The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-07-24
FREE HOMES FOR MANY.
DROUGHT PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN

Indian Reservation Has Hem PM
chased w tha United states G0vr
spnMsHt F0p Occupation ~ Homes
sisndnpaus0ii IA Iasenllent,
Hhe WnAt IN soon 10 witness another
INOn for fpNp hDnlasl Whnn II hundred
thousand people RnIhprpn on mo lines
w southern kHAaAA And northern VeSH
M anynn lunIa mao ma mhd1 llin NlGn
lhlD Oklhh0Nhi tllnn II mIlpi WlAIn,
bul now ono NJ lh0 finest sections ~
FARMING lAhn In Tho west, II WAa
thought llAl Tho lnsl country had been
given AWAY by Uncle AAml HI hlH
generosity nnn neAlvo 10 MO- mo Indian
lands populated by Tho whites have
prompted pONEppAa IN pnsa nm net
throwing Opnn 10 hOmaAlendpvA n,OlO,'
O0N N0pea " valuable FARMING country
IN tho kl0WA and uomnnple VesepyA'
lion, lNsI south 0f OklnhOMnl
Frnaldont Mckinley recently Rltnplr
III hin signature 10 Tho hpl, md within
Tho nOAt fnW months tho land VIII bp
III N0AAeAAlOn ~ INDUSTRIOUS white
fApiD0VR, anNa Il Wichita knnj dIh1
pAl0h 10 lhn Ohl0naO lniOp nnonn, l'l,p
pAon IN open 10 MI nOmopR, ana from
lla present 0NtlO0k II n expected tint
100000 VIII line nD on mo borders ~
Ills now Zion,
This land IN nnukOallad for gvnsInn
pNlDOaoH, Nnd hundreds 0f thousands
w hnhn NJ Wttle hNVA henn WaIulfd
lhhIn fOV MnnN FnnlHI This pnHlNlO
was l0NAa0 10 Tho mttlemAD OF VaknA
hN tho lRdINna f0p very small SIMS
These 0Altlomen hive contested tho
opening OF mo lNnl nDd lippd tho In
dlnna 10 oppose tho onward mnloh 0i
civilization AlldOVlta hN tho hundred
were signed nv the cowboys ana IN
dams telling 0OngIeHH thnI Tho pesoppnr
ll0n WNR nnll f0p fNpmlng, nnd In
aims went 10 washington md Inndp
LONG ploae for Tho retention ~ lheIp
hunting ground For years tho 0ponI
lIA nf lhlH country nhA hoen mus do
IhNpnl
Fhe government IN 10 pny RlOO0O0O
10 Tho lndlNNa for the p,00O,000 acres
" land 10 DO 0peHol 10 h0mealnadepR
Vlia nl0nnh nonplN lh,0OD farms OF 100
AnlaA enolh Tho Indians retain, aside
from lNlAl iIIlO0O acres for their own
homes Tho lndlnn population N pstIr
MAlnn n nlhih, ~ which l,hhB nle Co
mnnolnay lllpN kl0Waa ana lDB Ann
0hNap VhlH does not include n0VonIlnO
ma hia hnnn ~ Apn0le warriors who
lle prisoners 0n Tho lf0ul Nil Vesopp0l
Al0Hl 0T Tho lndlnnR W0np oIlIsons'
clothing bnt nearly All live In lepa0sr
Vll6N INpm but llllln nnd Nal retain
many ~ llolp VIII habits such Nv
oNn0lDRr making medicine md holding
DOW vows
mo reservation IN bounded on Tho
A0NIl bN IakAal 0l tho wal ana north
Nv Oklahoma ann on Tho 0nRI by In
nlhn lnppllOlF AtrelmA ~ 0l0aI water
abound everywhere He'd river nnd
lho WnalllA avG tho Important rivers
rho WNahIIA IN ono OF mo m0AI plnl
lMrea0Ne Atp0nms IN Tho southwest
'lllo valleys apa plollE productive md
DplnnlH aQNRl 10 thDaa OF Tho bNHl
O0unll0a In Oklahoma NvNn IN tho
pONHh khalhl hills and tho wichita
mountains npn valleys Of great fnpIIl
wv Tho valley HOll Ii NIL HUOhr
Vlpp6 npe three kinds NJ s0ll on The
DlnnnH lAht anndEr dark sandy and
thought npe practically unkn0Wnr 4llp
NAlnfnN N generally hunlGlont for Tho
~ OpODal Vh0 nnnnal sum-
nary NJ mo United htnlnh Wnnthap bn'
lpnM shows tho average WlnfRll M
Ifrbb ln9haA, which IN much more thnn
H0nlpNl kanaaa, where tho large
WhGnl ana corn 0p0ps np0 mlsAn th|H
vlhpI
qlho Wichita mountains lilo In mo Qenr
IpNl portion Df tho reservation nnd OOyr
~ mn nIpA OF l,hOO square miles, WheiP
lpODh N fp0Nl Tho northwest 10
no AOnlh1nat lhe mountain Slopes
lp0 VOL llmb0ped Win OAKS and wal
lNll Th0 pnpka nnl anIRO0nl tnhlnl
Anua npn covered Win mea1HItpr The
lnphA np0 we'll Wnt0p6d ami have nm
abundance 0f GphhhI
HOld ma silver hnvG bean exhibited
IN coming from these mountains
IVn00s 0f COPPER have nlaO been found
l9lGa0 mineral lands may w had for
ITO nl nllll MANY nkRalta have ylslI
N lha Wl1hltA mountains but said
nov W0pN run OUT IVY Tho Indians bn
0p1 lllGy had Zine IN make u thorough
ly@0AllRntlOnr Tl0E 0Inlm that lhe IN
|lnna gnApd lh0lp laasUped Hills with
|bOlauDA hnt tlla N probably ekAg
HlalOFE WlAtGs thnl many
ears nH0 llls lnnd was settled hE
vino ware Killed lnd lhalp
Mk0n by th0 IndIRna W IN said
many millions OF dOIIaH' worth
\ a0ld WIZ hurled In tho caves NJ
hNA0 mountains nnd hna n0yap baan
eMOynd
'WAinsnS UasA p0v. ihs MHsmAtaT