Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-16

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water for oil purposes or farmers and ror mining
The son continues Of IN excellent quality and
s,istains lseavy vegetation In addition to the
advantages Of rich soil good timber and water
which everywhere abound near the mountains
thus far upon our route, may DO added that Of the
great salubrity of tho climate
We encamped this evening upon a swift running
brook. Following up the brook found Its source
In q most lovely valley. This valley. which Is In
| closed on threo sides by lofty and rugged mount
| aims, Is mostly covered with heavy growth OF
timber OF very superior quality. The trees,
which are oak, are large straight and tall, and
arc tho best suited to the carpenters purpose Of
| any have ever seen west Of the cross tm6ers
The soil here possesses great fertility, and the
whole valley teens with exuberance OF vegeta-
ton.
Like descriptions are given OF the greater
part Of tho reservation named, md the area
Of the reservation is 2,06S, St3 acres
It appears, further, that the land in the
Cheyenne and Arrapahoe reservation is al
most us good, IL not quite There Is less TIM
Der in this reservation than In the other. The
northwestern part Is subject to drought, and
is much better fitted for stock ranches thnn
general farmR All Of Oklahoma proper mp
pears to DO OF good soil-some OF it rs OF the
best quality-savs only the two eastern tiers
Of towns, which are simply valueless for
farms
The Cherokee outlet Is on tho whole not
good for much besides stock. Tie ranges are
excellent East OF the longitude of Kiowa,
Kan, the soil Is fertile, but the water In sum-
mer is particularly bad Very deep wells will
be needed II that Is TO DO settled
The Usage reservation, according to @. W.
Palmer, an educated Cherokee, to whom the
reporter talked, is very rocky.
West of the Kiowa's longitude the Cherokee
strip has great beds OF salt right on tho sur
face and is elsewhere fit only for grazing. It
is subject to tho hot winds and droughts.
OF No Mans Land The Sun has already
told. There Is both good and bad land there.
but the best OF that land is not to DO chm
pared with the Comancho reservation.
The climate Of the new territory is every
where superb In fall and winter. In spring
and summer tho future Oklahoman who
lives in the valleys Of the Cimarron and Ca
madam rivers will carry quiuine pills in his
vest pocket. Fever and ague abound as the
doubling eastern reader may determine by
visit. Very few OF the boomers will admit
the truth Of this statement, however Else
where the settler will find tho climate of the
new territory excellent the year round, while
in tho Comanche reservation 1t is simply de-
lghtful
Tho mineral wealth Of the territory Is
scattered about irrcgularly When The Sun
reporter made known his mission here, IN
elderly boomer took him to one side, and
lrat I,ao ~ sail.
Look at thotl soc tho gold. See this;
feel the weight How much silver In thnt
piecei"
1t was FOOLS gold, and the other piece was
very beautiful specimen If galena, which
may or may not have had o truce of silver in
1t. That galena, in lirge quantities. is to be
found in the ridges of the eastern part Of
Oklahoma proper mead not be doubted. Coal
will be found in abundance in the valley Of
the Canadian. @. w. Palmer told the re-
porter that he once washed teaspoonful Of
gold from double handful of loan scooped
up In Oklahoma proper. He was not telling
just where.
AS to gold and silver, however, there are
government reports The late Gen. Sheri-
dan, In a communication dated Chicago,
May s, 1879, says:
In letter to tho general Of the army, Sept 30,
1875, notified him Of the existence Of deposits OF
gold and silver In the western end OF wichita
mountains.
Capt. Marcy, in his report previously
quoted, says page ~:
The mountains at the head Of the creek tOtter
creek have abrupt, rugged sides OF coarse, SOFT
flesh colored granite mixed with other graduated
igneous rocks Greensboro, porphyry and agate
n a In vplna rim ha al
In some pieces Of quartz which were found by DR..
Shumard there were minute particles Of gold.
In other parts Of the report, not necessary |
to quote verbatim, the existence of large |
quantities OF copper and iron ores is noted In |
the vicinity Of these mountains.
And yet everybody in the west Is headed |
for Oklahoma proper.
or Greer county, so called, being tho land
lying between the forks OF the Red river and
east OF the Tooth meridian, which may DO a
part Of the new territory In spite Of tho
claim Of Texas, and its present organization
rs Texas county, it need only DO said that 1t
is some better than tho Texas panhandle.
The view from Purcell Is a typo Of the
peculiarities Of the western part Of tho In
dian territory. The north bank of the Coma
dian rises TO bluff 800 feet above the yellow
sand OF tls river bed Red clay, red sand
stone and red loan. layer on layer, are piled
up, with a crown Of faint green gray grass
over ala picturesque knob, the highest
point for miles around. 1t Is not until the
traveller secs such bluffs as this that he is
fully able to appreciate the term broken land
which western people use. II looks as II 1t
might have been q ridge from which one side
lnd been cut away and the remainder had
ho,,h I'll " uf,lit lot.
,hasrns and gulches, with precipitous blood
ed sides The effect on novice Is startling.
At tho foot OF the cliff there Is a narrow
meadow land. Then comes tho broad belt of
elbow sand, with here and there patches and
threads OF water, that forms the river bed,
With fringe Of scraggly trees to mark the
urther bank. Beyond this is another narrow
,rassy bottom land, and then begins the
scntlc slope that rises and swells In countless
and knobs, league on league, to
ho ragged line OF the timber covered ridge
hat marks the horizon. Everywhere trees
md shrubs dot the knobs and valleys, or
tretch away like hedgerows, or spread out
n clumps and groves that look In the hazy
distance almost like cloud shadows lying on
he yellowish brown prairie grass
Even tho stolid Chickasaw Indian, who
goes to this bluff on the Canadian
md gazes on the scene spread out before him,
5 compelled TO express his admiration. Open
NC his lips, he says:
Oklahoman-beautiful land.
This towering bluff on the banks Of the
Is the Mount Nebo OF mighty
lost Of homeseekers, and 0klahoma-the
)hickasaw term for pleasing landscape
is the namo Of their Canaan, which lies :
ust beyond the sands Of their River Jordan.
Tho Santa FL has had n lima 4, o,,aratio,,