh over 125 pound so if
murdered the resistenco he could
offei would not exceed that of a
child. He hag a wife and his do-
mestic relatione were thoroughly
happy.
No theory can be reasonably ad-
vanced exeept murder and it is
hoped his body may be found and
the guilty parties brought to jus-
tice. His father and his wife's father
reached Fairland Wednesday and
are doing all in their power to re-
cover the body and have offered a
reward of S150 for its discovery.
Bryan Snyder general passen-
ger agent and F.D. Russel gener-
al freight agent of the Frisco Rail-
road company have issued an offi-
cial directory and atlas of the en-
tire system. The directory con-
tains a list of all stations together
with -a -list of shippers of staple
commodities located on track
scales track connections and
other information of interest to the
shippers especially prepared for
this work. A list of all mines on
the Frisco line is also shown. In
fact the directory is a regular en-
cyclopedia for business men.
All the defendants in tho cases
in which the M. K. A T. was
suing for trespass were compro-
mised by confession of judgmont
on part of defendant? waiving the
question of d.unag s and the Katy
pa nig tho court expenses
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The "Rock Island"
Corn
It will be noticed that
the seed box on the right
is thrown back as it may
be when FULL of CORN
and in which position
seed plates can be chang-
ed if desired without
spillingror losing a kernel
The above cut is taken from a position giving about the
same view to one as if occupying the seat of -the planter in look-
ing downward ; and shows all parts and their arrangement to as
much advantage as they could be brought out from any other
point of observation.
Joseph Hunt Vinita I. T.
Have You Seen Our
Oil Paintings?
The price of them will certainly be as pleasing-
to your pocket book as the pictures are
to'the eye.
We have a fine assortment of Chinaware;
you should examine it. Also a fine line of the
very besi graniteware.
Best and freshest candies and fruits found
in Vinita. All summer drinks.
Burns' Racket.
Can You Hear the Bark of
Cl 3L 1 CC
Well neither
can you find a
place where the
prices will suit
you as well as do
mine.
Harness ami
all kinds of mil
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linery for horM. m4
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Marrs, D. M. The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 6, 1899, newspaper, April 6, 1899; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc71588/m1/1/: accessed April 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.