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VOLUME 1.
Reminiscences of the Cherokees.
.1. W. 11. UNDERWOOD, of Rome,
Georgia.
CHAPTER XVI.
CopyrighUil 1835. All rights reserved.)
“881101-I* A SPA UK KI.Vm.KTH A FIRS.”
In 1310 Mr. James Monroe, being then
Hie I’reoiilent of tin; United States, made
a tour through the Cherokee Nation, lie
traveled the roa 1 cutout and worked by
the United States Army, in 1804, for a
military road, which entered the Chero
kee Nation at Weems’ Ferry,on the Chat
tahooehc river (now in the county of
Forsyth), and went by Longswamp (near
Talc’s farm), and down Talking Rock
creek to Coosawatie Old Town (now the
tarm of Col. Sam Carter, in Murray
county, (• i.,) and thence to the “Agen
cy” hii I<c on, on the Iliwassie
nver, in V /lines.- ee). Night was ap-
Mr. Monroe arrived near
Iho residence of Mr. Jacob M. Scudder,
<>| whom I have formerly written. Mr.
S udder was tipprised of his coming
and had his watchman out to a-k him to
at hi- hou-e, tendering him the lios
pi iditics of his mansion and such en
tertainment as was needed for the way
worn traveler, There had recently fall
en a iv heavy tain, and there were no
bridges over the Hightower river which
was im.,r. The river was rising rapidly,
and had Lobe forded at what was then,
and is now, called the old Field ford.
Mr. U .vis Blackburn lived on the other
side the river, about one mile. Mr.
iiomo -and his guides deemed it pru
duiit to cross the river and spend the
id;/lit at Blackburn’s. Mr. Scudder was
highly ollended, and never forgave Mr.
Monroe or Mr. Blackburn to the end of
hi- iife. Mr. and Mrs. Scudder both be
longed to the white race, were raised
and highly educated.
Here I desire to correct a mistake of
mine: Mr. Blackburn was a full-blood
ed white man, born in Golden Cave,
Greenville District, S. C. Mrs. Black
barn, when lie. married her, was the wid
ow Bonington. I believe she was the
sister of doe Lynch, a very distinguished
Indian Town Chief. I write from mem
ory only, and have been, and now am,
drawing upon a memory of forty years
without note or diary, and it would be
most wonderful if mistakes are not made.
It is intended, in these papers, to put
down the trmli for the future historian
concerning this wonderful people and
and this great,country. To write of the
Indians only and say nothing of the har
dy frontier people who settled here, and
redeemed it from the wilderness, and say
nothing of the country, would bo very
much like performing Shakespeare’s
great play of “llamlet” with the part of
Hamlet out. Andsometimes the dull
ness of (lie prose may be relieved by an
anecdote.
.1 usl at this place it may be proper to
mention the remark of a distinguished
Georgian who resided in the southern
part of the state. There had been an
election for governor, and the south end
of the state had given a very large ma
jority for the democratic party, which
elected the democratic candidate for gov
ernor. The gentleman speaking was dis
pleased and complaining very much of
this end ended his complaint thus:
“Well, l think we made a had trade
wlioii w e swapped oil'the original inhab
i. mis, the aborigines, lor Hie present
white population there.”
Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn intertained
President Monroe in a very satisfactory
manner. The president was much pleas
f.i with thru) and they with him, and
complimentary remarks were indulged
in very freely by both sides, and the vis
it of President Monroe was a green spot
in the memory of the Blackburn family.
Mrs. Blackburn was a line housekeeper
and economist, and saved th# money that
was made, and the family became well
<if in worldly goods for their day and
generation.
in 1835, two wldte men were killed on
the road leading from Allatoona by
Stllesboro, Montgomery’s farm, Cave
Split.g and to the Alabama line, called
then, and now, the Alabama road. On
the top of a ridge west of Enharlec creek,
in a gap, there were two white men shot
and instantly killed. One of them was
ranted dames 11. Knox and the other
Hubert Ratchford. The two Indians
that killed them escaped to Arkansas.
