The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-15

Natehitoohts, or Red river, then iolloWlhH
tho course Of the Rio l,oxo %eslwhI9
tn lie degree Of longitude one huh1Ieu
west from London and twenty threo Ito l
Vpv''t.''n,,'ous then crossing the said l,ed
Iiivcr and running Themes by Inc que
north 20 tue river Arkansas; thence iollom.
Ia, the course of the southern BANK OF Inv /
Hrgansas To its source In latitude lOfly,tWo
north. aud thence by that parallel OF lall'
tude to the South Sea. The whole ,peihBi
AS laid down In Melish's map OF inc uhl.e1
states, published nj Philadelphia, iIlpro'eu
TO LIST OF January, lolo.' .,,.,1 into ,he
linton she came Ia with her eastern anu
northern boundaries as defined Dy tn,s
treaty Al that period little was KNOWN
oC Inc upper Red River country, put
some thirty years ago II was eApioIeu uy
order OF the Federal goyernlnent, the nov
| illustrious General George ID. McOleilallu'
it,'i,, a. cantsin being one Of the engineer
mo corns Their labors gave to the country
The first definite knowledge about Inat 10,
calitv. and their locations were consiuereu
| concI,IsJve as 10 the boundary lines between
the United States and Texas; lmmeol,
ately after this large mum ger Oh Sltlz .Iu W
this state proceeded to ana settleu tio. "
locating Just west OF the lU0th meriuian, 40
tWrn;ns 1he field notes of their surveys
into the general land office at this CITY.
Subsequently it was contended oy some
ITnited States surveyors in the lnulah Ier-
ritory that Captain McClellanu aa maui
an error of about one degree IN estapllsh!ne
the Tooth meridian that much 100 lar W Jug
east. and they so reported 10 tnelr go'e ,tn
ment AS result Oh thl1 $3.50 hotb
nassed acts constituting joint commission ,acn
n rrn anew the boundary line. In leoo'
Secretary of the Interior Thompson SUE
pested TO Governor Houston that the
Texas commissioners should Co
operate with the United States surveyors,
Accordingly Governor houston plorl,p' -
annointed a Mr.. Russell as our cohinis'
sInnar with instructions to Insist on Ihs
north fork as being the main Red river ana
true boundary line in the treaty ol loIo'
i Mr. Russell made and reported his survey
the limited States commissioner haTlps Ie'
nlied to his note Of solicitation ior co,QPela,
lion that in the year preceaiIS ont t;S
States surveyors had run Tue nUVr from
ian on the part of their government ~ jii,
the main branch of Red river to POM
ehont half way between the Cahauial
r;yer and the North fork, ana thal
according to his instructions, ne WouIS
take up the line at that point, any MARI !,
the boundary then unhnlsheu' NoM, ~
will be noted that that survey M9 VIZ n1t :.
Nd Nv the Joint commission at all, but u
had been made simply by the Indian Terri
tory surveying party, who were lnleresVeH
;oiS vsandi1g The field OF their labors apd
their consequent increase OF pay; +; e a.
was no party to that survey, anu e. ., otn.
never was, bound by 1t. me U h,'eu o.av Si
commissioner in 1870 commencsu ms 20, mSt !,
at the point where he stated the loVtn
az SdE crosses the Canadian river
ia0or,ng wholly the Texas commissioner
odnntin9 as correct the line that had peeh
RIM ex narte, by the Indian territory sur
vevors. and these completely set ASIDE anu
at defiance, the clear words oil the uea'y
"the whole as being laid down on Me ISL
map" Now, this map Oh hfilsn ndprtL
seuts Red river as running from inc hol VI
and northwest, precisely as all the receh'
mans represent the North fork as running
md il ia clear that the treaty expressly con,
f;nes fhe boundary line to Red river, anu
MeIish,s Red river and this North iork u
one and the same stream' ,roa au
spoken of and meant IN tne s'; ;,J,'
Last year, however, the uniteu H.ai honsa nj
ciarv committee, In report W viz
representatives SAID: a.. .lo roetarn
1Rv this il will be seen that the western
| boundary of that portion OF the onl.eu
states living on and north of the Red river,
was said Tooth meridian, ana tnai
its southwestern corner was Whele sai ~,
meridian crosses the river; az tne ua hoo ",
y ,rs,eIv eSx5lored. and the fact was. ~
Il:
hranches nefore it reached said meridian
in fact, the very map referred 10 ID tne
treaty. makes the river continuous sure s.reai II,
and does not lay down 'the Norlh iorA al
all" ,,,t.helI is
Therefore the argument, in nlltshgi', y
this. If the North fork of Red river Is lnt
Red river named in the treaties ana rom t,l
which the line is to run due norm aI ,ne
lOoth meridian of longitude west rom IN
don, then all of Greer county Is rlshr,l ltny
included within the boundaries OF leA '..e
Bnt If the Prairie DogtoNn tork IS the river
named in the treaties, tnan that county DC
longs TO the United States. NOW, the eyi,
dence to an unprejud ced mind IS eo' ~ We
tbat Melish never meant anything else tnall
than this North fork, laid down as stream
without tributaries until it passes the lols Isl
meridian; 1t is the only one iald Gown oI
his man or any other one, or ever kioW !,
IN surveyor or traveller, until Marcy, IN
1S52. discovered the Prairie DogtoWh lorh
and designated it as the North tory upon n
his map since thirty-three years after tne
conclusion OF the treaty when the streltn
was not known OF. Hence the existing
confusion and conflict. H.
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