The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1 NO; 148.
VI NITA; IN D. JTER.. THURSDAY EVEN INC; MARCH 23 1830V
PRlCElbc;VJEE.IS'.
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA.
A . Live Building . Rfkilroiad
Coming This Way.-
That the'Arkanaas 4t Oklahoma
railroad isgoing to build through
eoirie portion of northeast Indian
Territory cafi not hedtiubVed for
in a' very short tlre it will have
reached 8outhwest ' Cftyi- Vinita
being the only important city in
this whole section it follows very
naturally that any road pointing in
this direction is within our grasp
if We make an effort to obtain it.
A letter received last evening from
President Bayless states that he is
not just now in position to speak
definitely as to the route "through"
this country that the first effort
was to get under way to Southwest
City. He stated that the engin
eers would begin work at Gravett
Ark." today and that grading
would begin next week. The fact
is'not generally known but Presi-
dent Bayless was here a short time
since though he made himself
known to very few persons one of
whom however was Mayor Buflf-
ington. That the gentleman
formed a favorable opinion of
Vinita may be inferred from the
closing line of his letter: "You
have a fine young city."
Let us not lose sight of the Ar
kansas fc Oklahoma.
WIN TWO MILLIONS.
Eleven Tribes Win Suit Over
Kansas Lands.
THE DAWES C0M18S10K.
.bey Have Afcwt WO Cases to Decide
t South Sellester."
The supreme court in denying
an appeal! of the United States
from the - decree of the court of
claims in the case of the New York
Indians vs the government ended
a legal controversy of long stand-
ing? It had been 'twice settled by !
the court of claims and brought to
the supreme court on appeal but
was cent back after the first trial
for the lower court to make certain
modifications of the decree which
in the first instance was against
the Indians. This was done and
the United States appealed from
the latter decree! In January last
the solicitor general filed a motion
for an order to the court of claims
to make additional findings of fact.
This motion was denied. Monday
and the appeal of the United States
from the last decree of the conrt of
claims dismissed. This decision
will cost the United States $1967-
056; that being the amount of judg
ment rendered ' by the-court of
claims last November.
The litigation between' the gov-
ernment' and the Indians began
June 24 1885 when the claim of
the Indians was referred to the
court of claims under the Bowman
act. The claim was for the value
of certain lands in Kansas granted
to the New York Indians by the
treaty of Buffalo Creek January 15
1838 the terms of which the gov-
ernment failed to carry out. The
treaty included the names of eleven
distinct tribes and the oourt of
claims found that they were all en-
titled to recover under the bill
filed although they did not sign
the treaty but merely gave their
assent. The treaty was signed by
the Senecas Cayugas and Ononda-
gas residing on the Seneca reser-'
vatiofl; the uneiaas in ixew xorK
and the Tuscaroras and 8 1 regis.
The Oneidas at Green Bay; Onon-
dagas at Onondaga; Stockbridgesr
Munxes and Brothertowns are the
other five tribes which are to be
)AUtUUUCU liX IUV U1V1B1UU Ul hie
money realised from the judgment.
The Dawes commission that is
that part of it now in the territory
is insession at South' MeAlesier
hearing eyidenoe in appealed citiv
zenehip; cases and disposing of
these finally - Hon. A; 8. McKen-
noo and Thomas B. Needles are
the only members of the commis-
sion at present in the session but
Hon. Tarns Bixby is expected to
join tnem in a lew days i a.
Hopkins clerk for the commis-
sion is with them taking the evi-
dence in the cases pending.
There are approximately 900
cases pending beforo the commis
sion for a hearing. Practically
nothing has been done so far with
the cases before the commission.
It was late Monday when the com-
missioners met and practically
nothing was accomplished. Yes-
terday Col. Needles was summoned
as a witness in a railroad right of
way case at Atoka and had to be
absent from the meeting conse-
quently nothing was done. The
citizenship caees of the Colberts
Goldsbys McKirineys and several
other families near Denison are to
go before the commission and it
is expected a decision will be ren-
dered in these cases before the
end of the week. The more im-
portant cases that are contested
grow out of the nationality ot ' the
claimants the Chickasaw . com
missioners claiming that- their
original blood is other than Chick
asaw. Many of the claimants aos
cording to the Chickasaw commis-
sioners are entitled to citizenship
in tbe Seminole Creek and 1 Cher
okee nations instead of the Chick
asaw or Choctaw nations.
