The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28
he CRIES FOR JUSTICE
Wichita Mountain Miner.
CooIey,Raises Voice Ia Protest
AGAINST THE BIG RESERVE
Which the Government Is to
Set Aside In Kiowa Country


tiful spot on earth is soon to be opened
to settlement the garden spot OF the
United States, and the last wild wilder
ness on the American continent Forum
ate indeed are those who have the OPP
portunity to see and behold that beauti-
full picture of nature, before the rude
hand of man obliterates its maiden soil.
free and pure from the hands of the
| Creator, and fortunate indeed viii the
man be who gets home therein The
sight of those grand old mountains. with
| their fertile valleys and beautiful streams
dotted with groves of trees along the
margins of the creeks which run through
their body fills our hearts with pleasure
and joy. and Of all lovers of nature. As
! the ritter of this article sits alone beside
those beautiful. meandering and winding
streams, listening to the ripling waters
| gliding swiftly along to the ocean deep,
| and in the midst of natures mantle of
green, mixed with the flowers OF the wild
prairie, and listening to the singing OF
! the birds, and talking TO the rocks and
communing with nature and natures god.
| fills the old pioneers heart with joy and
peace and he feels happy and content. a
free man in the wild wilderness. This
beautiful picture of nature, I say, will
soon pass away and our children will
never see the sight again. But if our
posterity do not have the pleasure of
/ seeing the virgin wilderness fresh from
the hands of the Creator, they will have
the pleasure of reaping its golden har-
vests and eating and tasting its fruits
and enjoying it's many blessings The
pale faces heart has been yearning for it
for great many years. The old pioneers
of our western plains. who have risked
their lives in crossing those hostile Indian
deserts in olden times are here living in
your midst. with his pick pan and shovel
on his back, his revolver in his belt and
butcher knife in his scabbard and keen
eye in his head. He marches slowly
along, feeling his way esery step he
takes keeping a watchful eye for danger
with determined and indomitable will,
void of fear. He entered upon those
beautiful and fertile plains FIVE years ago
to see what they contained. But he did
not go there for himself alone ne went
there for all mankind and for the bene-
fit of the rising generation and for those
unborn. The works of the old and aged
pioneer show for itself
Reader. where would this land be to-
day IL 1t had not been for those noble,
grand and fearless old pioneers Of the
west, such noble spirits as old Daniel
Boone and Simon Kenton and others?
But their spirits have passed away and
gone. May they ever rest in peace and
their posterity be ever blessed. But the
spirits of those grand old pioneers stiIl
live in the hearts Of the American people
and others have taken their place. Please
look back only few years and notice
Captain Payne. Captain Crouch, Colonel
Sam Crocker-God bless their souls.
can see them now, struggling hard TO
bring in this very soil that we live upon
today. Look at our prospecting towns
look at our prosperous farmers: see how
happy and contented they are: thrice
happy since they know that they are go
ing TO have a free home on this free soil
and live in a free country, blessed with a
congenial and favorable climate. Where
would they be today If It had not been
for the old pioneers OF our western
severing Delegate Dennis Flynn? Truly
you would be Dennis. but hold. my pen.
where are you going to? Although their
spirits have passed away, their spirits
will never die. That spirit Of progress,
research and discovery Is dominant and
reigns supreme in the minds Of the great
American people. Combined with this
spirit Of research is the great free
thought Of man, sowing the seed of
light and intelligence to all mankind.
searching out all those mysterious dog
mas which invade our land. ever bearing
In mind the truth so that It may be
said that we are God fearing people ever
speaking the truth and a nation Of en-
hghtenment and intelligence, free
thought and a free and independent peo-
pie. l say that spirit OF research and dis
coyery still lives in the hearts OF cur Old
pioneers, even in those grand old WITCH /
TIA mountains But the old pioneers
spirit and heart is sad and almost weary
OF life his step Is slow. his head is
down, his eyes fixed on the ground.
showing the sadness OF his spirit "Oh.
pa why does that old man walk 50 slow
and look 50 downcast " My son. he
says that the government officials have
been driving snd ordering him out OF
those Wichita mountains and viii not a. /
low him 70 60 in there again until the +
president issues his proclamation to open {
that country. consequently his heart Is
sad You see, ny son. the old man has
been on the frontier ever since Is5z. and 4
ever since that time his spirit has be- 4
come imbued with the love and desire of
research and travail and In truth has be-
come part and parcel of his makeup and
ne is unhappy and 6iscsntenied. ike a
hsn out OF water. unless he is IA those +
mountains digging tor gold ard bringing
forth % light the treasures therein. FOR
ycur beneAt and for al MANKIND !
You see, my son. before the xAr. i
IN oldsn times, ard ever sine
the time u Washington and TIE DscIars-
tion q Independence, xe have had the
privilege ard tse rsznt % 20 asA settle
on alT lands belonging - the Tasted
States. either surveyed or tf-vu~wgvea.
and under the Cd squat;erx' la~ % fas
snt make hornes thereon Tie 1zx IS s.
force today ans & has never been re-
7ezled. 01t those laws nov days are 80
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