The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-12-06
LANDS FOR BOOMERS.
THE NEXT SIC, TION TO BE OPENED
BY UNCLE SAM.

Whichi!a and the KlOwa-C Omanche-
Apache reservation in the Indian Terri
tory, which will probably be the next
lands thrown open to settlement. The
reservation of the Kickapoos, small but
beautiful parcel of land, almost in the
heart of Oklahoma, and the reservation
of the Wlchitas have been purchased OF
the Indians, and only requires the COM
pletion of the work of the alloting
agent and the presidents proclamation
TO declare them open to citizens of the
United States. The reservation of the
Kiowas. Comanches and Apaches has
been purchased. but no steps have yet
been taken looking to its allotment to
the resident Indians. When settled
these lands will form part of the terri
tory Of Oklahoma. The Kickapoo reser-
walton is like one immense park of 2OO,-
900 acres. The South Canadian river
waters the western border, and there
the soil is a black prairie loan, extraor-
dinarily fertile. The central and west
ern parts are high prairie land richly
timbered. An examination Of corn
grown in small patches by Kickapoos
showed it to be full-eared and tall.
The Wichita reservation contains L.
165 square miles, or 746600 acres.
Should the Indians take allotments they
would occupy 10000 acres, 50 that
$4,000 would be available for home
stead purposes. The reservation is
bounded on the north and south sides
by large streams of water; on the north
by the caprioious South Canadian, which
is either dry as dusty road or running
bankfull of rushing, muddy water be-
fore which farms are inundated and
railroad bridges are w 4shed out; on the
south by the beautiful Wasltia, a clear,
rapid-running stream which never goes
dry. In the valleys the soil will hand
somely compensate for cultivation. The
interior is high, rolling land, suitable
for grazing, but even here there are val
leys of good tillable land. The Indians
of this reservation live on "grass mon
ey," or the rent which they receive
from leases to the cattlemen. Along
the Washita river there is an abundance
of Undertook, elm, walnut, blackberry
and cottonwood The climate is tenn
perate in summer and by no means Sc
we're in winter.
The reservation of the KiOwas, Com
anches and Apaches is picturesque, but
little more than that. The farmer will
find subsistence on it doubtful. This
reservation is bounded on the north by
the Nashita river and the former
Cheyenne and Arapahoe country, now a
part Of Oklahoma, and called Washita
country, ON the east by the Chickasaw
Nation, on the west by Greer county,
now in dispute between the state of
Texas and the United States, and on the
south by Texas. The north fork of the
Red river runs along it's southern border.
1t contains 2,96S, $50 acres According
to the treaty made by the Cherokee COM
missioners in 1892, the Indians will
take 453, 900 acres in allotments. This
treaty has not yet been ratified by con-
gress. The government has agreed to
pay the Indians 100000 for their
lands, but it should be understood that
they claim to have been misled concern
ing the contents of the treaty, and say
they do not want to sell their surplus
lands or to take allotments. The reser-
vati0n contains little land that is fit for
agriculture and suffers during a great
rart of the year from want of rain. The
Wichita mountains send a spur into the
reservation and there are stories of rich
mineral deposits among the hills Gold
and lead can undoubtedly be found
there, but as the Indians drive out the
white prospectors who venture into the
Wichita range, its mineral wealth is lit
tie more than hearsay.!
Mr. j. P. BlaiSe, an extensive real es-
tate dealer in Des Moines, Iowa, narrow
~ escaped one of the severest attacks of
pneumonia while in the northern part
of tn at stare during a recent blizzard,
says tb e Sunday Review. Mr.. Blaise had
occ sion to drive several miles during
the storm md was 81 thoroughly chilled
that he was Unable to get warm, and in |
side of an hour after his return he was
threatened with severe case of pneu
monia or lung fever. Mr.. Blaise sent to /
the nearest drug store AMI got 'Ottle of |
Chanberain's Cough Renely, Of which
he had often heard, and took number