Cherokee Creek land rights debate stalls Dawes talks
Indian Chieftain discusses Creeks and Cherokees resisting Dawes commission terms. Creeks rejected a sale at $1.25 per acre and unequal allotment. Cherokees fear noncompliance and demand full land division. Proposals to open land offices and file 80 acres per family spark dispute as Muscogee and Cherokee leaders weigh fate of tribal sovereignty and future housing.
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Arrests and Rumors Fill Oklahoma News in 1895
Deputy marshals arrest George Whiteturkey after a fatality at Hogehooter Creek during a picnic. He is held without bail before Commissioner Yancy in Nowata. Wagoner and Muskogee papers fear Cherokee and Creek backlash under Curtis law as disputes over land allotment provoke tension among tribes.
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George Whiteturkey
Trail
Shipley
Karl
Hogehooter Creek
Whiteturkey
Yancy
Nowata
Cherokees politics and council muddle over treaties and funds
Cherokee matter fills reports from Tahlequah and Muskogee as council debates Dawes Curtis bills and treaty chances. Officials like Wright Mitchell Paden and Butler faced expense demands. others pledge or refuse payments while elections shift leadership and possible treaty outcomes loom amid grand jury probes and court actions in Wagoner and Tahlequah.
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J. George Wright
G. Wash Mitchell
Monkey Face
L. Paden
J. Easy Butler
Manus
Tahlequah
Dawes Commission
T. W. Triplet
John E. Butler
Downing
Capitol
H. W. C. Shelton
Senate
J. R. Leach
Saline
Curtisax
Territorial Judge News and Education Group Efforts
A report lists larceny cases with various outcomes including guilty verdicts and suspended sentences. It also notes a murder charge plea of not guilty and highlights a territorial teacher association urging organization and uniform studies with a December 27, 1898 meeting suggestion. The piece promotes the Hicks Almanac and Word and Works publications and ends with an agricultural tip on protecting trees from rabbits using paper wrappings.
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Wagoner
F. Crabtree
Dad Burns
Thomas Johnson
Henry Minco
John Thomas
Muskogee
Henry
Fred Colbert
Jefferson City
Fred
Reform School
Elizabeth Still
J. A A. Thompson
Defendsoie
Sam Cochran
George Drew
George Nicks
Charles Weeks
Martin Owen
Andrew Cadjio
Robert Sampson
Albert Bradshaw
John Dean
Ned Island
Dean
Island
George Hart
Almon Cardlebeck
Missouri State
Utley
Missouri
Albert Noble
Mose Meeks
Horace Pierce
Jobo Painter
Defendent
Indian Territory
Indianerritory Teacher's Association
Vinita
J. T
Drowned Doctor William Straw Believed Found Near Panth er Creek
Local wire reports Dr. William R. Straw an eye and ear specialist from Vinita drowned while attempting to ford Panth er Creek near Dog Creek. His buggy and team were found downstream with overcoat torn and letters confirming his identity. A search party recovered the body as friends and associates recall his Virginia roots and Vinita practice. Also included is a dispatch correcting a prior misstatement about public influence regarding Mexican immigration.
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Claremore
Straw
Dog Creek
Timber sale ban for Cherokee lands warned by agency
A Muskogee written notice from a union agency signed by inspector J. Gee. Wright warns that until permanent allotments and patents are issued no one may sell or buy timber from individual Indian lands in the Cherokee nation. The item also notes a Saint Louis Globe-Democrat ad offering mail subscriptions and samples.
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Union Agency
Muskogee
J. Gee. Wright
J. _L. Cantrell
Horse Creek
Ste
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Globe-Democrat
Globe Printing Co
St. Louis
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