Knox and Ratehforcf, l think, were both
from Jackson county, Ga. Rxtehford
had b on to Mississippi Uy look at the
country, and was on his return home;
-Knox was on his waj to look at Ala
bantfr'Wid Mississippi!, and had been in
scutch of’'VWr country. Knox and
Ratchford, after being robbed, were
dragged from the road a distance of about
two hundred yards into a lime sink, and j
and buried in a hole made by tire blow- |
ing down cf a tree, and the earth loosely
placed over them, lvnox had spent the
night at the house of Mr. Henderson,
:m l bis horse went back to the house of
Henderson. The country at that time
was very sparsely settled? 1 , the few peo
ple in the neighborhood made such
search as they could, and found nothing
except Hatch ford’s horse, in a lime sink,
some two miles from the scene of the
murder, shot in the head aad killed. Af
ter some weeks or months the bodies of
the two murdered men were found, un •
dor the clay root, in the si r.kHme fitted,
and on the person of Knox wa? fol'tfd a
gold button with the letters k M. if. K.”
engraved upon it. This gttld button was
long in tiie possession of a white man
named Gassett, who ioutid it on the de
composed remains of J. 11. Knox, and
it was of much service as evidence after
wards.
Some time, say twelve months, after
the murder, Barney Swimmer, aa In
dian, came to Floyd county, Georgia,
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from Arkansas, in company with one,
Teraapin. George M. Lavender, a white
man, who was an Indian trader, and had
been for many years selling goods to the
Indians and trading with them in furs
and deer skins, cattle and ponies, and
whose trading house and store house was
near the residence of Major Ridge, the
father of John Ridge, about one mile and
a quarter north of the present city of
Macon. The house i- shaded by a large
white oak tree, in the yard where Dr. A.
S. Jones now resides, formerly the resi
dence of the Hon. A. R. \\right. Bar
ney Swimmer and Terrapin had wander
ed about among the Cherokee Indians,
who had emigrated to Arkansas before
the making of the treaty oi 1535, with
the crime of murder ou their conscience,
restless and unhappy, and were drawn
back to the scene of the murder by an
invisible, indefinable power unknown to
them and very imperfectly understood
by the wise men, philosophers and scien
tists of the age. .Swimmer and Terrapin
came hack to this (Floyd) county, and
visited the store of Lavender. Mr. Lav
ender had heard of the murder and Hie
finding of the gold collar button by Mr.
Gassett. Swimmer had with him a pair
of saddlebags marked with the letters J.
R. K., and Terrapin had on a fine shirt
marked with the letters J. 11. K. Laven
der traded for the saddlebags, and when
Swimmer emptied them there was found
among the contents another shirt mark
ed “Robert Ratehford.” The bodies of
Knox and Ratehford were identified by
the marks on their clothing, and the ini
tials corresponded with these marks.
Swimmer and Terrapin were arrested
and committed to jail, and in a few days
Swimmer, in the presence of Terrapin
and the sheriff, one Williams, made a
full confession of the murder, which was
committed for the purpose of robbery.
Floyd Superior court convened in a short
time. lion. Owen 11. Kenan was then the
judge of the Cherokee circuit, a very
stern man of strong hard sense, but of
rough exterior, and he exercised the
powers of his office with a strong hand.
In his manners there was little of the
suavitor in modo and" very much of the
fartiter in re. Swimmer and Terrapin
were promptly indicted for murder.
Henry L. Sims was then the solicitor
general. Mi. Sims was raised in Augus
ta, Ga., and studied his profession under
John Forsytli, afterwards governor of
Georgia. Senator in congress, minister
to Spain and secretary of state, under
Gen. Jackson. Mr. Sims and Gov. George
W. Crawford, were admitted to practice
law about the same time, and formed a
partnership under the firm name and
style of “Sims & Crawford,” Mr. Sims
being the senior member of the firm.
