New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-14
KANSAS.
OSAWKEE AND THE LAMB SALES.


From Our Special Correspondent.
LAWRENCE, X. T., Aug. 4, 1857.
| believe that our Government is the only one
that gives a systematic premium on lying. On
paving visit 70 Osawbee the other day. found,
upon investigating the modus operandt Of the land
sales, that truth was at discount, and ialsehOOd
and badly bypothecated affidavit' at premium.
Nor was this commerce in rascality carried on
under even decent cloak. 1t was barefaced lying
deliberate regeneration, and the more deliberate
and bsrefaced the more successful.
The whole of this sale Of the Indian Lands as
trust is a palpable humbug. The treaty has been
treated with perfect contempt, its terms openly
ignored, and the rights of squatter, which the
Commissioners profess to respect, have been merely
cover for high handed speculation and pesuatiOn.
In the first place the Delawares ceded this part OF
their lands to the Government as trust The
Government was to sell the land to the highest
bidder for them and hand the money to the Indians,
after deductiDg the necessary expenses. linen
souatrers went on the land, and the Govern
ment had either no right or no Inclination TO
put them of. To put up squatter's claim at auc'
ton it was found would not do An appraisement was
made which was merely an excuse to tag on some
twenty five or thirty per cent additional to the price
This is a tasOrite dodge of the compromise spirit,
and it was hoped would stop the mouths of the In
dans OH the one hand and the squatters on the
other Ore-half of the Delaware trust lands were
sold last Fail 1t is the remaining, or western por-
ton that IS being disposed of at Osawkec. About
one-tbird of these lands are taken by bona squat
tiers, the remainder by bogus sluatters. The
readers of TIE TRIBUNE know what "bOgus law"
is, let me explain what bogus sqnatter Is.
The claim Of bogus squatter IS still more trans
Al, thas tha nf n hoOus ahlinO He
is a miniature speculatOr-a dealer i'll squatter priy-
kgcs. There is very large class of these bogus
squaters on the frontier, and they make living,
scuo of tbem fortune by it. When new tract
of country is thrown open to settlement they rush
on TO il and pick out dozen claims, stick up lit
tie, bareiaoed apology OF shanty on each Of them,
and issue general Illumination OF wrath and curses
against the whole world in case outsiders should
dare to lump" any Of these selections. By aud
by a quiet, peaceable sauatter comes along with
his family. lie wishes to SETTLE but finds
that the pick claims have been taken: lie has
KitIe money and after looking ut the claims still ~
take. takes fancy for one OF those adorned by the
paddock of squatters shanty. Ii may be that &c
Is entirely ignorant Of the tricks resored 10 ny esc
claim.takers, or if he knows them he may tnlnk,
"weu. do not wish any trouble, and it would be
" better TO pay for this claim than 10 jump it. 30
he covenants with the bogus squatter: gives HIM
SlOO 5000 or $500 for the chim sometimes much
mere the price being regulated by the conscience oil
the bogus sauatter. In this way, u VIII be seen,
FIAT the latter individual is likely in the end to make
a pretty good thing of it. So systematic and COM
mon is this business that large class Oh persons
follow it. In case. however, the land should com;
in market before your bogus sduatter ms disposed
of oil his assumed privileges he has another task 10
perform. The law requires sundry afildaylts TO De
made and sundry things to Re sworn to. On this
popt there is rarely much difficulty, as your bogus
sauatter is willing 10 swear TO anything LIS
conscience is mobile in the matter OF aridavt', aud
if be has little glimmeriDg repugnauce against
swearing to deliberate falsehood be compounds
between God and mammoa by resortng " dodse.
Mr.. Eddy. the Commissioner TO sell these Deli
v,re Lands has resorted 10 singular mode of de-
tern,inc between real and bogus claims. Hundreds
a; c,aims were held, " pretended TO be held, Oh
these Delaware lauds by little shantes, resemonn!
Lighthouses more than any thing else 70 when
ccnh liken them. The squatter ID put through
new "shorter chatechism' AMI II his replies are
LOT satisfactory be taxed $40 additional for MS
claim. Let ME draw a picture Of t10 exaInina-
tiCns: 800, -, 80 $500
cltim, Sir =
A. "Yes, Sir"
Q. "How lar.e j, il !
Twelve by fourteen htt'-the SIZE the
sons,ter law requires although by 10 means closely
adhered 10. ..,,
o. :" Does your family i've on il -
( THAT is my residence, Sr'-tiodss.
o. "Uow much land have you under .ult. Sau"h'
SiIl'
A. Not great deal, Sir.
a. "Haye YOU window in your house
a Eyes Sir" He might have added htIy Of
them as il II as ul OF holes seve, but Il closer!
messed as TO whether there was any glass IN them
be, perhaps. could not be explicit.
o. lis there floor ;"
4. Yes, Sir" This is literally true, 1t being
eomposed of kindly 4" mother earth ne not having
built his shanty over the bottomless pr
This squatter Of course ge is his claim pays over lh
moth specuiator, any number Of whom aye present
and who, perhaps have furnished the money FOR The
- ., .nn,o mutually satisfactory a-TtDse-