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VJO Jf s t 1 1 J j I I 1T I > ltfP I C I 1 u TIE siN SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17 1889TWENTY PAGES 1 STORY OF OKUHOMA J The Interesting History of the I Proposed Territory i j A Shameful Tao of Fraud 1 f t Outrage and murder Secretary Lamar and the Cattlemen A Sham of the Cleveland Administration i Sonatora Vest and Cockrol as Cattlo Jalrad Originated the Boomer Move merit nnd Payne and Other Lader Were In their Pay The Cattlemen Were he Only Opponent or the Movement Worth Mcntlonlnc and somebody Wn In their PnyTlie Story Ar the Flrlt In TnclonRcul r Inte Speculation that Did Not Pun OutThe Bale at Stock In Town I Companies The Honest Itoomer not nit on All Sides Itfb Among the lloomer Mnrdered by Cow boilLurk tha Cattlemen Enjoy PurCPiiii Indian Territory Fob lUBt north of tho limits of this village tho southerly bank of tho Canadian lllvcr on which tho I Tillage stands rises Into a bluff that towers 800 foot abovo tho fallow sand of tho river bed t Rod clay red sandstone and rod loam layer on layer nro piled up with n crown of faint greengray grass over ala picturesque knob tho highest point for miles around I not until tho traveller toes such bluffs as f this that ho Is fully nblo to appreciate the terra broken land which Western people uso I looks as If It might have boon I ridge from whloh ono sldo had boon cut away and the re- mainder ¬ had then been bont around until It Bpllt opon Into chasms nnd gulches with Ire cIpltouH bloodrod sides Tho effect on a novlco Is startling On tho back of this bluff the sod slopes down Gradually Here lies a trail that winds around and down to tho lllaco I has beon worn throuch tho grass by the oftrepeated- Tlslts of citizens and strangers allko who come on foot on ponlos and In vehicles of every sort to enjoy the plcturo which nature has out before this bluff read At tho foot of tho cliff there Is narrow moad ¬ ow land Then comes the broad bolt of yel low sand with hove nnd thuro patches and of water that forms tho river bed treads with I fringe of scraggly trees to mark tho further bank Beyond this Is another narrow grassy bottom land and then begins the gentle r elopo that rises and swells in countless undu- lations ¬ and knolls league on league to the ragged line of the timbercovered ridge that marks tho horizon Everywhere trees and shrubs dot tho knolls and valleys or stretch away like hedgerows or spread out In clumps and groves that look In the hazy distance almost llko oloud shadows lylnc on the yellow- ish brown prairie grass Even the stolid Chickasaw Indian who some ¬ times goes to this bluff on the Canadian and gazes on tho scone sproad ont before hIm Is compelled to express his admiration Opening bis lips ho soys- Oklahoma boButuIIBnd This toworine on of the Cana- dian ¬ is the Mount Nebo of a mighty host of bomosookors and Oklahoma tho Chickasaw term for I pleasing landscape tho name of their Canaan which lies just boyond the sands- of their River Jordan For ton years tho people of the United States have boon reading that word Oklahoma in the newspapers They have read of mon called boomors who tried to enter the land called by that name They have road thnt these boom- ers ¬ woro people who wore wickedly contriving by stealth or forco to CO In contrary to law and rob tho Indian owner of the land of hIs in- heritance ¬ They have road that tho soldiers of tho nation had foiled those lawless attempts whereat the pooplo hero rejoiced and havo made of the word boomor a term of opprobrium Within the past your they have toad that a bill has boon Introduced in Congress making- of a part of tho Indian Territory I now Terri- tory ¬ to bo called Oklahoma and that this bill bas boon opposed in a most determined manner To learn tho facts and tho rights in tho Okla- homa ¬ muttor aud writo a truthful history tho early efforts to open what must sooner or later become I great fetato In tho American Union a SUN reporter was sent to tho Territory Itself Whore tho Indians who claimed It and tho boomers who wanted It could bo soon and all tbo contending parties could bo heard A caro inquiry line boon made Government as well as local recordi consulted and doubtful state- ments ¬ investigated The story which lies thus boon obtained is lot cheerful to contemplate I is a story of cunnlor deception and fraud Is a story of men who led poor men into distress to further lawless scbomos for Inln It is a story patient f endurance of great hardships in a caueo that though conceived In fraud was well nigh just perhaps was altogether just- It tolls further of tho opposition which other rich men made to these schemes men who posed as philanthropists and the protectors of a downtroddon race men who woro in somo way able to control a department of tho Ameri- can ¬ Government during three administrations and thus keep tho American army at tholr book and call Worsa yot It tolls of one life lost I through unnecessary harsh usage and of four thor that wero lost through deliberate mur- der ¬ Incidentally reference is mado to I nov elty among the sinful pleasures of lifo Tho Oklahoma idea was born in a railroad office It was wet nursod by a brokendown politician It was fad by a gang of reckless real estate speculators It was borno by a host whoso characteristics must oxclto at once tho lilly and admiration of the reader- It was huntod down by cattlemen who lied grown rich by fraul and was tortured until it well nlsb exhaustion That it has survived anlls now Just bloomlnl into matur hls duo tireless pluck the American Ole sookor stroller though he be Tho Oklahoma citizen who In future will write I history of his state can find here the facts for the earlier chapters of hIs work CIIAlTEH I TJIK OKLAHOMA OF TUB BOOMERS The original Oklahoma of which the people have hcnnl so much Is only a smal part of tho t f futtiro Territory of It contains only 18JUl acres of mail while tho now Ter- ritory ¬ IA aggregate 23267719 ares To- t phow whet tho original Oklahoma lies as i 4 Moll us the hounds of the now Territory a map I r lies boon engraved His really P map of tho Indian Territory and No Mans Land together Oklahoma proper as the boomers call It lies very near tho contra of