The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-01

he might be one under the mineral clause
of the act restrained BY the courts from
taking action in the matter. He said:
1T is my opinion that no restraining
order can be made effective against what
the government proposes 20 do, In car
rying out the orders which have been
given ME in the matter, hardly think
there is a court which / would have 10
regard"
The colonel made it plain that he had
discussed with the secretary Of the in
terror every possible contingency which
may arise. and that plans had been for
mulated TO meet conditions as they de-
velop He does not expect a great rush
Of homesteaders into the reservation sim
hona was opened and he gave his reasons
for this in this way:
THE opening of the Cherokee strip
gave the people Of the southwest lesson
in the way OF securing homes for Moth
irg, or nominally nothing. There are to-
day in Oklahoma 100000 acres Of land
which are not settled. The people who
made the rush there and tried 10 develop
the land have not Jared any better than
they might After years had passed they
found themselves unable 10 pay the small
sum which was required of them for the
land. and congress had to donate 1t by
the free homes.
in the reservation OF the Kiowas,
Coranches and Apaches which the re-
cent act of congress proposes TO open,
there are 100000 acres Of land. Pass
ing through the reservation from north
east to southeast are the Wichita noun
tains. There are thirty-eight miles long,
and ten miles wide, and the land includ-
ed in them is practically worthless. No
sir. there are no mineral deposits there
II is true, I suppose, thar there are faint
traces in some places Of the existence OF
gold and silver, as there is in all noun
famous formations but these indicate no
mineral wealth The one thing in connec-
ton with the mountains which has been
dwelt upon most is the alleged existence
of copper there. I am quite sure there
are no rich deposits and what there are
will be too deep 10 work. No experienced
miner has ever asserted that there is
mineral wealth there. The indications
along the streams do not indicate copper
deposits. The mountain portion Of the
reservation disposes OF a large part OF
tempt any one 10 settle there.
Before the white people viii be allow
ed TO go into the reservation. all of the
Indians will have TO be provided for
Every Indian man woman and child is
entitled, under the law. TO l60 acres OF
land There are no less than 5000 OF
these, so you see they will require
pretty liberal portion of the 100000
acres of the entire reservation. This land
will probably be the best in the reserva-
ton, as the law provides that the Indians
may select land that suits them. They
are thoroughly familiar with land and It
is hardly portable that they viii select
the poorest.
After all of the Indians have had
their selection the agent is authorized
by the law to select $4,000 acres of land.
in addition. to be held for the Indians
as pasturage. Add to the allO;ments OF
the Indians TO the 4S0,0o0 10 be selected
by the agency, and also the barren range
of the Wichitas passing through the
and il Is hardly possible that
there will be much valuable land left
The colonel says the conditions. as he
has portrayed them will become generally
the eight or nine months which Will pass
before the reservation is to be opened 20
and this Will have a tendency
to keep people from making a race into
the strip. as they have done In the past
when Indian reservations have been open
ed to settlement