The Town Lots and Cherokee Land Dispute
An opinion piece argues against Curtis law allotments for Cherokee lands in Indian Territory, defending private Cherokee title and proposing fair, equal distribution of town lots. It condemns favoritism, urges allotments to be shared among heirs, critiques surveyors, and notes court views on land, surveying, and moral issues.
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Borrox Ciertats
Curtis
Sim
Arkansas
Kansas
United States
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Delaware
National Council
States
National Treasury
Dawes commission tents at Colbert draw crowds and trade
Report describes Dawes commission operations at Colbert with tents housing sleeping quarters offices for Indians and freedmen side shows selling refreshments and novelties claimants numbered for citizenship registration while locals swap horses and news amid a bustling scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasaws
Dawes Commission
Colbert
Indian Territory
Samuel
Uncle Sam
Commission
Pathetic Scene in Court and Notable Legal Notes
A nearly seventy year old man pleaded guilty to stealing meat sugar and flour from a store inspiring court pity as his life story moved the judge. In a Cherokee nation case Judge Springer ruled Watts may keep farms not paid for, affecting multiple parties. Large cattle mortgages filed in Muskogee featured totals over a million dollars. Creek chiefs may call an election in November to decide on treaty ratification or Gurus law guidance. A Dawes Commission interview notes Choctaws and Chickasaws may take allotments in either nation and enrollment may begin next year.
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Geronimo
Omaha
Exposition
Minnesota
Clayton
Central District
Cameron
Land Jury
Tamar
Absalom
Ammon
Grand Jury
Darkey
Thomas
U. S
Springer
W. J. Watts
Jack Ellis
Ellis
Watts
Muskogee
Isparbecher
Phoenix
Dawes Commission
Commission
Atoka
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Strayhorn, Hutton & Evans Commission Co
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