this territory Tho nol Territory will embrace the wostern half Ie of the Indian Territory nnd include No Mans Land with an urea of 3672040 acres as well A glance at tie map as printed will alro a bfItF v J4i of to location of the now Terri ¬ t tory than halt a column of description with ¬ out It As the reader will romombor tho Indian Ter- ritory ¬ was n part of the old Louisiana terri- tory ¬ that Included 757000000 acres of land purchased from Franco In 1803 under tho Ad ¬ ministration of Mr Jefferson The publlo land strip known as No Mans Land was oodod to tho United States by Texas when she was ad- mitted ¬ to tho Union ant was therefore origin ¬ ally a part of Mexico The story of tho curious blunders by which No liens Land was omtttoa from all existing judicial districts and loft absolutely without law need not bo repeated especially as no one worth consideration objects to tlio extending of national authority over that domain in u way that will proaorvo order and protect tho actual Bottlers from wealthy land thieves lint because a groat part of tho land of the now Territory Is held by Indians whoso title Is boyond dispute nnd bocauso another part Is hold by the Indians although claimed by thou ¬ sands of Americans as public land with a clear title vested In tho United Htntes an abstract of title of those lands ought to bo made in order that tho reader may judge of tho CIO The land about which there Is an Indian dls R 14Cws7 fT tCOJt- S N S j t lANe 4q QJ I i MwVt unto is the tract called Oklahoma proper to- gether ¬ with the Chcrokeo outlet the bounds of which are shown In tho Since Oklahoma proper was the part over which the dispute first arose Its story may first be told lIming boon n part of tho Louisiana purchase tho title to tho land unquestionably vested after tho purchase In the United States and so re- mained ¬ until tho United States relinquished- Its tltlo liy tho net of Congress of May 23 1830 the United States began to relinquish this title That net authorized the President to sot apart a certain tract of country which was to be divided UP for the use of Indians and tile tract so sot apart Is now known ns tho In ¬ dian Territory This act was supplemented by rations bargains all treaties according to United States District Judge J Barker who has pissed on the tltlo to theso lands as will bo told further on by which tho greater part of this Indian Territory was convoyed to fIve na- tions ¬ namely tho Cherokees Choctaws ChIckasaw Creeks nnd Seminoles Hy the authority of tho act named tho President gave a certain welldefined tract to each tribe and put the tribe In possession of tho tract assigned to I Oklahoma proper was a pint of tho tract assigned to the Crooks III a treaty which was concluded with them on rob 14 1833 The land was patented to tho Creek Nation and what Is under tho circumstances of still moro importance the treaty expressly pro- vided ¬ that tho lands thus patented should be forever free from having tho laws of any State or Territory extended over them Nobody doubts that the land at thnt time be ¬ came tho property of the Crock tribe and it so remained without dispute until Aug 7 1856 On this day a treaty was concluded with tho Croaks by which they conveyed these lands including of course Oklahoma proper to the Bomlnolos provided however that tho same MOUNT TiE THE WICHITA should not bo Fold or otherwise disposed of without tho content of both tribes locally given Thoroaltor the land may bo Bald to have been hold in partnership both trlbos It so remained undisputed until ISCO The reason tho treaty made in 1S3G is un- important ¬ Tho motive behind tho treaties of 18GO uro interesting Tho treaties woro inndo during the booming days just after the war On March 21 l 1SCG tho Seminoles mado a treaty In thc third article of which is tho fol ¬ lowing language- In compliance with a dniirn of the United State to local other Indians and freedmen thereon the Send noel cede and convey to the United State their entire domain Tholr entire domain of ooursewhat- Is now culled proper besides I lot more to the east thereof A part of the land lying to the east was rouonvoycd buck to tho Seminoles and now forms tho Seminole res- ervation ¬ Tim rest was used for reservations for the Fottawatomloa nnd othor tribes Tho conveyance to the States In this case was made fern consideration The Semi- noles sold their entire domain which consisted of 2lCJOi0 acres for 3J3lj2 which was lit the rate of 13 cents nn acre Tho reservation which they bought back contained 200000 acres and they paid 100000 for It That Is they got for tholr equity in Oklahoma proper and tho land slnco sold to other trlbos and tho only cloud according to the letter of tho law which any ono says rests on this conveyance of title to the United States Is contained in those words of the treaty In compliance with a dlr of the United States to lo eat other Indians and freedmen thereon Of course a unit claim had to bo obtalnod from tho Creeks and this was done by tho treaty of June 1680 Tho Crooks received a cash consideration for tholr equity but tho treaty had exactly the same clause about the desire of the Unltod States to locato other In- dians ¬ and on tho laud There Is an interesting fact however back of this treaty The statement that the treaty was made In compliance with the desire of tho States to locate other Indians and treed nun on tho territory coded was a deliberate Ho It was a deliberate attempt to obtain property- by falsa pretence Within four months after tho conclusion of the purchase the United States that Is on July uia bi was literally railroaded through Congress which the At- lantic ¬ and Paclllc Itnllroad was granted a rhht of way the land so purchased and every oddnumbered section of land for forty miles on each sldo of the railroad was given to the company The lands woro bought that they might bo thus ch on to the railroad There is no doubt that could all the facts pertinent to tho case bo brought out In n court of justice tho title la too to Oklahoma proper would revert to the Crooks and SemInoles on tho ground of fraud and In the transfer but no such case will ever bo bead In court to tho law in tho case as It Judie Parker In passing on the matter says To my