Mr, Sims afterwards moved to Gaines
ville, Ga., and was the law partner of
William H. Underwood at that place.
When he was elected solicitor-general he
moved to Cumming, Forsyth county,
Gi. He was recently living in Whitfield
county, Ga., and as far as the writer
knows is still living in that county.
Lewis A. L Lumpkin was the foreman
of the grand jury that presented the bill
of indictment, and Reuben Herndon was
foreman of the traverse jury that found
the defendants, Swimmer and Terrapin,
guilty of murder. The defendants were
prosecuted by the solicitor-general, Situs,
and the late John H. Lumpkin, and
were defended by Barron & Irwin and
William 11. Underwood. Judge David
Irwin was of the firm of Barron & Irwin.
The trial excited great interest. The
confession of Barney Swimmer, made in
the presence of Terrapin and not denied
by tin 1 latter, and the corroborating cir
cumstances, satisfied the jury and the
public of the guilt of the defendants,
The defendants, Swimmer and Terrapin,
were hanged w ithin the limits of the
present city of Home, near the upper
end of Broad street. This is another in
stance that proved the truth of the old
adage that “murder will out.”
Geo. M. Lavender was a Northern man,
with good business qualifications, and
made a fine estateasan Indian trader. He
was the brother of the late Mrs. Robin
inson, Mrs. McGuire, who resided near
Pinson’s store, in Floyd ’county, and the
late Mrs. Joseph J. Printup. lie gave
them all fine farms. Lavender’s moun
tain, in Floyd county, is named for him.
Lavender’s trail crossed the mountain
going in tiie direction of the home of
Nancy Overtake, a beautiful, fascinatiug
and attractive Indian Princess, whieh
was near tiie Anvil spring, now on the
farm of Col. John R. Freeman in what
is called Texas Valley, in Floyd county,
Georgia.
The city of Rome is at ihe head of
Coosa. The Coosa is formed by the
junction of the Oostauaula and the
Etowah rivers. The Chemkees pro
nounced tiie latter name something like
the sound of both lli>jhtoir r and Itoicah.
I cannot now, and never could pro
nounce it as the Indians did. Ihe
Oherokees had no word ending in “an.”
It was always, in all instances **er,” w itii
a grunt. “ Wallenetcr' resided on tiie
banks of the Hightower, ( is I shall call
it so long as the Constitution of the
United States guarantees the freedom of
speech,) about one quarter of a mile
from and below tiie railroad bridge. I
was often at his house with tiie Rev.
Richard A. Milner, father of the Hon.
Tlios. W. Milner, of Cartersville, Ga.
| Wallaneter had two daughters, Harriet
| and Tolly, both very intelligent, inter- j
| esting and fine-looking, for Indians. We j
often heard them call the name of the
river, to which they seemed greatly at- ;
tached, and their father also often called
the name, and it was nothing .ike Edu- j
waii” which is now often used as the;
name of tiie river. It is monstrous and j
outrageous that those of now living,
who have heard the native Indians pro
nounce “Eitowah” with their soft, mu
sical voice, so pleasing to tiie ear, should
CARTERSYILLK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, .TIJIMM
now have to listen to the harsh, inhar
monious and outlandish sound, “Etta
wah.” Old Wallaneter, it occurs to me,
would turn in hi3 coffin or rattle the
rocks that may cover his grave at such a
sound This is a specimen of modern
improvement. lie certainly would never
suppose that Ike beautiful river that rip
pied and murmured by his home was
intended by such a sound.
