. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world. water supply. Withthe opening of the Territory to white settle-ment and ownership, a vast increase in pro-duction will be effected. Until within the pres-ent year (1904) the word ownership, as ap-plied to tenures in the Indian Territory, had apeculiar meaning. To protect Indian interests,white men (except licensed traders and thosemade citizens by marriage to Indian wives inaccordance with the laws of the tribe, or adoptedinto the tribe by t
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world. water supply. Withthe opening of the Territory to white settle-ment and ownership, a vast increase in pro-duction will be effected. Until within the pres-ent year (1904) the word ownership, as ap-plied to tenures in the Indian Territory, had apeculiar meaning. To protect Indian interests,white men (except licensed traders and thosemade citizens by marriage to Indian wives inaccordance with the laws of the tribe, or adoptedinto the tribe by tribal legislature) could nothold land, except as tenants of Indian land-lords. The fee to the land in all cases was inthe Indian tribes, and even the Indian citizenhad only in a sense an occupancy right, owningthe improvements absolutely, and cultivating theland practically as a fee simple owner, butalways subject to future allotment among all themembers of the tribe. Within the past few years, agreements havebeen made between the United States and eachof the five civilized tribes by which the landsof such tribes are being allotted in severalty to.
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