The record-union., 1895-05-23
Thousands Will Rush to the Kick.
apOO Reservation To-Day.
"SOONERS" AND INDIANS LIKELY
TO CAUSE TROUBLE.
Mgr. Satollf Makes Public the Trans
Iation of an Encyclical Recently
Issued From the Vatican and Adj
dressed to All Catholics, on the Sub.
ject Of tho Union of ChriStendOm.
Special to the RECoRD-UNroN.

OKLAHOMA %. IT,, May I22.-All night
! long the roads leading to the Kickapoo
lands were crowded with men on horse
back going to the border. The crowd is
much larger than was anticipated here.
There will hardly be an able bodied man
in the town by tomorrow morning. The
banks have given notice that they will
close for the day. and the report was
started that raid by outlaws was feared.
it will be great holiday event. and the
town has to-day an air ofgayety. No one
seems to be working. People stand
about the streets talking the matter over.
Plenty of queer outfits are going out.
This morning bus drawn by four horses
took out townsite party. On the bus
was loaded a big tent and wet and dry
supplies. and inside were the town pro-
iectors and the men who will open the
first hotel and restaurant A large body
of horsemen, over 100 strong. started out
this morning. 1t was fine sight as they
went through the streets, four abreast,
with Wholesalers and canteens strapped
to their saddles.
The reduced fares on the railroads went
into effect last night, and the trains are
crowded. Many of the passengers arriv-
ing were compelled to walk the streets
all night, as every bed in town had been
engaged the night before. There is not a
horse in town for hire, and very few for
sale even at an enormous figure. The
weather is very cool, and the sky has
been overcast for two days. erybody
is praying for rain. There will be no
crops in this country unless there is rain
very soon. In the kickapOo country
everything looks much better.
Marshal Nix has deputies and large
number of horsemen in the country. AT
the Land Office nothing is known of any
trouble. The purpose OF the Marshal in
the country is understoOd to be more in
the nature of detective work than arrest
ing 'sooners'' or driving them out.
Hiatt, the Kansas boy who was first In
line at the Land Office, sold his place last
night for 500 to lady who wants a
claim. He has been engaged by her to
hold the place for her file, and will max g
the race out to the land for her.
United States Marshal Nix sent a dozen
deputies into the kickapoo country to
arrest 'sOoners" and take them before
United States Commissioner Wilkinson,
who is stationed at kickapoo Falls. The
''sooners'' are liable to fine of 81 900
each. 1t is said that some of the ''sOon-
ers' are desperate men from all parts of
the country, and that the deputies are
likely to have trouble in taking them. A
man who came from Shawnee says that
the country is filling up with ''sooners,"
so there will soon be more of that class Of
men than honest hOme-seekers.
1t was reported here yesterday after
noon that Big Jim's band of Kickapoos
had been in council on the Deep Fork
since Sunday night, talking about the
coming of the settlers. The man who
brought the report in said thst they were
all armed with Winchesters and had
plenty of ammunition, and numbered
about one hundred and fifty braves and
squaws. The story is laughed at, but
Marshal Nix said they might make
trouble, and he has wired for instruo-
tionS.
Settlers are forming along the west
bank of the North Canadian River from
Sweeney's bridge south for two miles,
and the woods are full of camps. 1t is
estimated that at least 10000 mon will
make the run from that line, run two
miles across the Kickapoo allotments,
and meet the runners from the south.
When the two bodies get together trouble
is predicted.
The streets of Oklahoma City resem BILE
those OF Arkansas City just prior to the
opening of the Cherokee Strip. They are
filled with men on horseback and COW
cred wagons on their way to the border
of the klckapoo country. Street auctions
OF ponies are going on in half dozen
places. Horses that two days ago were
not worth $40 are selling readily for $50
From the country around Oklahoma at
least 3. 900 men will run for claims.