New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-20


II would be waste Of space to enter upon
Of IT. The proclamation Of the President mah'S
"res adjudicsta."
THE RICH LANDS OF THE "cHERoKEE OUTLET
As to the Cherokee ouaet,' however, It y an LEV
portant matter-important in view Oh the iarEe
Of settlers who will be unable to secure anns ID o%
boana imnortant in view OF the undsputed richness
OF the sol IN the outlet and important IN VIC" OF INC
spproachng conference between the CheroRees sa ne
Commission recently appointed by the Prendent 10
negotiate the purchase by the Governments Oh neeO
lands.
II Won look at map of the Indian Territory yon VIII
And that the Cherokee Outlet Is mario" seIp Va
land situated at the northwestern end Oh inc tes IL
tory and that It is about sixty miles WIZ %'u ~
n,Iles long II embraces an area OF 8o92244 Scres'
within its limits arc neither Indians nor White seue
uents IT'S surface Is rolling, with no great
and II fs vAtered BY tho CImarron River and me o'
Fork Of the Arkansas River. It's luxurious Sau i.n
,s,ss furnish excellent food, and its broad prar1os
and plains extensive ranges for stoch WIN W.
e,eut rainfall or proper irrigation fs naturauJ Io0
lands for farming purposes VIII E1VS s"' =. -.
have already told how the Cherokees came 70 %
.,,,ov.a from thsr homes in Georgia, and how they
-. o,,anb,ay se.ted IN their present reservation Dy
t,o.tv q, 1904 Tho second article OF this TRAY ann
hsccpent treaties as WE'LL guaranteed To the Chero
kec Nation 1000 900 acres Of land and perpe'u"
outlet west ard a free and unmolested use Oh AL w.
country wing west Of the western BOUNDARY Oh INC
600 900 acres far west as the Governne" ., 0,o
tIrI,ed states and thor right Of soil oxtend' when, III
,aoe ov,.nded only 10 tho IOOth meridian. On De-
cor,her Al 1898 a patent was Issued for ms tract
oover,na at that time l4,374.i3j acres. tito 'ho
,,dI, n, which few real estate dealers In this country
oast Of the Mississippi would probably dispute ino
western man. however. disputes Il In toto "neh nc
cores % contemplate these facts ara hgures ne sp"
qcts ND and humps himself and tea" the earth hho
SreNtpg brcnoho with tendcrfoot in the sahdc SnsH
~ 40 ,N,,rs rossoss all that land. while mcr who
xht Gov their country are asking for homesenhS' no
Asls Not II he can holp H. $500, ..
In Nav, lss3, the Cherokee Nations Oounc' pssso1
an act directing the principal CHIEF 70 ehoouW -
10 the Cherokee Strip Live Stock ASsooiaucH' ""'
,oseA ~ wealthy capitalists OF Missouri, hahsN A"'
other States at an annual rental Of Sloo'ouo' TOT
Inc purposes OF all the unocctpied Jana oi no
Irootee Nation fabout 5000 900 aoresl being ana ~
49,, -, =, IN. o7th meridian and west Of the ArkAhsaS
p,,or Tho lease was dated July B, 1888 ana was "
.vt.na frou1 octobrr 1, 1883, over perou Oh nNo
years IL expired In 1888, and has not Ueen ro"'
RAILROAD ENTERPRISE IN THE TERiuTOKf'
Than are the main facts, briefly stated, As rcearus
ncS.~o,,.o outlet. I now come 10 the different
Interests involved in the opening Of the country InSy
are:
1.-The Railroads
Q-The Cattlcmen.
3-The Indians.
S-The Settlers.
As 10 the Railroads: It may be safely asSuinn
that they are all irrespective VI other cohneuns IN
t.rnsts among themselves, In favor OF opening uS GU
tire Indian country ~ white settlement lhe no'o'
are 40 obvious that they need not DC cnuhora'ou h
indeed It has been asserted-aDd there sfo soUI
many facts tending to prove H-tpsa 'no ,r.~
we're backing every attempt TO open the lndlsh Ior
,,ov from the earliest raid into Oklahoma undertaken
IN Anril. 1890 by Payne and his followers 10 inc
snssnodIo efforts Of handful OF boomers al Hohs
tho limo of the Territory within the last SIX months
PAYNE IL has repeatedly been asserted was up W Tue
date Of his sudden death, In the pay OF The oh Az
,ano and Pacific now tho Frisco. road 1t has never
.. .on,r.d,ctsd and may mako Of that celebrated
| boomer figure much less heroic man u hiRh'
o,hsr,Vise have been perhaps In the same category
must be put Harry Hil, Payno's chez heuteuAh'
and successor who secured contract from inc oan'S
Fe road 10 build section OF the new ROAD ailer no
had rcpeatedly been driven by the soldiers ou Oh oh
laboma There are others Ike Couch ana oSooro
and panee Bilp who do not by any means enjoy the
esnect which is paid by tho average boomer 10 the
memory Of David L. Payne. In fact only yesterday
heard An old boomer in camp on tho banks OF tho
Arhansas River near hero, alude 10 these gentlemen
az a lot Of splndle-legged dudes' All this does not
alter the fact however that without them' whether
thew were In the pay OF the road OF not tho setuers
/ are stretched along the nno OF inc ihuiah
Trrrory would be far ever removed to-day froni
| seeing the promised lahu % ue' "''' ~" ''~''
! ago.
Railroad enterprise Is rapidly opening communities
tion with ALI parts Of the Territory. division OF the
| Atchison. Topeka ana Santa Fe Railroad from this
point runs south TO Gainesville, Tex, through Okla
| homa proper The Southern Kansas division OF thls
sam. road leaves the Kansas line at Kiowa runs across
the northwestern Of tho Territory, extending
| PAM
| structed TO FL Paso.
The Missouri, Kansas and Pacific runs through tbs
| Territory along the valley Of the Grand and AT
kansas Rivers, 10 Fort Smith, ARK
Crossing the limo at Waggoner, and following tn
Arkansas River, tho Kansas Arkansas Vaucy, htu
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad is extending its lin
| 10 Arkansas City
Two branches of the st. Louis and San FrancIsc
Road extend from Carthage, Mo-, into the Territory
One will go right through Oklahoma proper, via For
Reno aud Darlington, and strike tho proposed Al
antic and Pacific near the Canadian River. tn
other enters the Territory at Fort Smith and passe
into Texas through the Choctaw Nation.
A division OF the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Roa
enters the Territory near Its northeast corner, rur
ming through the Cherokee Creek and Choctaw nation
In a southwesierly direction, and strikes the Tcxa
line at Dcnison This line travorses tho great cos
fields OF the Territory at McAlstor, which have bee
lately so prominently mentioned In newspapers as q
object Of legal conventions.
Tho Rock Island Road is building two importan
branches, ono extending from liberal Kan, throus
NoAians Land 70 Texas, and tho other Southwestern
from Caldwell Kan, TO Wichita Falls, Tex. throng
the Cherokee Outlet" and the reservations of tn
Cneyonnes and Arapahoes, wichitas, Kiowas an
ComancheA
The Atlantic and Pacific also proposes 10 cor
struet line following tbs Canadian River, unnIp
eaat and west along rs north bank
4 70 NAV ho confidently expected that an thesa prea
interests are not going to permit grass grow undo
their feet IN securing speedily possible the oper
ing 10 settlement Of all land held by Indian
Stoh they use neither for agricultural nor for hun