The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-20
E|ONA IND GONANCHE
Country May Not be Allotted
on Time.
STATUS OF COUNTY Il"
Why the Wichita Country's
Opening Is Deferred.

Guthrie, o. T., July 19.-Delegate Den
mis- Flynn. accompanied by 3. s. Barnes
Of Ponca City. left at noon for Kingdsher
where they viii be Joined by National
Committeeman William Grimes. From
Kingdsher the party will go to Anadarko
where they viii meet the government
agents who have been selected to aIIot
the Indian lands in the Kiowa and Com
anche country.
In connection with the opening Of the
KiOwa and Comanche lands to settlement
frequent inquiry has been made Of late
as to the status of the lands in the
Wichita country which is designated on
Oklahoma maps as County L" In ex-
PLANTATION Mr.. Flynn said last night that
a bill TO open the Wichita country to
settlement had been passed by congress
and the work OF allotment was in pro-
gress, when the Choctaw tribe Of Indians
filed a claim for indemnity. With the
fling of the claim q number Of senators
protested to the secretary Of the interior
against proceeding with the work Of al
lotment until the Choctaw claim was
settled, and In consequence the allotins
agents were withdrawn. The Choc1aw
demand is stIll before the court OF claims
at Washington and Mr.. Flynn is doubt
tul if IL viii be passed upon in time to
permit the Wichita country to be opened
at the same time as the Kiowa and Com
anche country
Referring 10 the opening Of the latter
country to settlement a serious Question
Is being raised whether or not The open-
ing viii occur as early as first anticipated.
Secretary Hitchcock is greatly annoyed
over the reported thrush Of gold seekers
Immediately after the passage Of the bin
and in the presence Of Hon. J. W. Nc
Neal Of this city. who was in Washing
ton recently, he declared that the soon
ers' must either leave the country or he
would make a Recommendation that con-
gress repeal the law opening the Kiowa
and Comanche country to settlement.
Although the instructions issued to the
Inspector and general agents direct them
to Hnish the work within ninety days. it
IS Recognized here that this viii ne i'm
possible and the work Of allotment viii
still be in progress when congress con
Venes next December What effect this
"ii have upon the opening of the reser-
walton cannot be said. but it is thought
that 1t win be none other than to post
pone the date for the opening. All inter
cated viii have 10 face the proposition |
tAat The n!nety-day requirement is an
mD5ssibiIty
Each or the special agents will have
tae assistance Of a corps Of surveyors. |
wac VIII Do the technical work Of locat- /
ing be boundaries Of e2ch allotment.
ihe instructions inform the special /
seats that every member % The Com /
"ache, Kowa and Apache tribes over Is |
ears a. age shall have the right to Sc /
-eet fr himself 80 acres Of land. 10 be |
held aat owned in severalty. The father
II ne be dead the N Their, Of members of
a-Jher or the tribe named, shall have the
power 10 select a ike amount of land
-'E eaeh Of his children under the age Of
Is years
The agents Of the department are
cautioned not TO allow selections Of al
tnents to be made in any part Of fine
reservation now occupied for military
school or religious purposes. or now held
Tor public uses. In every case where a
number of one Of the tribes was already
N The reservation the agents are in
51Tueted TO allow them to make their Sc
leeuons in the regions already located
and improved. 50 that these Indians ma,
retain their Improvements. They are ex-
pected to urge upon the Indians the So
lection Of the best lands for agrlcuIturaI
purposes.
me new line Of the Kiowa and Com
.i'e'e reservation IS to be observed. The
me recently established transferred a
large portion Of the Kiowa and Comancbe
reservation into that of the Chfckasaws
and similar portion of the ChickaSaw
reservation into that of the Kiowas ana
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