The Anaconda standard., 1890-03-15
THE INVASION BEGUN
Twenty Thousand Settiers Pass the
oorder and Ara Now On the
Long Coveted lArd-Much
Excitement Prevailing.

KANSAS CRY. Kan.. March i4.-Thc ~
ception of the news Of the passage through
the house of resentativcs of the bill
cxtcnding territorial government over the
Cherokee strip together with the Oklaho-
n,n territorial bill was received here ny
TIN Cherokee boomers with great Joy.
This morning rush for the strip was
u,nG1r by n thousand or more families com
grcoAtcd between here and tho Indian ter
riorey hsic. Intense excitement prevails
among boomers and they are determined
20 stake claims regardless of opposition
by che military.
CALDWELL, Kan, March iA.-Eight hum
Ss, @s ~ ,nnp o, ;n, ~" ,ri sSs nm S,,.w aHvs
Cupsain Burbank of the Omitted States
army tried to dissuadc them, hut they told
him 'hcy would go i'm IL they had tn light.
Burbank has tcieeraphcd for rcinforcc-
nlents.
AsEANsAs CRY, Kan. March Ia.--t is
.olliers from Okl:.hom City Is alreasly in
tlbe "trip waiting the advance of boomers
and that a spccia! train bearing reinforce
coming. The rush of ali ciasscs has con-
pse will have entered the strip.
TO the strip" That was the signal for the
invasion OF the Cherokce outlet by the
anxiou. boomers who have been gather
ing an tho border of the strip during the
post - bours. IL echoed around the out
Ice from midnight until dawn this morn
and When ,S the sun rSs $ oyer yr, the pr1
All day long lines OF canvas-covcrcsi
prairie schooners drew into the COW
sss sssss ans sas sro.n mo-ash ' :,.reu, ro;ns. a
Of cntrnncc fully $1,000 people have
passed the borsicr and half that number
invasici fora month past, in fact, ever
since President Harrison issued his proc
lamation ordering the catticmcn To
gathering on the frontier. They Avcrc all
sorts Of pcoplc and came in all Sorts of
why's. Some who could not afford the
border. besides these there were
hosx.'s laden with household goods an,!
children. A. all the PRINCIPAL points OF
rious kinds have tecn formed. IL has
been the general belief among the leaders
that President Harrison would not insis!
! upon their removal when once established
upon thc.r claims. Yesterday afternoon
an yes gsies among the boomer. 81,
sSs vsncr.eS inac sniins ,has which
accompanied the invasion of okis.h .honha q
year ago. News was received from
passed the house. The news sprcad
quickly and by II o'clock the male boom
crs wcre making hurried preparations to
was just rising when the frst team
started. The invasion came with rush
No one expected il, not even the settler
Cherokee Live Stock Association and
| agents were taken entirely unawars.s
The Cherokee Indian police force
is too Insignificant to effectually
| OPPOSE the invaders. The government,
| far as known had taken no precautions
| To arrest the possible movement Of set
| ing that the military appeared upon ths
scene. Captain Burbank, i'm command al
n small force OF troops at Oklahoma City
| iuaiched onto the strip late last night q
stay tho progr,ss OF the boomers. hut ~
| far as known this force had NO effect ia
rctarsling the movement. pn entering
the strip the cattle grazing theirs
| with alarm and u stampede "nsu..s
| which the cowi,oys i'm charge wer., unable
! to check ar control. The cattle fled fiv,
| or six miles before the invaders from tn,
| north. where they were met by ths
boomers coming up from Oklahoma
Between these two fires they were driver
| east aud west. Arriving oii the strip tii'
from Iowa say that sd hoorucr
hav" started FROM tlnr'. just ~
| tho wagons wer', ready To mov'
| big prairie fire was discovered raging ~
| the outlet. IL Is Thought IL may have beet
\ set aiiIs. hy the cattle people to drive baci
tho settlers. So anxious. however, weIs
| the boomers that not even the Hrc crul,
stop them and they proceeded. av"i,lin,
\ IL 10y making detour. Five huntir.s
more went ia from Caldwell Will.
Guthrie, which year ago was the objet'
tive point of the noted rush into Okla
honls, was to-day the starting place fo
| $40 boomers bound for ths. strip.
| Hunnewell. Kansas, reports that cigh
hundred to one thousand moved from
\ tiier-..
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