The Red Cloud chief., 1891-10-23
GOV. STEele.S REPORT.
Matters OF Moment Referred To VS. the
Governor Of Oklahoma

NJ 'sish1hnA
GUTHRIE Ok. Oct ii-Gov. Siecle's
first report % the secretary ot the IN
terror has been prepared AMI forwarded
70 Washington
The school problem in the new coun-
ties is treated as follows: Il Am very
sorry indeed tha, provision was not
made By congress for helping The set
tiers support the common schools In
the Sac and Fox, Iowa Po;;awatonie
and absentee shawnee lands recently
thrown open 20 settlement for those
settlers are not only poor n were
those who came into this part %
the territ7ry. but they will have the
additional burden OF caring tor the In
dian children in grea: numbers who
may attend the common schools. not
withdrawing the fact that the lands or
personal property Of these Indians may
not be taxed 20 help supper; the schools
This will be true with reference to the
Cheyeups and Arapahoe and kickapoo
country. which IL j. hoped will he
thrown open 20 settlement early next
spring. /, Gems to me there J. more
sta,cA y ~ pms Sf NNH'- N!ffA :
the schools in these lands than there
was in Oklahoma proper"
Concerning the opening Of tie Chero-
kee strip this is said:
Nothing I think Of would IL more
gratifying "a The people Of No.: only
Oklahoma but those Of Arkansas, Ni~-
souri,, Texas. Kansas and other states
.rkn = .. nnxTnt. - h..n.- to- ..L--f.t
be the opening Of the Cherokee outlet.
There il every reason why u should bc
thrown open % settlement and none
that ! know Of why II should no, b, q"
A. 10 town sites Gov. Steele says ia
part: IL hope before any other town
sites are thrown open - settlement the
town sites will bc carefully selected.
surveyed, plated and published, and !
earnestly recommend i different mode
of opening town sites 10 settlement ~
the recent opening of Tccumsch aud
Chandler there were at least I,rJJ pvo-
pie At cach place waiting for the signal
To Ice given for entering said town sites
containing =, 400 lots, good An! bad \
very large proportion of those intending
W tllNtA AAA' VI ~ ~ ~
on foot 10 avoid the danger incident -
riding in on horseback IT in wagons and
vehicles OF various kinds pnr man
was killed by his horse falling on him.
others were more or less injured. but
the real settlers were in too many IN
stances deferred from attempting o
get n lot or a home from the very fact
that horSemen were allowed - ride Ia.
Lawyers without clients abound. bank
ers without banks or capital are there;
real estate spectators without Gus.
TONERS, gamblers. whisky peddlcrs and
bootlegger> all before the opening werr
there to ply their vocation"
The governor speaks Of the opening
of the lands on the western border a.
follows: ON account ~ a great many
of the Indians refusing to take their
allotmcnts much delay has been caused
in the allotting of lands 10 the Chey-
ennes and ArapahoeS, and | am IN
formed that the appropriation for
making these allotmcnt> Is prac-
tically exhausted Unless il il
possible To make other arrange
mentS To throw these lands open L. set
tleInent early next spring 80 that set
mean hardship. restitution, sickness
and death among the hundreds of set
tiers who have been along it, borders
for weeks, and III many instances for
months, waiting for homes"