I have not the leastdoubt in the world that if you start right the people of the Indian Territory will be fully protected. and can take care of themselves. Oklahoma is beyond the Indian country. and is not as rich nor as fertile. and is not as susceptible of sustaining as dense a popnlation as the Indian country. If the Indian can get his property rights properly protected now he ought to seek an opporunity to accept citizenship and agree to the allotment of the lands. Noncitizens of the Indian country. I think. are practically unanimous for statehood or a Territorial government. The officers and those who control the Indian governments are. of course. opposed to it.
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