The work of hearing all the evi
dence in these cases reaching a
conclusion and handing down
decision is going to involve some
pretty points in law and settle
some difficult questions as to citi
zenship for the Indians. The de
cision reached by tde Dawes com
mission will be final and . there
will be no appeal hence the ne
cessity of going over all the evi-
dence carefully. Speaking oi the
cases an attache of the commis-
sion who is familiar with the his-
tory of these appealed cases said
to a Herald representative in South
MoAlester last night:
1 "These cases are appealed cases
set over from the original enroll-
ment of tbe ' DaWes commission
and then again set over from the
meeting at Ardmore last Novem-
ber." I believe the total " number
will approximate 900 and no more.
These cases involve the right to a
great deal of valuable property in
tbe Chickasaw nation and the
question of blood is the principal
one in the more important cases.
There are several cases of the
type we call 'divorce' cases; that
is where the husband and- Wife
have separated. That character of
case involves a pretty point ' in
law and equity for a final decision.
The law in the Chickasaw nation
ia peculiar. It provides that
where a white man marries a
Chickasaw woman ' and becomes
an intermarried citizen of the
Chickasaw nation he holds all his
tights in the nation as an inter-
married citizen unless he aban-
dons his wife and in that event be
loses all his right and" title to in-
termarried' citizenship. On the
other hand if it is established as
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FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 24TH
Decorations and Hat Display will remain for our friends
from the country Saturday. Speaking of ladies' hats we have
the handsomest line that it has ever been our pleasure to show.
We havn't borrowed anything to help out the display they
are all ours copied by our own trimmer from the latest New
York and Paris styles. We will sell millinery like we do all
other merchandise at a very moderate price. See our styles
and get our prices before you order your spring hat.
W. R. BADGETT J ERG ANTI LE COM'Y
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a fact and proved that the wife de-
serted the husband no matter - for
what cause the-husband. still ..re-
tains bis rights as an intermarried
citizen and will have to be en-
rolled as such.
"It is the 'divorce' cases that
will attraot tbe most attention and
where the decision will be the
most difficult to reach. Where a
separation between man and Wife
has occurred the man will always
endeavor to demonstrate that his
wife abandoned him instead of
his abandoning her and the evi-
dence is sometimes volumious and
exhaustive. . The reason such
cases were not settled in making
the original enrollment of the
Dawes commission in the Chicka-
saw nation) was that these inter-
married citizens would make their
claims and apply for enrollment
when the Chickasaw commission
ers with the Dawes commission
would protest and make a counter
claim that the applicant for en
rollment was a non-citizen on ac-
count of the abandonment of his
Indian wife.
Dickson's Double.
J T. Dickson general live stock
agent of the Wabash railway was
in St.1 Louis this week. He has
been id Texas on business and in
cidentally hunting a man named
John W. Inman who is fraudu-
lently representing himself as an
agent of the Wabash railway. The
man is using Wabash letter heads
that he bad printed himself and he
is here there and every where in
Texas but not anywhere-when
Dickson is around. v
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Brother Butler will begin a series of
meetings at the Methodist church
neit Sunday night which will probab-
ly continue several weeks. About a
week later he will be lolned by Rev.
R. B. Hicks of Guthrie. "
High; in Quality
Low in Price and
. for Beauty Unexcelled:
i We are showing a line of spring weight' dress
f patterns this season that will do you' good to see.
The' ladies have been surprised and have said
it was a treat for them to see our goods. There
are too many pretty goods" for us to give them all
special mention. Give us a call and we will take
pleasure in showing you our entire spring line.
. YOURS TRULY
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Marrs, D. M. The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1899, newspaper, March 23, 1899; Vinita, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc773219/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.