The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-09-26
Is LIKE A REIGN OF The STRONGER.
Cowboys Drinking Heavily
While Negroes Vow to De-
fend Themselves.
albania OutdOne - One Hundred
Tbousand Where Five Should
Be-The New Lands.

Rush fOr une IteseTVdtious
,rHRrE, O. r., Sept. 21.-The land to
Ionened for settlement tomorrow at
br consists of the country of the Sacs
Foxes, $4,000 acres, of the IOwas,
NO, and of the Pottawatomies, 4OO,-
acres: in all 1,1O1,559 acres. Some
this is adapted for raising at fine
ms as any land, and some of it fer
zed with tin cans would afford an ~
lent pasturage for goats.
The Indians do not lose all their land.
ch buck gets a quarter section, and
only that, but he is a lawful sooner
has already picked out the prize
IFS, He cannot sell his land for %
ars. but during that time he does not
Ne TO pay any taxes. After the Indian
hi and the land held for school pur-
ses have been deducted from the
ol. $50 acres about 100000 acres are
bened for actual settlement. This
likes 5000 homesteads and about
|enty men for every homestead are on
70 ground. Some are lowering
pnr the line and some are already in
hat is until noon tomorrow a forbidden
untry. 1t is the old Oklahoma rush
Ter again with some notifications.
here are not as many boomers and a
naller number of them are in wagons.
or the past week, however, there has
Zen almost one continuous stream OF
agons over the Santa FEE trail across
e Cherokee strip and there are wagon
IS all around the border.
The rush over the railroad has been
st the same. Big crowds for the last
Tree days have packed the aisles of the
irs. They look like the same men who
Ame to Oklahoma at the time of its
d bening.
" The nearest point of the new country
only a little I've nine miles
Om Guthrie and the greatest
how'd will enter from neal this point,
but the truth is that the greater part of
be crowd is not waiting to enter. The
buntry is already full of "sOOners.' The
an Is for one man to go in and Jump
claim and then turn it over to a part,
Ter who starts in after the legal time
Fhus between them they get a good
aim.
There will be a great rush for town
ITS. The new country will be divided
Ito two counties and the government
as selected sites for county seats, al.
hough there is 10Y not even a shadow
a town in either county. Both towns
lave been named. The one that is to be
be county seat of the northern county
Chandler. named for the assistant sec.
etary of the interior, and the southern
pwn is Tccumseh. II. ID. Baker Of Ok
hhoma City, has already been appointed
umseh.
This town will be located in Pottawat
mie county, forty miles from Guthrie
Chandler will be in Sac and Fox coun
y, forty miles from Guthrie. The gov
Prnment surveyors are not through witt
heir work on the townsites, and Gov
bteele has announced that the sites shall
pot be taken up until the survey is fin.
shed. Nc attention will be paid to this
however, and the force of soldiers OF
guard will not be large enough to keel
hem off. A crowd of Guthrie men has
been organized to move on Chandler
Everyone is going. Cooks have deserted
Their stoves. lawyers their offices, and
merchants their stores. The townsite OF
Chandler is said to be a poor one and
ttrink of water until wells are dug. The
plan of Guthrie men is to get a quarter
just west of the TOWNSHIP and
throw the town over there. Men enough
will rush to Chandler, however, to take
lots for a city of 10000 and it is hard to
see how the place a support more than
10000 people for many years.
Many are bound to be disappointed
whether they go for lots or quarter sec.
fions for there are at least $1,000 people
for the hat to drop at noon to,
Gov. Steele this morning re.
ceivnd a telegram from J. II. Bedford, re.
relver of the land Office at Oklahoma
City calling for assistance to protect the
office. The land office is up two flights
of stairs and the entire building is over
run with boomers. The receiver is fear,
that his Office will be taken possession
OF and states that no deputy United
States officers can be had. The governor
does not desire to send troops to Okla,
homa City il it can be avoided as every
piuecoat in the territory is needed at the
'front.', but il he receives another call ht
@lil send a sufficient force to protect the
land Office.
Couriers from Langston City, the negro
colony, came in this morning and pur
chased 20 carbines and fastened bach
TO the front. They report the en-
tire tOwnsite covered with tents
OF emigrants, and that they are deter
mined to protect themselves from any
attempts on the part of the whites t.
Keep them from the lands in the Gin
maron valley. A squad of negroes visited
lhe cowboys camp last night and de
CARED their intentions. They said they
would make a race for the lands, and il
they got there first they would defend
heir rights with their lives. If the cow
boys do not imbibe too much Of the
Whiskey that is being sent out there by
The wagon load, there will probably bt
no trouble; but, on the other hand, il
they grow reckless under the influence
of liquor bloodshed is certain.