Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-15
A LINE OF SETTLERS
Who Won't Leave Their Places to
Eat or Sleep, Now Forming at
A NORTH. DAKOTA LAND OFFICE.
Railroad Trains Ready to Invade the Re-
serve, Loaded Down.
OKLAHOMA BOOMERS EXCITED, TOO

FARGO, N. D., April IA line was
formed at the land Office here about mid
night last night, and this morning there
was quite long string, which is growing.
The men have formed an organization and
elected a. President, who gives each man
number as they catch on, and they have all
agreed to respect these numbers, so that
man can leave his place in the line to get
his meals. Many of the men are afraid to
trust to this, and have brought pro-
visions with them to last until Friday, as
there is always chance that the agreement
may fall through and they may have to
take their place at the foot Of the line
Most of them have purchased and have
blankets with them to make themselves
comfortable tonight.
The crowd is orderly and gopd-humored.
The land Office has not yet received any Of
fetal plan of the lane, .and Receiver Davis
yesterday sent man to the Sisseton agency
after them. He would have to ride all
night from Browns Valley, and then turn
around and ride back in order to reach here
in time.
Getting q View OF the Promised Land.
For week past every train on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway has
been dropping off a few land-seers at Wau-
bay, s. D. The numbers have increased the
last four days. They come from both direc-
tions. Aberdeen has sent in large numbers,
who reached there from the north, south
and west, and Milbank on the east has sent
Eastern States. Many settlers have come
here in order to get the ride across the res
ervation, as this has been the only way in
which view of the promised land could be
secured for two weeks past, owing to the
orders of the Secretary and the soldiers.
The same railroad has train standing at
the depot ready to start for the Lake Ira
verse lands tomorrow morning. The road
is just completed to point in the most fer
tile lands. More than 500 men are waiting
to take passage on the first section of the
train.
The Movements of the Trains.
The plan is to pull out of the depot here
at 1880 tomorrow and run to the line, a
distance of six miles, Here halt will be
made until 1890. At the given signal the
train will pull out for the rich Lake Ira
verse basin land to the north.
At the end of the track the Wilmot Land
Company and the White Beaver Town Site
conyeyances Of all kinds to take the set
tiers to the exact claims Two hundred
and fifty passengers came in on the train
from the East yesterday and twice that
number this morning. Trouble is feared at
the time the train starts if all are not able
to secure transportation.
A dispatch from Browns Valley, Mimi,
says: The train from here this morning
carried fully 100 men to Graceville, bound
for Hankinson, Lidgerwood and points
along the northern boundary line. A party
of 40 went north to White Rock. A party
under the leadership of Oklahoma Charley
about seven miles north of the
city. 1t is stated that he has party of
nearly 500 men, which he will conduct to
the best lands tomorrow. Their scheme is
said to be to put back to the middle of the.
lake if surprised.
Oklahoma Boomers on the Tip-Toe.
A dispatch from Guthrie, o. r., saws:
The news of the Presidents proclamation
opening the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands
to settlement Tuesday, the 10Th inst,
reached here late last night. To-day un- |
usual stir is manifested, as the numbers of |
boomers who have been waiting for the an.
nouncement are making their final prepara-
tions to move up to the front. Everything |
is now in readiness for the opening, and no
more delay will occur.
Very few of the thousands waiting to
enter the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country
have ANYTHING but the vaguest ideas as to
the character of the country which they
have looked upon as the promised land.
Some Of it is very fair farming soil, but
most is poor. A few of the would-be set
tlers, disgusted with the outlook, are leav-
ing, but their places are rapidly filled, and
hey are not missed. But few attempts to
,ross the dead lines are made. A newspa-
per correspondent made trip into the
country and found not a single sooner"
Near Darlington a small encampment of
Arapahoes was found. These Indians are
Ill believers in the coming of the Messiah.
Waggoner Beck, military messenger who
was met on his way from B Troop to Fort
Reno, says the Cheyennes held a big ghost
lance near the proposed seat of "M' county
Monday night.
Five Thousand Strangers in Watertown.
According to advices from Watertown, S.
D., train load after train load of land seek
RS was landed here yesterday to swell the
,rowd that overhowed the town. Fully
!, 900 strangers spent the night in Water
own, crowding in every available space and
leeping in Railways, churches and impro-
,ised sheds in the lumber yards. Hundreds
we're taken into the houses of citizens, and
very effort was made to make all as COM
ortable as they could be in a down-pour of
ain that is unprecedented in the history of
Dakota.
The line at the land Office is constantly
many being comfortably shell
cred in wood-package cases; but others
With grim resolution brave the elements
unprotected. Whenever conveyances can
,e obtained settlers are getting out along
he line of the reservation, and many are
,etting temporary accommodations with
armers in the country.
Tomorrow morning the available troops
rill be deployed into a vidette line sur
ounding the reservation on its north and
asst boundaries. The bugle signal will
pen the firing, which will be carried along
he line, each man firing one shot. At that
Instant there will be helter-skelter race
or the town site, IL miles north and 10
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