The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-10-09
Oklahoma Letter.

1T is somewhat late TOT write, but the theaFy
rains and busy, harvest prevented me- from
visiting q great many OF my old time friends
Decatur county OF no o!hsf way
Twas obliged to leave OF my. safe arrival. M
the. land where the lost sheep of Isreal got
lost or maybe dwelt. seen the enccts o. TOO
much rain all the way through Missouri and
farin Kansas, but finally struck the familiar
drouthy looking country at Renfro, q goodly
place to look ut. but sun. sun. sunshine told
the same old story OF dried up pasture and
having to feed their cattle at that place. l
think Ed Griffin could tell you thing or two
about it and our ranch and shanty also; but
he being q bachelor from choice may hot have
noticed the house. Back 10 my subject again
or will make mess OF II and that easy
done.
leaving Iowa, completely covered with dust
the first that had been on US for two months,
but VIC got safely in the BUS enronte for the
Choctau depot one and one half mile away. ]
thought once had lost Lelah but soon dis
covered her seated at the other end OF the bus,
enve1oped in q cloud of dust and sand her eyes
plexinn the same color. The Indian says he
wouH rather have to much rain than too none.
1 agreed with him in that respect We either
cult to tell which had the most power. We
found ]. D. looking fat and hearty and ready
with the big wagon TO take US home, IS miles
away, got home sometime in the night. A
quick trip, one day in Iowa the next in Okla
homA, where they had not had any rain for
seven weeks and sand a foot deep and out OF
sightiu heigth but it is OF no use for me to say
anything for will have to live here for the
last week was in Iowa l had an attack OF
asthma and one since came home and that
is the reason this letter was not finished soon
err. Since writing the above we have had Two
of Oklahoma's big rains it poured from a
double set of clouds that is the kind it rains
from here. and now everything is looking
folks are cribbng corn. -"
j. D. has been coon hunting several times
after might but failed TO catch any, so last
week he and old Mage the 'hound) eau sht q
big one in daylight. 1t would take n whole
tale whole column to describe that fight as
he tells II, the coon and dog IN and out Of the
into d pile of cedar brush before it was killed.
But tue snake story he told yesterday will
leave ior another time, and you may want TO
know something in regard to the selling Of
dead indians allotments. .John Tyler. the
agent ht Bridgeport was at our house and this
is what he told us: first you get the consent
he sets his prlce what he WILL take, il it is too
high OF low it will be appraised by the agent;
YOU take your Indian TO segars, cantonment,
Darlington or whichever territory OF district
it is In, bear all expenses. no whiskey or
bartering. OF any kind allowed, nothing but
solid cash counts in the transaction and that
of to Washington for deed and there are
stacks OF applications already. Major Stouch
just returned from washington, had three
more agents appointed to assist him in the
business which is quite complicated. Th.
| titles are hard TO adjust, the father gets it al
even il he is sQuaw man. One instance
know Of l. will tell you. Johnny Moore, his
| wife was an indian. they had two children bu,
both are dead and he inherits both quarter
sections of land, his wife not having any
| interest in it At all. Wolf Robe, the CHIEF
| near US will not allow his tribe to offer theii
| land for sale yet awhile. He and tho Other
| chiefs had some kind Of pow WOW across the
| river last week about their land bur the law
| has passed and they will have to abide by it
some OF The land IL selling at 4oD, $1,000
| 81, 500. " 0OO per quarter section.
Oh. how true the saying, no one knowett
| what day may bring FORTH" Just rs VIZ
were eating supper Saturday evening
September 18th Fred came from Hydro
| with . telegram for J. ID. from Clint StFont
TO come ~ once fer his father was f.
| tally hurt BY . horse John and FRED
starred Immediately 70 Hydro but could carct
no trsth until o'clock npnday morning. So
| Stfou&wsS aiso on tho train going to Park err
| barg where Doe lfvod lsbout - miles from uS)
I5oc' had Just moved 70 his claim u miles from
town they could get no conveysuso and had X
walk. when they got there he had 'bsei
| dead twenty minutes. died'tustAs,ahe sun rosl
Sunday morning. September 18th. On Thurs
| day morning before he was It work near hi
| pasture ahd feeling tired concluded he woult
| catch . loose horse that belonged TO his Sol
John and rtdo 1t 10 the house. .Ho had SOM
| trouble in catching II but caught II. got or
without halter or bride. The horse was
gentle ono but he began toiresr and jump witt
him spdats,ted Down TIT rAtirShA grads wifi