The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-21

Ths xerv1sory ef ok1sh@rs @ew has
ss.oeo Black PsD1l2szoa

Ths Territory ef oklsh@n& @sw Has
sssoeo Black Psp1lzsaoa
xss TEX szz-
The g-owta Of QkaKhoz1a has b@en o1s
% tie Eos. rsTnerk.bZe "a the hzss0-y q
American tsErz1o-ssz A fsw years ago J,
was o saTrsa wilderness. inh8osse1 cEsy ~
ssrage Indians Azd Iswlrss white z1ez. 30
6sy i Is knocking .; tie doors Of congress
for admission 30 the Tasoa IS ssAte
When il % s3-atEte1 j. wll have larger
Afro-Ansrlezn poyrl2tio1 toa7 any ssAts
CT is ssxs and poczlssio7 n the Unlcn
oztascs tie Southern states. From nE1res
furnished the sxs reporter D. Mr.. Peter
lynn Oliver. . rspz.aose IAwyss = Z
Carolina few years hE0. u - learned snss
the Afro-Araeriesn population NUMBERS
81. 600. there being 6.5o5 IN Blame county,
1900 IN kl1gflsaer eountv, {. 80 In Lan-
coin connty. t9.0o0 in Logs1 county, the
rsZasE6sr being scattered n al the otner
countess Tie tet&l property holdings Of
these people - s. 81. aa6. divided as TO-
acres o< farm I.1d; s.. 80 represented ~
town property. and So, 30 represented ~
personality. Commenting On these hg-
ures, which Mr.. Oliver furnishes the SEa
reporter By counties. NJ Oliver says:
The land In 0klahoz1A - largely raE.
sud the price place uEsOa i IL extrsnsly
lo~. Settlers have hardly beg1a 10 build
elzoorstely. and the majority Of the
pioDeers brought with them no personally
worth msationing save fhslr teams when
they EFst cane; some came evs1 tesnless.
TIE person atty Valuation. - tAerstore.
very low. II ycn could have seen this bar
rsn county. kozeser. April p lo-ss. then
gons away, sad dropped doxn upon IS 10
day. yo1 wculd Be wc11er struck 80 the
a.
house .ad tie shack are beng rapidly re-
placed 81 beA1tifal and co1foTtao.s homes
Tor man and beast
"The estimates have given goa are for
okiah0ns. ere. GcIng other portions Of he
Oh Indian Territory. There = large
Afr0-Amerlcan pOp1lst3on IN that portion
81 the territory. many 81 fhem worth tier
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars. The
Greek aad SeminOls nstions have more
African than Ln1Laa blood Ia their ve4ns.
and Gov. Br0wn. q the Creeks. shoEs BIS
African more than hls Indian blood he
L. . man Of education and wealth
Tie kickApoo. the Kl0w1, the Co
nanehs and the Apache lands are likely
20 come IN soon for ss.tisusaL The next
move vii thea b@ upon the I've clvlilLed
tribes, who osn their lands IN common.
Thea the whole Indian Territory vii have
been swallowed by the white DAn- Nay
lots Of black men help In the So allowing"
The AfrO-Americans have settled in
some parts Almost 70 tie exclusion q the
whites Langston City vas founded ~
z r. McCabe, who vas once auditor Of
Kansas. . man % great resource and en-
ergy. TIE streets. avenues and oouleTarcs
Of Langston City are named IN honor Of
prominent Afro-Americ2ns. 1t supports
8 weekly newspaper called she Head
Mr.. AcCabs projected another. town. but
IL has not prospered IS veil a. Langston
City.
Most Of the Afro Americans in okla-
homA went there from the Southern
states. Tennessee furnishing very large
number. and these are Constantly draw
ing others after them. a. Is natural and
usual in such cases. 20 that IL Is possible
that when the territory Is admitted TO the
Union il viii have an Afro-Afnerlcan pop
ulation Of some 01o0. In several in
stances, when these men have been mem
aced by unfriendly Indians and whites,
they have shown that the courage and de-
termination which carried them into the
territory and enabled them 20 secure
homes in the wilderness were sufficient 20
protect them and their property.