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THE CHATTOOGA NEWS.
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WORCESTER'S
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Tahlequah, I. T., July 10, ’BB.
Ed. News:—Having promised to
write something in regard to my
trip I will now endeavor to fullfllit.
On June 25th we started for
Chattanooga. It is useless to say
much about Chattanooga for your
readers know it; wilt say, however,
that she is a hummer and has more
coons than any city in the South.
On arriving in Chattanooga we put
up at a good hotel, and retired ear
ly. Before retiring 1 acted the sea
lion performance. I will have to
refer you to Jess Hawking for par
ticulars —especially when the water
is chilly. Sufuce to say, we got a
good night’s rest, but Jobie com
plained of being nio;-<f.iito bit. Next
morning we boarded the Memphis
and Charleston train bound for
Springfield byway of Memphis.
The crops along the Tennessee
river are line but rather late. After
leaving the river for some distance
the country is rough and broken,
but the scenery was truly magnifi
cent; sometimes we were running
through tunnels and again over
high trestles with deep, dark chasms
beneath which makes a fellow feel
kinder shaky, sorter like passing a
graveyard at night, not exactly
afraid but awful lonely. The road
was good steel rail, well ballasted
with rock, so I felt safe. On we
went o’er hill and dale with grand
ami romantic scenery on every hand,
jiist in view long enough to attract
attention then lost in the distance.
Didn't see a great deal of farming
country until we reached Bridge
port; here we crossed the Tennes
see river. Saw some beautiful farms
and the crops were splendid. The
prettiest farm I saw was an Island
right at Bridgeport. It contained
several hundred acres all in corn.
We had a splendid view from the
bridge and it looked like one vast
canebrake.
Some of the old breast works are
still visibie at Bridgeport and no
doubt some of my old Chattooga
friends have a vivid recollection of
Bridgeport. For quite a distance
along the road the farming interest
is confined principally to grain,
grass and stock raising.
Nearing Decatur we struck the
cotton belt; also the two essentials
to produce cotton —our colored
friends and the mules. The crops
are very good all along, but smaller
than I expected to find them. In
some localities they have had too
much rain, consequently the crops
are in bad condition and needed a
few days of elbow grease. We
stopped only a few moments in
Decatur; didn’t see much of the
town; but oue thing I did sec was
a crowd of pretty girls. Decatur
seems to be well supplied with that
material. I was under the impres
sion that Jobie was not much of a
ladies man, but J was laboring un
der a mistake, and I am willing to
bet the last nickel I’ve got that Jo
bie can see a pretty girl just a little
quicker and further off than any
man in Georgia. After leaving
Decatur we passed through some
very good farming country, very
nice little villages with new build
ings going up. and seemed to be in
a thriving condition. "We arrived
at Memphis at 7 p. m., were trans
ferred from the M. <t (’. depot to
the Kansas City, Ft. Scott <F Gulf
line. Stayed in Memphis only a
few minutes; crossed the father of
waters, I'ie obi Mississippi. Had a
view of President's Island, Ft. Ger
man beer gardens, etc. After cross
ing the river we struck the swamps
which were lonely and dismal.
Night was coming on and we could
hear the hooting of owls, and croak
ing frog.-’, and the thick, dark foli
age on either side made everything
look uninviting. After running
through the swamps a few miles we
saw some beautiful farms, smooth
■ and level with hundreds of acres in
! cultivation, and land very rich. The
; crops were as good as could be
I grown on any soil and the corn
crop was splendid; so thick that
I you could hardly walk through it.
As the sun was sinking in the west,
being weary of sight seeing we re
paired to the sleeper and had a good
night’s rest. Arrived at Spring
field, Mo , at 8 p. m., Wednesday.
Here we learned that we were two
| hours 1 te. W- stopped :• . the
I Hotel T. oyer, h.: 1 a good brs ';l':ist,
i and then proceeded to take in the ■:
! city. Springfield is a pretty town, 1 i
the location is good, it is situated i
right on top of the Ozark moun-1
tains, about two thousand feet!
above the sea, and has about thir- j
ty thousand inhabitants. The bu
siness houses are good substantial *
buildings. Business seemed to be
lively. Springfield is on a boom
and has been for some time. One
thing about the place that appear
ed to be a little odd. The public
square was right in the center of the
city. They have a double track belt
street car. You can see all over the
city for live cents They have beau
tiful streets and many palatial res
idences, all new and built in mod
ern style. I was kinder stuck on
Springfield, but not on her prices
for real estate nor on the politics.
They have a steam in the city call
ed the river of Jorden ; so I stood
on the banks of Jordan. I didn’t
hear of their baptizing any one.
We left Springfield at 5 p. tn. for
Monette. After leaving Springfield
we passed through some beautiful
country; high, undulating prairies,
I rich land, nice farms and fine crops.
