The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-11

| caused very much trouble 4 generation
| ago in the southwest, and in Florida. is
| confined a TT. Sill The old man is now
at the Buffalo exposition, however, and
! there is intense disappointment on the
1 part Of thousands here who wanted to see
/ him. When Geronimo is home. he re-
/ ceives visitors. and for a compensation,
gives them his autograph and sells his
picture.
| At the trading point between the fort
/ proper and Lawton is the big general
merchandise store of Emmett Cox Cox
is a "squaw-man," ana son-in-law Of
Chief Quanah Parker of the Comanches
It was Cox who played the second Lone
Wolf in regard to the recent aUotments
ana drawing. He was given an allotment
where he wanted it-over near Quanah
Parker's to the west-but afterward he
wanted this changed TO No. 1, the quarter
that James r. Wood afterward got The
department refused to do this, and Cox
threatened all sorts of things 1t is now
rumored that he is still attempting trouble
in Washington. Cox, in common with the
other two big general merchants at the
trading point does an enormous bust
ness, with Indians and others. He has a
big, fine house near by, and is wealthy.
Another one Of the big merchants at
the trading point is sam Strauss. chair
man OF the board OF county commission
ers Of Comanche county
The talk of the effort to secure the
Il,
settlement at present is nonsense. This
means the pasture lands set aside in sew
crafty for the Indians It VIII not only
take further negotiations with the In
dams, but action by congress before this
can be done.
As TO the forest reserve and the Fit
Sill military reservation which some per-
sons seem to think should be opened. this.
too, is largely impossible. To open the
forest reserve would take the permission
of the department Of the interior. which
desires TO keep the reserve intact. To
open the military reservation would
necessitate Il recommendation for its
abandonment by The war department.
There is no danger that the war DEPART
ment win do this, for it is anxious to
keep the reservat ton as it is. There is no
reason why Fit Sill should be abandoned
at present. Tt may be needed.
Tt is safe TO say that until congress
shall meet at the very least, there will
be no further opening Of public land on
the late reservation of the Wichitas. |
Kiowa, Comanches and Apaches Set /
tiers might as well recognize this fact !
first as last.
The supply Of workmen who have drift |
cd into the new country is great indeed. /
There are carpenters in legion They /
are getting. and VIII continue to receive. |
about 81 per day for their work. but there /
are enough here now
: man was carefully watching the sale
of town lots at Anadarko yesterday. and
who finally became Disguised in unsuc- /
cessful bidding, turned to a man sitting
next to him and said: II am convinced +
that the more disreputable looking a man
is. the better Off he seems TO be I'm
going to take of these good clothes. put
on pair of bib overalls and pass myself
of for plutocrat" The mans Dhilo-
sophy. in view of results. was good.
Colonel J. T. Randlett is the Indian
agent at Anadarko in charge of the
Wichitas. Kiowa, Comanches and
Apaches. He is a retired army officer
and q capable man. Colonel Raudlett has
one Of the largest and most important
OF any Indian agent in the
country. and knows how to perform his
duty. He is honest and courageous. and
Hr Il
wanted to perpetr8te some Job There
would he no scandal in the Indian service
if ali the agents were men of Colonel
Randletts stamp.
Illustrative Of colonel Ran5letts in
tegrity and manliuess. Dennis FLYNN tells
q little story Randlett was receiving
many hundreds of letters asking an sorts
of foolish and impossible things of him.
,he months preceding the opening In
yariahly Colonel Ran6letr would write q
courteous reply TO his correspondents
FLYNN enc day asked him why DE didn't
throw them in the waste basket. sayins
THAI he was under no obligations 10
answer them Colonel Randlett replied.
Mr. Flynn. this government has given
me Twins for s. years. These men. in
the main. are honest. and wish some iu-
formation. The least I can do for them
and The government IS 10 give them a
-ivil answer. 1rr. FLYNN says this has
taught him q lesson. and he thinks more
p Colonel Raudlett thaa he ever did be-
fore
Indian Inspector Nessier. who is town
site comm issfoler AR Auat7a~fsa sa ,