, 1881-11-27
Sketch Of Capt. Dave Payne, Now
:. Settled on His Home
stead"
Fidelity with Which nc Has Up
held the Idea OF Col
OnizatiOn.
Little Probability Of tho Government Be-
ing Able to Legally Gust His
Flock.

| tile scout OF the Ct1ilafull, grew tho prujec
Known us the Oklahoma colony scllcinc
And that scheme is the settlement Of tht
ialnfs belonging. to the Government! Of tle
United States, Il vast body of fine ;lrable land
III the Indian Territory, I'LL the north fork ol
| the Canadian River. The project Of plant.
Ing d white colony in the very heart OF the
t Indian Nu,iUn WIS ut l1st regarded with in
difference and afterwards with absolute
| ridiculc: but to those who personally knew
| Can't. Payne. aud know !im It's I.c is, tlls
project Is not the dream of 4 fa1lalic. Tu
1en Payne is fostering no wild, lilihusterll.:,
| scl,elnc, nur lawlcsly <cfyin= tho Government
Of the United States, Capt. Payne is lli;lll
ut ability aud Legislative experience. -At one
time lie represented this county in the l.egis-
lHiun.
IlE IS y MAN OF EDUCATION
aud business capacity, and has al, acuuaint-
| ;l,tco bounded only by State lines. lie Is
thoroughly cnnvers;,nt with Indian customs,
manners, and warfare, skilled il, wooticraft,
:u1 tho pccr of:liy nlarksNla,t on the border
with the rifle. His courage ncvar was tiucs-
toned. lie is Il giant III stature ami Il mar
vel in strength. Such, then, is Il pc-;}icture
OF Capt. Dave Payne. Oklahoma" Payne
lis liz is now c:llcs-wl,o Tor years has nurscd
tlcuelli, aill given to the enterprise al Of his
tint, attention, ;llsd skill. During the War
. tho CAoctaws, Crecks, Scn.inoles, and Chca-
saw Indian tribes went into the Rebellion to
destroy The Union. In the months of -tprit
:1.d July, 1Hu, tho Government Of the United
States treated, with these Indian tribes. III
the treatics thcn ma.lc the Government init
lllatcd tkAt it desired la!.ls for the freedmen
tt;l
TIE GuyEESMESr PURCHASED
for that pu rposc what are HOW known as the
Oklahoma lands in the Indian Territory, and
paid therefor fro:u II tu 10 cents per acre,
and thereby extingltisllctl the lns;an title.
There are HOW llo freedmen, ail being alike
citizens Ut tho United States. Since the
treaties b, the t:over,l1nent and said tlibes
the CONGRESS of the United States. acting
Missouri, kutsas, and Texas, iif con1tection
with the civilized all4 half civilized tribes IT,
siding lit tile iutlian Territory, has constantly
legislatcd against the Introduction and sci
tIenent Of said wild Indians Oil the Okla
hon,a lands.
These lall}s are not within any reservation
by proclamation, law, or treaty, and are there
fore Government l:llltIs- subject to preCnp-
!iuIHcatCau AlIAN4 itEA VI Goo
Of September, 1S4l, and the Homestead laws
OF lSG2- =
Iii tile month of March, 1879; tile Oklahoma
Colony and Oklahoma Town Company were
formed i'll this city, with Capt. Payne as
President Of both companies.
IN JUNE, 1850,
Payne, with several companions, attempted
Il settlement OH the Oklahoma lands, having,
f,f,1
City OF Oklahoma, but was prevented by
United States troops, and Payne with his
five companions were taken prisoners to
Fort Smith, Arkansas. and there confined
by tile United States authorities for the
period Of thirty days, and afterwards, with
out any trial or punishment, all released.
iii the fall Of the same year Capt. Payne
lllade a second effort to settle on the oedctf
lands; but waS again elected BY tho Federal
troops, and confined ut Fort Smith for
twenty-six days. AT this time Payne was
indicted by the United States District Court |
of the Western District Of Arkansas. The |
indictment was found under Sec. 2,14s. of
the general laws Of the United States, which |
Is as follows: If any person who has been |
thereafter atany time return Or be fund |
within the Indian country. !e Shall be liable |
to penalty of 81 GEO." Upon the present
luent Of this Indictment Payne, by, his coun-
sel demurrer Oh Me ground t'1At t1ese
laIltis WelG t'o'el!l!lell ~ ia!isls; :ta no pAil
o. uie I1ialai1 country. ie Coult, noNever, |
)ferF1i1eu Tue uelluIel, put l.a9l,e hese1 "as
9fonGht 70 TRIAL. nor WIS ataytnln2 lurtner
lone III tl!e nl;tt1er. u0fuig all THIS tl1he
PAYNE WAS AT L..AHGE
and actively engaged in his colony scheme,
[m thr late fall vi 1SS0 Payne, with several |
;e,mhieI near Caldwell. MOI, the southern
'nrtirr nf Kansas. and ntfrn1,,tetI to cross the
urerrcuin, tiftv-niit. strit, ~ iutian rnnnfry
n fhe inuian TERRITORY between Kansas a1ld
he rc1ad iamis INT Vas rcstrainc,l by Fed
.reI trnous 3ftrr tjeIay Of several weeks
he c1uiIists ujsnr,,scu IT, thrir h,m,es. anI
,.,vnn ret1,rne,i r. Wichita. lint tn thf fuce
# Iii ti,nsn ,,i,starlas pnvnc n.rsrvarp,} u,,rl
iii tey1mctn1inns. has noy planted his cu!uny