Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-29
CLAIMS IN DEMAND.
coMANcHE INDIANS ARE TAKING
ALLoTMENTs.


News just received from the Fort SIN
country states that the Comanche In
dams are taking allotments, fully one
half of them being already on their
homesteads. The same authority
states that the cavalry was then away
from Fort Sill putting the cattle on
the Indians land.
It is a beautiful theory OF Hole
Smiths. Allowing the cattle kings to
hold the country until the Indians were
ready and willing to become farmers
knowing the cattlemen, by giving the
chiefs n little sugar and the officials
little bonus, can prevent the common
Indians from making any money farm
ms inside the big pastures. And "
there can he no money made farm
ing what incentive Is there to quilt
playing injun and go to farming? II
should not be forgotten that fully 300
Indians met the writer at Anadarko by
agreement over II year ago to get the
agents consent for Indians to rent
their lands to white farmers. The
agent peremptorilly refused. Yet, II
accounts be true, this same lieutenant
agent went to Washington In the cat
tlemen's interest and plead for the
Indians to keep them penned up in
the middle Of a big pasture as the only
way to clvlllze them. This is why the
Indians and white settlers can not
Nc lNN th'If lhUltNNfhhF bll Alltll kVN-
eminent land today But one thing
We accomplished last year that pro-
duced telling results We met the In
dians In their homes and at the coun-
ellis; We showed them the difference
In money between cents an ncre (and
the cattle Kings agent to guess at
the acre. for grass and one-thlrd and
one-fourth OF the crop from farmers
put In the 1ndlans' barn We showed
them the difference between raising
up their children with their present
surroundings compared with educating
thom In school room with ours, so
they would start out In life on an equal
or better footing than ours at q years
old, Their love FOR home and family
was equal to ours and what we did
mutually discuss largely was. how
could We accomplish IT In spite OF the
cattle kings and agents. We shook
hands on n solemn pledge TO win IT,
each side In their own way, but with
an eye ON the main object We learn
ed them that while the agent held that
while the lnnd was the United states
land the grass was the Indians to do
nS he pleased with, when In the fall
the ppllrie fires come sweeplng down
from the north, we know these In
dams that were paid In curses instead
Of cash were using their right to do
az they pleased with their grass
While they are wondering why we
are 80 slow In doing something to help
them, THIS week we commence active
work ON the fall and winter campaign
Tor the settlers that are on the ground
This week We expect to take a trip OF
u hundred miles or more overland to
Nlslt the chiefs and head men, and try
II possible to make an ugreement
treaty. between the tribe and Union
m an open effort to down the kings.
We have arranged the meeting on sun
day next, and after that we will have
important Information II nothing else,
For twelve months | have devoted my
time To the work OF furnishing infor-
nation to homeseekers. II has been
done ut my individual expense land
with the exception Of the handsome do
nation OF the Cameron Lumber com.
pnny without n dollar expense TO any
one, We have worked for numbers
sufficient In win. We have them al
ready and the work OF organizing them
all, 30 that we can work IN harmony
IN not big undertaking. The lack OF
knowledge OF the laws governing this
situation puts tho homeseeker at the
mercy OF sharks aud kings We have
now the ablcst land attorney in the
Territory In charge OF the Union law
department, A reorgani2at ton Will take
place about September 10 and with full
knowledge Of the situation win We nut
ourselves In shape for working order,
and n We don't take advantage OF pom,,
OF the law for the kings we will make
an effort In that direction. Letters OF
inquiry from humeseekers received
here after this viii be turned oyer 10
our local paper while my
individual work will be en-
llrely devoted to the campaign.
The new organization viii be run on
strict business rules with admisslon
fees monthly dues and regular meet
ings with clubs in every locality inter-
ested In the matter, no that every menu
Der has practical knowledge OF the
situation 0ocal and genernD with a
crowd OF people and a substantial FUND
10 protect him and the security that
the cattle king offers each other. to-
VII II you strike Mt one of us Won
strike AT all OF us. II takes that 10
make the settlers the masters OF the
situation, The Individual alone is TOO
weak TO cope with the opposition, until
the opposition is helpless and viii
throw up the sponge and let The set'
tier have the country.