Letter from George Cortelyou, Secretary to the President to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock
This item includes a letter that encloses correspondence from Robert Owen, Attorney for the Eastern Cherokees, Senator Cockrell, and Senator Quay regarding a contract executed by T.M. Buffington, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Images (9)
Document
| id |
id
7268707
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
document
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (6)
Extracted text
OCR Page 1 of 9AL
The Presidant
-2-
The Bresident.
Springer and Thursten, en Notember lat. 1902, of which the
They pressed the case with the greatest vigor and intelligence
to a conclusion before Congress and the Court and the matter is
now ripe for action and should be finally acted upon in Congress
at this short session.
forbidden
by
the
16
The Cherokee Council, jealous of the independent organization
of the Eastern Cherokees, has rendered no assistance, but on Novem-
ber the 12th., 1902, the Council passed a resolution containing
implications unjust to the Eastern Cherokees.
On November 14, 1902, the Eastern Cherokee Executive Committee,
by telegrapb, requested a hearing of the Secretary of the Interior
before he replied to the Council. No answer mas received
They immediately wrote the Interior Department submitting the
outline of a defense and requested formal hearing. This request
was ignored. About ten days later the Secretary of the Interior
wired the Cherokee Chief he would endeavor to protect the Cherokees
against anau thorized attorneys and would cheerfully co-operate
with the Chief under section sixty eight of the Act of July the
lst., 1902, for the employment of trustworthy attorneys.
Immediately a bill was introduced in the Cherokee Council to
authorize the Principal Chief to bring suit in the name of the
Cherokee Nation in this case, and to employ at torneys for such
purpose.
to
the
Courts
This bill was rejected by an overwhelming vote, receiving only
four or five out of forty votes in Council.
In the meantime the Chief had made a secret contract with Messrs.
Relations
belongs_to
belongs_to