The Forrest City times., 1890-02-15
FIGHTING FOR HOMES.
The Grca. Sioux Eeseryation Finally
 Thrown Open.

CHAMBERLAIN, S, Dal February 10 < T:e loud report of acannon this afternoon startled the crowd of people camped here awaiting an opportunity to get upon the Sioux Reservation lands. which turned ont to he the signal for crowd If tawa.sife boomers who were secrctcd in the heavy timber iu American Island to get upon tho coveted bottom on tho west sae es the river.
 Immediately representatives Of the vari nus combinations sent here for tho purpose of securing this tract werc in motion, and teams with loads of lumber were at once started on 2 dead run across the river but il was evidently plain that tho loeai town site boomers had secured an important aa- vantage hy reason of their closer prux unity to the laads. II waa grant, sight, viewed from the high bluffs on tho cast side ef the river. to see the teams with their great lumber loads dashine aeress the river on dead run, up the bluff on American Islaua. and finally being lost so sight in the heavy timber which covers the island. md sever. al thousand people gathefsd oa tue h'uff to see as many more take position in tho ex citing event
 The Indian police 10 tho number of near ly ino had been paced as guard to pro vent any premature invasion. bat they stood dased and helpless as they viewed tho great and irresistible rush far tho rc- servatiou X most novel sight was tho moving of large building, under which had been placed heavy timbcra and wheels This, like the other wagons was pulled across tho river by ralloplng horses
 IL took but "A few minutes for the several sections on the valuable bottom 10 be liter ally covered with claimants, and it will take score of Philadelphia lawyers Co solve the problem as to who arc the rish.ful owners.
 While this rush and conflict was going an for the bottom lands many other intending settlers rushed promptly into the uplauds and began at once the erection of houses, and there prepared io defend their rights as against later settlers, detcrmpedly guarding against any invasion of their lands
 United States Marshal Frey and lndlaa Agent Anderson, assisted by deputies aud Indian police, were soon at work vigorously attempting to quiet she invaders ln the absence of any word from the Secretary of the Interior However, tho forces at their disposal were entirely inadequate to the re qutrcments of the occasion aud while many werc notified and escorted tn the river thcrc was not a largo enough force 10 keep them there, and they quickly returned to their claims Al tho time of sending this dispatch tho efforts to eject have hecomc decidedly feeble as II was impossible to ae. complish any material. To night the set. tiers will eneamp on their claims, If 1t should transpire that the proclamation did not name a future day for the openng, claims of settlement would undoubtedly hold good, regardless of the fact that claim ants were ejected.
 The local town -sitcrs who got the advau tage of the other boomers for the posses. sion of the town site, have arranged for representation in nearly 70 different branches of business. Inside of 4s hours the buildings will have been erected and everything in running order, with pop ulation of between a,o0o and 9.0No. The great difficulty with them will be in thcir inability to transfer and give titles to lands It Is fortunate that the proclamation came at this time as few weeks later crossing would be dangerous. With tho river filled with floating ice accidents would certainly have happened.