The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-21
THE RUSH FOR HOMES.
Over 90. 900 Families Have Them Nov
Ia the Chcroke- strip. How the
Hace Was Made.

100, 900 families. Only few days ago II
had not n single legal inhabiiant. When
the cannon doomed at noon Saturday. an
nouncing the opening Of the cherished
territory, there was mad ride from all
points OF the compass by horse or train.
Many thousands. OF course, were too late,
but those who won ouinumbefed by far the
disappointed ones.
The signal for the rnn nt the point of the
line neaiest Guthrie. Okla. wa$ TO he o
revolver shot, and the lieutenant. as he rode
To The iront OF the line watch IN hand, was
The target for all eyes. II lackei three
minutes 1T the stroke ~ noon when far tn
the e,st, like a wave coming back from q
rckv coast, the he lvgan To Shiver md
there was u plunge OF horsemen from its
front. The oiii, er rose IN his st''rtiis with
an angry gesture as thougu 10 check the
premature stampede. lie might rs well
have tritd tO stop nn avalanche.
Al hc cou,d do was TO tut his revolver
and lire three hasiy sho's. whose sound was
we'll nigh lot in the ihund'r OF thousands
4 hoois Gs The wave oi aiient humanity
swept by him into the promised land. For q
few minutes the I'lain was u confused mass
tf fluuVing hor.cs and ratt vehicles
Then uut at the melre a fringe "f horsrmen
rapidly drew away. and were soon lust 10
view. wli.e the rest uf the CHARGING GRO Sd-
ces-lon moving quietiy unwn the trail.
\ brri rHce Was mnt g tor the toon lot
sites Of Perry, one o. the Two Coan'y seats
CRtl C'e'g OF Gu hrie reached the rand
oiice r,t and filed at 1882, and 10y oc ock
u ~ were IA line thgr, ~ .0j the first tent
wa. put up hy J. H. Lyman. 81 GuthriY,and
NJ i:aI the Valley Bank WAS really to do
business whiie the Darlington Miller um-
Der Company Opened u rir wards five min.
uics Later The oid stage route to euy
which was followed by most uf the horse.
men hnd several very bad crossings. aud ut
I o'clock - vPhic es were wrecked. Rev.
john H. Angler. of Mulhall. was badly in
inred: Lorenzo Hocumb. Of the same pirce,
WAS fatally crushed by horse failing on
him. One woman was badly injured by
falling from n moving tran, ami n cow
huv fro u I,xis fell from his here, shOt
through the body. but there j. ~" civw tU
who fired the shot The trail is incl with
broken down Wagons and buygics anu n
hundrcd deui horses .ir scatt. rei here and
there about Perry and the adjoining hills.
DESCRIPTION or rnE CiERbHFE STRIP.
The land included IN the cherokee Strip,
or outlet. VII gateway TO O<iahona. ~
bounded on the North hy kan'aS on th.
east hy the herOkpc natl II, un the south
hv the Creek country. Okla oniu. EHd tn"
Seminole land. and ,'u the west V ley
IN No Mans | ID. lhe strip, IslhPr ia
the land on winch the CheiVhees i've. w..
granted q en- III lS2l ia exchange iur lands
IN Georgia aud AlaDana The treaty supu
lated 1000 U acres and "a perpetual outlct
west and the free and uunpicstc'l use OF al
the country lying wet OF the wtSttr houn-
darr. ~ far west ~ the sOv'Ie Hnty o. III
United States and Their right uf SOFT *
tnd.n There has alwhy, been u question
about The Ind ans right to the lana not ~
actual use by them territory consisting
OF 0WfJ OOO acres-beCuuse II was not dis
tinctly specified whether the use of the
outlet or its actual possession was in
tended.
In 1853 a live stock association was form
ed and "a five wear lease secured rom the
Indians at Sl0O, 600 IA wear annual rental. IL
was then claimed by those who thought the
Indians should not enjj such "a bonanza
that the Quiet had never h 'rn given TO the
Indians outright but that they were simply
y, rmitlej IsS lse A new leuse or contract
for grazing" was niade IN 1888. ut the rental
OF S2ea"Nts year before Tue renewal hno
been made g. s'renuous efforts began to be
made TO induce the lndinns 10 We up the
land Congress took up the question ami
appointed Cherokee commission who's
business should be 10 negotiate with the
Indians for buying the strip ior settlement
But the Indians would not then accept the
offer. % per acre; 20 in 1881 Secretary
Nubte notified the chief of The Cherokees
that an arrangement with the catl em1n
would have to he cancelled. lie also s,rved
notice on the Cherokee Strip live stock as
soca ion TO vacate the strip or out eta
notice that WAS for long time partially
conf lisd with.
Ihs Cherokee strip. which is the coveteu
land Of promise 10 5000 home seekers, j.
trnversed by streams aud railroads that
make IL at once valuable. The eastern Ior'
lion is the hest as il is well watered by the
Shakaska river and well connected with the
| outer world by the Sante Fe railroad. The
middle section IL more desertli -. while the
WIS ern part is barely iii for cultivation.
Despite many losses and the cutting of ot
part of their number by cessions OF land,
| the Cherokres as u nat on still number some
| 5000 nnd their prs, ent territory is ample
| for rll their needs. Their form OF Govern
mcnt is purely republican, though native
titles are retained Their language is cult
waited in its purity and considerable
| literature has grown up, printed in the re-
| markably scientific characters invented by
Lequoyah, whose fame grows brighter as
| ha pO