I proceed. Special Agent Townsend. in his report as to these Wichitas. says their claims "are of long standing and their rights should be defined and guaranteed to them by some authority from which there shall be no appeal. Emigration and civilization are pressing upon these people on allsides." General Hazen. once superintendent of Indian affairs fbr the southwest of Indian Territory. including these Indians. writes to the S cretary of the Interior as late as April 14. 1883. and appealing for a confirmation of their present location says: To one who is acquainted with these quiet. patient. and longsuffering peoplelong suffering mostly because they always remained at peacethere is a powerful appeal to the better instincts of our nature in their favor that can hardly be felt for any other people. The remainder of these lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw cession is set apart for the use of. and now occupied by. the Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians under Executive Order. and seems to be accepted by them in lieu of a former cession by treaty of lands in the Cherokee stripthe location on which they insist they did not understand. and never desired to occupy. Their present reservation is less in amount than that ceded to them of the Cherokee strip. a portion of which has since been appropriated for other tribes of friendly Indians.
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