The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-01-07
Resolutions Passed at Ninnescah
Grange.
SATURDAY. DEC. "a. 1874.

SATURDAY, DEC. "a. 1874.
WHEREAS: That portion of Seslg-
wick county lying west of the Arkai'-
sas river, since its first settlement, has,
during the summer season, been made
the hcrding grounds Of numerous
herds of Texas cattle. which have re-
tarded and hindered the progress aud
prosperity ofthe settlers more than all
the other obstacles they have had to
contend with. These cattle have been
grazel on our lands, in close proximi-
ty TO our growing crops, hedges and
other improvements, thereby contin-
ually mcnccing the same. Thous-
ands of them being stampcded with
every storm, and the hcrders having
no longer any control over them, they
travel at will for days, doing irrepair-
able damage; whole fields of corn being
destroyed in one night, for which the
owners, oftcmtimes, don't receive one
cent of recompensc. but instead, are
subjected to threats, violence, insult
and abuse. That through these cir
cumstances we are brought into con-
f,ict with an armed horde of lawless
desprados. Our citizens have been
threatened and shot down on their
own thresholds, while in defence OF
their rights and their property, and
the perpetrators of these deeds mount
their horses and arc soon beyond the
reach of justice. That We have pur'
chased these lands for our homes, and
besides enduring all the hardships in
cident to frontier life, we are com.
PEELED to fight for their possession, and
to defend them at our peril, and
WHEREAS: The presence of these
Texas cattle in ovr midst, has depriv'
ed our settlers of one of principle
sources of revenue to the farmer
viz: tho handling Of native stock Will
their produce and increase, and tha
much of the present destitution ant
suffering is due to the fact that yer,
many of our settlers have been pro
hibited from bringing domestic cow'
into the above named territory, fol
fear of loosing them by disease. .Tha
of the native cattle brought here, il
the last four or five years, not les.
than five thousand dollars worth hav,
fallen victims to that malady known
as Texas fever, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That having quietly sub
mittcd to this state of things until the,
have become intolerable, we now pro
test against its further continuance
that we will use. every peaceabl
means TO that end, but come wha
may, we no longer feel disposed to tol
crate this curse ia our midst, and
RcsolUed: That we lin view of tn
fact that this qucstionis being agitate'
throughout the district of countr,
suffering from these grievances). TAX
the initiative step in the matter, ant
call upon our sister oranges, and farm
ers generally, throughout the count
Of Sedgwick, to come to our aid. ant
cooperate with us, in petitioning tn
state legislature to establish a 'bound
ary line" somewhere outside of tn
settlements, not further east than tn
western boundary of that tier of town
ships, designated as range three west
and that through Texas cattle shal
not be permitted to Craze east of tina
line, and be it
Resolred: That we would not de
tract from, nor interfere with th
prosperity of the city of Wichita, Lo
her interests as a point for shipin
cattle. That we view her growth AM
prosperity with pleasure. But if cat
tie must be shipped from that poin
we earnestly demand that there be
drive, or trail, laid ::out direct froH
the grazing grounds, to the point
shipping, and that cattle in transit b
strictly confined to said drive or trail
aud be it
Resoiccd: That a copy of these res
olutions be forwarded to each Of th
Wichita newspapers, with request t
publish the same.
ZARAH MCCLUNG, Sec'y.