Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-11-02
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- "OlnC EhiVoI RESERVATION.
rHoRSE, New, Oct. 20-l as, nipb,
hundreds Of camp free inum,pated the
mountain eides nea Cat crcpi. .rrd fur.
ther to the north were the fires M
lndian guards posted u keep out soon.
ers. Before dawn over $40 men broke
camp Mt Cat creek and invaded forbid.
den territory, bribinn Indians with
whiskey, and many prospecturs obeyinR
the law awear that they will take all
claims located by Rooners and much
fighting is expected this afternoon.
IL ID reported that thu 70 were several
skirmishes near Dutchmau creek shortly
after opening and that blood was shed,
but no fatalities are reported.
Spetial Land Agent Parks Inst night
telegrapbed the land Office at Washing.
ton protcstm against opening, claim.
ing graft on the part OF the government
officials. 1t ia claimed by proepectors
that Agent Lovegrove has allowed men
to camp on the shores OF the lake, thus
having advantage over men who were
on the horders
THcRNE, Nevada. Oct. 29-With The
firing Of u mighty tlazt Of dynn mitn
from the top OF Grant Peak, the hie hest
point in the adjacent mountain, the
Walker Lake. Indian reservation wac
opened pt noon today, ~
AT the given %signal,o hundreds OF
searchers for gold hurried heller skelter
over the boundary lines Of plain anil
mountain and before the great cloud of
smoke which rose INTO the mir fr"m the
dynamite explosion had drifted AWAY, u
spectacular race Of Hutomobil.s, race
horses and vehicles WIS on.
So great was the rush across the de-
sert from the liue nearest lluwthorno
that u urmber OF persons harrouly a.
cnped beinI tranplcd over and III M.
erous instances u juries were reported.
Horses were ridden until the, dropped
aud men rerountei their i'll for tune
when their automobiles became stalled
in the deep sands.
Jaded md overcome 10y thirst, mum
beB OF prospectors Lnrely summoned
enough strength u make their locn-
tons.
Those who had waited Tor the sInRal
from tho top of Mount Grant before
rushing into the reservation. found that
all tho most valuable claims in the viciui.
~ Of the rich D~ulchman, Cottonwood and
numerous other creeks emp,ylug into
the south western portion ~ Walker lake
had been tuken up by men who had
rushed in the night before.
Even men who Ind ehplo, al steam
launches to TAX. the II across Walker
Lake from the ,Ilairrn tile found TINT
their etfuris were, NJ M avail, ns llr v
were much too late tn br nn m rqual
footing with the men who hal di-r
garded ell law.
Tho opening nf tia reservation was
not AZ Imposing ~ it promised t0 be on
account Of the fact that countless mum.
bers OF miners here focltcd into il dur.
ing the night and curly morning, corr
pletely over whelminv the Indian police,
OF whom there wore but fourteen to
guard seyenty.live miles Of territory,
While the opening VIA taking place,
Special Agent Frank Parks nf the
genera! land OIL &. wns ~. tang Tor M
answer to bis diapaicb sent I" Tire land
office at Washington Inst night urging
that the opening he postponed on
account OF the Irregularities tint he had
discovered. Parks pointed ont Tin, tn.
Indian police WHO ind been named to
guard the lines were not only Inadequate
and inefficient, but they ind tukrn
money and liquor IN brides and wore
intoxicated most Of tho time.
He stated i'll his dispatch TINT on
account OF the Ink methods Ubser we'd,
hundreds Ind paid no attention to the
time set Tor the opening. This news
soon spread through the campa, here
bona iiio ~p"rspecturs had gatIm red 10
make a rush, and ~ u result thero waa
q great doal Of discomfort.
Reports have reached here Of numer.
ous shouting ARRAYS in the vicinity Of
tile old Arastra gold mines, which was
the objective point Tor hundreds OF
torinne-seekcrs who had nrri !eI only to
lind TINT tho land Ind already meu
taken up. They attempted To tako
aomo sections, with the resuI, TINT blood
waa shod in eono instaucep, although
no fatalities have bocn reported.
Parks says he regrets very much that
the start was allowed to be made when
u was SO apr aren't that the law was
being evade'.
Snb.lndian Agent Robert Lovegrovo
made the statement this morning that
U. s. engineers who wore cent hero for
the purpose Of carrying out reclamation
york on tho portion 81 tho Walker Lakp
reservation tllst has been ALLOTTED tn tho
Indiana had occupied their time IN
plhcinR launches on the edge OF WRlkpr
lake for tho purpose Of participating IN
the rueh,s contrary to the Inv which
states that all persons shall keep of
the reservation until the tine ll1ed Tor
Its opening,