Indian Chieftain reports talks on Cherokee nation and Dawes plan
Article outlines Cherokee delegation to Washington including L B Bell and Robert B Ross to urge ratification. It notes House Indian Affairs Committee support for extending enrollment laws, disputes over tribal funds and authority, local mass meetings condemning interior department actions, Dawes Commission allotment, and upcoming South McAlester convention with Fort Smith delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Buffington
Tablequah
Washington
National Council
Congress
L. B. Bell
Robert B. Ross
Benj. Hilderbrand
Jesse Cochran
House Indian Affairs Committee
Arkansas
J. George Wright
Townsend
Claremore
Fort Smith
South McAlester
Commercial League
Dawes Commission
Shoenfelt
Secretary of the Interior
Laweso
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Modern Chivalry and Social Progress Reflected in Print
A long discussion contrasts medieval and modern chivalry, praising American women's independence and respectful conduct. It notes lines of gallantry persist in new forms through education, work, and public life, and cites Joseph A. Conwell on a chivalry of purity and virtue guiding young men toward a prosperous social era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Joseph Alfred Conwell
M. C. Srrerce
Statehood Dream in Indian Territory At Issue
Commissioner H E DonCarlos tells Springfield Republican that territorial governance nears statehood. He cites land surveys, tribal member rolls, Dawes commission outcomes, and reforms as steps toward an independent state, possibly alongside Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Bixby
Dewes Commission
Two Houses of Congress
Washington
Beard
Indian Territory
H. E. DonCarlos
The
Springfield Republican
Congress
Todian
Five Civilized Tribes
Dawes Commission
Oklahoma
Sequoyah bill proposals and territorial progress debated
The article outlines provisions for insane, blind, and Indian Territory land titles to fund town improvements and fire protection after Ardmore Muskogee Wagoner fires. It discusses Congressman Gaines Tennessee a bill to ease district courts, grant commissioners power in forcible entry cases, coroners inquests, and arrest procedures, then warns of Bright's disease and promotes Prickly Ash Bitters sold by Chapman & Briggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Ardmore
Muskogee
Wagoner
Gaines
Tennessee
Court of Appeals
Sequoyah
Bright
Chapman & Briggs
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Batiste
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Ena
Wm. Simpson & Son
Earth
United States
Leade Sa
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Confererrate Poetice Courant
M. Marrs
Vistra
Isp
Tex
Fen
United States Congress
South Town
Jodge Townsend
Colorado
Dancan
Sellaif
McKinley
Earnest Spibuck
Charles Pettijohn
Thomas
Soper
Cherokee Nation
Court of Claims
Cher ‘Okee Nation
B.C. Alberty
Alberty
Tward
White Cross
Daily Chieftain
Webster Ballinger
AMM
A. Woodford
Southwest City, Mo
A. N. Green
McCormick” Harvester
Parlin & Orendy
Iotel
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