The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-25
DOWN IN CHICKAsHA.
Cattle, Silver and Baby Carriages for
the Indians,

CHICAsHA, March 24-[Special. 1.-The
cattle shipments from Texas have opened
up, ID. X. FAINT receiving twelve cars at
this point yesterday. They were fat beeves
from Mills Point, Texas, and are destined
10 Judgment in the stomach of poor Lo
They are to be issued at the Anadarko
agency to the kiowas, Comancbes.
Apaches, Wichitas and Caddos. The
great Rock Island is the popular shipping
route 10 markets and is paTroniZed by
Cattle Shippers from all over western
Texas and the entire Indian territory.
IL appears that the mission of the Indian
delegates to Washington on the subject of
the treaty with the kiowas, Comapches
and Apaches has borne It's fruit AS the
dispatches assert that the present congress
VIII not ratlfy the treaty made with the
tribes The delegates were Big Looking
GLASS, under chief of the Comanches:
Apache John. under chief of the paches:
Ah-peir-ton, under chief of the Kiowas
Andres Martinez Went along as interpre-
ter. They Seemed to have caught,
the ear of Bailey of Texas
and other sympathetic congress
men, who Will hemceforth oppose all
measures to have the treaty ratified
Their efforts In this direction have been
successful, If at all, only because they
proved that the terms Of the treaty. were
misinUerpreted to them, as this was the
only means OF repudiating a treaty so SOL
EMMY entered into. Mind, il is not said
here that 1t is so proved, but, on the con-
Irary, the high character of the interpret
ers, as well known here. precludes any pos
sibllity OF their engaging in any scheme TO
defraud their own kith and kin, wnen the
gain TO themselves would be absolutely
nothing that would be unequal to the
shares OF all other members OF the tribes
Ii proper efforts are made the treaty will
never be snnulled on any such grounds
But we are disposed to give credit where
credit is due, aud think the Indians are
wiser in their way than the peoples repre-
sentatlves III congress, and their delegates
work harder for their constituents than
the congressman do for theirs. The grass
lease money que the Indians on leases in
the Nova and ComaDche country came in
last Tuesday. The amount was SIS 600 and
was escorted across TO the agency by "A file
of sixteen Indian policemen under Captain
Rodgers. The Indians happiness Is shared
by our merchants. Ms they are beginning
TO feel the weight OF the silver dollars left
with them by their duskv customers.
These payments are made quarterly, aud
sIl n silver dollars, each Indian getting
about Sl9.o0. We call il here a good way
10 distribute wealth
The people aronnd Anadarko must be
fixing for a payment themselves AS the
eagle eye OF the EAGLE representative
caught sight of a dozen baby carriages in
one sh!pment gong through the freight
ofilce at this place this week billed to a.
prominent merchant of that thriving in
terror town. Every baby counts as much
as grown up person in "A drawing such as
q Indians are the beneficiaries of. and
they are not slow in looking after this i'm
portant fact.
The baptist church is well under way
now and Will soon lie completed so that
our good Baptist friends here will have a
place to worship. The Christians are as
busy as bees with their building and 1t is
understood will begin work soon. Several
new residences are being planned since the
last communication to the EAGLE from
this place
Wheat is growing faster than big herds
OF cattle can nip it of and bids fair 10 be