The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-19
KICK ON ALOIAEEIS
But Agent RandIett Tells
Kiowas and Comanches
THEY MUST COME TO TIME
Thinks Opening Can't be
Fixed Before April /.

Guthrie o. T, Sept. 1s.-An AnadarkC
special to the Capital says: Today was
the day set for a general conference OF
the Indians with Agent Randlett, over
the allotments. The Kiowas have been
holding back and refusing TO take their
| allotments for the past month and have
been INDUCING in the pleasant pastime
of ghost dancing About ten days age
they sent delegation to the agent, Col
onel James F. Randlett, bluff old army
officer, and he told them without any
equivocauon or mincing of words that
they would have to obey the law and
take their allotments.
Last week the Indians sent a delegation
to Quannah Parker. chief of the Com
anches. asking him to use his influence
with the tribe to get them to revolt. He
automatically said that he would consid-
er the matter But in the meantime he
suggested that they all go together to
see the agent today. The courier by
word asking If he would receive them,
told them that the agent said that he
would receiev them. So Quannah and
all his sub-chiefs and the sub-chiefs of
the Kiowas al decked out in their best
Agent Randlett today.
Ah-pe-ahtone, chief of the Kiowas, was
a sub-chief in 1892 when the treaty was
made. Lone Wolf was the head chief at
that time, and was favorable to the
treaty, but Ah-pe-ah-tone was wrathy
about it and led enough Of his Indian
followers away from the agency to the
mountains to defeat the treaty; but he
and his band were surrounded by the
soldiers and brought back to the reser-
walton and enough of them were induced
to sign the treaty to make it carry Now
he is as stubborn as ever; in fact he has
always been opposed to allotments. He
is also opposed to the Christian religion,
and says: Sometime Indian like white
mamie have to leave Jesus road and
fight" He considers this one of the
times.
White Man, chief of the Apaches, is
nearly one hundred years of age and IA
vors allotment, and says: 'Whiteman' s
road before Indian; have to travel it soon
maybe later
Quannah Parker favors allotment but
says that the reservation of 10000 for
Indian pasture is mistake, even though
it should be divided into one or two fields
as the secretary of the interior may pro-
vide. He thinks that it should be allot-
ed, too, as it will give to each member
Of the three tribes an additional 100 acres
He also says as long as there is as large
body of land as that, surrounded by
white men, there will always be trouble
as the white man will not rest until ii is
opened to settlement, too.
Ah-pe-ah-tone claims that congress in
the bill opening the country to settlement
changed the treaty on the Indians. He
says that his people will not take their
allotments until they raufy the changes
in the treaty, which he says never will
be. He has hired an attorney to fight it.
Agent Randlett met them and had a
long pow-pow with them, heard what
they had TO say and told them that he
would submit the matter to the great
father at Washington, but that he had
not the slightest idea than it would do
any good, and that they would have to
take their allotments.
Spueaking Of the opening Agent Rand
lett, said there were leases made with
the cattiemen that did not expire Until
March 81. next year and as it is especially
stated in the bill opening the country.
that these leases are not to be aorogated
the earliest day in which the opening
could occur, would be April l. 1901 So
that 1t would simply be a waste of time
and money for people to come and stay
on the border hoping for an earlier open
ing dav