The names, in their proper, sweet
pronunciation by the aborigines, of the
creeks and rivers of the Cherokee coun
try, should have been preserved as a per
petuai memorial of the wonderful peOptej
who were once so happy and
among the valleys and mountains <jil|
streams of this delightful country. j
It is fondly hoped that some one, wiWk,
more information and a better memory
than I have, will take the time an ;
trouble to learn and write for the Coty t
rant, or some other paper, these inteif,,
esting reminiscences. It would be j y
contribution that would aid the historhy a j
of tins people —and would also be li:y w
reading. bj
I see in the papers that some one haS
attempted to give the meaning of ti.
name “Coosa.” Coosa means “erceUf
and was the name of principal trilni| t 0
Creek Indians. Muscogee was the n
oral name of these ludians. j
was the name of another tribe. r J a ,
all came originally from >ho ■
Coosa rive- means ”Creek Indian riv ” ’
Coosawattie means “Creek run.” T.
Creek Indians won Coosawattie C
Town from the Cherokees in a ball pia„*
and named it. Afterwards the Cneio
kees won it back, but did not change the
name, and continued to call it Coosa
wattie Qld Town..
Many tragedies have occurred in this
Indian country. 1 am trying to rescue
some of them from oblivion, and would
be pleased to receive all the aid in reach.
But when it is ottered in the shape of a
statement thut John Ross was a full
blooded Indian, when every man and
woman who ever saw him knows he
was a half-breed, and there are many
now living, (Judge A. li. Wright and
Dr. George J. Dykes, among them, now
living in Rome,) who have seen him
often and know I am correct, I don’t
fell aided much in this history. Your
acquaintance, the Ron. E. C. Boudinot,
of Washington City, will know, having
seen Ross often no doubt.
John Ross was the owner of the ferry
at Rome at the continence of tiie rivers,
when the land lottery occurred. The
Coosa River Land Company purchased
the lots of land Nos. 214, 23, 3, upon
which the ferry was situated. Col. Dan
iel li. Mitchell, then of Rome, demanded
of John Ross possession of the ferry.
Ross refused to give it up, and proposed
to keep it*. CmL MjlulacJT proceeded to
gather together some of his friends and
adherents to take possession. John
lioss was apprised of his intention and
had Dis friends on hand ready for the
strife. Ross’ party was headed by
Thomas Woodward, a very brave and
powerful man, six feet and four inches
high, finely proportioned, with a well
knit frame*. Woodward and live others
were found in possession of the fiat.
Col. Mitchell and five others arrived and
proposed to take the flat by force. All
on both sides were brave, determined
men, insensible to fear. Col. Mitchell
and his men were fully determined take
possession oi the fiat and the ferry.
Tom Woodward and his men were as
fully determined to hold it. The oppos
ing forces paused for a moment and
looked at eaeii other. Mitchell demanded
possession and Woodward refused to
yield. Mitchell insisted that he was au
thorized by a grant from the State of
Georgia. Mitchell claimed under the
occupant right of the Indians, which
just and equitable title was guaranteed
to them by nineteen treaties.
A general fight ensued. To the credit
of all concerned on both sides, no one
was armed with any deadly weapon.
The fight continued some time with va
rying results and without anything de
cisive. A Methodist preacher had gone
down us a looker-on, not intending to
participate in the fray. He was a man
of peace and followed the Great Master
as far as any mere man in his calling
could. All who knew him will bear
witness to the witness to the fact that he
was as good a man as ever lived or died,
and there is no doubt that he is now in
heaven. Ilis name was spelled Genubeth
Wynn. He had witnessed the affray.
He saw his race contending for w hat he
believed their legal rights, lie had
watched the contest with an eager eye.
Woodward and his party were, in his
judgment, pressing Mitchell and his
men to the bank away from the flit.
Like a lion he rushed into the fiat, seized
a pole about twenty feet long, used*
to propel the flat from bank to
bank across the river, and with one blow
he knocked Woodward out of the boat
into the river, and catching tiie pole
about the middle he swung it around
with powerful force knocked two others
of Woodward’s party out into the water.