mint this langaace nied In the third article ol the Seminole treaty amounts to a convejranc of the title of the land deicrlbed to the United States That the land however was not b thIs par 0 chose thrown open for xcttlemont Is plain ho says for this reason Tho Homestead nnd Pre- emption ¬ loIs explicitly provide tha no lands can bo so entered that hare lawfully re sorted Thoso lands having been lawfully roo served that reservation could not bo sot aside except by a doer nut explicit net of the lawful authority a purnoso to open tho lands for tho case of Oklahoma prop ¬ or no such act hn over boon mado or passed Therefore Oklahoma proper according to tho- JUBtcols not antI never has been open law ¬ fuly is Interesting to noto however that the treaty by which this body of laud was reserved was made by the President of tho Unltoi Stntos Jtidgo Parker decided that tho Pros dent wits competent to reserve tho lands Th President must therefore bo competent to open the lands for Bottlomont now that the fe of tho lends I Is In the Unlol States Therefore nil that Is necessary open Oklahoma for sot tlomcnt Is n proclamation by the President or dorlng It to bo done It Is further of Interest to noto that Immodl- ntoly after tho purchase of tho laud by tho United States und tho gilt of the alternate sec lions to the Atlantic and Paclllc now tho Trls S 5st0- c HL- q4 w I JPcHt et1 map was by for Includot by misrepresentation As 6holVlll co Itnllrond the land was surveyed so that tho gilt could bo completed Had the railroad com- pleted ¬ Its lIfe thoro would never hare been nny Oklahoma boomers or Oklahoma territory Another point concerning tho titlo of the United States to Oklahoma proper remains to bo conpiderod further That Is the statement about the dcslro of tho United States to settle othor Indians and rr on It It Is ac- cording ¬ to tlio Indians otl01 a citizen should buy a town lot In n reported block In Now York city 111111 should b stated In thodood that tliu purchased beeixuso of tho desire of tho purchaser to crpi t u houso on tho lot If otter having purchased tim lot under such terms ho should begin to erect adonblodoukt- ciioinont t tho court ouUI issue an lot ii notion at lie roiitioat of tho nolghboisorof the sollor of the laud Uklihoma proper could not bo purchased for ttio use of Indians and freoduien- nnd thou given to the use of white men against tlio wishes of thi rooks unit homlnolts The Cieoiisnnd Somlnolos I stl Imvo an In tlu lull1 sa Uklahoma proper hollar tile according to the letter of tho law or riot It Is a fact hut opt of no grout Importance In considering tills subioct that nil of thoso Indians throw olftholr alleginnco to tho Unltod finite and joined thu GYmfodoiatPS in IbGl Hut whvtmei part of theIr rIghts In this land was lost t by that oct his beel restored by tho treaties Miico made tho lands of white Confederates wero notcoiillscated CIIAPTEIl II THE TITLE TO THE CIICBOKEE OOTTFT- Tho man who floes not heartily eympnthlzo with Southwestern Ideas about the opening of tire Indian Territory lands for vvhito settle- ments ¬ that Is tho man who remembers sortie what of tho treatment which the Indians have received at tho hands of tho whltos and re- membering ¬ it wishes to hove the Indians dealt with generously rather titan with scant jus tlco ns tbo socalled Southwestern civilization would doIs startled by the Southwestern talk about the titlo to tho Cherokee strip This talk 4- s WCnaTEIt niOIIEST OP MOUXTUJfS United 225882 frcodmon Unltod through equity jnstlie Ifl nothing but an oftropontod statement that- tbo Churokee strip was given to tho Cherokees ns an outlet or roadway from their homo res- ervation ¬ to thohuntlng grounds of the Kocky Mountains nnd that since there nro no moro hunting grounds there Is no lore use for an Outlet mid therefore Congress has a right to tuko tho strip for tho use of tho white man The facts In tho case are easily btntud Tho Cherokees sore removed west from Georgia because gold had boon found on their reserva- tion there timid tbo while man must have that Thoy woro eventually Hettlud In their sol reservation by a treaty ol ISiH rite frocond article of this treaty after providing for them 700IJUUO acres In thin northeast corner of what Is now the Indian Territory says I In addition to the 7 Ot> 1000 of ucrti Him i rtntded fur anil houimel tho Untied Males manlier guarantee to the cterokee Nation A reriietuat outlet 1 em aviZ a free utttt unmiiifstett ttif litalici not In the treaty of all the country lrln went of the weiicrn boundary of tne- ubove inscribed llrutla and at tar 1 Cit an tile hoverelcu ty ot the United Males aud their right of soil eitend- Tho limit of the United States was tho 100th meridian at that time Later a patent to riot only thin HOOltOO iicroa In tlio northeast corner of tho Territory but also to the outlet socalled was Issued 1hl81lalont was datud Doc ill Ibil8 The I rforlhus convoyed tbo host tWo known dealers In Util ostato WItS H37113511 1 tens I hit urea has xlnco been reduced by pur ell but when the Wtstor editor who Is out u boom his paper as neBtein oilltors frequently do comes to thofo llgnrou ho simply gets up nnd humps himself till ii Inline tho cant like a bucking lironcho with a tendoi root In tbo saddle Hhall ILdiiO Indians i possess till tlmt land white trio ti who ljiiiht forthulr country ar Ichlll fur homo KtouiU Jtie editor 1 thought of harshly however for men members of Con KIOHS like Mr C II Mansur ot Missouri and Major arnurofKaniaKCity have in hike man- ner ¬ humped themselves and torn up the earth Uy tho treaty of I ItiCt after the Cherokees hind got back undor the protection of Uncle bam the old guarantee was renewed with a proviso as follows The tnited frtalra may settle friendly Inlonoln say pUT or the htntXee country hint Wet With limit Man said load ll u > dl of to hOIld j for to the Cherokee Jtatton at such price as niuy be ujireet upon subject to tie approval of the JrcHidtiit e the herokea Nation to retain the rlffit of vouttHon of and jurlfcdlctlou over ultof said country west of 0 degrees longitude until thai lulit and occupied A recital of the words tho right of POSSOS zion of to a bouthwostorner makes fool sorry for the crank philanthropist w IIII