The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-24

lions from the secretary of the interior.
John P. Jones, of Hennessey, has discov-
cred the oldest sooner on record. He was
Frenchman, and went through Oklahoma
in 1741.
Indians are said to dislike the smell of
white men and Cinnamon also enter the
same objection; and, great Cesar. how
they smell!
Frank Greer has resolved not to slur
any OF the Oklahoma towns and when the
result of such course is seen, some people
are going TO open their eyes.
The East Guthrie contest case was de-
cided in favor of the city, and the pros
poets OF wild aud woody Fourth of July
at the capital is more promising than
ever
A Hennessey man adyertises for a man
who can throw lassoo. His corn stalks
have grown so high that the roasting ears
will have TO be lassooed and pulled down
in that way.
The city council of Oklahoma City has
set aside particular street for fast driv-
ing. 1t must be very humiliating TO be
caught on that street driving plug that
can't go mile in forty-fve minutes.
The Oklahoma City Times has new
editor, Will L. Little, man well known
in Oklahoma. Mr.. Little strengthened
x,
Immediately after his accession to the edit
orial chair, a strong editorial advising the
English people 20 kick Queen Victoria off
the throne.
1t begins to look like the respective
ABILITY OF the Guthrie and Oklahoma City
base ball club can be settled. The Okla
homa City boys have just beaten the Pur-
cell nine, the latter club throwing up the
game III the fifth inning. Now let the
Guthrie club go to Purcell, and if they can
beat them worse than that, take the plum.
In the Sac and Fox tribe when death
OCCURS the body is Immediately taken
away for burial before the animal heat
has left it and placed in a shallow grave
Before body is placed it is wrapped in
blanket after blanket and shawl after
shawl until it has the appearance of a
huge bundle. All the favorite articles
and weapons belonging to the deceased
are placed in the grave with the body and
for certain number of days the grave is
frequented by relatives who place food
and water upon it for use of the deceased
in the happy hunting ground
heaven. A horse is shot at the grave, also
for use OF the deceased in the unknown
beyond.
Guthrie Capital One of the sights of
Oklahoma territory is the forty acre truck
fisher. They bought the land last August.
1t was then perfectly barren of cultivation.
Now 1t is fenced, trees are growing all
around it, it is well cultivated and pre-
sents sight to surprise anybody. This
spring already the Swedes have sold a
thousand dollars worth of strawberries
and vegetables. All kinds of fruit have
been put out. Asparagus, pieplant, etc.,
are growing prolifically and it is plain
that these Swedes in less than year have
made good living and laid the founda-
tion for fortune. There is no doubt that
Oklahoma's is the best truck" farm soil
in the world.
Oklahoma City Gazette: The news from
the Chickasaw nation is of the most
alarming nature concerning the action of
the Chickasaw militia under the command
of Governor Byrd, of that nation, who are
going about the country claiming to be
looking after white intruders. whom they
intend ejecting from that balliwick. Last
Tuesday this band, sixty strong most of
them being full-bloods left Paul's valley
on the Santa Fe railroad, Indian Agent
Bennett being with them, and proceeded
westward, looking after intruders and to
meet company of government soldiers at
Parr who had been sent from Fort Sill to
join the militia to assist in finding and
putting out OF that country some 5000 al
legged intruders, or white people. whom the
Indian government claim have failed to
pay permit tax. In this company were
several barrels of whisky in wagon,
taken along with them to trade. Be
sides, each white man has from two to
four canteenS of ffre-water strapped to
his saddle: The consequences is that the
little band is drunk all the time, and "a
whooping, yelling, Infatuated mob of say
ages, to all intents and purposes on the
warpath against the white man and are
beyond the control of either Governor Byrd
or Agent Bennett. They have already
committed numerous depredations upon
white people, shooting down their horses
and cattle, entering their houses abusing
their families shooting their fowls, ours
ing white men as they meet them on the
road, and threatening TO kill them for no
other reason than that they are white
The gentleman bringing the news of this
outrage says that unless the government
troops, when they come up with this band
take charge of them and modify their
actions the whites will rise up in force and
wipe the band of amateur hostiles out of
existence. They say there is now a strong
probability that the whites Will organize a
company at once TO do this work, in the
event the band heaps any more indig-
mites on them as has been done
yesterday and today. They say.
further, that the work Will be done from
amt uSl, ana not an lnulan Will DC lett TO
tell the woful tale. There is great alarm
in that country now, as the whites fully
realize what the consequences will be if
they have got TO be interfered with by
band of drunken Indians; for when an
Indian is under the influence of bad
whisky he knows nothing but TO kill, and
his hatred for white men always fully de
velops itself on such occasions. But in
hostile contracts with the whites the
Indians will he the sufferers and the
result will be that the present Chickasaw
government will be that the last triba
power the Indians will have in that coun-
trv