Cherokee Territory Faces Unrest- Land Rights and Smallpox Rumors
A long dispatch describes growing unrest among Cherokees over Dawes commission allotment delays, land tenure disputes, and enforcements. It warns Congress to act to prevent collapse of trade and drives local cattlemen at risk, citing political organizing and appointments in the Indian Territory.
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Dawes Commission
Ony
Indian Territory
Congress
Sifsirs
St. Louis
Kansas City
Fort Smnth
Ark
Mr. Little
Washington
Bar and Cry
Faet
Burlington
Washington City
Tablequat
Mellette Tax
Curt Tenian
Republican Party
Alee Gaptein Hemmer
Andante
Ius
Murkegee Tine
Porter
Buffing
Indian Office
Curtis Law
Dewes Commission
Wood
Indivas
United States
Tagian Affairs
Smallpox Quarantine Loosely Enforced in Tow n
In TAwneyeau IT January 2h, E C Alberty returned from Clarennes after a telegram about his wife’s illness. He developed smallpox symptoms, was moved to a hearse with nurse guards, and was then reported to have broken out again. Town quarantines a seminary and fears of further spread persist amid chaotic notices and unrelated articles.
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Tawneyeau
E. C
Alberty
Aule Seminary
Clareners
Hedsire
R. W. Murray
Be F
Bea Piet
Wes
Cincemere
Smallpox Case Reports Stir Claremore and New Law Firm Formed
Claremore reports up to about 100 presumed smallpox cases with no deaths so far and doctors administering cautious care. The city and physicians push suppression, while a new Galena Kansas law firm of Hon. George B. Denison and James H. Akin is formed, with a notable history of Cherokee Nation defense work and U.S. court practice.
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Argedaeut
Ted
Clarenare
de Fetter
Pres Valley
Vinita
de Davis
Todpendence
Kan
Claremore
Portner
George B. Denison
James H. Akin
Gray-Hassell
Galena
Amies
Akin
Supreme Court of the
Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Court
Yey
U.S
Western District of
Arkansas
Tulton
Isaac C. Parker
Fr. Smith
U. S. Supreme Court
Talton
Ball Christie
Jim Williams
Parker
Chas. B. Stewart
U. S
Indian Territory
Ardmore
Teblequah
Tahlequah
South McAlester
Denison
Oho
Kansas
Tenneveee
Alabama
United States Supreme Court Bar
Department of the Interior
Galena and Vicinity
Proclamation on Smallpox in Cherokee Nation January 1900
The Cherokee National Board of Health proclaims the smallpox presence across the Cherokee nation and surrounding areas. It urges vaccination at private physicians' expense, announces quarantines and warnings, and lists affected towns and districts with precautionary measures and public notices from officials and local press commentary.
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Vinita
I. T
Cherokee National Board of Health
Cherokee Nation
Indian Territory
United States
Redland
Canadian
Stilwell
Tablequah
Siloam Springs
Ark
Foyil
Pryor Creek
Grand River
Afton
Claremore
Welch
Grave
Fairland
Inala
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