cnnt understand tho needs of HouthwoBlern civil 1atlon it must bo said bowotor that oven the HotitlmesUrnor I Intelligent will whim compelled to answer say tlmt technically tho Cherokees liars a right to the strip As already stated thero is no real dispute about the tttla to die rest of the land which which will go to make up tho now Territory except perhaps I piece of territory lying bo tweon tho two mlll forks of the Roil illvor rind east of the meridian fIllS land tho Toxans call uroof county ant it as n part of Taxai Undo Hero says It In imbllo laud that Is pot now rofcrtod for tho Indians As good i a lawyer na Col L C lloudlnut how ever believes otherwise as to some of tho laud nnd he Is backed by oilier able lawyots Tho Colonel is hlmtolf n Cherokee mid cannot therefoto bo accused of prejudice against the IndIans Concerning the reservations occu- pied ¬ by tho Choyemioa ArrapuboeB KloWI- Bolancheennd Apaches ho said in datld nrou 311879 Iy executive order Klowa Comanche Arrapahoe erie otner wild Indians have been brought upon abort- ion ff the ceded loUd but such lands ure a i art the public domain of the I lilted Mate and have AI o h1 IUIooL the I luted rutus liar an title to every aero Jits Initan l itM Au < ten rrtineufiftftl The italics are the Colonels Tho facts ers thnt these reservations were a part of tie land originally patented to fomq of the already mentioned as hanDI been located to- cvUt I time Indian Territory In 182B Patents to the land wore Issued Thon by subsequent trea- ties ¬ the land of those reservations was bought for n price nnd tho title reverted to the United States Then thin land was sot apart for the use of tho wild tribes who now but It has never beol patented to occupy Itl 10 the toe 11 the United States no act of Congress or any President hiltS over opened thel for settlement On tho contrary tho > onnos and Arapnhoos worn by treaty on AlI Ill lflr8 located there while on Aug 25 the Klowas anti Oomanchos wero placed on their toserviitloit CIIAITEft IV TIC OUtrUN OF TiE BOOMEIIS Tho testimony concerning the causes that led to the attempt to force whlto settlements on the original Oklahoma is conflicting Tlio seeker for tho history or tho movement will hear till sorts of storIes Ho will bo told that Iho boomers Including tho loaders were hon- est ¬ American citizens who had gone broke and wore seeking homos on the only Government laud loft for tho settler that was worth occupy- ing ¬ Ho will bo told that while the mites of boomers woro honest homo seekers a few loaders woro simply after tho dollars which tho masses hal I to pay In order to become members of tho various colonies that wore otginlrod to tuko tho promised mail Ha nlfo Ijo told that some of the loaders wore wi tho pay of certain gteat railroad corporations who had mi I Interest In tho opening of IhoO rltory liun he hears this nH wants to lolltoltholhe Is getting tirotty close to tho It I Is oioriwhero In this country conoodcil that tIme original Oklahoma boomor wile Cunt 1111Id L Iuyno It was ho who first went on tbo Kansas border of tlio Indian Ter- ritory and toll the people of n certain rich In horltanco tn which they were entitled over In the heart of the groat Indian reservation Al- though ¬ I antic 01 t tho colonies I that have gone Into I tlio Toriltoryto make a settlement I has yet named its town situ Payne or Pamesvlllo prolot to old martians hold Payne In kindly remembrance and It Is abso- lutely ¬ certain that wlnm I in I Iho near future Oklahoma becomes u populous InlllrIIOIOIS Htnto an It is i ortulu to do otlglnal boomers chiselled front Oklahoma stone will stand somewhere In the Capitol V r l imtn L FivvK- Cnpt Payne was hor on a farm In Grant count I I Indiana on I io I ISMI anti I lived I them until I thu paring ol l ISVi I llo I recti i oil n eonlnnl cOil iitry school edmnUollld I is said a brlslu lad n1olo tho average ns a lull at Mhooi In IHiS n little over 21 ho started WIt to tight thl Mom muons tiara having been nt that lIme n lowfrguttel trouble with tho Iattet hay far as Uonluhan county lvmbis there found that the ex- clonotit was all Thoruiipon ht became Infected ns most people do I on tim frontier with a dodro to grow UP with tho coimtn Having a little money ho moimptod I homestead eroetcd n saw- mill nail wont broke This going broke Is buinotlilng too that happens to ninny people who ioiuo to the tiontler to grow rich Irom running iiaw 11111 a treeless cotta tn Payne turned to There was no end for n time the hlnllnF antelope wolves and other tOn 7 skins ooula bo mukotod and Payno success of this and ovontually hellmolrst I guide for lirivatu parties mud COlt In Govern melt empl Jeout y Ills frontier tile was tho Dining tho wal of the rebellion ho served thren years as hansns volunteer returned- to Donlpliin county and served ouo term in tho hausii thon wont back to thin army 1 Irommi lnlurLlnd 1W to November- of tho Mime yoai ho served us Captain of Corn patty I KlchUonth Kansas llwUlnlnd after- ward ¬ I durum I 1J ns omtlny I of tho Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry lere where lIe got the title of Captain leaving his soldier life ho became a poli- tician ¬ Ho wits once Pobtinnstor of Leaven worth and forlwo terms fcrvod us Sergeant ntArms to tho Kansas Senate In 1075 and 187G ho served tin bUtant Doorkeeper to tho Hoti o of Representatives It was In Washing ¬ ton that lie Oklahoma lucia was born Payno eventually hOCii mUG Its adopted father That the Oklahoma Idea originated In the brain of somo lawyer In railroad employ will probably not bo disputed when the facts are known unless It It hi tho olllcials of the two railroads wOo havo been Intcreted In tho schema thn Atchlson Topeka nnd Santa lu and tho rt Lout nnd San Francisco formerly tho Atlantic and Pacillo A glnneo at the map will show that tho Santa TVi now ties a line running north and south through Oklahoma proper while the other rood commonly called tIme FrIsco has a line projected across it from tho Mst lion tho boomern wero llrst heard of tho Trlfieo people hud a Lol claim on the odd see tiuiis for forty inilos oaeh Bldoof tho stir eyed motile of Iho road wo = t through Okla- homa ¬ becauso of tho grant already mentioned The claim was bad because the road