The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-09
BORDER BOOMERS.
The Land Hungry Crowds Surrounding
the Cheyenne Reservation.

KIOwA. Kan, April S.-Hundreds OF
homeseekers continue to arrive here daily
by the Santa Fe route on their way to the
CHEYENNE and Arapahoe lands. A COM
pany has been formed here under the
name of the kiowa Overland Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Transportation company,
the object of which is to assist settlers in
reaching the border. The company will
furnish guides who know the country and
who will direct homeseekers to that por-
ton of the border whence can most easily
be reached the choicest lands of the Indian
country. Extensive arrangements are be-
ing made for the final rush, and it is ex-
pected that no less than three thousand
will make the race for the lands from the
border below this place.
CANADIAN, Tex, April S.-The excite
ment increases here over the anticipated
opening of the Cheyenne and A apahoe
reservation. Homeseekers are coming in
OH every train, and are preparing to partic-
ipate in the rush To the new country.
Fifteen hundred people are now awaiting
the presidents proclamation. aud fully
double that number will make the race
from this point. Two troops of United
States cavalry from Fort Supply are
patrolliug the border to keep out ip5ruders
The rush to this place has only just COM
menced, the reduced rates on the Atchlson,
Topeka and Santa Fe railway having gone
:
the most available point of entry TO the
famous Canadian river and Washita
valleys in which are located some of the
most fertile aud valuable lands in the
reservation. The delay IN the appearance
of the Presidents proclamation, caused by
the non-arrival at Washington Of the
slloting agents reports, causes much dis
appointment and many who h9d already
gone to the border are now returning TO
town, where they can await with more
comfort the time of opening
HIGGINS. Tex, April S.-A troop OF
| United States cavalry has arrived here,
/ and is patrolliug the west line of the
! Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation,
which is soon 10 be opened 10 general set
! tlement The towns On the eastern border,
| in Oklahoma, where a start may be made
! for the new lands, have become SO crowded
| as TO arouse fear that. all may not be able
! 10 secure'a claim. Many, therefore. are
coming to this point, the nearest railroad
/ on he western Dorder TO the coveted lands
! being in fact. barely over the line. 1t
possesses the further advantage OF being
/ on the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
/ railway, which runs through the NORTH
} western corner of the lands Prospective
settlers, appreclatIug these advantages,
are flocking hither III great crowds. The
/ lands in the western part OF the new
( country are exceptionally fertile. aad are
traversed by numerous streams Along
/ the rivers ara broad fertile bOti oms, which
support n good growth of timber aud a
/ luxuriant growth OF grass.
! kINGFIsHEE, April s-A colony of
negroes mas laid out town four miles
( north OF kingiisher, near the line OF the
! Rock island and on the line Of the Caey-
enns aud Arapahoe reservation. Il viii
+ be called Cimarron Cily, and IS chosen AS
( a place for the colored people TO radiate
! from TO the new country.