Volume 13 , Issue 49

Cherokees Hold National Council At Talequah - 7 Nov. 1883

On this date, Wednesday, 7 November 7, 1883, in The Sun (New York), page 2, there was a short mention of the Cherokee Native Americans holding their National Council (or Legislature) at Talequah, which was their capital.

The short article reads: "This week the Cherokees are holding their National Council or Legislature, at Talequah, their capital. Chief Bushyhead has been re-elected, but he finds a vigorous opposition party in the Council. Probably nowhere is native Americanism more rampant than among the Cherokees. There are negroes and whites in the nation, but their complexions are, perhaps rather at a discount where copper is the favorite color.

"Nevertheless, as the adopted citizens have votes, they are carefully cultivated about election time. The truth is that these race distinctions in favor of the red man rest on a solid basis, for Congress recently voted $300,000 for land bought of the nation, and it has been divided among full-blood Cherokees only."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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