had no- tIon built as hy the terms of tho grant male in nrovllot tIme company but tim company does not admit that tile claim Is bad oven to this day If the claim was good noth- ing ¬ could bo of greater advantage I to Its owners than tho opening of tho land to settlement Thoro would bo n market value to the odd sec and thero would bo tralll a plenty for tons as BOOH ns built Who tim Frisco law- yer ¬ was who conceived tho Idea of forcing the opening by n timid I Is not rcrtnlnly known but- it WIS probably Col l n i C Iloudinot tho Clioro lawyer nn Indian of talent education and long OMieneiue JIh a nhlngton lobb Ist- Tho Micios attending tho raids for tho open Inc of I tin Black I lllllrt I uountn only a snort time befoio doubtless Htiggiistcd tho Idea If Col lioudlinit lid not originate the Idea ho wits a wheelhorso In promoting It Among other things done by him In tho Interest of tho movement 1IIRIho preparation nf t n In10 ne- cnmpany IUor a part of which been quoted anti that mnp was printed with tho let br attached at the CM ente of tho Gov- ernment I ¬ It wits teiine roeiillv Document No 1lrMt F6Kjon 1oityxlxtli Congress who talks wit hi t lie old boomors will to I told t that Puvnollrt heml about I lie Government tltlo to Oklahoma whllo a door- keeper ¬ In IS iiBhlngton In 1S7G that ho thought about the matter with moro or loss frequency nnd Indifference until In 18711 when while liv- ing ¬ on n ranch in Payne township bodgwick lift W i jri muanr I rut county a few mllos from Wichita Kansas ho wont broke again Theme no proof that ho wont broko this time though lie was undoubt- edly ¬ not rich anti was a broken howl politi- cian ¬ The boomer nay that to benefit his for- tune ¬ ho determined to go down into Oklahoma nail take ni u homestead While I It would I bo very hard If not Impossi- ble ¬ to prove I the truth Is that Pajno having been at onco frontiersman and a politician with an extensive ueiunlntanco was selected by tbo Trlseo officials to loud tho raid lithe Oklahoma arid ho received a alary during 01 the boomer das for Ills nIIos The culty In the way of trot hI assertion arises from tho fact that It wile tiprcisly pro- vided ¬ In tho charter of thijPrlMo road that tho ohartor should bo forfeited should lie ofll Inls In any why tilt and abet any movement for tho opening of any part of tholudian Terri- tory ¬ for sottleinont As In the fact however there Is this to be paid Mr Harry L now a wealthy citizen of Wichita Kan ll member of that cltyH Hoard of Trade wan tho smut who ira tho first company of boomers that ever entered Oklahoma I Pajno bolng tho iliii re cod loader In an extended Interview vjitli TIIK huN ru porter Mr Hill said that tho looming was done In tholntorostsof the rallollslof which the Atlantic and Pacific was chief andnddod layni was on a good salary all the time but I would not hike to have you say that tno railroads paid him The rnlfroatw would for- feit ¬ their dinner by aiding to Orion tho cOlutr In IIDJ vvij In fact tlin rnllroid couldnt mid didnt tiny him Whot hits much hid boon said Mr Hill saw the drift ot hIs remarks and thereafter talked moro about tho iioiuoa the boomers wanted and said not a word about railroads the companies have no charge on their books acalnet the services rendered by Payno but Payne and otbont got railroad money from railroad men although of course those rail- road ¬ mon If now called on would say that it was personal Instead of railroad money Further than this I it will bo seen In the course of this history that thl boomers ceased their Invasions In 1885 and that that was the year tlio Santa TJ got its right of way across lie Indian Territory Inrthor still Capt Couch who became lie flguieliend of tho boomcra after Pnynodled- censid booming to tuko n lot contract UI the grading of the Santa F5 road across Ter- ritory ¬ Iloeldes tall this It Is common talk every whore along thin 1 Kansas border that hIm rail- roads ¬ worn hacking tho boomers Tun BVN reporter was llrxt told of It nt llfixtcr Springs by President C W DanloU of time llaxtcr Springs Board of Trade who said ho know to bo a ract I CHAPTKIl V MlKrARlSO T INVADE OKLAHOMA It Is commonly supposed that the first or- ganized Invasion of Oklahoma was mado In 1879 An unorgnnlrod Invasion trite mado on April 281879 The heterogeneous compilations which tho Southwestern editors call boomer editions Invariably 1 plaio tho organized Inva- sion ¬ In 1879 but tho fart I Is time first organized raiders loft Arknnslw City ut 7 oclock on the night of April 13 1880 hut thoro hud beon a I deal of boomlngdono during moro titan twelve- months proceeding hint date antI tho unor- ganized ¬ mob raid originated tho mistake The first public mooting to avvikonpublic In- terest ¬ and cieato desire among laud sockets to outer Oklahoma was hold on tho southeast corner of Douglas avemio and Main street Wichita Hedgwlck county Kuusns In October 1871 Of cotuso ninny olhcra won hoI George I 11 Harris then and now I wealthy cltben of Wichita presided but tho exact date of the meeting has been lorgottm mid no rec- ord ¬ was kupt Caiit Pas no was tho elite speaker Pimm was an orator to pleato n ocr niidlMiee hit judging front the size of Irt colony uphill work at first lit ul 1rhlulolho logal aU110It- rt orators lollht JIIlo ot a sort to clrn particularly as It was backed ut decisions of Tustlcea of the Tnlted States Minromo Court Hero It Is Iho laud In iniestion hail been tie reltitoed tho with cash herefor tho title the was 1eBI1111 hind Iteon otlngnshod Thereforo tile lands Were Qovcrnmcnt lands Tlieiofore thoy woo omen to Mittlciuent because nceordlug olleod Statutes section 2Jj7 nil lands be- longing to tho Lnltid Stalls to which tile In ¬ dian title has been ur hitCh bo extin- guished ¬ shall bo subject to tho right of pre- emption ¬ It is admitted that tho land wits purchased- with cash Justlco 1 C Parker ns already iliiotod decided that Ito tIthe had beonion- vojud to the I Inlted States although I he heM I that u further in t of Congress or of tho Presi- dent ¬ was needed to open lImo land to settle- ment ¬ Uutthoboomor ottor had oiiuallygood BOOMERS noM 11 authority apparently on his side In the caso of Dates net Clark 05 U 8 pages iOii et al Justice Miller