From The Advocate, 5/7/1886
Cherokee Co. OK Archives 
Copyright c 2004 by: Fran Warren [alverson@valuelinx.net]
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The following was transcribed from THE ADVOCATE, Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, 
May 7, 1886

CLERK'S OFFICE,

Seqyouah District, Cherokee Nation

To All Whom It May Concern:

Parties obtaining permits from this office made under the laws of the Cherokee Nation, 
are hereby warned to renew them within ten days after the expiration of such permits, 
or they will not be renewed. Also all persons having white or colored laborers on their
farms without permits are requested to take out permits for them without delay, or they 
will be reported to the Solicitor for prosecution, and the non-citizens to the 
Executive Department of the Cherokee Nation as intruders.

Given from under my hand and Seal this 30th day of March, 1866. E E Adair, Clerk 
Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation.

DOTS FROM DELAWARE

Last Friday, April 23rd, Tome Prather, living on Cowskin Prairie, shot and instantly 
killed a man by the name of Nale. From information, gathered from various sources, 
the circumstances are about as follows: Nale was a permitted man, living on Prather's 
place. Tuesday, previous to the killing, Nale, while passing Prather's house, heard an 
unusual noise in the house and going in to see what it meant, found Prather beating 
his wife. He, Nale, prevented him from further maltreatment of his wife, and rebuked 
him for thus treating a woman. Nothing further occurred and Nale left. On Friday 
morning Nale riding along the road near Prather's house, was shot and instantly killed, 
as above stated.

A little girl, some 13 years old, was passing near Prather's house and saw Tom slipping
on his hands and knees to a little house in the yard, and about the same time saw a 
man riding, passing along the road. In a few moments she heard the report of a 
fire-arm and saw the rider reel and fall from his horse. The citizens were incensed 
and for a time it seemed that Judge Lynch would take jurisdiction in the case. Marshal 
Wilkerson was soon on hand, however, and took charge of Prather.

The male portion of this Prather family have been failures as to being peace-loving, 
law-abiding citizens. There has scarcely been a time since they landed in this Nation, 
in questionable shape, that they have been in accord with peace and good order. How 
pretend to say, nevertheless, trouble and confusion have followed in their wake from 
the day they landed in this country.

DARK DEED UNEARTHED

A few days since one of our citizens while plowing up some ground near the house, 
where he had recently moved, tore the top from a box, buried in the ground, and 
supposing a treasure had been found, an examination was made. The box was packed full 
of dirt and when they reached the bottom, to their utter astonishment, the bones and 
two skulls of infants were found. They evidently were twins or infants of the same age.

It is well known who had previously occupied the house and the circumstances go to 
show a most revolting deed has been perpetrated by someone, and call for an 
investigation by a U S Marshal. Pomp.