Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
THREE MILLION ACRES.
The Amount of New Land to Be Thrown
Open Through the Comanches, XII oWas
and Apaches Taking AlIotmeuts-

the Amount OF New Land to Be Thrown
Open Through the Comanches, XII owas
and Apaches Taking Allotments-
ANADARKo, Ok, Oct 22-After four
weeks of council the Cherokee commits
sion yesterday finished its negotia-
ton with the Comanche, Kioyva and
Apache tribes and effected an agree
ment. The negotiation began at Fort
Sill the Goth OF last month, at which
time proposition on the part of
the government was submitted to the
Indians The proposition provided that
these Indians should take allotments of
100 acres each and relinquish the resi-
due of the reservation to the govern
opened to white settlement. For this
surrender and REIMBURSEMENT the In
dlanS shall receive $4,000, 900.
Of this sum $500, 900 will be paid in
cash within 100 days after the ratifica-
ton of the agreement, $500. 600 within
one year and 500, 900 within two years.
The remaining 1900, GOO will be left
in the treasury and bear interest at the
rate of per cent payable annually.
Minor paragraphs of the agreement
rovide that existing treaties are
not to be disturbed, legally executed
leases shall not be interfered with un-
til limit expires, customary school sec
tions and land occupied and used for
religious purposes to be reserved, and
adopted mem berS of the tribe are to re-
ceive lands. The proposition was ac-
copied on the nth and since that time
the commission has been engaged in
securing sufficient signatures to make
it effective
The treaty of 1868 entered into on
Medicine Lodge creek provides that no
agreement for the ACCOMPLISHMENTS of
lands shall be valid unless signed by
three-quarters of the male adults liv-
ing upon the reservation. The three
tribes number about $500 people and
about SIS bucks over 81 years of age.
Yesterday the requisite three-quarters
were secured. The agreement will be-
come effective when ratified by con-
gress. Of these three tribes the CO.
manches are the most advanced in CIV
iiization and were the first to accept
the proposition. These were followed
by the Apaches. A large number of
Kiowas banded together to oppose its
acceptance and endeavored to intimi-
date those inclined to sign. The three
head chiefs, however, attached their
names.
The reservation lies between the
Washita and Red rivers in the south
western corner of the Indian territory
and embraces nearly 1000, 900 acres. 1t
is by far the best land yet negotiated
for in the Indian territory. 1t is we'll
watered and fertile and will develop
into magnificent corn and cot
ton land. This is the tenth
agreement entered into by the
Cherokee commission since May, 1890,
from which a total of almost 20, 100000
acres of land have been reclaimed from
Indian occupation. Ten thousand FIVE
hundred Indians will have been placed
upon allotments and will cease to draw
rations from the government. Five of
these agreements have been ratified by
congress and the reservations have been
opened to settlement. These are
the Iowa, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie
Shawnee, and Cheyenne and Arap-
ahoe reservations. Four have been re-
ported to congress for Legislative &C
tion-the Kickapoo, Wichita, Tonkawa
and Cherokee outlet. OF the first three
there is no time limit, but for that of
the Cherokee outlet it is provided there
in that unless ratified by congress by
March 4, 1898, the agreement shall be
void Those interested in the opening
of this domain would do well to note
this feature of it. The commission will
proceed to the Pawnee agency on the
outlet to negotiate with that tribe.
STARTLING SUICIDE.
Tragic Occurrence at Scene of Festivity
I'm Vienna
LONDON, Oct. 22.-The Vienna CORE
spondent of the News reports a tragic
occurrence in that city, bringing a
scene. of festivity to an abrupt and
startling conclusion. While the 20