Indian Chieftain Critiques Kansas City Write Up
The Indian Chieftain denounces a December issue of the Illustrated World about Vinita and Cherokee affairs as misleading and worthless, arguing home papers serve towns better than outsiders. It notes Cherokee commission debates on land allotment, freedmen shares, and white adopted citizens’ rights, plus resignations and personnel changes in Dawes era negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangas City
Vinita
Cherokee Nation
Viaita
Vianita
Wolf Coon
George Sanders
Muskogee
Cherokee Commission
United States
Poage
Nazareth Institute
Disposition of Public Funds Among Cherokees
A historical essay argues the Cherokee Nation holds 7 million dollars in deposits and owed funds, including 4.2 million from the stripment, with annual revenue. It discusses distributing funds per capita to Cherokee citizens, securing prompt U S appropriation, and allocating debts and school and orphan funds in current policy.
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John Ross
United States
To the Pen for Life The Howell Cobb Case
The column profiles Howell Cobb a Cherokee youth whose life of gambling and violence led to a life sentence. It notes his past killings and acts of courage saving buildings, critiques the justice system, and warns Vinita’s youth. Also included are stock market notes and a list of prisoners bound for Columbus and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell Cobb
Indian Territory
Texas
Vinita
Ft. Worth
Tak Umierratx
Tahlequah
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Baker
Robert Brooks
George Goodell
Edward Roberts
C. C. Stewart
Israel Poorboy
John Painter
William King
John A. Chamnese
Boonville
Arthur Brim
Edmund Burgess
Olden Ward
Sam Casteel
Fred Moore
Jack Spaniard
Thomas Foster
John Letsinger
William Cross
Fred Colbert
Jefferson City
Tilman C. Chance
Isaac Jones
James Egan
Ellis Childers
Tony Hamilton
Charles Green
Christmas Reflections on Hope and Need in Vinita
Rambler laments cheerful shop windows that mask poverty among children. He urges missions and Sunday schools for the underprivileged, contrasts Christmas joy with hardship, and recalls the holy nativity as a beacon of hope for rich and poor alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Vi‘nua
Bethlehem
Vinita
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Dawes Commission
John M. Taylor, Jr
Claremore
Harry Jennings
Bartlesville
J. W. Ellis
South McAlester
J. W. Elis
Creek
the Government of the United
St. Louis
J. E. Campbell & Co
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Swift & Co
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J. O. Hall
Texas and Indian Territory
Texas and
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Arkansas
Tennessee
W. W. Hastings
Thomas
Lowery
Twine and Lowery
Adams
Weber
Stroud
B. FP. Harriman
Chandler County
K. C. World
Judge Thomas
Secretary of the Interior
Niga
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UF. Sherman
Saxie
Sherman
Susie B. Sherman
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Frisco
Jumbo Store
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