The other three dodged ins pole and
jumped into the river and swam to the
north bank abandoning the flat, and all
of Woodward’s party were gone, scat
tered. Wynn had not spoken a word
until all of Woodward’s party had dis
appeared. He then shouted the Indian
war-whoop, went up on the bank and
sat down and wept. Col. Mitchell and
ltis party quietly took possession of the
flat and were not afterwards disturbed.
It will be perceived that one man was
the Samson in that contest, and like Da
vid of old, he could fight as well as pray
and sing psalms.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Do you want a beautiful skin? Take
Curry’s Liver Compound. It imparts
tone to the liver, takes away that bilious
yellowness from the skin, purifies the
1 blood and invigorates the system.
TEN YEARS FOR JAS.IA. FISII.
The Marine Bank President on His Way
To Auburn.
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While sentence was being passed
kept his hands clasped in front of
He held his head up and looked straight
at the Judge. Seated close to him were
one his sons, Irving Fish, who is lame,
and his brother-in-law, U. H. Dudley, a
canned goods merchant. Marshal Er
hardt, Commissioner Shields, and others
come into the court room to see the de
fendant. Some persons supposed
from the wording of the sentence
that it means that Eisli must serve more
than one term. So he must, but all the
terms begin at once and expire together.
After Judge Benedict got through Fish
turned on His heel and walked out of
court with an officer. lie went to the
deputy marshals room, and after re
maining there a few minutes he started
back to jail. There was a crowd in the
street waiting to see him, and at the offi
cer’s suggasliou, the prisoner’s brother
in-law hired a cab for a dollar.
Fish remarked that his sentence was
“a rough one.” On his return to jail he
spent some time writing letters, and
then began preparing for his departure
to Auburn. He put all his wardrobe in
a small gripsack, which had on the out
side the stamped gilt letters, “J. D. F.”
One of his daughters was admitted to see
him in the afternoon, and remained with
him several hours. She was plainly
dressed, and wore a red rose on her jack
et. His son Irving also joined him. His
other sons had parted with him earlier
in the day. The only other visitor lie
had was Jerome B. Fellows. Fish had
something to eat in the boarders’ room
before going away. The officers said
that pork and beans had been his main
stay at most meals.
Ferdinand Ward was in his piivate
room and did not meet Fish, 'whose last
hour in the jail was spent with his son
and daughter in the Warden’s room. Ilis
daughter came out with tears in her
eves. The old man’s face exhibited no
sign of emotion.
Deputy Marshals Bible and Jeffries
came for him at 4 o’clock. One of the
officers took a pair of handcuffs from his
pocket, but the other officer said that it
was unnecessary to , use them. Fish
shook hands with the Warden and those
around him, and at 5 o’clock quit the
jail with his son and daughter the
two officers. They walked . through
Gram] street and got on a Second avenue
ear-. Fish asked in a joking tone if the
Government puid the car fares. Then he
handed the conductor a quarter for the
five fares. lie conversed witli 1 is daugh
ter most of tiie way up town.
The prisoner and the officers took the
train, due at Auburn at G:’2o this
morning. When the party reached the
Grand Central station Fish went to the
news stand and bought a ten-cent mem
orandum book. The newsboy rushed up
alongside of him and shouted to the
newsdealer:
“Look out for Fish. lie is going up
on the six-tliirty.”
Fish looked .up and quickly replied:
“Yes, and he has got a lot of detectives
with him.”
The newsman, when informed who his
customer w*as, said that he was going to
remark that Fish ought to have got twen
ty years, and was glad he didn’t. The
ex-Presulent walked to the water foun
tain and took a drink, and then sat down
between his son and daughter. He took
out from his gripsack a newspaper which
enwrapped a number of cigars, lie gave
a cigar to each of the officers and select
ed three for himself before replacing the
package. A brother of Judge Benedict
passed and looked at him. The ass gi e *
of the Marine Bank went by on hL= way
to a train. FL-h removed his iron-bowed
spectacles from bis eyes in the stadon.
