The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-21
STRIPPING n STRIP.
1xit Ordered ~ President Har.
riDoo.
0sIssed 1WAtvidssis CeWtieas . AsveVo-
Cavalry NsAsseA % he scsse-
No Trsskis Thssshs
lihsly.


No Trsshls Thsssks
lAhssy.
WARRINGTON, March i1.-The presi.
lent has issued the following proclsms-
tion.
70 whom u May Concssa.
The lands known - the Chsrokse Strip ere
not open TO settlement. the ttl peadins n
Congress and intended 70 provide Q civil
government for the country haovs - Otia.
homa does moi provide TOE opeaiNg the
Cherokee stIip or Outlet 10 ssssls0eat snd
has not - yet received the voss % The oWo
houses 1T Congress or the approval Of ehe
President
The entrance IL sstt'ss upos thsse jsp1s
10 Unlawful, n ell pessooe are hogoby
warsed agaIass entssisG thsssoa.
Whsn these Iasds shalt toeome opeu 10
sessiememt. promps 'psbt!s aesses viii -
my dssy u ssehI6s ail pssseas shsssirsm.
asd these vito eespR sSIaveuily wni sely
Involvs themselves % uspro1t sbjs sroobio
- they Will ~ tmnsdi eeiy removed
q BsnSAnIn HAaasooU.
Executive Mansion. Mar h %, iseA
AdjutantAlcneral Kelton tslegsapAeA
General Merritt st Fort IHavsHwoS&h,
keW., - . troops 70 aeceasasy -
with prudence, - heretofore, 70 OnSogoo
tho proclamation BY the President Seaar
tive 70 intruders upon the Coog0kce
Strip lands. The order II sent b Goop-
ton Of tho Secretary Of War;
Tho Prcsidcnt has appotnted sxSosn.
ator Cameron. Of WiscOnsin. Q uonbee
Of the Commission 70 negotiats Sbs the
ccssion 70 the United States OF The Cher.
okee and other Indian lands n the IN.
dian Territory, vice General Lucius
Fairchild, resigned. This appe1ot0oat
hlls tho only vacancy In the Commis-
sion. NJ
The members Of tho commissioa win
arrive In Washington within . few dayo
To receive instructions from tho Score.
tary Of the Interior. after which negoN.
ations with the Cherokees will b I'm.
mediately resumed.
J. II. Maycs, Chief Of the Cherokee
Nation, In In the city, having come here
for the purpose Of protesting against
tho Government taking tho Cherokee
Strip Tho news Of tho occupation Of
the Strip by tho boomers has angercd
him. and no said he hoped the boomers
would bo 1t once ousted.
NIriTARv MovEMRNTa.
FORT LEAvENwoRrii. Kan. March II.
General Merritt has directed tho com.
handing offccrs Of tho posts Ut Forts
Supply and Reno In the Indian Tori.
tory to send, with tho least practicable
delay, two troops Oi cavalry fro0 their
sesPective posts To the Cherokoe "Trip
and drive out oil t~rcSpxsscrM
These are all the movements that have
bcsu ordered from this department.
Tho four troops represent . strcngth Of
2+O men and . reach the points In tho
Strip within two dayA Tho supply
cavalry can reach there before that time
by forced march. This will likely b
done.
The only action taken by the Depart.
mont Commander waa 70 modify che com.
mandtng officers Of the poser named 70
hold their cavalry In readiness for an
emergency. This prccaution was taken
prior 10 tho receipt Of orders from tho
War Department Reports that tho
troops Ut this post aro under marching
orders are not correct No such orders
bare hCen issued and no such move 10
Ooutctnpsetcu W tucSo trOOpA
ROOMERs LEAVING.
ARKANSAS CRY. Kan, March i7.-The
yesterday was virtually IN.
changed, save that ~colonists wePo cou.
tinually leaving the Strip and looking
for other QuasterA
Reports from Caldwell and Hunne.
we'll state that thcre has been no OF.
element at either place during the day
the advent OF Q lev belstsd
settlers who had not heard the Mews
and wcre still looking for the promised
land. None Of Thorn appeared 70 b
greatly encouraged by the outlook.
The only break In the monotony here
was tho advent OF Lieutenant Charles
Dodge. Jr., Of General Merritt'a stan,
scnt from Fort Leavcnworth 70 asosr.
tain the exact condition Of a6aira.
Of tho situation Dodge
said: II an convinced reports have
exaggerated The number OF
boomers and would not place them
abovo 1850. I I'M also convinced
there src large numbers Of
these who will como out voluntarily
when they learn the conditions, but .
fcw will stay until ordered out BY tho
military. You may state with authority
that should TROOPS b. called out they
will not bc located st any border towua
but somewhere In the southern part Of
the Strip where they can make effective
patrol. IL 10 not the purpose Of the de-
partment 10 aid In booming any Of thcsc
border towns or ~ give couatenance 70
the reports that such II their plan Of
action"
Asy rAy with the PhVsW.
rWu.ADEiL'RiA. March iA-The court
1t cOmmon pleas has refused 70 ersnt
the Philsdelphis National lHaeus Club
IN injunction 70 restrain William Hall.
man from playing With the Philsdsiphia
PlayerS' League Club The Philadclphia
National lcagus Club claimed that
under he ''sesrsve rule" the club hsA
an option % Hs'lnsa's ssrvtcss Tor he
sessoa Of isso
ne ~ . nu1asssy ssssA