The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-04
IT'S The PUBG'S NOW
William Cooley Sets About
Establishing a Case.
INDIAN TITLE PLAYED OUT
To the Territory Comprised
in the Wichita Mountains.

TIC IdS4r-l trust you Will pardon ne for
tresspassing on your Valuable time 50
early since my last Communication on
the above subject; bur 1 consider it a
duty which l owe to my >fellow-man to
give all the information and light 1 can
IN regard to those Wichita mountains.
Now is the time to agitate and insist on
congress opening up this garden SPOT of
the United States, so that its eitizess
can reap its benefits and enjoy its mani
fold blessings. 1 say again that those
lands and minerals belong 10 us Uncle
Sa.n mineral laws say so and if we
Old miners would say that We will have
IL and stand firm as the miners did in the
Black Hills, and as Captain PAYNE.
captain Couch and Colonel Croker did
IN forcing open those lands and great
mineral deposits in these Wichita noun
talns' l am certain that our object would
be attained. But 1 do not advise tbot
course, at this time. There is more wis
dotn IN waiting while in patience, until
such time as our noble and Intelligent
delegate Dennis Flynn. shall have time
20 pass Dill for the opening of that
much-coveted country. hope and trust
that all the papers will agitate this mat
ter and Keep as4tating until we have ac-
e2mphshed the grand object we have IN
view.
an my article published January & on
the gold and silver deposits of the Wiob-
| TIA mountains l show you that Uncle
sam 9pes own said lands and minerals
ana that the mineral laws do apply to
SAID lands, and that any citizen OF the
United States can go there and nrosnect
ana explore and search for mineral de-
posts on any lands belonging 10 the
| United States. and work, and develop
those mines. under the mineral laws 7
also tell you that the Kiowa and ~.
ihailche and Apache Indians never own
ed said lands, and that the thirty years
treaty has expired
| The following, published in the WASN'T
ia News Of September %. 1899 ought n
convince any man. The News saws.
The kiowa and Comanche country &c
a part of the 1866 purchase of the leased
district and is public lands and s1,biect
10 entry. Now by act of congress ere
aung Greer county a county of Okla
homa and naming Mang1n the county.
seat, May 4, 1895, under and following the
decision of the supreme court of the
United States. rendered March rs 1896
wherein it was adjudged and decreed
that Greer county was part of the pur
chase of 1856 of the leased district and
was public domain. under the exclusiv.
jurisdiction Of the United States, and by
this same decision, following the expira-
alton OF time that was given in the exec
utlve order that segregated the Kiowa
and Comanche reservation for thirty
years from October Is, 1866. to October
10. 1885, said Kiowa and Corianche res
ervation would revert to me public do
main But in May, 1895 Quanah Parker
and others prayed congress to give them
an extension of time in which TO take
their lands in severalty Congress grant
ed this prayer. with the expressed stfpu-
lation that said extension of time would
expire June 30. 1897, since which time
this so-called kiowa and Comanchs res
ervation has been public domain: that Is
to say, from July 1, 1897 For over two
years this supposed exclusive order reser-
walton has been public land. subject to
homestead and mining rights. under the
provisions Of the United States revised
statutes pertaining to homesteads and
mines, on the unoffered public lands OF
the United States
Kinman says again: 1--WE are not an
Indian country. nor has any part OF the
purchase of 1866 of the leased district.
been Indian territory since the sale Of all
the land lying west of the 9sth degree OF
longitude and extending to the Tooth,
was confirmed. and part of said pur-
chase was erected into executive orde-
reservations for certain tribes and for n
certain specified length of time, creating
said executive order reservations.
This sO-called Kiowa and Comanche |
reservation. at the expirat ton Of the |
specified time became public land. sub |
jet to settlement by citizens Of the |
United States. This land has been open
ed by operation Of law. But there are |
a great many people who think there is
only one way TO open public lands 70 set |
Element. and that is BY a proclamation |
Of the president. The people do not know 1
that when the time creating the execu- /
tive order reservations in the Dakotas
expired those lands reverted To the pub |
lie domain. just as the Kiowa AMI Co 4
manche order reservation has reverted /
back 10 the public domain. Nor dc they i
know. what is a matter Of fact and rec
ord. that the sqUatters who made settle
nent ia good faith and made their apPii-
cation for said lands by homestead de-
claratory statement all over these "a
Dakota lands. held their lands. and hold
them today"
Now. Mr.. AErdOck and feIlow-citizens.
7 wish "a say that 7 an no lawyer; =
am poor. old-very old-ragged miner.
and IN destitute circumstances. ~ most
old miners are. YOU know; but have
nevertheless brought % light the won
derful mineral deposits Il the wichi,a
mountains for your inspection. 30 that
you may believe. Seeing IS oelievinz %
What done ser Jon'i knoE; what !
see. know. and I feel as tAOuEh have
done ny duty towards ny felio@-naa- Z
have located great many o. nv friends
OF ny 0zn locations I have worked an5
tosie5. wIta my picS paa and shovel
all alone most % The tire. Eith mr. e1at
hat and vest II. ny sleeves turned ~
With ths sweat running down ms sun
burre5 cheeks. IL the VERY deSfa q vTia-
ter. fsr vour benea1 an noz. a. th.s
present tine in the city - 2 Rene.
packing nv rocks Oh ny back showing
.han 20 TIE world especially - ny
friends
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10 ne. xaat yen % sxi1ate. drz1sz8
and Insist z-ish al ne p5ws- and izslz-
eaee yea posses. - have congress oaea
a. 90 settlement those bsazf.en. v-lcasis
as soo1 as posss5le. and ger
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