Kansas weekly herald., 1855-06-15

1nlcatlon from Ne 1syon, fssa who, we be-.
1Eeve. Is an ofEcer Ia the %. s.. Army, )
with much pleasure
4 E6RT 1Ek3ENwoRrH,
June II, 1855.
/ EDIroRs Kansas HERALD,
i s ::-szss1 effef-haying been made:
lin your last number, stating that Pawnee
has been ascertained, beyond doubt, to
be on the military reservation, { meaning
of course the Fort R Hey Reseryation,) 1
ideemit properto make correction as early
as possible, for.the benefit of the public,
land those interested, as also due TO myself,
4 asonesof the officers of the 9. Pawnee AS
fsociation, " whose names are signed to the
notices of that town. upon. which the pub
lie has more or less relied T accor-
dinghy ask of you the insertion, IN your
Inext number, of the following statement,
illustrating at the same time your CROP
land the probable cause of it. Col. Mnt-
i gomery, in command at Fort Riley had
authority to designate and report to the.
War Departments suitable resere Tor the
military wants Of the post, and had
contemplated reserve which would en-
brace the site of Pawnee. when: appliea-
ftion was made and he assented, in writing.
to exempt the site for Pawnee from the
Preservation.
i But before the organization was effected
to take up Pawnee as a town site, it was
agreed with Col Montgomery, that the.
Preserve shouts Be ifi,g.i.s n lie North by
1.-The town, aGd aIoyd 81 sStand around It,
land it was on this express condition that [,
and believe others, joined the Pawnee
/ Association. And before any survey Of
Pawnee was made, or other occupancy of
Iii as a town site, had, by direction of
Col. Montgomery, surveyed and marked
is one mile creek" (Which lies between
Pawnee and the Forty as the boundary on
that side of the reserve. Claims were
now Immediately made outside one mile
creek, and around Pawnee, under the i'm
preston that they were not on the reserve,
and among others, four Dixons settled on
what is called /" three mile creek" creek
about three miles distant from the Fort.
and though threatened for a while with
military expulsion, on account of a difficult
ty with one H. A. Lowe respecting the
claim, they finally upon settling with Lowe,
took possession with consent of Col. Mont
gomery, and his assurance that they should
| not be disturbed, and went on to build a
house, and 1.-TWO being married introduced
therein their families. Subsequently,
however, Col. Montgomery caused a sur
vey to be made for the reserve beyond and
around the Dixons, and drove them off,
causing their house to be torn down, and
other Improvements to be destroyed, upon
which the Dixons made complaint, setting
forth In an affidavit the circumstances, and
that the claims before mentioned, lying be-
TWEEN them and the Fort, were exempt from
the reserve, while they, more distant,
were treated as above described, as being
on it. This caused an order for an inves-
legation, and Generals Churchill and
Clarke, who were ordered upon this mis-
sion, had also authority to designate the
reserve for the Post, and as the idea arose
that Pawnee and other exemptions could
not be excluded, and the Dixon claim re-
tanned In the reserve, the impression was
: more or less entertained, that the Board
would disregard them all, and thus the
report no doubt circulated, in the language
of current phrase, that they would ''ssrnash
Pawnee" "a. 49,
They have, however, determined upon
g one mile creek" as the boundary, leav-
| ing out Pawneea and of course the Dixons,
from the reserve.
am aware that the matter above re-
ferred to, has formed the subject of remark
with the public, imputing to the officers
! at Fort Riley, the clandestine scheme of
taking up part of the government re-
serve for town, and enriching themselves
| under cover of Government authority,
used against the e poor DEVILS for whose
unprotected and helpless condition it was
there instituted and have noticed in
the public press in connection with allu-
sion to matters in Leavenworth. the state
ment, thar hen friss,dsss 6eIt Hiley were
III t,le sane oczleiss5iFt@ aaiG 5a-lS.5, In like
manner receive tie a-.eill-sl o. our re-
spected relative {" Uncle Sam.
i In view OF this, and what considered
the injustice involved, brought these mat
tiers to the notice of the proper authorities,
and awaiting their action, I do not deem it