The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-19
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6ut little IL any effort has been made 20
develop our mineral resources.
UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES.
Few states n the Union have greater
undeveloped resources than Oklahoma.
At very many places in the territory are
there Indications OF coal. at several
points along the eastern side have good
veins been found, and at Raston and
Usage City. in Pawnee county. fairly
good quantity of coal has been mined
for months. At Pawhuska. in the Usage
nation, two test wells have produced
petroleum of superior grade. Nearly
every county has good building stone.
Natural cement beds nave been opened
a; Okarche, Canadian county. and New
kirk. Kay county. while the gypsum
piled up in great blocks at places In
Blaine county would supply the United
States in plaster.
Several Of the streams are storngly i'm
preSnated with salt. and near Okarche,
Blaine county. are salt springs with
remarkably strong per centase OF salt.
where the bes, salt is now manufactured
in large quantities by simple evaporation.
In Woods and Woodward counties are
thousands OF acres covered with coat
OF pure salt.
In the northeastern part OF the terri
tory and in the Wichita mountains in
the southwest, there are good indications
of iron and zinc. and iron ore Is found
in several different localities Thtre nave
been rum0rs Of rich gold fields in the
Wichita mountains FOR years. and with
in few months gold and silver have
been mined on paying basis in si1e Nav
ajo mountains in Greer county. A rich
deposit OF asphaltum is reported near
Fort Sill.
INDIANS.
There are in the territory az this time
II. 1871 Indians under the care OF five Dir
ferent agencies. The Tomkawas. Paw
nees. Sac and Fox. IOwas. PottawatO-
mics. shawnees. Kickapoos. Cheyennes
and Arapahoes. who have taken :her
land in severaIty and had the balance
u throw open 10 settlement are making
the greatest progress.
4 law passed by the last legislature
through the instrument atty Of Major
Woods0n. agent OF the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe tribes. prohibits further plural
marriages. and another prohibits the
practices % Indian medicine men, both
OF which are having beneficial Effects
The different tribes are gradually Civ
ing Up their dances and other savage
ri;es. spending less time in wholesaIe vis-
i;lng and riptu0us Teasing devoting
more attention . farming and stock
raising. and adopting the d.ess and ways
OF civilization.
L ls IN encouraging sight % zee Ind
ans marketing grain, fruit, live stock or
wood. and becoming quite common.
A loacI paper writes that Standing
Bird. a Cheyenne Mo Mas a blanket In
dian FIVE years ago. has this year ralssd
and dug thirty bushels u IfisZa potatoes
has good fields Of corn and KaffIr com
and hss four acres o the anesc cotton "a
Custer county."
Contrary 70 me general belle; tina: ne
indians xere rapidly becoming exdn-f.
The records = the agencies snow thst n
a majority d: tr.oes during re pasi yesr
the births Ia he t-ioe exceeded ere
dea .hs
Bot e. real crimes are committed -
tie Ina.ans @: ;hs territorE. and the
oogr,s Or oHcers % re IA nave aad
5ui I,;le trouble gl-3 mem.
INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
No Indian lands have oesz o2ene1 70
set,isrnen: du-.n ne pact year. Tne
people hav sEafc1e3 snKi3Dsiy ne p-9-
g-ess - making aiio,ments .pShs Ttca-
ia reservation sH3 xsl-ed n van ~
s1rne t9inss - ths opening o; th>se FER
tie ,2n5s 20 se-tle-1@1t
Ta-zs4n8s - people ~. asE.oas 70 o.
AN hons upor slss@ ssnse xa9ca az. Q.
no use % 5ensai > .tse Ia5iass ard e
does sssn .asl s.e su8s q lSs;l-s ard
Fz1t xo1lt ses. - ssbse~v~5 ~
spc@Sy O5--i-E . retirement - 70
wsc1.ia and z1s.l.s:ts .Egses reservation
sat also ias- - re Kl9za. cc-uss- ae
and A2zca@ tribes. bon = Ehs-a wsre
treated - 81 ~ g5Ter5-.er. seve-a.
yeas az
respectful yufss sGch sctlon y 80 |
9spsrtner; - ~ sea: . ne se.fll- |
snsnt - re cont-5vsrsy a. - ,1s 81.
tl:i@ - tsrs- lands zn3 .as cary ;a-es- 1
Tx O. tne-n op@a - ss;fle-aea. sas~r ~ /
a5-.sstes9 ASS q 80 Cns.s3 s-stss
CLIMATE
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BEG nsea greater faas tsg s~vs-a4 years /
preEisEs zsz .se absnEzni c-5a@ fss..,Y /
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