Railroads clash with Cherokees over land rights
The Cherokees rely on Judge William M Springer in Washington to protect their interests while warnings emerge that railroad claims may threaten Cherokee land. Railroads seek 10 mile wide strips each side of lines and a proposed 80 foot street in Vinita. Dawes roll, allotment, and treaty changes loom as Congress weighs Curtis law or treaty provisions with a year end horizon.
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Washington
Wm. M. Springer
Springer
Dawes Commission
Vinita
Arkansas
Congress
Wuterell
Mexican Letter from Epwis Enwaxps in City of Mexico
Epwis Enwaxps writes from Mexico City about business in an advertising agency, cost of living, and language barriers while describing a train trip to Puebla and farming scenes. He notes wheat harvesting, hand threshing, and rural life contrasted with American norms in a detailed travel sketch. Also reports Cherokee Indian Agency actions on warrants and funds.
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City
Mexico
Cora Bixen
Vinita
Everthing
United States
Puebla
Vera Cruz
Gulf of Mexico
Republic
The
Tonly
Epwis Enwaxps
City of Mexico
D.F
Cherokee Council
Shoenfelt
Muckogee
First White Speaker of Cherokee Lower House Davenport
James S. Davenport, born in Alabama and raised in Arkansas, became a Cherokee citizen by marriage to a Rose family member and rose from Vinita lawyer to speaker of the Cherokee lower house. Known as Honest Jim, he earned a reputation for integrity and legal prowess in tribal courts before entering politics, leading to his notable position amid mixed reactions from citizens and press.
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Amonat
Cherokee National Council
James 8
Davenport
Middle
Alabama
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Rose
Vinita
Lincoln
Honest Jim
Globe-Democat
Cherokee revenue collection form highlights tribal tax duties
Col Frank C Churchill revenue collector for the Cherokee nation returns from Colorado to resume collecting tribal taxes. A blank form for merchants to itemize business details, dates, and amounts is prepared. The report notes 258 prisoners in Muskogee jail as the new year starts.
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Frank C.churchill
Colorado
Tur Ixterion
States Indian Service
Muskogee
Blair Shoenfelt
United States
Osage dowry sale and cross-cultural marriage auction
In a sensational Osage tribal event, ex-Chief Frank Corndropper plans a public marriage sale for his daughter Mary who, at twenty three, will wed the highest bidder paying in ponies. Bidders must be fullblood Osages. the ceremony includes a silked bride, a fivefold clothing tear, a large feast and a three day dance with roughly three hundred guests. Mary owns 1200 acres to be given to her husband, and the couple will reside at her father's house.
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Grove
Vinita
Afton
Coffeyville
Mary Carton
Tooley
Board of Health of
Frank Corndropper
Here
Mary
John Logan
Osage Council
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T.a.chandler
White
Wagoner
Board of Health
W. A. Falconer
Justice of the Peace
Bob Dalton
Falconer
Ft. Smith Times
Oswego
Ohe
National Bank of Commerce
St. Louis
McCoy
Peter Maher
Coney Island
Maher
Muskogee Phoenix
Phoenix
Cora Belew
Cherokee Nation
Badgett’s
Mary Corndropper
Vinita Chieftain
Kansas City
Gov. Barnes
Louise
Guthrie Bank
Carl Havigherst
Oklahoma City
P. G. Browning
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