New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-04
KANSAS.
ANOTBER LAND CONSPIRACY.
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BE- Just one step be hind the Pro-Sayery men in se-
cunrg territorial advantages. Ii was 80 with tho
Del-W are 1rnst andsit is likely to be 90 with the
surplus Of the Miami and Shawnee lsnds; and nos
when cesson is Proposed OF a valuable portoa Of
the Delaware Reserve in the center If III, settle
ments and surrounded BY Prostate towns filed
,ih emigrants ceslTOus al hndlDg good places II
.,.tlsn ept conspiracy, as fraudulent it is high
handed and rsmorseess, hopes to pluck the rice
mutt. Iwrote 81 account Of the proposed cessloa
of fen or twelve miles from the western end Of the
Delaware Reese rye by those Indians. A great dead
of ignorance as 20 the precise locality of this tract
vas eugendeIed by defective maps. When II was
reported that the ProSayeTy men from Leccmp-
ton were goirg oil these lands. aud that tho Indian
Agent also Pro-SlaveIy, refused to drive them on.
many Of the FIee-State men went over and located
claims. But they had DO means vi ascertainng
where the eastern line of the tract 10 be sod lay.
Il was considered that il would reach below
Lawrence on the Forth side of tie river. There
uaIy Of the FreeState Immigrants took claIns.
They txs ed the land for short distance 10 the
north of Law renee for the purpose OF taking IN
that direction but there they encountered at every
step foundations four little poles laid across
each otber-and the name of somebody, real or
imaginary. together with the notification that this
clsme was taken, &c.-the sense being mystic
rious and the photography on new prncipie. A
few of these star Ting facts beng thus evolved. and
tie remainder being wrapped in mystery which
evidently required clearing up, in company with an
active and rusty companion prepared Tor an ex-
plora,ion Previous TO dong SO, VISITED tbs SINK
Of political niquity to get items. To obtain theso
in reliable way was of course, difficult process,
recurring a thorough knowledge OF the peculiaritiss
of - aW and. Order" men. | learned, however,
that All orgsnization existed called the delaware
Land Associations" that the firm known ~
the aforesaid "name and style " had begun to
live and more and baye a being somewhere about
the 9th day of February; that the said Assoc
ciat;,n proposed that its members shall hold all
Of the lands TO be ceded, and that sit shall
defend them in the possession OF the same
seair ST all opposition and by violence if neces-
saIy. Said Association had received iptelli-
peuce from reliable eources" shat the treaty by
which portion of the delaware tract passed into
the hands Of the Government was made on the sec
ond day of March. / also learned that many per-
SOUS had taken claims before that date, and that on
The morning Of the third. before daylight. all tho
| ProSlayery men that could be got 10 and around
| Iecomptor, and even from distance, had COMO
over to the reserve in small parties, and taken
| claims in their own names and every other name
that they could think Of and that in this Wholesale
| WAY all of the tract to he sold was taken SO
secretly had al this been done that two messengers
| from Lawrence, who came up here 10 consult with
the Governor and the officials Of the Land Office
| about it, and 10 "see waat was the chance, re-
turned and reported the Delaware land story Ga
hoax" have been in this place twice since, with
ou, hearing syllable about 1t, and might have been
here again without learning anything further By tho
common coarse ot events.
Being DESTROYS of knowing how far this Assoca-
ton had pushed all empire which It so blantIy
prOpOsed TO hold by fire ana swOrd, have just re-
turned from two days ramble over the debatabs
ground That investigation has fully convinced mo
uf the truth of all aseertaned, and has left deep
impression as to the foresight cunning and mplacs-
be determination Of the Pro-Slsyery men.
il is supposed thattwtlve miles square from the
the western part of the Reserve has neen conveyed
| to The General Government. The Reserve 10 not
twelve miles wide at The western end: but is more
than that at the eastern end OF twelve miles. Ii
| will contain upward Of FIVE hundred quarter-sec
tons or clsus, and is the very finest land 10 Kan
sas. 1t is abundantly timbrred and wstered.
More Ban one half OF the tract heavily timbered.
This ReseIve extends from point on the north side
of the Kaw River two miles above Lawrence to an
other point back Of the Kaw HalfBreed lands, five
miles west Of the mouth of the Grasshopper Greek.
| The GrasshOpper, which is almost a river, runs
| through il. its numerous tributaries and one or
two other streams which flow into the kaw run
through it. From its location, richness Of soil
and natural resources i. IL tract OF great value.
There ia abundance Of timber, and in the bed Of
one OF two of the streams We crossed We saw
indications of coal, the seams OF which are proba
bly, near the surface. Five miles northwest Of
LecOmptOn stands the ruins of mill built by tho
Delaware Indian who lives there. The dam has
been carried away by the foods, and the old mill
sits Like watching monument by the streams. Only
two Indians, this "man of the mill, and another
who reoices in the title OF " Half Moon" live on
the part said 10 be sold This semi-luDar dignitary
entered distressing complaint about the white
mans who had squatted on his lands. IL was
his farm, he said he wanted them to sell all the
other, but not his farm"
Along all of these creeks and streams the four
log uIdatiOns " were thick as milest0nes on Q
railway. Go where We would we came upon them
silent indications Of the conspiracy. It's finger
marks have been pat down suddenly and instantane-
Ously. Not squatter was to be seen The wo.k
had been begun and completed and here these shad-
owy fgments If fraudulent, inchoate title lay ia
ert, and will probably remain 30 until some actual
settler disregardng the farce, squats upon The land
when il is declared open and invOkes all the terrors
of the Associations bowie-knyes and reyolvers, 10
say nothing Of the Examinations Of the Rebellion Bill,
one clause If which makes il rebellion TO drive
"aDy part Of the citizens from their habtatOLs;"
which delicious section was evidently framed %
ueet the exigences Of this contemplated rascalty,
and al-o Of that on the Shawnee aud Miami lands.
The Pro-Slavery men report that they " have taken
FIVE hundred claims" This is probable for though
We found some prairie country and occasionally
little patch Of timber without the Border-Rufian
symbol Of appropriation, stil, on the other hand,
the - foundations were much too thick wherever
they W. re- two or three being On one claim in nsuy
instances. Ills had been the result Of ignor-
cree or mistake. beard that the Associafi'n.
to remedy all such difficulties, bad got out
surveying party. We found that party
busy at work, subdiviong with chain aud
compass. These worthless from this place;
among them ex-Goy. Ransom of Michigan, who be-
logs to the Pro-Sayery party here, sou, body and
br,ecbes ard who was carrying the chain IN em-
"a f.alal