The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-02

by the land commissioner and Beidler de-
clared legal entryman and awarded the
claim. Winaus took an appeal to the sec
rotary of the interior, and Beidler moved
to dismiss the appeal. Assistant Secretary
Chandler on Monday denied the motion to
dismiss, and the case will be heard and de-
cided by the interior department.
Guthrie Capital: The suggestions of
Hamilton Wicks that Oklahoma give ex-
| hibitious of town openings at the worlds
fair is good one and should be acted up
on How would it do TO nave half dozen
genuine prairie schooners with a family of
, children, yellow dog and hen coop at the
rear complete on exhibition labeled ''As
we entered Oklahoma" and then have a
nicely dressed family in a surray drawn by
a sparkling team with fine farm house
in the background labeled Three years
later
Ell Reno Eagle: The impression that
the Messiah craze among the Indians has
died out is an erroneous one Il is true
that their ghost dances are no longer held
at Darlington, but at the present tim c
Left Hand, head chief of the Arapahoes.
and Whirlwind and Old Crow, Cheyenne
chiefs. with large bands of Indians are
dancing day and night near the head OF
kingfisher creek, and propose 10 keep up
the dance until the Savior comes. They
now claim that the Messiah Is an Indian,
but that he resembles the pictures Of
Christ which may be seen in any art store
They claim that he will come soon, lead
ing the hosts of indians who have lived
aud died, and that the palefaces viii be
-.
prairies will again tremble beneath the
tread of buffalo and antelope, the forests
will be alive with game, and the world
will be transformed into a veritable happy
hunting ground. 4 singular feature of
the case is the fact that few squawmen
and educated half-breeds are as much ex-
cited as are the full-b loods, and are fur
nishing provisions for the dancers.
a strange discovery was made near
Tishomingo, Chickisaw Nation, Indian
Territory, one day last week by some wood
choppers, says a correspondent from that
country. They cut down large oak tree
which was partly hollow, but the entrance
to the followed portion had almost en-
tirely grown over, leaving only narrow
slit in the outside of the tree When the
the shock, and there, lying in the center
of the log, was the skeleton of man. On
the ankle was a band of iron attached to a
piece of chain, evidently from the man
acles which had been upon his person
when he sought refuge in the hollow tree.
From ali indications the skeleton bad been
entombed for at least one hundred years.
for the tree had grown sufficiently to al
most cover the opening through which he
had crawled to hide. Two OF the ribs
were broken in such a manner as to lead
to the belief that it was done with a bull
let The supposition is that the man had
escaped from some prison and had fed
with portion of his menacles and being
shot and hard pressed, had sought refuge
in the tree and there died. As there is no
record kept of the past criminal history of
this nation, his identity will ever remain a
mystery. One peculiarly of the skeleton
is that the tree had grown partly around
one Of his legs and 1t was solidly encased
in The wood. This specimen is now on ex-
hibition in the court house at Tisho
mingo.