The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-11
FROM THE FAR WEST.
The Resources of Indian Territory---A
General Description of the
New Country.
TULSA, Indian Territory.

from The towering mountains Of West
ern North Carolina to the almost bound
less prairies Of the Indian Territory.
The eye, unused to having such a vast
field of vision spread out before IL,
grows tired and strained and the head
swims and grows dizzy. The rolling
prairie, carpeted in living green, re
sembles a vast inland ocean, and the
scattered cabins of the Indians and set
tiers might be mistaken for ships
plOughing their way through the
watery main. The prospective open
ing up to settlement of the Chero
kee Outlet has caused a large influx of
home seekers to this section. AS the
"strip" is closed as yet against them,
they are camped along the Kansas,
Usage and Creek borders.
This is certainly beautiful country,
and possesses all the natural advan-
| tages that could be devised by the
most exacting of home seekers; a sur
face just rolling enough toafford drain
age, a SOIL the fertility Of which is
almost eXhaustible, and a climate
which is happy medium between the
excessive cold Of the North and ener-
waiting heat Of the far South The heat
of summer is tempered by cool breezes
from the snow capped summit of the
Rockies and the cold of winter miti-
gated by balmy winds, warmed by
their passage over tropical seas, and
yet redolen5 with the perfume cf the
inc apple and orange blossom.
The sell is lime stone and produces
large crops Of corn, wheat, rye and
other grains. The average yield of
corn is from SO to so bushels per acre,
wheat from 25 to 40 bushels, other
grains in proportion; cabbage, turnips,
beets, onions, and in fact all kinds of
vegetables commonly denominated
garden truck" grow to perfection
and yield proftably. had almos. for
gotten to state that this is fine to
bacco section ard will produce as fine
article of the weed as North Carolina,
Kentucky or Tennessee.
Apples, peaches, pears, ounces, et;.,
grow to perfection, and such a thing
as a failure of the fruit is unknown.
PIums, grapes, berries, in fact all the
small fruits need only to be planted to
be enjoyed.
This Tulsa-is in the Creek
nation, and of course the pale face
cannot hold land fee simple as the wise
men at Washington long ago ordained
that these lands should not be sold
from the Indians. However, the Greeks
offer liberal inducements to white men
to settle among them, by a system Of
leases that are liberal in the extreme
and discount ownership as there are
no taxes to pay. Talk about the lib
erality of "Upcle Sam" Your uncle
isn't "in it with the Creek Indian.
Your uncle requires much and gives
but little, the Indian asks but little and
offers much.
The Indian possesses millions of
acres of the finest farming lands in the
universe, virgin prairies, fertile as the
valley Of the Nile and only requiring
to be enclosed and broken with the
plow to yield the most prolific crops.
These lands are useless to the Indian
except for hunting or fishing purposes,
and he is quite willing-for a slight
consideration-tog give his white brother
q seven, fourteen or twenty one year
lease.
Many who came out with the inten
ton of securing homes on the strip "
have concluded to abandon that idea
and take leases from the Indians. The
only reasons that can be assigned for
these rich lands lying idle and uncul
tivated so long are, first the fact that
this country offers absolutely no in
ducements to the real estate agent or
the boomer" There are no corner
lots, no farms to be sold or exchanged
and a real estate mans name here
would sure be Dennis The second
reason is the unenviable notoriety
given to this section by the exaggerated
reports in the public press Of the dOings
of the Starr, Dalton and other gangs
of like ilk. But it should be remem-
bered that the DaltOns were eXterml-
mated at Coffeyville, Kansas, last year,
and that the leaders Of the others have
either reformed and become useful
citizens or are else sleeping their last
long sleep with their toes turned up to
the daises.
To those who contemplate removing
here, I would say that nowhere are
life and property safer or more re