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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 35 * to secnre the organization, by act of Congress, of a United States terri torial sovernment over the Indian Territorv without the consent of the tribesuconcerned, a measure which, if confihmmated, the Cherokees be-lieve will be fraught with serious evils to themselves. C'ltortcrtox n18d Chiel;anarra.-These trihev :lye for eertairr national pur-pose* cor~federated. The Choctewa, uuruberil~g l(i,000, an iurrrase of 1.(100 on tile eor~merat iofi~w~ 1 871, have :I re.;erv;ltiou of ti,6S'i,UOO acres iu lbe8or1rheastern part of IheTrrrirory, an11 I l l e ~ h i ( ! k ~ ~ a11r1v1~11, 1htri11g (i,UOO, own a tract rontnirring 4,377,GOO acres :r(Iji)iriilrg file (.'hocra\~.s 01, r l ~ cw est. Tl~eser rihas urisioallv inhabited the ar1:tion of conntrt- ~ro\er mbraced aithin lbe St& of'>lir;.iisripgi, and were removed io tbrir present loc:rr.ion in aceonlur~ee wirh the rerlus ofthe treaties con-irluded wirh them, rmpectively, iu l&Aj aud 1832. The rem:lrks uade retipectiug the language, laws, eduentional adriultngrs, indr~srrial pnr-suirs, a~rda dmncc.ment ill the arts aud cufirorns of civilized liii of the Cherokees, \vill apply in the tnai~r to the C'hocta!~snnd Chickasa~vs. Tbr Ch o c t ~ a sh are 31i ~c l~ooilus ol)er:ction, wit11 an attel~rl;lneeo f 819 . sclrolnr$; the Cl~ictlia%~w11s, tvith 379 scholars. Tlre Choctaws, ouder the treaties of Koven~ber 1G. ISUS. October 16. 1820. Januarv 20. 182;. ~ ~~ and June 22,1855, receive iermaneut annuities as ~ollow:s "In &oney; $3,000; for support of government, education, and other beneficial purposes, $25,512.89 ; for support of light-horsemen, $600 ; and for iron and steel, $320. They also have United States and State stocks held in trust for them by the Secretary of the Interior, to the amount of $506,- 4Z7.20, divided as follows: On account of "Ohoctaw general fund," $454,000, of "Choctaw school fund," $52,427.20. The interest on these fnuds, and tbe ann~:ities, &c., ?re turned over to the treasurer of the nation, and expended under the d~rectiono f the National Council in the mannerand for the ohjectsindicatedin each case. The Chickasaws, under act of February 25, 1799, and treaty of April 28,1866, have a per-manent annuity of $3,000. They also have United States and State stocks, held in trust for them by the Secretary of the Interior, to the amount of $1,185,947.033; $31,183,947.033 thereof being a "national fund," and $2,000 a fuud for 'Lincompetents." The interest on these sums, and the item of $3,000 first referred to, are paid over to the trea-surer of the nation and disbursed by him, under the direction of the National Oouncil, and for such objects as that body may determine. Creeks.-The Creeks catne originally from Alabama and Georgia. They numbered at the latest date of enumeration 12,295, and have a reservation .of 3,215,495 acres in the eastern and central part of the Territory. They are not generally so far advanced as the Uherokees, Ohoctaws, and Chickasaws, but are making rapid progress, w d will doubtless, in a few years, rank in all respects with their neighbors, the three tribes just named. Cousiderable embarrassment and excitement have been caused recently within the tribe by the conte$s of two kc-tions, known respectively as the Government party aud the Bands party, arising, i t is asserted, o i ~otf the adoption by the nation, in 1867, of a new form of government, which dispensed with a number of oEces. The incumbents failing to receive al~pointmeutu nder the new admiu-istration, became dissatisfied, and with Sands, ,a promineut mau and a disappointed seeker for the position of principal chief of the nation, formed an organization under their old system, in opposition to the preseut constitutio~ralg overnment, going so far in their resistance as to take up arms, declari~rga purpose to seize the government and rein. augurate the former order. A settlement of the difficulties mas appa. rently effected at a council of the nation in October, with the prospect |
