, 1873-06-18
roop1c. fr!:cy built tho road with tllclr own
mems; they hayo advanced their Burvcg-partios
out OF their own monna; and thoy nro ahund-
unity nblo to continue tho process but


THEY WANT THE LAND-0nANT.
|, Mr.. Dwyor, tho attorney Of tho Company, re-
fused to Eiyo tho wrltor any. information on tto
sSN s5 o 9.rosa e oR, ,s to
anything "a to Tits particular roed, therefore wo
must havo rcoonrso to comparison to find ont
what is sought. The Miesorl, knnsaa ~ Ioaas
rocoiyoa grant Of 4,121, 400 aoros, or ten miles
on oach sido, In alternate ecotiona. shall 20
oyor-estimato II no set down, for tho 4bg milos
that tho Atlnntio y Pacific will run i IN inuian
tory to Tho Ta.olao Slope, tho Company has q
grant Of double tho abovo acrongo for at lenst
1900 milos, according to tho moht fayoraoio oeti-
nate ss No mnltpy y II The d S9'ea y
and tic result 10 - .-..-.--...
Yonry-nraur MILLION AonEs OF LAND;
which estimate tho writer Ia the moro prepared
pany Whilst doing III lie know to esoapo direct
answeru to plain questions, ono day foii Into
stato Of confusion, In which ho lot drop tho fact.
most tnadyoTanty TINT the 0on expected
duly noted down. and has not aoon the light until
to-day. It Is prizo worth striving for-48, ,000,-
600 acres but tho inquiry 80 far has not tended
to provo that tho Company is unable to build the
road out Of Its own profits, and on tho plodgo OF
It's own credit, Il it so dosiroa..
No1t, tho Missouri, Knnsas 4 Toxns Railroad.
Thin Company has earned ite land-gIanta BY
building its road from sodalia No., to Vnlta, in
n
to Dennison, On the Texas border. Having
earned its land-grantB It has received all tho
land Of which tho Government could convoy
title But 1t Inns 4, ,12l 400 aoros
IN INDIAN TERRITORY
yet to recoivo, Of which Government oan give no
titlo The land was conveyed to tho 1ndians,
aud tho Indians must consent to s trausfer be-
foEe tho Government can mako i. Tho Indians H.,
should G III thoy, % without lvalont Which nobody
oneYs-of which moro In another place. Tho
ohartor giving tho Indian grants WAS conditioned
on tho 1udian titlo being o1tinguishod. Only
Indiana, or paying anuuities OF something, or BY
q ligh-handod outragc, can deolare tho title Of
the 1utians extlngutsled. Congress can do so,
and havo The declaration enforced With NIL tho
that suoh oongrossmen rs would accept tho In
vite ahould be shown. tho country, and wined,
and fetod, and complimentod, and Impressed
with tho faet that tho red-skina can't kaop tho
h whites from settling tho
MORT MAGNIFICENT LAND
In tho world,-tor such, In truth 1t is,-any
longer or (,shRt they did not aay) keep tho AZ
lRntio Il paoido and Missouri. Kansas i Texas
out Of poBsoHsion Of tho 100000 odd aores
Tho Atlantic & Pacific, and tho Missouri, Kansas
& Texas COMPANIES row in the samc boat, aud
all that Was said about the former may bo said
about tho latter with equal truth.
We will drop the Houston To1as Central
out Of consideration from this point, It having
up with tho .......
rE1AB PACIFIC COMPANY.
Fancy 1t! tho southermost transcont!nenta1
limo In America, fod by and feeding tho entiro
| pany that has found money to buy up al tho
ohnrtore in the market that controls all tho
roads TINT can In any way effect It cast or west;
always barring connections with Chicago; . road
road TINT has spent 57,ooo, ,oQ0 in surveys, and
can command al tho capital 1t noeds, aud pay
tho interest out Of not ptoatBt Fancy It waiting
for o land-grans to be ablo to build This road
having, namely: 13, 600 acres outside OF
Texas; it also has bought the Southern
pasihS T., ana al 'ts gr9nt;s, and III lnos, e.
nTom" Scott, with half tho railroads in tho
United States; and bound to 1t Ia that other
Pacific road aud all it's connections; and inside
of 1t Is what they callcd, in tho Union Paci1o
Company,
! CREDIT MoB111En,
but which they cnll hero tho Texas Pacific Rail-
| road Construction Company. II they imagined
| this railroad to he commercial necessity, cor-
waiting for land-grants they'd bo; but the first
| Thing VIC should know would ho the acreech of
the locomotive that brought tho first trim Of
cars from San Diego. Il it iz not cqmmercisl gat
grants owned By Ills Company viii foot up, Il is
estimated %, 600, 900 aoreai n ALL
Tho Ia GOO, 900 acres that tho Atlantic d Paoif
ic Is eoeking, By making friends In GongreeB,
to eglsato away ,,fsg from nt tho s.1n Indians 4an
BY somebody. There ia no good In enppoaing
that tho indians arc going to give this land up
| without thoy arc paid for It, unless Mt tho point
OF the bayonot. Personal inquiry among them,
tho writer on this point md, even had Ao beon
| such an idiot as to suppose otherwise, he could
have entertained no doubts after quiet rnmblo
among them: good many Of the young
aomo young men from the Northwestern statos,
| including Illinois, who describe themselves as
very happy with their dusky he]pmatos, but ap-
prohonBlYo Of tho {ull-blooded Indians in case
| the land ia taken from them. There aro already
over $4,000 Indians in this Territory, and they
| aro coming in from all sides evory day, as fast
| aa Government can ferret thom out and send
them on: They arc from evory corner In tho
states, but chiefly remnants of tho oherokeo.
Creek Ohootaw, and Chiokasaw Nations, driven
| by the whites from Georgia and tue Caroltnaa.
Stray Indians from distant parta of Georgia and
tho Carolinas arc dropping in oye1y fow days,
| and they have beon aloWly coming In In this way
| for tWenty yenrs. It iB
| THE TERRESTRIAL rAnAp1sE
OF tho Indians. The country Is simply . lovely
picture, Respecting which, even playod-out
newspapor-haoh might be pardonod falling into
farms alongside tho ralroad outside tho 200 foot
they BY treaty. gave to the companiea and they
will object to bo moved from this Col Boudinot,
u 1l-educatod Oherokee who delivered Ice
tl1res 0ll over tho country on tho Indian queB~
tion, aud has strong feolingB on the subject
-boing tho ownor Of 2,600 acres in Vinita
which ho dare not visit for fear OF boipg killed
by the friends OF Ross, tho Chief Of tho Nation,
whose tribe killed. Boudiuot's father and many
Of his family, ,-is known at Washington; and ho
is trying to got 4 bill passed.
EITINuU18HINu THE INDIAN TITLE
and providing that oil sales Of land shall be &C.
counted for, the funds to bo applied to educa-
tional and public PURPOSES and the land
0 pagorp i rs no@naV oTnod 4 b. rbeo
and, by Internal arrangements, each man can
| appropriate all Ae can squat upon; but no has
| no individual title. Doudinot'a bill would give
each man, woman, md CHILD 1G0 acres, inaliena-
bio till 81 yenrB or age, after which ho or she
| might dispose OF 1t III whatever way ho or abe
felt disposed. All tho othor lands should bo sold
| for a.. 25 per aero. and thus they would get rid
at thu raifrnhd ditticnlfY hachusn aYerv anrn fhr