The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-25

country lay between them and the rainbow
land There were no Indians TO be seen
until after Willow Springs was passed, when
a wagon load OF bucks of the Poncha tribe
passed up the trail, who responded to the
shouts and cheers of those on board tne
train with sullen looks and gesticulatons OF
defiance, as not evidently pleased at the
coming of the pale face. Along the Pawnee
trail tho train also passed caravans OF BOOM
e~S wagons, many gong south, but some re-
turning towards Kansas Between Willow
Springs aud the Poncha agency somebody IN
the newspaper car discovered man riding
on the trucks beneath tie coach. I'M
mediately an effort to open up ne
gotiations with him were made, but
they resulted unsuccessfully until the train
stopped ut Poncha, when the adventurous
boomer on wheela was taken up into the
car, elected an honorary member or the
press association and furnished with refresh
ments out OF a bottle, which he drank with
relish amidst enthusiastic applaus4 He
gave his name as Harvey Sadd!er, and sald
he was born in Englanl, but had been IN
this country for nine years and had come all
the way from Seattle, Wash. to get toot-
hold in Oklahoma He was elected as the
representative of the London Times and also
as the mascot of the new city of Guthrie,
and to make the bargain sure it was agreed
he should have one of the best lots in the
heart of the city At the last station outside
of The Oklahoma Territory there was great
crowd of boomers who had forsaken their
teams and hoped to gain time by rail There
being no room inside they climbed to the top
of the coaches and the entire train, from
one end to the other, was lined with them.
TRANSFORMATION SCENE
In this way the line was reached about
1908 Before the late dead line was
reached and passed, however, the great
raAsformation scene had begun, and was
plain y visible 10 the watchers from the
train. First came came In view the white
topped wagons, gathered togethed in groups
on the level prairie or in the little which di-
versify the face of the country. 1t was at
once noticeable that the teams were not TO
be seen in any of these camps, and it was
plain they b ID been taken out of the harness
to be rode across the border by
the hard riders who were to locate claims.
little further on and this conclusion was
proven to be the correct one, for the ent1ie
face of the country, as far as the best field
glass could carry the sight. was oVeTrun
with horsemen gallOping to the southward.
Their tieeUest horses had evidently been
picked Tor the work and they were rying
tner riders rapidly to 5he lOnged-for goal.
The ride OF Paul Revere dWindles into OBJ
security beside the feat of horsemanship per
formed in Oklahoma to- day. Rides of fife en-
or twenty miles were made in N incredible
huOIG llIu0 ny O4u UOOLAS1S Iu4nI1LdA " I'LL lLC
country and who knew where desirable lands
were located. The day was cloudless and
far away on the horizon both to the east and
west clouds of dust could be seen ascending
from the hoofs of
HUNDREDS OF HORSES,
rushing toward different destinations in
most cases, but some of them toward the
same. One race Tor a goal could be easily
distinguished. The riders were apparently
evenly mounted: they were neck and neck
for mile or two along the trail as far as
they could be seen, and their eager and in
tense looks aud mercileSs ElaShings were
sufficient evidence of the prize they were
running after. One saddled but riderlesS
horse was seen galloping along the trail, an
omnous sign of some accident or fatality
which had befallen the rider Some men
were in charge of the horses, and
We're evidently riding relays toward the goal.
Out of the dust which arose toward The
| reached the summit Of high siding, Il
wagon caravan fully two miles in length
| ann which was being sped to the utmost
speed of irs horses These caravans were
plainly out-diStanccd by the horseback
riders, and after several miles of the terri
Cory had been traversed it was seen that the
best riders were winning the best prizes.
| One homesteader who htd secured mag
nitcent quarter section OF rolling land had
dug hole two or three feet deep at that
| corner of it where the surveyors section
was located, and where he had driven MS
| stakes, not looking upon these evidences OF
possefsiOn as sufficient