When the train was read}' bis son shook
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tured. Watson was threatened o< j
rest, and his sweetheart was put l 4 i .r U j
Mrs. Adams eagerly removed all . Ul±xr
child’s clothing except the night- dress,
and locked her in the bedroom after nail- ]
ing down tlie windowsasli. On Thursday
evening young Watson visited the house
while the family slept, and interviewed
his sweetheart through the closed win
dow. The girl was compelled to rise from
the bed wrapped in all the bed clothing
and place her eai to a crack in the window
in order to listen to the loving words of
her venturesome admirer. She explained
to him her predicament in the matter of
clothing, and then they arranged for an
elopement Friday night. Watson’s broth
er-in-law is an engineer on the Shenan
doah Valley railroad, and runs an engine
north from a little water station near the
Adams mansion to Luray every morning
about four. He had his engine in waiting
at the water station at four o’clock sharp
this morning, with fires burning brightly
and a full head of steam on.
THE RESCUE AND PURSUIT.
About one o’clock this mording young
Watson drove from his house to the Ad
ams mansion, carrying in his light wagon
a full suit of ladies’ underclothing, with
black silk dress, liat, veil, gloves, etc.,
which his sister had prepared for him.
The programme was for him to pass the
clothing to his sweetheart through the
window, and after she had dressed she
was to fly with him to the waiting engine
by which they were to reach Luray.
When Watson arrived at the Adams resi
dence, about 3 a. m., he found to his hor
ror that during the long drive over the
rough country road the bundle of clothing
had bounced out and been lost. In de
spair he seized an enormous carriage robe
which he had brought along and mounted
the ladder to Miss Adams’ window. The
girl was waiting in fear and trembling,
sitting on a chair near the window, with
the bed clothes wrapped around her slight
form- Watson explained the mishap and
desperately proposed 'that the girl should
come with him anyhow. It took half an
hour of pleading to induce her to accede to
the proposal. The lover finally gained
his point, and, forcing she window, enter
ed the room. Under Miss Bertie’s direc
tion he assisted in sewing her quaking
form up in a blanket. Then he envelop
ed her in the carriage robe and carried her
down the ladder, When near the ground
the ladder snapped in two, and Miss Ber
tie screamed as they fell about four feet.
They were uninjured, but as they re
gained their feet Mr. Adams’ head shot
out of the window, and he cried to them
to stop. Watson sprang at the girl, who
seemed half inclined to obey, and throw
ing her across his shoulder ran tc^the
waiting wagon. Ten minutes’ drive
brought themjto the railroad. It was now
bioad daylight, and as the lovers climbed
into the cab they caught sight of Mr.
Adorns riding madly toward them, shot
gun in hand, and roaring at them to halt.
The engine was at once started, and was
soon flying towards Luray at the rate of
thirty-five miles an hour. They stopped
just outside the village, and the two men
took turns in carrying the half uncon
scieus girl to the house of a friend. Here
she was supplied with proper clothing
and about 9 o’clock a. m., went into Luray
with her lover, where they were married
by a ministerial friend. Mr. and Mrs.
Watson then drove leisurely homeward.
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grounds upon which tla-.
State of Georgia were repuutiil,
story is a long one, and tiled J -
State securities disallowed, witnTih.m
amounts and reasons, have been pu-igl
lished in this paper. Probably the rnftst
succinct presentation of the State’s po
sition has been made by Congressman X.
