The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

an order which is now posted in conspicu-
Gus places over the reservations, ordering
non-citizeus TO remove from the Pottowa-
| tonne. Kickapoo Sac and Fox and Iowa
| reservations by June end, otherwise action
| will be brought in the federal court for
| tresspass. the penalty for which is s., 600
| fine. The order includes renters and all
others except licensed traders and govern
| meut officials.
| Oklahoma City Journal: Mai. Eugene
| T. Weigel, of St. Louis, was in the city
| last evening. He is inspector of the Cnited
States land service and has just returned
| from visit TO the allotting agents east OF
here and will go to the CHEYENNE and
Arapahoe country in the morning to see
| what is wrong up there. The allotting
agents in the Sac and Fox country, the
major says, are practically through with
| their field work. The records will soon be
| made up and sent on 20 Washington. II
! will require several weeks there, he
| thinks, to eqamile and approve the re
cords. Agent Robertson, who is allotting
| the Iowa lands, had about seventy-ti OF
! the liz Iowas allotted when the Otoes sent
them an invitation TO join in ghost
dance and the arguments OF the agent
| were unavailing in keeping them. Major
Weigel instructed him to proceed with The
survey and if the Indians did return within
the allotted time TO assign them lands any
way. The Cheyennes refused TO take
single allotment until they were paid for
their land The first payment began
Tuesday; so it is thought no further trou-
bic will occur.
The Indian commission, which is now
treating with the Kickapoos, does not
seem to be meeting with very good sue
cess so far. The commission first located
their headquarters at Wellston, where
they waited three long days for the In
dians to come in and hold a conncil, but
during that time only an occasional stray
buck" made his appearance, when they
broke camp and moved to the Klckapoo
village some ten miles south. Wellston
is trading point on the south line of the
Iowa reservation, and it may, perhaps, be
the cause for their cool reception. 1t is
reported that most all the chiefs are in
favor of slotments. but the average
"blanketed'' Indian is very skeptical in
having anything TO do with the govern
ment's agents. They seem TO hold TO the
idea that if they sell their lands, it will
only be short time until the money is
spent and Mr.. Indian will be barefooted,
with neither land nor money. However,
this may be overcome by the able argu-
ments of the commission, who will yet Sc
cure a favorable treaty with this tribe.
The Guthrie News says the kickapoo
tribe is very superstitiouS, as a rule, and
look on the white race as their inferior
that they are more peaceable, more honest
and more devoted to each other than are
the white people of Oklahoma. They often
talk over the murders, the stea ing and
the endless litigation that characteriZes
the white race, aud thank their Great
Spirit" that nothing of the kind is in
obliged in by. their people. One OF their
reasons why they oppose these ullotments
is that the white people would flock into
their reservation and introduce these
practices and thereby debauch their own
people.
Oklahoma City Times: This morning
about $50 there was q lively sensation AT
Choctaw grading camp just west of here.
1t was the result of the explosion of all
the caps used in blasting the stone from
the right of way across Broadway and
east. The sensation was caused in a
manner peculiar indeed, and the great
wonder is that the damage was not more
serious. This morning Albert Spencer
was smoking in the tent where the dyna-
mite, caps and fuse are kept. When TO
the surprise of Mr. Spencer the caps ex
ploded and blew the tent all to atoms
SCATTERING the young mans arm and burn |
ing his face and body. He was knocked al
most senseless but soon rallied. The tent /
and effects were burned and as the burning |
progressed one cap after another exploded, |
rendering the air furious with flying frag
ments. The people deserte the camp en- /
GIrely, expecting every moment InaC Ine |
forty pounds of dynamite would explode |
and fairly rend the earth. Strange as it may !
seem. the caps all exploded within a few |
feet of the dynamite, burning the tent and |
scattering everything in all directions |
with great fury, but the dynamite did not /
explode. There was not less than forty |
pounds kept in box near by which was |
fairly burned up but did not explode as
was expected. Nobody dared venture /
near the scene for long time. 1t was |
finally discovered that the dynamite had |
burned without exploding Had the ex
pected explosion took place it would have |
shaken the city from center TO circum-
ference and likely much serious damage |
would have resulted. Mr.. Spencer is a |
nephew of Contractor Spencer. He was
the only one hurt. His injury is quite |
severe and the shattered arm may have to
be amputated His side and face were
also burned.