Leases barred by new Choctaw treaty trigger killings case
The Choctaw and Chickasaw treaty bars new leases of mining lands on Indian territory. Porter, accused of killing Dillard Wright near Allen, was held without bail after an examining trial at Talbott court. The incident happened at Lucy Harjo’s home during an interpreter’s visit. An Indian boy and a Chickasaw Indian man were with Wright. the collector and boy escaped unharmed. A companion at the house remains at large.
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Dillard Wright
Allen
Lucy Harjo
Wright
Harjoes
Harjo
Porter
Talbott
Interpreter Shot Down
Mrs J W Lanham and her daughter Malissa of Center left for Waxahatchie and Bloomfield Texas for visits as details of a local incident were reported.
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J.W. Lanham
Malissa
Center
Citizenship court suit challenges Choctaw Chickasaw rulings
Attorneys for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations filed in the Choctaw Chickasaw citizenship court to null 2,000 court citizens from receiving tribal funds and lands. The supplementary treaty creating the court’s jurisdiction was ratified Thursday and cases will be reopened without delay. The petition argues both nations were not defendants and that federal judges lacked nova jurisdiction beyond revising the Dawes commission decision.
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Dawes Commission
How to Build Up Your Town
Civic guidance urges residents to promote local growth by advertising merchants beautifying streets and supporting home enterprises. It advises courtesy to visitors and upbeat support for public improvements with costs postponed to mid October per Gov Porter of the Creek Nation and other chiefs.
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Porter
Conference on Statehood Adjourned in Indian Territory
Sept 27 Ardmore Oklahoma Territory reports that Gov Mostly of the Chickasaw Nation and Gov Dukes of the Choctaw Nation could not attend the Indian conference on the territory’s future relations with Congress causing adjournment. Also noted is the Choctaw and Chickasaw railroad organization planning a line from Shawnee via Sherman to Dallas with N M Lee appointed townsite agent for Miles. The railroad will acquire a 35 mile Shawnee to Asher segment and accelerate remaining construction, while Ada gains new residents J W Raney and F M Ransowe from Eastland Co Texas who leased the OK wagon yard from Joseph Burch.
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Secretary of the Interior
Rock Island
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
South McAlester
I. T
Dukes
Congress
The
Choctaw and Chicasaw Railroad
Shawnee
Sherman
Dallas
N. M. Lee
Miles
Chick
J. W. Raney
F. M. Ramsowe
Easiland Co
Ada
OK Wagon Yard
Joseph Burch
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Lion Store
Womens and Childrens
Childrens
Ada, Ind. Ter
Lawton, O. T
Wichita Falls
Moon Bros
ADA Saddlery Company
Clark Drug Co
Xmas
Cc. J. Warren
City Drug Store
L. T
S. H. van Eaton
E. I. Steed
J. F. F. Club
Milburo
Asher
Ardmorelte
Ada Stram
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