People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-10-28
THREE MILLION ACRES.
fhe Amount Of New Land to Be Thrown
Open Through the Comanches, XII owas
and Apaches Taking Allotments.

Open Through the Comaaches, XII owas
and Apaches Taking Allotments.
ANADARKO, Ok, Oct 22.-After four
weeks of council the Cherokee commits
sion yesterday finished its negotia-
ton with the Comanche, Kiowa and
Apache tribes and effected an agree
ment The negotiation began at Fort
Sill the Goth of last month, at which
time a proposition on the part of
the government was submitted to the
Indians. The proposition provided that
these Indians should take allotments of
100 aces each and relinquish the resi-
due OF the reservation to the govern
ment to be attached to Oklahoma and
opened to white settlement. For this
surrender and REIMBURSEMENT the In
dams shall receive s., 100000
Of this sum 100000 will be paid in
cash within 100 days after the ratifca-
ton of the agreement, 100000 within
one year and 500, 900 within two years.
The remaining Sl,5OO,OOO will be left
in the treasury and bear interest at the
rate of per cent payable annually.
Minor paragraphs of the agreement
rOvide that existing treaties are
not to be disturbed, legally executed
leases shall not be interfered with IN
til limit expires, customary school sec
lions and land occupied and used for
religious purposes to I've reserved, and
adopted members of the tribe are to re-
ceive lands. The proposition was ac-
cepted on the eth and since that time
the commission has been engaged in
securing sufficient signatures to make
it effective
The treaty of 1865 entered into on
Medicine Lodge creek provides that no
agreement for the Accomplishments of
lands shall be valid unless signed by
three-quarters of the male adults liv-
ing upon the reservation. The three
tribes number about $500 people and
about 575 bucks over 81 years of age.
Yesterday the requisite three-quarters
were secured. The agreement will be-
come effective when ratified by con-
gress. Of these three tribes the Co.
manches are the most advanced in civ.
ilization and were the first to accept
the proposition. These were followed
by the Apaches. A large number of
Kiowas banded together to oppose its
acceptance and endeavored to intimi-
date those inclined to sign. The three
head chiefs, however, attached their
names.
The reservation lies between the
Washita and Red rivers in the south
western corner of the Indian territory
and embraces nearly 5000, 900 acres. 1t
is by far the best land yet negotiated
for in the Indian territory. 1t is well
watered and fertile and will develop
into magnificent corn and cot
ton land. This is the tenth
agreement entered into by the
Cherokee commission since MAY, 1890,
from which a total Of almost 10000. 900
acres Of land have been reclaimed from
Indian occupation. Ten thousand five
hundred Indians will have been placed
upon allotments and will cease to draw
rations from the government Five of
these agreements have been ratified by
congress and the reservations have been
opened to settlement. These are
the Iowa, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie,
Shawnee, and Cheyenne and Arap-
ahoe reservations. Four have been re.
ported to congress for legislative ac-
tion-the KickapOo, Wichita, Tonkawa
and Cherokee outlet Of the first three
there is no time limit, but for that of
the Cherokee outlet it is provided there
In that unless ratified by congress by
March 4, 1898, the agreement shall be
void Those interested in the opening
of this domain would do we'll to note
this feature of it. The commission will
proceed to the Pawnee agency on the
outlet to negotiate with that tribe.