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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1898
Page
2
The Indian Chieftain notes Dawes commission activity and Cherokee council debates over Curtis law, with calls for treaty access and court challenges. It highlights elections among Big Heart and Black Dog, evolving laws, and local infrastructure issues in Tahlequah and Vinita.
A reflective piece on providence and suffering argues God’s mercy in loss and the human tendency to question when faced with sorrow. It uses a memory of a mother and child with a fable-like exchange to illustrate faith, then shifts to report on a major criminal court term in Indian Territory and a sequence of small news items.
Col onel Sterman Forney and his U S coast and geodetic survey corps arrived in Oklahoma City to observe and map the ninety eighth meridian from the Rio Grande to the Canadian border. The project aims to establish a base line for a nationwide trigonometrical survey with Canada and Mexico extending their portions toward the Pacific and Arctic regions. The effort would create the largest arc of a meridian ever measured, connected with the existing thirty-ninth parallel survey across the U S.
Captain A S McKennon of the Dawes commission spoke on plans to open a Cherokee nation land office next year. Cherokees would file for 80 acres per citizen as their allotment, with proportional land value ensuring equal shares. He warned against approving terms that would anger Congress and noted council power to shape acceptable agreements. The piece also covers a mandamus bid over Chickasaw citizenship, a looming Indian Territory court case, a severe railcar and famine note, and a Katy railroad brakeman injury in Welch.
The report lists numerous district officers and stations in the Cherokee Canadian and Okmulgee districts, including presiding elders C. M. Coppedge A. N. Averyt and J. S. Lamar. It notes administrations at Vinita Chelsea Bartlesville Muskogee and Checotah with staff names, and mentions Creek warrants backed by treaty changes affecting fund distribution and authority, as reported by Muskogee Phoenix.
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