They raise a great deal of grass,
principally timothy. We saw one
orchard of six hundred acres. This
is certainly a fruit country. We
arrived at Monette at 7 p. m., and
had supper at the Ataway house, a
new hotel and a good one, and they
dish up good grub. The proprietor’s
name is Ataway. He is a son of
old man Ataway who used to keep
the Ataway house in Rome, on
Bridge street. Monette is a very j
pretty little town right on the prai
rie. It has iifteeen hundred inhab
itants and is only a year old. They
ask boom prices for real estate. We ;
left Monette at 8 a. m., arrived at I
Vinita, Indian Territory, in the
land of the free and the home of the
brave.
I’ll write you of Vinita in my
next. I tell you, old pards, this is
writing under difficulties. The
girls keep passing by and 1 will
look at them.
Five or six called and their
tongues are going like bell clappers
and the children are climbing all
over me and one little Cherokee girl
wants to kiss me and I can’t object,
would you? when the little kid is a
sister to the belle of Tahlequah.
[No; especially if she is a favorite
sister.—Ed]
We arrived at Uinita on the eve
ning of the 28th ult. Uinita is sit
uated on a high rolling prairie at
the junction of the 51., K. & T. rail
road and tire A. I’. road, 419 miles
a little south of west from St. Louis.
The population of this place is
about a thousand: mainly whites
and half breed Cherokees. It is
surrounded by a wide undulating
prairie, furnishing an abundance of
luxuriant grass. I found at this;
place a number of obi acquaintan
ces, many of them from Georgia.
Most all of them are my relations, -
for you must know the people of
the Cherokee nation all like a large
family where each one is akin to
the other. We spent a day in Uini
ta—was entertained by old friends
in a very agreeable manner. We
then took the South bound train
and went to Muskogee, about sixty
miles south of Uinita. This is on
the M., K. & T. railroad. Muskogee
is in the Creek Nation near the
Cherokee line. The location of
I this place is beautiful, to say the
I least of it, surrounded ns it is by
! fertile prairie kinds. The country
between this place ami Uinita, is >
j one continuous prairie with the ex-j
ception of skirts of timber along]
[ the water cources. Along the line
of this road was to be seen thous
ands of cattle lazily grazing upon
its nutritious grasses. The princi
pal water courses along this route
are the Verdigris and Arkansas
rivers, the latter some six miles
north of Muskogee. On Friday
! morning, the 29th, we got aboard
| the mail coack on the route for
. this place. Five miles from Mus- j
■ kogee we crossed the. Arkansas riv-1
!er just bi-low where Grand river i
unites v. Ith this stream, two miles
more brought us to Ft. Gibson. Ft.
Gibson is situated on the bank of
j Grand river and has the appearance
; of being a very old town, here is al-
Iso a United States post at which
' i from two to three companies of the
’ I boys in blii' const.-ii. 'ly remain.
,j < • >!. C-:ipengc., of th 1 ' U. S. army is
in command, and is the son-in-law ,
of James G. Blaine. The Arkansas
Valley railroad, from Ft. Smith is
about completed, running directly <
through the main street in this ;
place. Passenger trains will be put
ionit by the Ist of August. We
left Ft. Gibson on the mail coach
in company with Aunt Ann Daniel
and her cute and interesting grand
daughter, little Sarnie Gunter.
Aunt is the daughter of Richard
Taylor, commonly called old Dick
Taylor, who has been dead for many
years. Dick Taylor was a half
blood Cherokee Indian and lived in
the old nation—in what is now cal
led Catoosa county a few miles west
of Ringgold. The house he lived
in is now known as the Old Dick
Taylor place, and I think was occu
pied some years by Rev. A. J. Leet.
Taylor’s Ridge, that beautiful land
mark, so well known to the people
of Chattooga county and north
west Georgia, was named for this
man. Aunt Ann, with much pride,
informed us of this fact, who is
now verging upon three-score and
ten years.
Well, after a thumping and
bumping ride of twenty miles in a
crowded coach with the thermome
ter at 92 degrees in the shade, we
reached this, the capitol of the
Cherokee Nation. Os course the
first thing on arriving at this place,
was to hunt up the old folks at
home—my father and mother. We
soon found them and was much re
joiced to find, not only them, but
brothers and sisters, in the finest of
health. Well, after a night’s rest
: and a slight recuperation from the
j effects of the hack ride from Ft.
Gibson, we strolled out to take in
! the town and hunt up old acquain
! tances and friends—all kinfolks, of
course.
Tahlequah is situated on a district
or county of the same name. Call
ed districts here. Its location is in
a valley reaching along a small
stream, with elevated ground to the
east and west. To the cast it is a
timbered country, to the west is
prairie. This to wnis well supplied I
with springs of the purest water.
