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WEDNESDAY* DEC, 5, 1894. Unique Indian History. * Interesting Events Connected with the Remnants of Indian Tribes in Some of the Thirteen Original States. To the Editor of The Sunday News : We are so accustomed to regarding the Indians as an entirely vanishing race that it will doubtless surprise many of my readers to learn that a volume of real interest, if not considerable historical value, could be compiled about events of Indian history which have occurred, xtariug the last quarter of a century in con? nection with the remnants cf Indian tribes in some of the thirteen ori . ginal States I will tell- of a few of these events herfe. and., will not go back quite ?fteea^??rs. Those who are fond of what ls unique may not find this article uninteresting. On May 15, 1880, a scene occurred in the? State B?us?'at Providence, E. I., which might well have been sketched - by some eminent artist. It was a meeting between a commis? sion on the part of Rhode Islaud and the council of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians, which council consisted of five men, one of whom, Gideon L. Ammons, was an -old man of between 65 and TO years. Governor Little field and other State Officials were present. The Indian council quit? claimed "unto tlie State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" the rights of the tribe and all the common tribal lands, except the Indian meeting house and lot. The State afterwards paid the sum of $5, 000 to the Narragansetts When the tribal relations were broken np the Indians became citizens of Rhode Is? land. On a bright and tranquil autumnal - day, October 9, 1884, Red Jacket and his compatriots were reinterred in the beautiful Forest Lawn Ceme? tery, ot Buffalo. This re-interment was done by Indians under the aus? pices of the patriotic Buffalo His? torical Society and was witnessed by an immense crowd. One of the features of the occasion was a chant in : the Onondaga tongue sung in long, low mournful tones by Chief John Buck, a Canadian Onondaga. Other Indians joined in the chorus, the last line of which, being trans? lated into English, meant "Thus we are become miserable *' Ten times in that chorus occurred the pathetic word "hain/* which signifies "woe." The chant waa repeated again later on. Another feature o? the re-inter? ment was a speech in the Seneca lan? guage, made by Chief John Jacket, after the remains had been lowered. Chief Jacket is a grandson of the great orator and is himself a promi? nent Seneca of New York State. On this mournful occasion he was attired in native costume. I have not given a full account of the re-interment, only touched on some of its features. A number of Indians were present; several of whom were from Canada; among the New York Indians pre? sent besides Jacket, were Gen. Ely S. Parker, the distinguished chief sachem of the Iroquois in that State and military ex-secretary to U. S. Grant, also Chief John Mountpleas ant,. of the Toscaroras. In January, 1887.. Tom Morrison, chief of the Catawbae, was in Colum? bia looking iuto some ord land claims of his tribe. The Catawba reserva? tion is situated in York County and comprises 732 acres more or lees. In the summer of 1889 a case oc? curred in a South Carolina Court which could not fail to ca. j the mind back to the old Colonial times, the days when the Catawbas were a great nation and the Georges of "merrie England" wielded the scep? tre and ruled over this land. The case occurred at Yorkville, and was the trial of a white man from North Carolina for assaulting a Catawba Indian with intent to kill. He was acquitted. In the year 1S92 Gen. T. J. Mor? gan then commissioner of Indian affairs, visited most of the Iroquois reservations in New York State It appears that with the exception of one reservation no commissioner of Indian affairs had ever visited these reservations before. The red people appreciated the honor shown them by Gen. Morgan, who, upon each | reservation that he visited, had an i interesting conference with repre- j sentative Indians. On these occa- ? sons he made practical addresses to j the Indians, in which he spoke I earnestly on Indian education. Good j was accomplished by these addresses. I According to last year's report made by the United States Indian agent of! New York ihe reservations of the Iroquois (who are the Six Nations)! in that State numbered over SG,00? : acres, on which lived something over \ 4 900 Indians Besides tiiese there j were a large number of Oneidas j (who are also Iroquois) that were j citizens of the Stale. The Pamuukey Indians, of Virginia \ in a paper dated their reservation ! June 26, l?9o, authorized one of j their number, named Terrill Bradby, : "to visit the Indian bureau in Wash? ington and in all other ?departments and Indian tribes, and also to visit the Columbian Exposition in Chi? cago.'7 This interesting "State paper" was signed by fourteen names j the first of which was C. S. Bradby, j chief of the tribe. ! I could give other incidents, one of which (about the Catawbas) be? longs to the present year, but the above is sufficient to show what inter? esting events are connected with the remnants of Indian tribes in some of the old settled states. * MCDONALD FURUAN. Ramsey, Sumter County, Oct. 26, 11894. Dr. Samps Pope has made good j his word and carried the fight into ! the Legislature. Wow it is our turn j to ask the reformers, "What are you j going to do about it Ty The Powers of Europe have deci? ded to inform the Turkish Govern? ment that the persecution of the Armenian Christians must be stop? ped. 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