COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES APR. 15, 1902

William D. Bell, Durant, I.T.

You are hereby advised that the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, after due consideration, has this day rendered its decision refusing the applications of William D. Bell, et al., for identification as Mississippi Choctaws.

Very respectfully,

T. B. Needles
Commissioner in Charge

COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES APR. 15, 1902

Elizabeth D. Bell, Durant, I.T.

You are hereby advised that the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, after due consideration, has this day rendered its decision refusing the applications of William D. Bell, et al., for identification as Mississippi Choctaws.

Very respectfully,

T. B. Needles
Commissioner in Charge

COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES APR. 15, 1902

Horton & Johnson, Attorneys, Muskogee, I.T.

You are hereby advised that the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, after due consideration, has this day rendered its decision refusing the applications of William D. Bell, et al., for identification as Mississippi Choctaws.

Very respectfully,

T. B. Needles
Commissioner in Charge

COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES APR. 15, 1902

B. S. Johnson, Attorney, Tocopola, Miss.

You are hereby advised that the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, after due consideration, has this day rendered its decision refusing the applications of William D. Bell, et al., for identification as Mississippi Choctaws.

Very respectfully,

T. B. Needles
Commissioner in Charge

COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES APR. 15, 1902

Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.

You are hereby advised that the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, after due consideration, has this day rendered its decision refusing the applications of William D. Bell, et al., for identification as Mississippi Choctaws.

Very respectfully,

T. B. Needles
Commissioner in Charge

COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES APR. 15, 1902

Attorneys for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations

You are hereby advised that the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, after due consideration, has this day rendered its decision refusing the applications of William D. Bell, et al., for identification as Mississippi Choctaws.

Very respectfully,

T. B. Needles
Commissioner in Charge

OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS MAR. 4, 1907

In reply to the motion filed by you February 28, 1907, for a rehearing in the Mississippi Choctaw case of William D. Bell, et al., you are advised that the same is hereby denied.

The record in this case is not transmitted to the Department, for the reason that it is not considered that it will be needed in passing on the motion.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner


“The record is not transmitted—for the reason that it is not considered that it will be needed.”

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Source: MCR 879, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1902–1907. Every word above is quoted or closely paraphrased from the actual case record. — Touchstone, Earthly Hands Workshop