The chronicle=news., 1913-06-11

plains and mountains for 80 years.
lie was II boy when he wea; from
Kansas City with the first herd Of
cattle ever driven over the plains.
For the following so years he was In
West. He drove cattle through the
mountains and over the deserts IA
california. He drove herds along the
sandy shores of the Pacific. alOnK
the shores Of the Great Lakes and
along the Gulf OF Mexico. He has
driven cattle along all the old trailS
from Rio Grnnde to and into Gambia.
and he was In the cattle business In
Mexico. lie WAS the intimate friend
OF Kit Carson. and he was with the
wife Of Carson when she died. an'
he buried her In his own garden. He
was with Carson when he died. H!s
brother married tho only daughter
of Kit Carson. and they are now iiv-
Ing Mt Trinidad. Colo. Mr.. Allen
was the first Sheriff OF the territory
In southeast Colorado. and he Leo
mn expedition Into No Mans Land
and cxt-rminHted the Coc band Of
outlaws that had stone fort there
This expedition hanged II Of the
band In one night to some cotton
wood trees and captured Co. and tool
him to Pueblo where he was iynch.d
No Mans Land used to be the strip
Of land lG7 Miles LONG and ja mile
wide between Texas on III" south and
Kansas ON the north. Later IL war
known M beaver County. Tcsns
Now Il IL made up Of cimarron coun.
" Texas. and Beaver County. Okla
homa.
| None Of the hooks tell the true
story Of how that came io be- knowi
ms No Mans Land" said Mr., Allen
last week. THE Encyciopedir
Americana says OF Il: In ista Tex.
M. on bcinH admitted To the Union
c-sicd TO IN" United States that stri,
Of her land which lay north Of la'I
tudc 3G degrees 30 minutes north
This piece. iG7 miics Ion. By -
was without government until 1890
when Il became part Of Oklahoma.
"Thc International Encyclopedia
says: n region 17O miles long md
3s In width. north OF Texas. ccdci T.
the United States In 1850 and mad
n part OF Oklahoma In 1880. H.
tween those years the district wa,
under no form Of government and be-
came n great resort OF outlaws.
None of these accounts II who'll,
true continued Mr.. Allen. '.Tht
truth about Il Is this: In the wa'
bciw wccn Mexico aud the United
Stntca this country took all Of the
country south of the ArAansns River.
In which Is now Colorado and all o.
New Mexico. Arizona. California and
Texas. In the treaty that ccdcd THU
vast territory to the United statss 4
was stipulated that, for the benefit
of the Mcxicans living In New Mcxi-
co. who were accustomed 10 trading
with the Indians Of the Indian Terri
tory. they should he given free
roadway from New Mexico into this
Indian country. and 4 neutral strip
was laid out iG1 miles long anl
about Is miles wide. that was sine.
known as the hcutral strip and M
Mans Land.
1t was stipulated In the treaty
that this zone should be neutral for
ever. Mexico has never relinquishes:
her rights under that treaty. % ss n
matter OF fact Oklahoma has no right
to this strip Of ground. because. tho
United States had no legal right to
code Il to Oklahoma. II Is today A.
much Mexican territory as II is Unit
cd States territory. and the United
States or the State OF Oklahoma had
no right to give titles to the farms
there.
"You ask why the Mexicuns re-
puirci n road rs miles wide. ] Will
explain that. In those days there
were no roads. hTc people Travelled
lover the plains at will. following tho
water courses or going from one
water hole to another In n xtgyaE
way. And as they travelled they
needed to Craze. hunt and to catch
. wild horse or two. That strip was
full of buffalo. antelope. deer and
wild horses. So the Mexicans insist
cd on a wide roadway that they
could travel at leisure aud live by
the way. For many years the Mcxi-
cans used that strip without fear Of
molestation. for the United States
Government had guaranteed them
security from attack by the settlers
on the north and the Texans on the
south The traders used carts made
wholly OF wood. They were hauled.
or rather pushed. by oxen. mules or
burros. No yokes were used. Raw
hide straps around the horns were
conencted with the front end Of the
cart tongue and the animals pushed
the cart with their heads.
'The traders took with them from
New Mexico mainly silver. and took
back buffalo hides and buffalo meat.
ldried. In those caravans Of traders
thcrc were often AS many ms 500 OF
L. S-x.sax xla