The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-20
xyxErrA on HAND AGAIN.
Eleven Young Women Ready to DASH INTO
OklnhomH.

Oklahoma.
H. ;r,onressible Annetta Daisy, who has
- .h,ouch two boomer campaigns sini-
| }ar 10 this. a dispatch from ri reno says,
a''a;n cones 10 the front IN new roie-tnat
| ~ protector She was shot III the rush Oh
Or. o. 'eers AGO while holding down" claim
,sbich she had obtained by jumping from
Winning train. On the eventfui April ga
| isst year she was thrown from horse WINE
,nshing for a lot in Rocky Chandler and was
nearly killed. but she secured the property
she sought. -
"sooners." all unmarried women. who are en-
camped in deep aulch in County +. where
they are awaiting the signal. They have
escaped the military. so TAR. and Will pretty
surely succeed in their intentions. as their
camp has been so carefully selected that the
troops could pass within forty feet OF II anu
not discover II. In the western part OF that
country is series OF wooded gulches. rem
derlng the country almost impossible In
one of them, having an opening. but no out
let and some 200 feet deep, is a little recess
facing the south. so efectually conceaIed oy
tho heavy cedars that not even hunureu
searchers would suspect its existence. Here
these yenturesome Young women have formed
n camp, fully provsioned. where they propose
to remain until they can make the run Tor the
tracts of land already selected. all IN one
body. -,
Each of tee young women is armed with
rife and revolver, and as whole they are
fully canable of taking care of themselves.
They have been there a week. and have made
for themselves shelters of cedar brush. where
they are comfortable and free from oil intru-
sion. Each woman has a horse, the grazing
being excellent III the sheltered nook Uhere
thew have retreat. Miss Daisy has been Sc
lected as captain of this little company, her
only purpose being TO assist them in selecting
homes in a new country. Among these wo-
men are two graduates from smith college,
cousins. and one graduate from Monticello
College Illinois. All of them are educated
ard have been accustomed IN the past to re-
fined homes.
Miss Daisy came to FL Reno for provisions
Yesterday and departed IN the evening. in-
tending to make nights ride OF nifty miles.
She has with her horse laden with neces-
sites. with daily papers as dessert. She con-
versed freely with those OF the newspaper
correspondents with whom she became &C
quainted on a former occasion like this, but
did not yield up the secret of her exact loca-
ton. She had come in after nights rae
with led horse and after making all her pur-
chases aud securing q list OF the allotments
made to the Indians she departed tor her
camp. expecting to reach 1t about o clock IN
the morning. Her company MAINTAINS mill
tary discipline. keeping an armed guard day
and night The members are not 80 fearful OF
intrusion as they are of the troops patrollng
all the counties seeking LOT sOoneIS, VINO
are elected as soon as found. Miss Daisy said
her company was organized in Kansas City.
and represents six States: Kentucky. 4; Mis-
souri, z Texas. /; Tennessee. |; New York,
2. and Illinois. l. The eldest is twenty-six.
and the youngest twenty-four. Miss DAISY is
a Kentuckian. although she has claim and
home in Oklahoma She prides herself upon
being able to outwit the troops and the army
of Government officers who have been di-
rected to exclude the spectators for the
benefit of the honest settlers" which she
declares is misnomer.
The combined capital of her company
amounts to $4,000. To prove it Miss Daisy
showed her bank book. Their determination
is to make homes for themselves, and in the
prevailing style with Western men and wo-
men they propose to build a town. which APP
pears to be an ambition that will some time
or another be gratifed. They do not want a
town from which the male sex is TO be ex-
Guided, but they have correspondents and
friends who will join them in controlling 1t.
When questioned regarding the sooner"
class of the law. Miss Daisy said they could
conscentiously.ta take oath. as they were not
in lands upon which man can even live and
they are simply camped there for self-protec-
ton.