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Pine Bluff and Helena are oe cotton
yoarkets.

INDIAN TERRITORY.

This territory is shared among five Indian
tribes, called nations. These are the Chero-
kees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws and Chick-
asaws. Many white men have settled among
them.

No nation has any power outside its own
portion of the territory.

_ These Indians have schools, churches and
newspapers.

Grain and cattle are raised in the north.

, SOUTHERN STATES.

Cotton is the chief product of the southern

part.

Ardmore is the largest town.

Tahlequah is the oe of the Cherokee

nation.

OKLAHOMA.

The surface is a rolling prairie, except in
the south. Wheat, corn, oats and cotton are

raised.
plains.

Great herds of cattle graze on the

Guthrie is the capital and largest city.
Oklahoma, El Reno and Kingfisher are grow-
ing centers of trade.

WORD LIST—SOUTHERN STATES.

(WESTERN SECTION.)

—_+o+-—_.

ARDMORE ard/moér Fort WortH
AUSTIN as!tin
GALVESTON
Baton Rovues bat/tin rdozh Cutan
BEAUMONT b6-mont!
BonHAM bén/am
Brazos brii!zos ae
Houston
CHEROKEES chér-d-kéz!
CHICKASAWS chik!a-saz LAREDO
Cuocraws chik!taz Lovisiana
CREEKS — kréks
i IMonroz
Daas dallas
DENISON dén/i-son ;
New Or .eans
Ei Paso él pals6
En Reno él ré/nd OKLAHOMA

wirth

gal!ves-ton
gtith/re

hélle-na
his!ton.

la-ra! dé
100-é-z6-i/na

mon-ré!
nti 6r/le-anz

6k-la-ho!ma

‘Paris

PonrtcHARTRAIN

Rio GRanpDE

SABINE

San ANTONIO
SEMINOLES
SHERMAN
SHREVEPORT

TAHLEQUAH
TRINITY

Waco
WicHITA

par!is
pont-char-tran!

rélo gran!da

sa-bén!

sin. ain-td/ni-6
sém/i-nolz
shér/man
shrév! port

ti/le-kwa,

trin!e-ti

walco
wich!i-ta

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gasin go; nasin ink; th as im thin.