bell that as 5001 as they lie Indians II ithi the ceased to bo Indian rteL unlaH by the treaty by which tho Indians parted with their title or by some act of Congress a dllTcreiit rule vuas made In the case of the American Fur Company against the United State 2 Pot 359 decided In IS Diu which tho uoinpaurH goods had boon seized as having ben unlawfully Introduced It was held that if by treaties outdo with tho Indians their title hail beon extinguished tho land lied ceased to ba Indian country SSliiIo It should bo saul that Justice Parker just nuotud had these decisions before him when bo held that n Presidents proclamation wile needed to open Oklahoml to settlement the argument of tho was strong Tim reason why tho President did not Issue n proclamation antI open lie country and thus end the troublo was duo to n fact whioh fur- nished ¬ to tho boomor a sound argument to prove at best that tho country ought to limo boon onenod up to settlers although itdooa not necessarily prove that tho land was In fact sub- ject ¬ to settlement It was dumb t c lie last days of tho Hayes Ad- ministration ¬ and cattle kings were In posses- sion ¬ of time land and ready to light for it Theso cattle kinga were in practice and a great ma jorltvof tliom woro in fact active Republican politicians I it would never do to offend them to pl aso what the public supposed to bo a low- povertystricken hoinwBookorri If the cattlemen said the booinororator have aright to go there and romiiln thorn why not tho settorl i Tleouostol rlmalusunansworQd- to 0 en ro all these yearn barbed II ire fence and all Tho disgraceful facts smirching every Secretary of the Interior from Schutz to Lamar will bo briefly related fin thor on Of course no llitlo work had to bo done bo ¬ foro a public metlll was held such as writ- ing ¬ for the limit tho most Important part of this work was the organization of n town site company Title was to Interest men of incline If a history of the town site com- panies ¬ that loire been organlod in Kansas could bo vvilttonitvvould vividly Illustrate one of tho least known phases of frontier life that- Is least knoll to pooplo of lie Hast A town ele company was organized In ordor to lay out town which rihnuld as tho pro- jectors ¬ hoped become thecapllilof Oklahoma If r tho tcueiiin had would hate soll their lots at enormous prices and havo divided I boo lie handsome to behold Tl o original company consistcd of Cuut lira Stool President George E Harris vice Piosldnnt Ouorgo M I Jackson Hecrotary Judge Locko Atttornoy Judge W W Thomas Frank Smith 101 Postmaster of Mebita F- It 1 Crnddock Hutdiiaon and Mesbrs- Mlllor and McKee nearly 11 of Wichita Thoo vvoto thin mon tho ground floor Outsiders could get lu for fi a shame nomi- nally ¬ but thi price varied I In sail that 5 was time usual figure Unity Hill hold two Bbarca of this stock and his cortilloatu road as Ihol below this with like documents being email Interest ns part of tho history of the first attempts to sotto tho loW Territory No ut Rures 2iOQ ach TiE OKLAHOMA TOVIN COMIVNVV- V KIIITA KAHUllt Chartered under ttieUnnof the cuteot Kan i Auz This certifies that II 13IU1lh i owner cf Urn nlmr- fotllincnpilal ftocL or i Tonti I nm iny soil that tile 501115 l 15 an1 U irnnirerablD only In pcrbuu or ty attorney f u i mite boo sof said coin t maIit til on tlio RurmiUer uf thi certlflcule- lu lehtimiiny I Mliereuf the vitid company hate directed I ham lie 1reMlilpiu I subscribe hereto liiu nnu ul ilv I nuture slid I Unit the secretary counlerilvn the tame ami attucli- ttie cullltmiiy lc > L J M STCIIC IrtlOcut- Coiintr UneJ Urn JACKJOV becretary l ISeatI 1ihiirci Printed In groan tint Ink undor tho black let- tering ¬ woro tho words and llguroa Capital stock 2000001 I 1 Is presumed that it meant ninny dollars tilt money received for the sale of these Bhareftln tlio tow nslta company went to pay the oxponBcs of pilntlng tho oortillcutoH mid also to furnish an outllt for boomers lava stone but just how much mono was collected ami whether tho groundlloor members really lost money as thor any or did riot cuutiot bo detormlld If 121 shares or more as the cer ¬ lllll Indicates woro sold at emit then a tolorably Ioodslled pile of mono was Borured for ox Hut tlio tmuifcltu scheme was not the only source of revenue to tint groinul hoot boomers and loaders of tho colonies Jloforn nny expo dltlon attempted to start a colony company was organized Tho ground flour inombors of the town site comimny organlod thin first colony company also Capl 1 D It lnnl ails Its ProBldont and W th townsite company tecrotary Mr Hill owned ouo tdiaro in thu colony company us tho tel ¬ lowing transcript of hits eertllkalo chows Ni o CnlOSY fioaB- OLTIIVVEfiT Capital Stock Jli Jlixl TOWN AM MIMMi I i CIlMIMNV- lacurpnrnKnl under tile I Uwiul Kauiur- ertUlcam I tar eatitil stock Ttilull I to Certily I IbM II 1 lllll l lieiillllci icons full paid sitar ot Ilif oapllal ktock or the Southwell nlomiy I I Tuuwmi and Mlulnff otiiiiuny of Iho tiC value of mi- miiusnhred aohaa and lo uric lot in the tousu ti I is laid out In tile Territory by said town company t M Uli- It I ot lllch ha ben teltclHi J mtlil iiinpiiiiy mrriclinr not tofcell H lot In Kill I town titling DUMMitlilv if t tlia- omanlmion I fur n los uiii thai I IMVIIM flu ilii AM rail ttucl tutialMitil lotliM tiu tier bemil I 1 I re- KfitUtlun of iii rcrtiUcate tu I ttio mrttarv if t e t ui- nany anil deed to aid I mt alitr fiU cuiif I unit > ltall- titivfl 1 tiftrmaneutlr locutej t upon 1m tttwn Sits tu the IitlUn crrltury And tutu stool will entitle ilus holier to S Ibor m nil the erect of iaU SoUthwest Colony lawn ald fclluluf Company and to protection 10 coring crei of Una in laid Indian Territory Tlio bolder hereof airreei lo person or br subititute lo loin the colony to bo moveq Into laid Indian Territory at ttirenfleivout opondvodayi notice from I tbe proper ortlcr of the company Thlicertt cale U trans Terr t le upon the book ot the iuua at 1 WlchUa K Ia Ihli 2th day of Fetruary I Ihnj D L JUra rieiident Attain W B Duroaiion Secretary The reader will observe that on the face of the certificate tha colony company was also a town site company ant that too holds ol to- t o v I certifIcate was entitled