The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-04
HOTTEST Run OF I'LL
Will be That on the KiOWa
and Comanche Opening,
BEST WILL BE RESERVED
Description of That Little
KaoWn Wonderland.

as from Oklahoma City:
Next to the original Oklahoma. there
is no land for which the boomer hal
more ardeAtly sighed than the Kiowa ant
Comanche country The land, though
much more mountainous, is, in its val
| leys and level places, as much an artists
| dream of beauty as the old Oklahoma, Of
which both artists and poets raved, and
the loss Of which, in its pristin beauty
they still mourn.
What adds a distinctive charm to the
country is the range of Wichita noun
tains, which run across it in its western
part The wichita mountains are the
main range Of large system, which in
cludes the Keeche hills on the northeast
and the Antelope mountains on the north
west. The Wichita mountains proper COW
er about 1909 square miles. They are
properly a continuation of the Atlantic
coast system, being really an extension
of the Alleghenies and Blue Ridge, reap
pearing as the Boston mountains in Ar
kansas and as the Shawnee hills and
under other names in the Indian Terri
LOi lie general LIGuQ u t!lC Iid4-i
range of the Wichitas is from the north
west to the southwest.
The main body of the Wichita noun
tains is a well-defned twin range, with
broad and fertile valley parks between
them, as in the Rockies. The lowest of
these parks, entering the mountains from
the northwest has the general conforma-
ton Of the San Luis park, in Colorado,
thought It is, of course, not nearly so
large. It is level and covered with a lux
uriant growth of grass, and is splendidly
watered. There are no roads or well-de-
fined paths across this or any other Of
these parks. The second park, higher "
than the one already referred to, is lit
tie smaller than the first The lower park
is perhaps thirty miles long, and, at it's
greatest width, twenty miles wide and
is everywhere traversed by swift, clear
and deep streams The next park, dis
tant about a day and a halfs travel, and
at a higher elevation, seems much small
er not only because it is only about TWEEN
ty-f1ve miles in length by fifteen miles in
width, but because there the mountains
tower to a greater height and are much
are splendid forests in this park oak,
walnut and pecan predominating. In the
distance can be seen, at irregular inter
walls Of months or years. a thin line of
smoke coming out Of the crater of the
dead volcano, which the Indians say is
the abode Of the Great Spirit In all of
the Wichita country Their are abundant
evidences Of volcanic origin but positive
ly nothing Of a threat of renewed erup-
tons. This park IS a hunter and fishers
paradise. There are plenty of creeks,
many beautiful fishing pools and count
less coveys OF quail and prairie chicken.
The upper park is the most heavily
wooded of the three, as well as the great
est in altitude. There some Of the noun
tain peaks tower to the height of over A.
100 and nearly 5000 feet 1t is at the foot
IF this range in the Wichitas in a beau
-iful valley, that Quanah Parker chief Of
he Comanches, lives and maintains his
larem, Fort Sill is then less than twenty
niles distant and Indians begin to multi
ply in numbers as the the agency is ap-
preached.
The land Of the Comanches is not only
me Of beauty in the white mans eyes
For 300 years it has been to him an FL
Dorado, always beckoDing him on. As
Early as 1880 expeditions left Santa Fe,
where the Spaniards had established
themselves, for the Wichita mountains.
Known TO them as the Sierra Humans.
rhey were seeking silver. and that they
ound it there are many evidences. but |
l3thing indicating that 1t was found in /
uf1icient quantity 70 make mine working I
practicable or profitable under more mod I
rn conditions. Again, IN 1911, an official /
expedition came east from Santa Fe. and /
mother in 1850, and from that date on for /
nOthsr century there is evidence Of /
spanish prospecting in the country The
'rospector Of the present day will often
ome across the ruins Of old smelling
works. and traces Of deserted and ruined /
iHages. Bancroft records the building
+ some Of these towns about seventy-fve /
niles south and east Of the present site
I Fort sill. He writes:
silver mines existed about the head
Taters of the Washita. more particularly
car the headwaters Of the Red river.
ome French hunters and traders. near
he close Of the Spanish government. pro-
ured in that quarter and produced 10 The
parish authorities. several specimens OF
his metal
After al 1.-THE Indian all7tments are made
nd after al the deductions of grazing
1nds to which the Indians are emitted
nde- The terms % the agreement and
9ntitiens OF sale there will remain. for
ntry and occupation domain nearly
Is = {
here was a total = l.-C0rao acres IN the
rig.aaI Oklahoma 0ut = which were tax
Il Two sections in every township for
oholo purposes. In the Comaucha caun-
r. the same number II sections IN each
7vs'snip VIII be reserved for school Tsur-
ases hut that IS only part % the res
-vat!cns 30 Re made and set apart be-
ore the boomer can come into his king
ON IN The country rs il now stands
eere are comprised about $500 CO. acres.
be exact official figures are 1ess. sss Out
: this total must be set apart I.s5s.-i7.
lciudizg all reservations and afI5tmeatz.
ne school lands thus reserved. which
20 aes grated N the cessl6n ae school
~ college lands" VIII comprise ~ 81
eras. very large percentages O; the
mole.
The grazing reservation SCI apart fsr
be use x ,he indians IS larger thar the
'Jai fthe lands se be given the Indians
? a.lotEiauf n The three tribes row
9en tAe reservation. Including AZ 0f he
omauehe=. Apaches ard vas. there
= sut $50 pers IS satisle8 70 auof-
cents, ar3 practically every man. wcnsan
ri child in 1ha threa ,-bes wii be-
sme an a7.aftee order ;he terms = re
Ct, which are very swe epirE Every
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