Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-07

fall him on the journey thither, surrounded
by Indians, what would he find? Here and
there a valley on the streams two or three
miles wide, fit for agricultural pursuits, in
patches; billy land fit only for grazing, and
mountains; alkall everywhere; some good
tarantulas and Indians
till you can't rest. He would miss everything
that he was accustomed to in his old home,
and find many things that he never had been
used to. Unscrupulous men, such as Car
penter and others OF his ilk, who by flaming
pronunciamentos induce people to go to this
lll-styled paradise, do the innocent settlers a
great amount Of harm, for who can foresee
the amount of suffering and privstion the
pioneer will be subjected to before he can re-
turn to civilization? So much romance and
fiction has been peddled about concerning
this land that those who have not been there
imagine that it is q paradise, and the richest
land In the Union, when In reality it is quite
the reverse. Do not feel mortified because |
dlsabuse your mind of this notion, for | will
only tell you the truth without prejudice or
partiality. With all these facts staring them
in the face, who can be soulless enough to
induce immigration into Indian Territory?
Who will advise Ignorant and conkding peo-
pie to 20 where they any day may be plum
dered of all they have, perhaps their homes
burned, where dear wife, daughter or sister
may be murdered, scalped or subjected to an
reckless as to expose those given to him by
kind Providence or bound to HIM by ties of
blood to such possibilities2 And who can
Vouch that the latent murderous instinct of
the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas,
Apaches, ComaDches or other wild
tribes that have reservations In the Territory
may not be at any time aroused by some
real or fancied wrong, and cause them to go
on the war-path and Unfortunately muir
der, burn or outrage the innocent settlers, as
they did In Minnesota few years ago, and
do yet In the northwestern Territories nova
days? What security to life and property
sides by the revengeful and bloodthirsty
hordes of the plaIns-the Indians? Even if
this was a rich country, and healthy besides,
it Is wrong for anybody to dispessess the
rightful owners OF the little land that the SUI
perior race has In good faith conceded to
them, after having driven them from their
possessions time and again. If it Is to be
opened, let it be done legally; but before any
body moves there let MIN carefully pick cut
his land and see whether it is safe to 90 and
reside there or not. 1t Is better to pay one
dollar and twenty-five cents for inferior land
than to take homestead of superior land for
nothing, where both railroad facilities and
good Communications can be enjoyed; where
good schools, churches and good society shed
their refining influence over the children, and
tend to make them respectable women, men
and good citizens? Cheap lands can be had
as well as homestead land in Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado and other States without 60
ing to hunt an igHis fatt!us In Indian Ter
Iitory that will lead to poverty and misery.
From my experience, advise those who have
contemplated settling as pioneers in Indian
Territory to look before you leap