to a lot ns well as a share of stock Thiiicolonycompanywas or- Innl1lln February It looks vory much ns If I I Town Cointiany was organized afterward as a Wiled Itliln n vvhcol That not a uvr ponulo lnvo tod their money In this lioino jq phonn by tIme nnnibor iiJul on Jlr lIlHs cTitillcatc rach corllllcttto or shato cost 12 Tim lonkq of tlSO comMinloa- ro not open for cctliii n mattnrnt tact IlinupniicU of tint ill tiiIt muiim Achnrgo of f j tins 110111 by Inlolnnll gtciitor- colonlo In fact so vrlil was tho Territory covered liy- theso schcniMH that nuonilci tl ictiro oniony- mo in born WII i iahillii il at cvotv avaHnlila point Ihn iii1HU nospciiloil vviw Jlr AI LovvKtlinn I In llifliurdson cutmty- NobtiHka and IH 111 cit Ioii of Pu reel I A printed toillllcni I 3 initlmiiod lie ngent to vvliooii tip I I tlio rolnulsts Mr I luvvls hind a eon tlllcatc its lol Ion e Cart 1 L liYM IrtillnL 11111 I I CitAitiocK ten Man lion J 7 M STini Trciirer II 1 5lrA v < try Ouirr or tti M i luii i cotnsr Uimi kiiiKisinni1 i tM f TlilHCtrlllet tint I I1 I leo i to lltu iillhtrix1 i auelt for thus count I hirlun tuiu it Net rjiUu Top ilia- iuepwui nt rerum ntii ir jpinbir hlnninlOrililiato- fnr > ttio Incaticn f luiilfl All tinillirii iruutCie I h- 1111111Ilho seal of lilt cololi ulll Uc riHifC II I Iy tho- In tettulnmul 1 hereof time linmmif f thin ITfflIent ami Seero lacy iirBhTcm oil cl illy nutmrthcil nnd time cui of tHc lull lull I In I I L lAM ltIlelt J l K iT ccrclnrs- meuh lInt one morn document remains lo hi glvon tocDiiiplntutliu varietv that was 111 tho Mrt raIls on OKlnliomi and that I Is I clrllll- catnfor ilte 10atlllf I md inoiillonoil nbovc1- Nnno lowoll Hist laid Jho follow- Ing Is a copy a bhinl cite lM I Is KM UlnMV COLON Lcrtltlc Ito lit lie Itlilll Nn Wiintl i antiui ISS- l l < entlllpil I tn the celt in TiiwnnM- litince i nnulnitn arnR nf thi inilo- ImtU In iikliiliotn i vini Inn rUht I tit Dm PIIIII I u her > innrnntre I in him or lui i Ui cc < I M ul tlo iwet tin inn tu nInrilil I h I itm mliin rncli mitnlicr I hereof tirlnitliiinil t in roit I time Hhiniit priii tie imuler ehi oftvir ut hi in inbtT iiUHtnpt ItiirudiirH imit tliU- rcrltllmlii iii4 In tin Ir eieuit nnd iniintcr lciiii- t the Tirolarv utthih liiil i f till inniiiili tittmh- rl hall io Imonh riltptupuf i nm tiicinbr s rtxhtti I to tin irolfiion lier lnl t format tlli t nid I In Ulliniiiir Mhenni its Inrllint Im a cneh liln flint olllrlully y ami th Socteinri ti HI n interaliftio I ttio- nuitit and mllau tile ret Ihu to il of thu colon tli day and tale uboo rillcit 1rctt u tecy CIIAPTEfl TI- ON TO OKIAHOVU After much Bpeechmaklnj and mnnv contri- butions ¬ dipt Pav no gathered together a limu of men to go over Ito lino and possess hue land of Oklahoma It wis not a largo band but It was largo enough to Imvo effected 1 settlement lund ov 01 > thing been propitious for thousands would hnvo lloukod to them hail thoy succeed- ed ¬ In all twontylho torn answorol lie roll call ou April 11 I ISSO atAiknnnas City tho elate of rendezvous Of thoo tbreo turned liuk unit tilt Iliit lolin I HtilTlinr I ilisaptioar- id at tlinCimarron Klvor Ho was Buppobed to- mvo bon ilrowned until n unit to recover thin usuranco on his llio was brought and then A rIM < w A OKLUIOMA II M ll lie Insurance company found him The twontsono reached their destination In safety here nrc tho numus as given by the scout who led tho way dipt D li Payne President Harry L II111 known as Oklahoma hurry guide 0 lood ridge surveyor J C Junes at present Police Commlsblonorof vMchlta O II Jonus Harry htulTord J K Jarriitt Allen Yonngmnn and Messrs Wolr Crumb Kirk Calbort Sorties hiultli llroiihr Itowloy Hathaway Wood Hnughton Nickel ami Y clss The start was mado nt 7 oclock P M In order to avoid the soldiers who wore watching for thorn in conseiucuco of lie imbllclty that thq boomor movement haul rocolved Harry lllll bit tile way somo distance in advance having Hurry Stalford ahonc wIth him They fimollod In a wagon loaded with buffalo skulls which bid been gathered boforo tIme start lllll drove while Htatford throw out u skull as the crest of each ridge that was passed In order to mark tho trail for those who were corning behind Tho trail thus formed having beon marked on tim crest of ridges only IB known every whero in the Vestas the hogs hack Trail Its course is marked on the map It vvua necessary for the guide to keep a good distance at least two miles in advance lu ordor to warn the party should a Bijuad of soldiers be unexpectedly mot The route followed was from Arkansas City southwest down to the bbakaaka at a point nine miles south of where tIm btato line is crossod by Bhoolly Crook It was allot midnight when thin rShnkiibka was reached There Ito company wont Into camp and remained until 11 ooloek on Wednesday morning April 14 Fruiu tho tatmkusKa the colony wont down to Thompson Crook which thoy struck 100 yards west of tho northwest corner of Xez Perecs reservation Hero they full foul of a lot of the Nor Purees Indiana with ChIef yellow Hull lund Chief Joseph In cliaigo lila boomers compro- mi od with the Indians by liberal presents of plug tobacco From this- Thompson point they travollod south leaving Crook at KM A M crossing lie bull lork at 11 A 31 and going Into camp thieo miles south of It mid six mllos trust of the > oz Iercs reservation Alter illnnor they conlluueil south lo Ito sixth standard parallel and tlioLco poutheiat over tile imilrle toluwnoo Croak whero they cninnod for Ito night J Ills was Thursday night April 1J 1 SO Larly Friday moinlng they ciosoa this creek to the eliot and followed It to lIed liock rook which was running bank full A raft waa mado and the wagons lloiited across whllo tile horses Bvvani Iho icaaon for croslng was thoj eould thus got Into tho timber hurry Hill hud boon scouting and discovered a sinntd of soldlura In CutuP four miles wont of whom they cioased here they romalneil concealed nil day Tho next morning batunluy tho 17th of April lssu tho soldiers went onuiitho trail toward Kansas looking for bOinorfl Mho boomors wont on to black lioiiriiook whore thoy camped for the night On hunilnr tho 18th thoy truvoiled to the lioavor mid vvoro obliged to tuko to tho woods iugttili asu troop