Cherokee County, OK, from The Advocate, 7/20/1872
Cherokee Co. OK Archives 
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The following was transcribed from THE ADVOCATE, Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, 


U. S. CAVALRY

July 20, 1872-The Cherokee Advocate-The Arkansas City Traveler says that a 
portion of the 10th U. S. Cavalry have been stationed long the State line 
to keep out intruders and to removal all who have settled therein.  
One company under the command of Capt. Vandervills, have camped on the 
Canadian and will patrol the line from the east side of the Big Beaver to 
the Neosho River.  
Another company with Capt. Walsh in command has camped on Deer Creek and 
will operate from the west side of the Beaver to the 100th Meridian.  
It is the intention of the Government to remove all people and to keep 
them out.  
For this purposed Major Martin has been sent along the line, with a proper
escort and authority to enforce the law.  Mr. Martin is a kind-hearted, 
whole souled gentleman and has done everything in his power to accommodate 
the trespassers in removing.  So far, he has had no trouble whatever and 
we hope the settlers will have respect enough for the gentleman to do as 
he has suggested.  His duty is an unpleasant one, but the order must be 
enforced.  On several occasions where the settlers were too poor to move, 
he has furnished them with flour and bacon enough to last them until they 
could reach the settlement. Most of these trespassers settled below the 
state line not knowing where the line was and inasmuch as the treaty of 
1866 specified that the state line should established within that year, 
we deem it no more than just that the Government should pay all damage 
done to the settlers by their removal.  If the government had fulfilled 
its contract, there would have been no trespassing.