The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-01
IN THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
The Experience Of q Drummer In
the Rush for Land.
He Isound lie Had Made n Great Mis-
take and Was Glad to Get Out or
the Country ilive-Trials or other
Nvould-I;e SoOucrs.

take and Was Glad to Get Out OF
the Country alive-Trials OF other
NVould-Be Soouers.
No less than eight travelling men
were seduced into making a run to the
Cherokee strip in search of quarter sec
tilus or town lots and the number
which returned disappointed and dis
custed was exactly six. As / was one
of the number and hence am telling
tale on myself, says n writer IN the
- Louis Globe-DcmOCrat, / cannot be
accused of malice. unless it be against
mankind in general and the interior
department in particular. l paid
twenty dollars for turn to register,
and have ever since looked upon the
man who made the sale as remark
auly smart individual l obtained
certificate and at twelve o'clock com
Iaenced to ride bright looking horse
into the strip. ! might have got
rood claim if could have controlled
che horse. But l couldn't The ami
NAL simply did his best to beat every
thing else in sight, taking the fastest
horse for peacemaker aud following
with praiscworthy assiduity. | have
been under the impression that J could
means good riding have nothing to
be ashamed of, for l certainly did not
fall off Otherwise | was complete
failure as q rider. for the horse Went at
Ms own gait. turned when Lc wanted
-a and treated my desires with 4
CONTEMPT which was supreme 1t
was nearly three o'clock before
he got so tired out that l was
able to stop him, and by that time ne
had got me into one of the worst sec
tions III the strip where the ground
aid not begin To be worth the amount
the government asked for it. Whether
those who obtained the claims got in
on balloons or whether they sncalsed
in over night | am not prepared to say,
but every claim with prctenSe of herb
age or water on ii was occupied, and
one man had a house half built It did
not take me long to make up my mind
that the sooner | could get back into
Kansas the better, but / had no idel Of
the enormous distance | had travelled
until ! had got well into the Journey
on an exhausted horse which needed
both food and water badly. / had to
camp out all night, and finally got into
town ON sunday morning heartily
ashamed of myself. and with enough
dust on me to have started small
vegetable garden. My only consolation
was that hundreds of others were
equally unfortunate, and ! believe
there was more grumbliug and cussin"
70 the square inch all day Sunday IL
this town than anyone present could
possibly realize. w, who travels for
st 10 dry goods house. did not turn uD
tin Just after supper ON Sunday even
ing. LNactly what happened u him
EO one win know until he r,rd.uS Tai.
temper. At present ne win give no in
formation whatever, and all that is
known is that he went into the strip
on horseback ana came back rs q!
extra passenger in n prairie schOouci
or cN-boOmer's wagon. \ Chicago ma
who went in with us ON hossebach
from here got hupelcssly lost, auu
finally found himself at Known. whcr,
he sold the quadrupcd and took TIA,
ears back here. Another man Of tn,
travelling fraternity, who has alway.
boastcd that he never got left, Joined
a town-site colony Il few days befor
the opening and went in with them
Half Il dozen Snoncrs were quarrelinE
over the quarter section they hau
designed to make the metropal. as of tn,
Indian territory when they arrived at
1T. and all they could do was to lriy,
back. Our brother in ahliction give.
most humorous account of his oX-
perience. Three OF the number mad,
the run on horse back, the balance fol
lowing insEaEups. when shcy met a,
the coveted spot and compared note.
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