The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-21
CHEYENNE RESERVATION.
AT HIGH NOON TODAY THE PALEFACE
TAKES POSSESSION.
And the Land Where Fierce satanta Led the
Cheyennes in the Chase Will Be
Devoted to Homes for His
Hated Enemies.

DARLINGTON, o. t., April 18.-Al-
most every colonist who proposes to
race for claim on the land to be
opened is now on the border. There
were but few people in the towns yes
terday and this morning, and they
were all headed toward the border.
Behind every wagon that hurries to
the front is tied horse which will be
used to win the owner a claim. The
principal subject of conversation at Ell
Reno is the town scheme. There are
three quarter sections that
have not been allotted on
the Rock Island railroad about
ten miles north of Ell Reno and the
scheme is to build new town there
A secret meeting was held at Ell Reno
Saturday night at which new town
company was organized. A number
of the wealthiest citizens of Ell Reno
are in the scheme and member of
United States and railroad officials are
odlo w NO lnUOlCOUOu. lhO Dldn 10 W
run special train from Ell Reno on
the day of the opening, which will
land the crowd at the town site few
minutes OTTER II o'clock. Those who
are in the scheme expect the new town
to kill Ell Reno. Ell Reno when
started, killed off Reno City,
which was the first town built in the
Canadian country. AS there is sure
to be squabble over the land the
success of the plan is by no means
certain. 1t is intended to name the
new town Caddo Springs. The Rock
Island will run another train from the
north tomorrow. This will leave King
Fisher few moments before y
o'clock, so it will cross the line into
the new country just about noon This
train will stop at another town which
it is intended to build upon the road,
and which has been named Okarche.
If the crowd is big enough
two trains will be run and
very large crowd will
probably be dumped at Okarche
few moments after noon. This train
will be run in the new country from
>0klahoma City over the Choctaw
road, which runs from Oklahoma City
to Fort Reno and enters the new land
very near where it is intended to build
the new town of Caddo Springs.
These specials will swell the ranks of
the boomers many hundreds. A party
will come from Chicago to see the
rush, and Col. Wade expects Gen.
Miles to be one of the party. 1t seems
now that more people will run for the
Rossmore county seat than
for the county seat of any
other county, as men after
town lots want to get into the best
county, and almost every one who
has gone through Minco and Ell Reno
has been headed for that county. 1t
is estimated that 10000 people will
rush into this county. A great num-
Der will also go to Watonga, the near
est town to KiRgfisher, which is
almost surrounded by Indian allot-
ments, while there are no
Indian lands within six miles
of the town of Rossmore. The out
look for ether county seats is not very
flattering and agents of the interior
department. left to-day for the county
seats, and as soon as the rush is over
and troops are called in from the bor-
der, Col. Wade will send q detach-
ment of troops to the county seats
where will be the largest crowds. The
authorities do not expect any trouble,
but nevertheless are using every pre-
caution to handle any that May occur.