Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-03-25

Payne was the pioneer in the move
/ lnent 10 tdae posseseion oI tncse ull
occupied iunds. lnere Is no Ie.sOn =
| Deliefe mat ne hau any Ieai ln,entio..
To live IN Okiaholna. but Ia the a., .t'.-
lion vi Tie nlat,er, there was giofy III
the klnu tie auveutufer loves, anu,
wnaL WIS beller, IL sHaay Income, lUr
ali colunlsls We're cUnhibuturs. IlOD-
ABBY, III ills Ialnd, PAYNE rcJulceu veiy
uucn over lie opposition lie encoun-
tered. n Ere iuentiai prucialna ion
was WORTH iDoueauds 10 Hin. iIC
began his booming business ~ 1910
ana Sum- tiiIc ueiore lie died, nc toiu
t,en. Hatcn tnal 1t Lad DIen moftn
,6U,UUU 20 him.
rI.siuont niuSs issued plociama-
ton III 1919, declaring ,he INVASION Va
Ohiauelna laM.eas anu oidciins ever,
one out. PAINE, as ,hc Ivauci, Was
arrested anu taken lo futt onii,n,
udge i,al ker oI The feueral Cur,
lliiea INN $1,000 Tor vioiatiun vi TIC
unIted States statutes. ne Juu.c
delivered u decision dcciaiiug tha'
these lands Mere hot subject 10 se,pe-
inent, anu IL Was an inlriDEtlpenl OF
The section. forDidding while men to
settle III The lerritory, except undct
certain conditions.
IL Will surprise those who have not
followed the history vi The bJun.er,
cioseiy 10 learn tidl this ~as the o.Iy
ksetl,eluenG Payne ever maze Ia Okia.
Aoina. lie was always Oh The way to
tint PROMISED iand Tor rlve Years ALTER
tl,i.t nrsl Experience, anti ievicu oIi me
Wouiu-be coiuhnts Will great regd.ai
itf, bu. never Asut.
Laa sunluer' fay ne moved over ,i;t.
boruer but uiu mol 81 u Oklan,Auia. he
stopped iu The Cherokee sirlY, es.SL-
llsn,nga COLONY nj koch t',i,s. The
treaty with the Chriokees is lu1re Ca
pilcu apu does MOI i'oihiit oI any cou-'
s,ruciipu, under wuich wDue settiers
coulu pr.teud 10 nave ANY rights. Tic
Government, IL WAS rotiueu, snou,u
have The right 10 locate frIeuuiy InuI-
ans on The Cherokee land N,sl VI 10.
The terms ui such settlement were mai
l. Tue ainOunt o. land ~. De laktn should
| be suilicicnl TO give each lndian l0v
acren vi land W Ue held III sevcralty, or
/ IN tribal Tract. Inc price Ui the ianG
WAS to he fxed by The CnerOkecs aud
the tribe moving III, aud IN case I'll uls
agreement the uvvernnicnt WIS 10 ar
burale. Ii Is OF course Understood
that the Government has, AL along,
dpne uanhinS uuslneso Tor The luul-
ans. When. tiiDes gave up reset Vations
oi valuable land III lie oiatvo and went
into lhe Territory, they received INC
pubic entry prIcc OF mai lett benllu
and paid "niy Tue stipulated cosi in.the
new RESERVATION. Inns always lei,
inein Win u handsome balancc III The
haAas VI the Government. nus unoc.
cupled land III the slrIp belongs 10 tue
Cnerokees. he Government has no
tItle III il, although in carry ing oui tue
arrangement 10 purchase Tor oLnc!
tribes there has been PAID the Cheru
kces the sum OF $35U, 100 on strip lahu
Which has never Deen turned over.
1t was ,ia acl vi nurliliIoua TN Pay hes
part TO stop on the strip. He had no
rights there anu he knew IT,. The NIL
itary ran hun oil,
There he WAS indicted foyconspiring
to 70 into Oklahoma, but was coatin
ualiy taking about IL and coiieotlng
his. colouists on the kans..s bor,ier.
This action. brought Pay ne ana tnoso
conneciec with him in The alleged con-
spiracy before Judge fus,er of The
Federal Court in Topeka. He decided
at first verbally thai the in0lcinleis
would not hold. Planning 10 go into
Oklahoma Was mol Il crime or an oileuse
although The acl OF golns called Tor a
p, nelt This holding Of The Court