The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-02

he vas on the lookout for daughter
who.i,rn he had not seen for twelve years
He at once located his child. now a
| the house where she was supposed 10
be staying. he found her gone.
The gentleman made known his e.
rand. and he was a. once put upcn The
trac.s OF his daughter. Later in the sia-
| father and daughter met and a hap
| pier meeting beggars description The
past was hu-riedly gone over and the
Reunited foiher and child presented a
picture o; supreme happiness tha. no
artists brush or pencil could portray.
OKLAHOMA MERIDIAN NOT CORRECT
lfe-survey of the essh Meridian L Now
Gale for.
Guthrie. o. T., May There Is ;rou-
Die over the nine,y-eighth meridian. The
nine,y-eighth meridian is the dividing
line between the Indian territory on the
east and that portion OF Oklahoma in
Guided IN the Wichita and the Ksovs
ana Comanche reservations on the
west The Minco Minstrel says: Soma
trouble has arisen over that line he
fore. at the opening OF old Oklahoma.
IN 1879. this line was moved westward
from the Canadian river north, 10 re-
quire with dimensions specified and re-
quired by treaty s,ipula,ions. South o..
the Canadian river and down TO Red
rived the line yet remains as
surveyed and accepted Evidently
the Chictaw and Ch,ckasaw govern
mea;s believe Il 20 their in.eres. 10 have
this meridian line re-run. as the recen,
treaty between The commissions provides
Tor re-survey OF the nlne,y-eigh;a
meridian from Red river 70 the Cana
dian river.
This line has already been twice sur
veyed by the United States government.
The first survey. IL seems. was more or
less OF preliminary nature, merely 20
get a. some idea OF the dimensions OF the
country and the probable extent OF GER
tain Indian POSSESSIONS Jus, where
that line was placed Is now hard 20 tell.
50 far as landmarks are concerned. but
the makers OF government maps show
the line yet on the maps After the
treaty with the Choctaws and Chicka-
line was 20 mark the western limit %
their possessions, the rest OF their coun-
try lying west % that line being ceded
to the United States for the purpose OF
homes for other friendly Indians. This
called for definite ioca;io OF the n.ne-
ty-eighth meridian. OF course, and In
1872, we believe. this line was run on.
and permanently located from Red river
TO the Kansas line. The line was well
marked by large mounds, posts and
stones. all along the route, these monu-
ments being yet easily recognized ana
the line readily traceable through the
country. This Is the line generally ac-
cepted by all parties concerned. as the
true meridian line and the dividing Inc
between the Chickasaw nation and the
reservations mentioned above. But Il is
also tho same line that was moved west
ward In 1889. from the Canadian river
north. On government maps the differ
ent lines OF both surveys are yet given
between Red river and the Canadian rIv-
er. though the line OF the last survey,
eastward OF the first. is used as the Of
fetal boundary line. and is the true line
II.
Judging from the way in which the
Chickasaw government insists on auoth-
er survey OF This fine Il Ii evident tha.
they hope that Il may be finally settled
westward. as in the case with Okisho-
ma. thus giving them the territory 50
added. But theirs is not a parallel case /
with the Oklahoma dispute. and We are I
not yet alarmed about the prospects % 4
a changed line. Original Oklahoma CALI !
ed for an exact distance westward from 1
the west line of the Creek nation. whsch l
distanc. passed over and beyond The I
meridian line. and. although tbs line had I
been accepted as the boundary between !
the civilized tribes and the western res
ervations stin the s.ipula,lons con- 1
trolling the cesston and settlement. o. TIE /
original Oklahoma held good in security
10 that country the area called FOR. Con-
sequntly the boundary line. not sctu-
ally the meridian line. was set westward
nn that account. bu; as all agreements
cailed for the meridian as the boundary
tine. and as the boundary line was
moved westward 70 accommodate the
session OF original Oklahoma. Il 10 COM
Iholhy dccAl}rd AoS HAl~lN-clB1tA rflef4-
Han was moved westward in ina: case.
nd therefore may be done again. The
break in this reasoning may be found In
he fact tha, the Legal limits OF IN.
-hicxasav nation are nowhere express
a In such definite terms az call for ex-
&c: distance. but rely only on streams.
,ther boundary lines and the ninety
Eighth meridian. /, viii not be found
necessary 10 change anything. one way
" thee ;her. 20 give the Chickassw IA
ion all I. claims. Specified distances
md amounts are no; called for in the
errns creating the Cnickasaw nation: IN
'rlginai Oklahoma such terms were Def
,iteiy expressed and had 70 be met
There q the difference.
However. the re-surv.y % The ninety
fzhth meridian Is allowed II the recen.
rea;y. and may De ratified by congress
nd the line re-estabIissed. and IL may
Iot be.