The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-24
Tile cArpOKrE iNTRIIDFRS.

! WASHINGTON. June 23-Ihe board ap-
pointed by Secretary Smith to appraise
the value of the improvements Of the in
truders on the home reserve of the Chero-
kee nation is expected to get to work by
! the middle of next month. There has
been some delay in the matter Of the dis
| bursting agent of the board getting his
| bond prepared The disbursing agent.
| Peter pernot of indianapolis, mailed his
| bond and 1t was caught IN il wreck.
! After some days the department notified
! him that he should send in his bond when
! he replied that he had mailed it long ago.
| After some investigation lt was concluded
/ that it WAS in Il batch of mail that was de-
! stroyed on the road. and he was informed
| that the department could not accept the
| one that had met with the misfortune and
| he had better Try and get ap another one.
| He prepared a second and took the care TO
! send that by express, aud it has landed ut
the office While member OF the board,
lie is also the distributing ugeut, and Will
get something extra for his services III
that direction.
In the meantime, tue department is pre-
pairing the instructions. They are rather
voluminOus aud take in the whole matter
of government action in dealing with The
intruders. The board Will be instructed
by the department to visit the home q
every intruder and personally examine all
improvements and estimate value OF same
and, having done that, enter 1t III the rec
ords. r. after all the intruders have been
visited aud an estimate made, the total
amounts 10 more than $3.50, 900, the board
Is instructed to cut all the allotmentS pro-
porLionately SO that the whole Will come
within that amount.
1t was the expressed will of congress to
allow only that amount for all tie i'm
proyemenUs This was the compromise
figure agreed upon by congress. 1t does
not matter if the improvements of all the
iltruders amount 30 double the amount
allowed by congress- they only get the
amount allowed and they Will get that
proportionately. There is a general be-
lief based upon the claims OF the IN
truders before the senate ana house COM
mittees, that the improvements of the in
truders will amount 10 very much more
than the sum Of $3.50 900. In tact the
Cherokee delegates did not incline to the
opinion that this would REIN burse all ut a
full valuation. but they Insisted tina: the
intruders should suffer financially TO some
extent as they had had the use of the
lands and made money in that way.
Should both parties be surprised aud the
whole amount to less than the sum APP
propriated the board viii not be compelled
to make a general cut after aDpraising all
The departments Instructions will
direct the board TO take the advice of
Chief Harris in the matter OF who are in
truders. There Is a general desire to
avoid being an intruder, and to settle this
question the secretary OF the interior Will
Inform the board that they will abide 10y
the directions Of Harris. 1t Is expected
that there VIII be a good deal OF trouble
in getting this feature settled, but the de-
partmenC is aiming TO take no part in this,
but donate all the unpleasantHesS to the
Cherokee nation.
After the awards to the intruders are
made the intruders are forced to leave the
reservation, provided they are given the
amount of money for their improvements
the board estimates Is due. Until that
amount is paid they can remain in the
reserve. IL Is estimated that in many
instances they will be able 10 make terms
with the Cherokees and remain, but it is
thought that some of the fellows who have
been giving the Cherokees trouble over
the INTRUDER question viii be forced to
leave very soon.