Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-18
Boomers on the Border of the
Promised Land.
Twenty-Five Thousand Home
seekers in Oklahoma.
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Lands
to Be Opened Tuesday.
Exciting Scenes in the Towns Adjoining
the Reservation Incidents At
tending Former Land Grabs
Re-enacted.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
OKLAHOMA Cry, April 17.-It is esti-
mated that 25, 900 people are today toe
ing the line of the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe reservation, lined up for the charge
Tuesday. The fler will have the ad-
vantage to settle, as he will be able to
make declaration before the settler
can possibly reach the desirable lands.
The Santa fe Railroad company is pre-
pairing to run numerous trains into the
reservation the day of the opening, and
the race for those on horseback or in
wagons will bs long one. Merchants
with loads of goods of all conceivable
kinds are on hand, and few hours after
the opening will be doing business at
the county seats. Thousands have al.
ready given up the hope of getting
homes, and will leave at once. Many
hope to be able to purchase the claims
OF sooners and squatters. At Kingfisher
the land receiver decided that the line
formed four weeks ago has no legal
status, and there is serious talk of form
ing another line. In that event trouble
will follow, and possibly bloodshed.
BOOMERS ON THE MARCH.
KINGFIsHER. o. T., April 17.-On the
way here by rail, after leaving Caldwell,
Kan, one begins to see wagon trains
pressing forward to the reservation. In
all directions prairie schooners and va
rious other kinds OF vehicles are making
for the promised land. There are also
some on horseback and some on foot.
Some are we'll provided for and some
only possess what they wear. The
nearer you approach Kingfsher the
thicker are the boomers. The crowd
here is quiet and orderly, and thinning
rapidly, as everybody is making for the
line. Reports estimate that some 23 900
people are on the border. AS the reser-
walton will only give 10000 people one
claim each, some 5000 must be deprived
If the reports are true, or take up town.
site claims.
sPECULAToRs FINDING FAULT.
!, Ell RENO, o. T., April 1.-THE land
Hpeculators are finding fault with the
ruling Of the land Office prohibiting the
filing Of more than two claims. The le-
ultimate boomer, however, is in high
feather, as he is protected against ille-
gal speculation by the ruling. Rumors
of the fraudulent formation of line be-
fore the Kingdsher land Office are un-
trne. Maps issued yesterday, purport.
ing to be from the interior department,
it has been discovered, were circulated
by individuals for the purpose of de-
ceiving the boomers.
Easter services were held in nearly
all the camps along the border, and
quiet gambling games were running in
most of the towns. There was general
movement towards the border this aft
ernOOn.
A GHOST DANCE IN PROGRESS.
KANSAS CRY, April IA Times
special from Kingfsher reports big
ghost dance in progress tonight at the
camp of Left Hand, the great Cheyenne
chief. Some 200 bucks are said to be
participating, but no trouble is antici-
pated from the dancers, as rations are
to be issued tomorrow, and the Indians
are in good humor. Town companies
organized at Ell Reno and Reno City
have decided to locate on the same
quarter section, and it is feared trouble
will result when the contest comes.