The Daily Chieftain, 1898-11-09

Last Thursday evening the little nephew of Uncle Isaao Bertholf, who lives a few miles east of Che Che-cotab, - cotab, Che-cotab, met with an accident that proved fatal. The boy men mentioned - tioned mentioned and a small brother were out bunting and after the boys had been absent only a short, while the report of a gun was heard. Shortly afterward the younger brother, who is about eight years of age came to the house and announced that his brother had shot himself. Hurrying to the scene the relatives of the boy found it only too true. A load of shot haJ passed into his left lung and life was extinct. The small boy said they had stopped in the woods and were looking for squirrels when his brother set the butt of gun on the ground with the muzzle against his breast. In some manner the hammer struck some something, - thing, something, the chargH exploded and the entire load of shot entered his breast ranging upward. He died in a few minutes. Important Appointment. Col. Dew M. Wisdom, of Union Indian agency, has been appointed special referee to determine the damages to be paid by the Choc Choctaw, - taw, Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf railway company to the Choctaw nation, for additional lands to be included in the station grounds of that rail railroad - road railroad company at South McAlester, under the provisions of the. act of congress of April 25, 1896. This appointment was made by C. N. Bliss, secretary of the interior, on the 4th inst. A Quiet Wedding. Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock Rev. M. L. Butler will join In mar marriage - riage marriage Dr. C. Halley Bell and Miss Mabel Cook. The ceremony will take place at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. II. C. Cook, and will be witnessed by but a very few persons outside the families. The bride to be came to Vinita with her patents In her youna girlhood and by her many estimable qualities has endeared her self to a good many people beside her affianced husband. As the daughter of the late II. C. Cook, cashier of the First National bank of this city, an Interest will be taken in the young lady's marriage by hundreds of per sons whom she lias never hoard of or uevcrwill, but who enjoyed the ac quaintance of her father, and who will wish the daughter, for his sake, un unbounded - bounded unbounded happiness. The fortunate groom, the brother of Mrs. John B. Turner, is a young physician who came here and engaged in practice about a year ago. He has enjoyed su superior - perior superior advantages and it is believed has availed himself of tbe opportu opportunity - nity opportunity to fit himself for the honored profession of his choice. The newly married couple will leave on the 10:25 M., K. & T. train, shortly after the ceremony, for a visit of several weeks at the home of the groom, in Tennes Tennessee, - see, Tennessee, and on their return will embark In the intricacies of housekeeping in the city. . A Pretty Wedding. A very pretty wedding took plact this morning at ten o'clock at the Catholic church, Father Versavel officiating. The contracting parties were Mr. Ed Monroe, of South Dako Dakota, - ta, Dakota, and Miss Mary Collins, of this city. Ed Shanahan and wife gave the couple and a few friends ah ex ex-cellsnt - cellsnt ex-cellsnt dinner: Mr. ancf Mrs. Monroe will remain in Vinita for ttKj present, but expect to make their future home in South Dakota. - . 150 head of stock cattle for salc.Biid Ballenger, Big Cabin, I. T. 10-12

- 7 Cornsilk, the Cherokee Medicine Man , Replies to llim. Tahlequab Arrow. To the Governor of I. T. Dear Sir: I am ancious to learn if posible something of the where abouts of a root known to me and others as Sweat root, it is a root gathered by tbe Indians it is realy an urb or I might sav veeatable it grows Vrom the size ofeggtothe size of a small turnip or the size of your fist. I believe it is found in the mountains. To take the root its self it re sembles rotton wood with little sells in it about the size of a pin or a pin head which is filled with a gumey stough tasting like pitch. If you wer to eat a piece the size of a small marble it would put you into a sweat and it is a great thing to breake up a cold; Lagripp or any fever, or even Pneumonia. j Asitisverry valuable to man-j Kino; in oruer 10 nnu 11 11 I can I will ask a fue questions on the oposit side of this sheat. I used too get this root of one E. Peddycoart of Conway, I. T., but of late I cannot hear from him. Do you know of such a root? Please give me the name of some of the Indians or the Indian Agents, if it is there one can get tbe medicine man to gather it which I will gladly do. Have you any part of the Terri Territory - tory Territory by the name of Potawamic country? Have you a Territorial or R. R. map showing it? Please give me the name of one or two of your leading papers. Hoping I have not taken too much of your time I will ad that if this root can be found and used it is a great blessing to mankind. E. E. Richards. The above interesting document wm wi vi hy Governor Maye?, and not being versed in "sweat roots," and especially where the "sell" in such a root was a little too much of a "sell." He turned over the letter to Cornsilk, the medicine man of the Tahlequab band of Cherokees, and the root with such a "sell" being also un unknown - known unknown to him, he held a council of war with Turtle, who is the chief's interpreter and a celebrated root doctor, and for the good of mankind they concluded to have the document published in the Tahlequab Arrow, with the order that the young warriors and other medicine men make a diligent search for this "vegatable," re resembling - sembling resembling "rotton wood" with "sells" and naving a "gumey stough," and report to the gover governor - nor governor or tbe medicine man at the next new moon. Tbis Montana man seems to be a brother to one of our Tahlequah merchants. By order of Cornsilk, Medicine Man , Turtle, Root.Doctor . The "Dramatic Scenes in Con Congress," - gress," Congress," in the National Magazine, is one of the most thrilling presen presentations - tations presentations of our career as a nation ever written, and incidents almost overlooked by the prosaic narrator of history are brought out, show showing - ing showing the dramatic impulses that led up to the great events of the his history - tory history of the United States. A good farm to rent; apply to Frank .Billlngslea, Ylnita,I.,T. 40tf

Set Aside br William Fenn. Philadelphia contains one relic of the days of William Penn which is unknown to most inhabitants of the Quaker City. It is a piece of ground which is still retained by virtue of a provision in the char char-tar - tar char-tar of its original charvation. ' Right in the heart of the busi business - ness business section i lies, the only place for miles around that bears no foot footprints - prints footprints of the march of progress and commerce, the only building lot in the city which has never been near the bands of a real estate agent. You have but to go down Walnut street to Second, turn up on Second until you come to a lit little - tle little iron gate on the east side of the street, swing it back and enter, and you stand within the Indian reser reservation. - vation. reservation. In the days when Phila Philadelphia - delphia Philadelphia used to be the metropolis of the red men, and they came by various trails across the country and down the Delaware to hold council there, it grew necessary for them to have some appointed spot for their conclaves. William Penn dedicated this reservation to them as a tryetring place, and pro provided - vided provided that it should be sacred to their use forever. It ia a forlon enough place now, shut in as it is by high buildings on nearly every side. The old Union Telegraph office confronts it on one side, a wholesale liquor dealer's store backs up against it of another, and a high board fence chokes off the last hope of any outlook from the place. There is no mark to tell of its original use or to stamp it as J one of the curiosities of the day.

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