The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-22

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sIssEroS AGENCY. 8. d.. Apr;, =
The mad rush for Sisseton and ~,
peton lands Is over. and Mil. ~
morning NJ 10 o'clock not whit. ~
outside Of agency officials could n. go, '''sl
on the great "Flatiron" reservation
night there are 5000 people sea,,s',
over II from Lake kanpcska ~ IL
south To IIankincon on The -
From the firing Of the guns
members Of the Eighth CO.
and Third infantry at noon "a g.,
after nightfall. the rush for ~
was ms magnificent struggle for
premacy as was ever witnessed. ~.
was a great deal ~ ill-fecling in Ma
and in several instances boomer ea
70 blows. hut up 10 9p. m. not a dea,s
from violence had occurred. Tn. es.l-
report Of the killing Of squat,
north Of WATERFOWL proves 70 h. All.
The entry was pretty evenly distrihu,.s
through the northern and eastern NJ
ders. The squattcr is monarch ~ m
he surveys. The filer is literally ~, !,
the running. The man on the rr.ms1
is the owner and the squatter i On N.
ground.
The race as seen from the Minne~.,
border was a splendid one >inula.
neously with the crack Of the fir>, ~.
bine 100 horses dashed forward acrn.
the line urged to a desperate speed y
their shouting and squirting rider,
The much-talkcd-of race for the nv
Sisseton city site had begun. Struy.
Cling along in the rear came loa.s
wagons. To each vehicle was ATTACHED
team 81 from two tosix horses. Ever
driver piled the lash mercilessly.
One Of the leaders in the tnwn->I..
scramble was lithe-built fellow FIN
Kansas City. kansas jack everybssr
called him. In the first 100 yards 4
the rush his pony sunk one foot in
burrow. and the gentleman from Kan.
sas landed in bunch Of buffalo grau
twenty-five feet away. Rider and s,.,S
were afoot almost simultaneously ana
in less than twenty-shree seconds ,hrr
were off again.
A wagon laden with supplies stues
up 10 the hubs in the bottom and tie
driver howled wildly at his struggling
horses They made FIVE or six convu,
sive efforts 10 clear the slough withor,
avail In an instant more the frans
were cut. the two occupants 81 tie
wagon were mounted on the horses and
away they went leaving the suppl
wagon in the mire-
of to the southwest on the road
towards Long Hollow similar seen.
| was being enacted a large number 4
people had gone that way.
| Ida Burnett. a graduate of the I'M
| verify Of Minnesota. strikingly hand
some girl. is probably by this time he
| posscssor Of the choicest quarter sectica
| about the town site 70 the northwes,
Miss Burnett has Just a suspicion 81 In
dian blood in her veins. and Is a De-
scendent Of the Sioux race. She has
been allotted land on the reserve n
hind the fastest team obtainable he
was drawn To the town site from ihr
agency. The start was made AT rul-
fire. and the girl was first on the fed.
She stalsed out her claim and straight
way went to work on the erection b. .
shanty assisted by her driver.
| Gov. Mallctte and 80 deputy sheriss
are on the reserve The latter heavily
| armed and instructed to maintain Or.
! der. peacefully II possible. forcibly \
| necessary. They checked several rows
| before serious results ensued Wells
| are being dug on all the claims - far
| taken up. All the apparently
! intend 10 live on their land. and u
couple Of weeks breaking plows viii Y
at work everywhere.
Lively scenes In Guthrie. okla. Among
4 the Waiting Crowds.
! GrTnRIE. o. r.. April ii. The scene
| yesterday were about the same rs haw
been enacted in many other days slns
the opening 81 the Indians land W.
insured. All day long the crowds haH
came and gone by railway in wagons
| in cars. on horseback. and one old ea'
ored man arrived astride decrcpn'
looking old COW While many q 'hs
scores Of negroes who arrive are Pr
they are not destitute by any means
The white settlers. too. are unn~ual'
well fixed: while there are large nun
Der Of professional boomers who ha's
nothing and never will have. a larry
percentage of the settlers bring gcs'
sized sums Of money with them.
During the past week over slew.
have been deposited in the bans 4
FL Reno and Kingfisher by these pcope'.
Many Of those who did not deposit 'he''
money have had il stolen from them y
have lost much If Il in gambling
The gamblers have reaped harve''
for three or -four days One profc~s,oa-'
gambler from this city. who ha> VIC
operating at I'll Reno for woA,
cleared over 5000. Kansas City ~
Wichita have empticd all q 'ns.
crooks into towns on the border - "
reservation and the local oiiiccrs NJ NJ
unable 70 cope with such gang W.
any degree Of success.
The Cheyenne Indians have s''Pl'.
their ghost dance and come in from 'n,-
reservation in great numbers 70 ~er Y. I,
crowds. II did not take them long
imbibc the commercial spirit q tne n
casion and they are selling every h'~
they possess for good round pr'ee -
going home on foot
Al the day for tire opening appr''s i.