The population of the place varies
from about one thousand to sixteen
or seventeen hundred. This in
consequence of the numerous schools
run by missionaries. The primary
schools of the nation, together with
the two high schools, male and fe
male seminaries. When the schools
are all in full blast they are attend- j
ed by from six to seven hundred
children. The Male semi.inry, a
massive brick structure of their
societies stands upon a beautiful
eminence 1] miles south west of the
capitol building and will comforta
bly lodge 200 students. The na
tion had the misfortune to loose its
i female seminary of like structure
las th" male, by fire a year ago.
i The last National council which
! convened last fall determined im
' mediately to rebuild a new semina
|ry and appropriated fifty-seven
I thousand dollars for that purpose
which is now being erected by the
parties to whom the contract was
awarded, three-fourth of a mile a
little north east of the State house.
This building is to boos modern
architecture ami furnished with ali
the appliances necessary for the
uses of such structures. Tne build
ing has 220 feet front. The main
body of the house' is eighty feet
wide with an ell of 112 feet. As
the old seminary was lost fer want
!of water on the spot, involving a
loss of about eighty thousand dol-
I lars, the natives have learned by
| sad experience, that such buildings
should have an abundance of water
near at hand. ’Water is carried
through pipes by a steam engine
which will force it to any part of
the building. This building will
be made for the reception of the
daughters of this people to be edu
cated by the first of February next.
I might as well remark just here
I that more attention is given to the
I education of the females than in
.! any community that I know of oiz
j equal population. This they say
|is broad cast- upon the waters the
■ j fruits of which will bo gathered up
many days hence.
The eitszens of Tahlequah are
merry, good humored, somewhat
. inclined to rolicing, altogether tax
ing th" world easy and to the square
; yard c irri's mor ■ good looking
NO. 24.
girls and young ladies than any
town in America, according to pop
ulation. In matters of this sort I
consider myself an expert judge as
you are well aware.
Fortunately for us the National
Council was in session on our ar
rival here which, of course, brought
people from all sections of the na
tion. The object of convening the
National Council in special session
was to consider some railroad bus
iness and the re-leasing of six mil
lions acres of grass land west of 9(5
as they call it here. The lands
have been leased to a stock associa
tion at one hundred thousand dol
lars per annum. The great desira
bility and advantages of so much
grass land has called to it the at
tention of stock men all over the
west and south west. The nation
is now offered $160,000 for their
lands for grazing purposes only. It
is said today another stock compa
ny will be represented here tomor
row ami will offer $175,000. It is
probable, however, this vast tract
of grazing or grass land will reach
$200,000 per annum before this
land is let to any company. It is
the finest body of grass land in the
United States or its territories, and
the nation is beginning to appreci
ate its true value.
Politics here, as elsewhere, con
sist mainly of a wild chase after
the loaves and fishes—the outs
against the ins.
We have had the pleasure of
meeting and becoming acquainted
with the principal chief, Joel B.
Mays, who stands about 5 feet and
ten inches and his avoirdupois is
270 pounds. lie is about 56 years
old, and was born in old Cass coun
ty, on Two Run creek not far from
old Cassville. The assistant chief,
Sam Smith, is a tall dignified full
blood Cherokee and is said to be the
finest orator in the nation. In de
portment, manner and jesture he is
('hesterfleldian. I have had also the
pleasure of becoming acquainted
with the National treasurer, Rob’t.
B. Ross, who is the grand-son of
cx-Chief John Ross, L. B. Bell
and others whose reputation and
character I have known and heard
of some years since while residing
in this nation. Decidedly the
most conspicious figure in the sen
ate is Hon. George Sanders, a full
blood of immense proportions. His
weight is about 300 pounds, a great
wag and of infinite good humor.
He is called generally Sorgee, which
is his Cherokee name. I have been
astonished at the progress and im
provements made by the Cherokees
since I last visited this country.
These are my people and I am truly
triad to be able to state this of them
We had a grand ball nt the Bates
house last night. I will write you
of it later. There is another ball
in town tonight and I have an invi
tation. 1 will close for the present.
Say, don’t forget to tell the people
that I will be back soon and that
I I am still a candidate for sheriff,
and IL H. Ellis for deputy. Tell
Bert to keep on our own side of
the line, that I hear that he has
been over in Whitfield county.
O. 1.. Wyi.y.
The death of Sidney 11. Gray,
author and journalist of New York,
was caused by the rare disease of
ossification. At the age of seventy
he had two strokes of paralysis and
from that time on his body was not
acutely sensible, though his brain
remained active. Twinges like
neuralgia preceded the last stages
of the change of flesh into bone.
The area of acute insensitiveness
moved slowly up his legs, until for
| their complete length they were ns
solid, senseless and heavy as stone.
Drugs were of no avail in checking
the steady advance, and when it
reached the vital organs to attack
them, death happily came to his
. relief.
Did You Ever.
W. 11. Revels, M. D., Baltimore,
Md., says: “I have been in the
I practice of medicine for over eigh
' teen years, but never have I seen
the equal of Hodges’ Sarsaparilla.
’ i It has worked miracles here in cur
’ ing Rheumatism and Scrofula.
Have almost come to the conclusion
that I cannot practice without it.
II Sold by a’l druggists.
Never take undue liberties with
c the business end of a wasp, but
g take, the News.
