The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-29
The Rush EoR HOMES.
Opening OF the Cheyenne and Arapahoc
Lands-WiId Rush Into the Country From
All Points.
TIE SIGNAL GIVEN.


THE SIGNAL GIVEN.
ELRENo, Ok, Apri. 20.-Just at noon
yesterday. as provided by the president
proclamation, the cannon Numbered
forth the signal, carbines repeated it
and %, 900 men on horseback. in wagons
and on foot rushed into the country of the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes and this after
noon horsefesh is suffering. Animals
drawn from the Cherokee strip TO the
country of the Wichita, from Oklahoma
to No Mans Land, are rushing over fla
and hollow under whip and spur, madly
racing for quarter sections and town
lots.
A field-piece had been hauled from
the fort and stationed on a rising knoll
and as the hour for the dash drew near
the word went down the line. Horse
men twisted to see that their saddles
were tight and drivers looked to their
harness.
Just at noon the sharp report of the
cannon followed by the cracks of car
bines sounded and the next second the
horses went off. The horsemen sprang
away as though they were riding a
quarter dash. The wagoners put the
whip to their beasts. There was a cloud
of dust and the food of pale faces swept
into the country of the red man. The
soldiers at the signal put spurs to their
horses and few to get away from the
rush behind them. After ride of a
mile or so they formed line.
Every man seemed to know just
where he was going and headed for his
longed-for land without even bestowing
a glance of attention to his brother
rushers
A special train over the Choctaw road
from Oklahoma City dumped its load at
the Rock Island crossing few moments
after 10 o'clock. 4 crowd from Elreno
City, which had town organization all
complete, also reached the land at the
same time and the site was black with
men within half an hour after the open
ing.
RUSH FROM KINGFIsEER.
KINGFIsHER, Ok, April 2O.-The open
ing of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe res
ervation was tame affair besides the
Oklahoma and Sac and Fox openings.
Everything is quiet at the land office.
Capt Woodson, with but forty-two
men, successfully guarded forty-five
miles of frontier. The soldiers were
continuously on duty for seventy-twO
hours
Nelson Church associated press agent,
was kicked in the face by pony while
watching a fight between a white
woman and negro for claim. His
nose was broken and his left eye badly
injured.
Charles 3. Pierce. of Nebraska. rode
the race horse FosSette against the Rock
Island special train, pulled by two en-
gincs for Olarche, beating all COMPETE
tors and took the proposed townsite as
a homestead. The palace car boomers
Were much disguised.
Sixty-siX entries were made yesterday,
thirty-nine OF which We're soldiers de-
claratories. \ conservative estimate
gives 5000 people along the border I'M
der Capt. Wcodson's control and over
half that number near Eingfsher.
4 CITY SPRINGS UP.
OKAECHE. Ok, April 2O.-Yesterday
morning Okarche was lonely depot on
the RocI; Island railroad just inside the
Indian lands, last night it had 1900 in
hahitants.
The morning train from Caldwell had
five coaches. After ii came 4 Wichita
special OF eight coaches. All these
were loaded to the platform with men
who came to build town at Ollarche.
The trains halted just outside the
line until exact noon and then run for
onarche a full speed. There was a
wild scene at the station. Men jumped
ont of the windows and rolled off the
platforms in swar:as.
\ townsite had been established con-
tanning 2.0OO lots. but these We're not
marked off and there was a general
scramble. Every man drove his stake
where he saw fit and many got in the
middle of the streets. There We're over
twenty women in the party and they
all drove stakes. too.