J. Hammond, of Atlanta, whose admira
ble letter was published in the Chronicle
on the 10th of June last. In it he shows
how the bonded debt of the State was in
creased from five to somewhere
between ten and thirteen million
dollars; how the State’s endorsement
had been put upon railroad bonds up to
nearly six millions of dollars; bow roads
were recklessly chartered and endorsed,
until, as Col. Hammond says: “No man
can imagine where so many railroads in
Georgia were needed. The multitude ot
our roads to be so aided spawned upon our
statute books in that fruitful ten days,
might have increased ad infinitum had
not the projectors run out of the names
of corporators and of places to connect
by railroads on paper, to be built by pa
per. Very few of them were ever built
or even begun.” In each of these the
endorsement of the State for from $12,-
000 to $15,000 per mile was offered upon
the terms specified in the Constitution,
and the completion of sections of ten or
twenty miles of each road. And yet mon
ey was advanced or. these roads in plain
violation of the Constitution, before the
lines had been graded or issued, and it
has been shown by the purchasers and
it has been shown by the purchasers and
holders knew all these facts before they
accepted the bonds so endorsed. The
Cartersville and Van Wert railroad com
pany bonds were endorsed under the law
requiring five miles to be completed,
where but one and half miles were com
pleted, and later on $175,000 was ad
vanced w hen but three miles had been
finished. On 7th of July 1871, Mr.
Kimball, its President, asked Gov. Bol
lock to endoise $300,000 of bonds, in the
new name, upon the promise to with
draw and cancel those $275,000 endorsed
in tlm old name. Governor Bullock en
dorsed and delivered as requested, but
the first batch were not withdrawn or
canceled. Clews was the company’s
treasurer, and held these bonds with lull
kn .wledge of the facts. These, then,
are some of the reasons why the State
has outlawed the bonds and declined to
allow herself to be sued in the courts for
their consideration.—Augusta Chronicle.
A Great Discovery.
Mr. Win. Thomas, ot Newton, la.,
says: “My wife has been seriously af
fected with a cough for twenty-five years,
and tia- pring more severely than ever
before. She had used many remedies
without relief, and being urged to try
L)r. King’s New Discovery, did so, with
most gratifying results. The first bottle
relieved her very much, and the second
bottie has absolutely cured her. She
has not hid so good health for thirty
years.” Trial bottle free at D. W. Cur
ry’s Drug Store. Large size SI.OO. G
ov : '
“lie a lot o.iiiisg^^-'
somewhere, at this monied
ly afraid they will prove p.
obstructing the course of justice.’
Other persons, however, are impress*,
with the beliet that the money is not
entirely out of existence, but is still held
in somebody’s possession. Even the at
torney of Ferdinand Ward admits that
this view is plausible. Some months ago
lie said : “I do not mean to deny that
there is not somewhere a large amount of
property, but Ward hasn’t got, it as ho
gave up everything when he failed. Who
has this property secreted I will not say.”
Senator Ingalls, has just returned
from the Indian Territory, whither he
went with a sub-committee to investi
gate certain matters by order of the Sen
ate, said that lie found fifty per cent, of
the entire revenue of the Cherokees
was spent for educational purposes.
Wherever thirteen children could be
gathered together a school-house was
built and a teacher with ample qualifica
tions was employed. Two colleges, one
for each sex, were maintained, the build
ing of noble proportions and all the ap
pointments creditable. The tribal gov
ernment not only furnished buildings
and paid the teachers, but clothed and
fed the pupils. A number of graduates
were selected each year and sent at tho
public expense to continue their studies
at Yale, Dartmouth and other high insti
tutions of the East. Of the 70,000 In
dians inhabiting that country, there is
not a pauper. No person is supported at
tiie public expense and no one lacks a
home. Only one insane person was
heard of. There is, said the Senator, no
occupation of the Oklahoma country at
all and as far as the cattle men are con
cerned there never has been even an at
tempted occupation. The Senator was
very glad, to say that in recent inter
views with the President and Secretary
of the Interior he had discovered a vig
orous determination to prevent an inva
sion of the rights of the Indians or any
infraction of the guarantees of the treaty
under which the land was ceded in ISGG.
Never Give Up.
It you are suffering with low and de
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debility, disordered blood, weak consti
tution, headache, or any disease of a bil
ious nature, by all means procure a bottle
of Electric Bitters. You will be surpris
ed to see the rapid improvement that
will follow; you will be inspired with
new life; strenfith and activity will re
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henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
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bottle by D. W. Curry. G