Roosevelt's Rough Riders and Indian Territory Tales
Excerpts from Colonel Roosevelts Own Account highlight Theodore Roosevelts Spanish American War writings. Pollock, Culbert, Adair and Holderman, Cherokee recruits, and the academy students show discipline and courage amid battles at San Juan. Dawes commission land rules and cattleman Pheonix J M Daugherty reflect 1890s territory concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner's Magazine
Theodore Roosevelt
Allyn Capron
United States
Indian Territory
Pollock
Santiago
Cuba
Texas
Southern Pacific
Evlier
Culbert
Mississippi
Colbert
Adair
Holderman
Academy
Glee Club
San Juan
Roosevelt
Gene Gilmore
Milo Hendricks
Alice Robertson
Kendall College
Work of commissions unsettled as Dawes and Cherokee talks stall
Proceedings show a rift between full blood Cherokee leaders Sargeah Sanders and Wolf Coon and other commission members. Five others favor treaty terms, while Cherokees demand shared land and governance, with Delaware claims and freedmen stakes unresolved. A related letter from Indian commissioner warns agents against entering contracts without prior departmental authority.
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Dawes Commission
Sargeah Sanders
Wolf Coon
Cherokee Commission
Congress
Capt. McKennon
Wisdom
Winess
Railroad Magnate Purdy in Russia Sparks Parson Angell Tale
A Mississippi River era note recalls Thomas C. Purdy once visiting Parsons to meet Angell Matthewson and a sharp retort from Matthewson about a desk ally. Also included are cattle market figures from St Louis and Texas Indian Territory and a Dawes Commission census update for Cherokees and a history project on Port Smith court and Judge Walker.
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J.M. Daugherty
Abilene
Ft. Worth
Daugherty
Indian Territory
Thomas C. Pardy
Russia
Miesonti
Kansas
Texas
Pardy
Parsons
Angell Matthewson
Road
Snyder
Matthewson
Purdy
St Louis
Texas and
Texas and Indian Territory Cattle Department
Dawes Commission
Mississippi
Saormer
Old Port Smith Court
Walker
The Drifts on the Sabbath and Adams’ Example
Rambler recalls John Quincy Adams as a youth who valued Sunday observance over duty to business or office. The tale highlights his moral courage in keeping Sabbath strictness, urging youths from pious homes to resist Sabbath breakers as they move to cities and distant lands. It notes Congressman Stevens proposing mineral land settlement on Indian reservations with royalties from production.
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Rambler
John Quincy Adams
Court of
Holland
Adams
Adame
Congressman Stevens
Texas
Stevens
United States
Convicts Seek Release From Cherokee Penitentiary
A habeas corpus petition filed at Muskogee by William Clark challenges Cherokee confinement at Tahlequah. Clark, sentenced pre Curtis bill repeal, argues the governing court and laws are abolished, seeking liberty. The piece also notes possible alibi in a Wagoner robbery and reports birth of Dr. Fite's son in Muskogee.
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Muskogee
J. T
Tahlequah
William Clark
Clark
Curtis
Thomas
Tablequad
John and
Wiley Carter
Degrors
Wagoner
Nowata
Jess Weakley
Weakley
Bartlesville
Coffeyville
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Vinita Real Estate
Vinita
Vinita Real Estate Agency
Vinita. Ind
TER
Worcester Academy
W. A. Caldwell
Ind
the Weekly
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Globe-Democcrat
Pbe
Ord
Globe-Demorral
Globe Printing CO
St. Louis
Daily
Globe-Democet
First National Bank
Oliver Bagby
Fortner &, B. Frayser
E. N. Ratchi M
Milford W. HH. Kerrecay
Cherokee Nation
Colonel Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Pheonix
Dr. Price
Price Baking Powder Co
California
Zalle and Aitichen
Aca
Paice Basic Townes Co
Cicaco, Inn
Thomas C. Purdy
Rixby
Dawes — Commission
Muskogee Times
F. B. Fite
Ms. C.graham
California Ave
Chicago
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