Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-04-21
HOMES M the NORTHWEST.
OpsaEag o< the st>s~tsa Reservation la
ssafh Daksta a Great Rush For
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Opsalag e< the sEss~tsa Reservation la
ssash Dakota Great Rush For
Hem~s-
BRowS's VALLEY. MINI. April ia
The sharp. clear note Of n bugie at noon
yesterday. the almost simultaneous
click of n carbine. then n vollry from
the whole far reaching line of cavalry
as the signal was taken up and carried
in = rrv~rhrratinx report u thousands
Of waiting men. a few more haItinx
shots bessSming fainter a. the distance
increased and the Si>-eton reservation
was at last open.
The military withdrew from the bnr-
der and re ioius,st their companies. Prom
the brush all along the shore of the
Minnesota river. from ravineS hitherto
held to be unpopulatcd. from every con-
cetvable spot bordering on the reserva-
tiou that could shelter a man. horse or
wagon there sprang hcr,fcs Of home
seekers
There were numerous alterations bs-
tween rival claimants. but M blo~i has
been shed 50 far a. h known. and IL II
believed the deputy sheriffs and militia
viii be able to preserve order. In that
locality many OF the s4uatters began
the erection of houses at once A large
number had houses already constructed
on wagons. but the maiority commenced
settlement by digging excavations fcr
wells and cwlIars or by pIowing.
At Fargo. about ieo fling were made
in the course of the afsernoou- The
first hling was by Rev. Mr. Van Horne.
.xF$ h. E.rx a
fled She had hired man IN keep her
place in line and was th.. fifth from th..
front. Presiding Elder Cooper, Of tbs.
N-thosiist church. was also one Of the.
applicants The applicants are good
natur~d and have respected the system
OF numbering applicants in line. and the
| fssrs all got their Applications in yes
tsrvsay afternoon
Watertowu was deserted early in the
day by all but tbs. 200 ulsu who had
plstrcs IN the line ot tiler~. 4 rush was
made early in the day tst crowd out tbs.
head Of the line. but IL was unsurresss-
full Three thousand dollars was paid
yesterday morning foe the first plaev in
the line The party holding it has re-
MANNED at the door Of the land ot,icr
since last saturday evening
The f2fsth plare snld for sano. The
opening occurred without a slip and
without disturbance shortly before y
n rope was stretched beside the Iins. ansi
squad ot militia and twenty poIicr-
men were stationed in n position to
command the entire line At exactly L.
Lee Slower, n local attorney. having
II A
fled one declaratory statement and ten
dered the fling Of Ii0 others. which
were rejected His business was com
pleted in a minute and a half and No. .
admitted
AT o'clock i0s filings had been made
and the speed was b~inu CONSTANTLY A.
s~lerated- ~ il II thought the entire
line was through by night Most Of tbs.
attorneys are following Stover's plan
and rendering all Of their deeIaratories
simultaneously, hut n few tender only
one and are found again in line at the
rear Frum first Ia last there has been
no hrvaeh Of the p.saee-a fact which
indicates the splendid character Of tbs.
new settlers
Quite number will probably lose
their claims through sqIatters reaching
the Land first
There IN an a. yet uneonfrmed report
Of the killing Of squatter in Grant
county. but no particulars of this or
any other serious trouble have BEEN vet
received
Conservative estimates OF settlers who
went on the reservation yesterday are
lvxf- a -.ast l.
5000 have located
At HISS Capt Ellis announced To the
crowd Of over 500 at Wheaton that he
would fire the signal in precisely FIVE
minutes BY his watch. and advised all
to be careful and not run into each
other
At precisely II he fired the shot and
the rush was o. From the boundary
line to the bluffs, n mile distant, the
land is level a. n floor. with gradual
rise toward the west. and it was across
this plane that the pretty race took
place OF course those on horses soon
left the others in the rear. One party
was thrown out of his buggy at the
start and the team ran away, but a
eavalrynan caught the horses and the
occupants were soon following the
crowd
BY I o'clock nearly every laudSeeISer
that had made the start from Wheaton
was holding n quarter section It il
claimed that n great gumber of those
on horses that started from that point
broke sod on their claims from fifteen
To twenty minutes from the time the
signal was given Every person that
wanted claim got one and there seems