of Boldlors was seon coming up on a trail four miles tu the oast of them with three captured wagons ot hunters It wna found also that soldiers woro patrolling both Dlack Dear mid lloavor Creeks und It was uocobsary to keep in the simile On Monday antI Tuesday liar tont over to thin old thlxholm tiail I t to tho west and followed It south to tim north bank nf thin north fork of the Canadian Itlvur 1 It wits In I this valley that tilt colon hud determined to locate Tho wo itbor for two lain hail boon unprn- pltlous Haiti luau fallen almost Btuadlly I and Capt Pat no was about laid up with tho rheu- matism ¬ Miat bo wantud most Cf nil was to got Into a houso out of tbo wot mid it teas duo to this cit cmi ii islithicut that the spot ovonttuilly choson for I th olta of the town Ito capital city as thoy hum uIaa4 holoeted- Ovoi I on I th Moiiih bunk of the Canadian stood anumborof bnlldlligt it liluti hud bihnigod to autlmid old ramh To got Iuyno nut of the i uclrt I Hairy I I lllll I I took him I ovor tu ono of thorn which bo lllll lund used tho your botoie wlnlu bulding a bunch of horses tlimo Tha not lily odnotdiiy tho rust of the colony oamuovur tu tim buildings to got out uf thin wot also On Thursday April 22 18PO lie Mn of the city WitH tqlucteit A coiitili of nights under the roll had holpml Pav no so that In could gut around pnttv well nul ho wont out to too t thn- coimtn Ho f itiinl u boiutllul knoll rovornd- wllh jack oaks ubciiit two mid a half niHos- wiibt of tho old Mnliolin tutll midim tho llrst rising ground botith I 01 thin rlui on wlileli thoy vvori ciiniiieil 1 it was such an nttractlvo spot that ho dotiiimliieil to luv nut tint city Ilium Thereupon huivoyor I I ioodildgo gut out Ills Instrumotits nnd the rolcnilsts innK thi lrao ii huh went t lo work 1 ho clown 01 tin I knoll wits cleared of hun little oiKn In nnk u pill llo- Miuari and Iiuiii nidi i 01 nor a lung awmio wan emit tin plt ol ilm jun i in I avlti In on ailai Ud Irmii tlin pint liulliiiapniu Inillnuii All th htriotn iron inn In llio tmlnt i UK voinpitss i iionli timid oiith t oust mid west hun y i lllll witi a Ilutluiped clunii fur u tablo drew aiouploor nbti of tho unit city onu of whlihls unit liilliu iioMi i alouof TUB SUN reporter It looks llko this Evr1It TIOT OF EVVINO len Tom IVim hiul lunn tie of Pnynos his Illrlliii VVilH I iI If IVi ii 11 t s jtlH said hy lames IrliiiU that lvvlng owed his seat In Ito honst to 1ai nos otTortn Tho now city wits nuinud Living by its founder Thor VVBB nothing email about eta town except Ito length of lluiu It was Inhabited for as uurvujud It covered elx BHURIB tollus ot r ° r land The sections wore NOR 11 13 1814 21 anti 21 Towns ll nnd U range 4 west Tor a month thocoIonlsU wore happy Ther- chopned out streets nnd they built log houses A plcturo of tile first of Jhimn IIOUBOB corn plotetl hlch was tIme ono belonging to Payne hilts beeli prcsorvo- dnrsT S f at r c E 1 It nnvsii IN rwivo The bootnoiH vvvro In high fcnthor ITII1 and roino tit ills weto mnt I linL t to Ark ariens City lr sit IiIhih < and I I tlio set thciiu tit was aptmrontI- v going to List fort i r lout I tho morning of Slut I it iiilil i I bnili i it elI I In i the futttro Stats oiuklalioiiin as u din nf ta Ingmid Player It wax ou I Hint I day i that Itout Iinloe with tvoho soh I hums ind twoiva I Indian seouts- mnivliod I through I thn laek oaks unit roundodi- m tin iontor milt or the wimio outllt- A iiHs tgo front Piildent Arthur dattd- JitnJi 1 Is lc ittiiins I tv j I luiof tmragraphare- lotrlng t to wh it I followed thn captiiio I Miiy Hi i IH1 I uli PI I toif rppot lt t ViC capture of Capt- I I I luut no tutti I luiil l m i tlnrn i n intruder Into the ret din and ntKoiljiil at sloul t In diuu I with them Junoi bo M IH liiforiiif I or Iho il Ieiin of Mm Score tnr > of W fir lout under the iilC tho intruders should be tikon mitllo or the i Inilim leer tory nnj there dis ¬ ci iirxnl vtltli ttiiriiiiuiiottiirpiurn- TI and linprlonmeiit of Iarno and his moll mid I tlicirsilbsciiuunt dlseluirgo with tint tilal or Im nine vwis thn llrtnf a lung se- ries ¬ of llko win whloli thin Ititnlllgpnt boomers pay wciu tlciini i contrary to thn Constitution wlueli gnat autoes u Hticcdv trial to n man clmrcuil vUih Illme miu fnrtlmr wci ro done vvhollj In the intorosts oMho I cUtlomon who wero nlioady I I In possession of thin land A can- did ¬ Inquiry will I muiiiostlonably load to the ciinvlrtlnii hunt In this tlui boomers are right Piivno wn baekoil by t two railroads I anti a gtinir of lehlta hivmilntor Tlioro Is no need of wasting Hvmnatliy on him Hut before the boomer movoment ended time rights under the law of hundred of honest citizens wore triunpod on- Puvno mid hula mon woro when arrested taken tiNt to Fort Itono and lien north to 3oiid Creek whero thoy were hold prisoners for two weeks and tbou dlsclinrgod- Tho men who had gone out after supplies reached lot situ of Living throe days after Pavim was taken away Thoy at once drove to Fort lleno where thov sold their supplies to thin post trudois and then followed the tins oiiora 1101 th to the Kansas line CHAPTmt VII BUnSUQUKST INVASIONS It In interesting to look upon Pantos career following his oxpulilon from the Territory Be ¬ fore that time bo had talked to dull oars Only thin most reckless of Bpaculators In town sites could bo induced to take stuck In such on on- torpilso limIt when arbitrary power had solzed- tho aitvontmimor and had without law or war- rant ¬ Imprisoned him ho stoppod forth before tho Western public at once a hero and a mar tyr It was heroic to ilnro to take the risk and it was the part of a martyr to Buffer the result Still 1ayno did not at first tako full advantage of public sentiment It is likely that ho did not appreciate it At any nato ho Immediately gathered another email colony and again In- vaded ¬ tbo Territory and ride thoLxooutlvB document already quoted on July 10 188ft Jell Poiio reported cupturo of D U Payno and party ol tvvontvtwo mon and asked If ha should turn this smug over to the UnIted States Mathhal at Iort Smith for trial The docu mont continues Theroupou July 31 len Pope was furntshed a oopr of Interior Uepartment tetter of July is requestIng that thone or the patti arrested who hAul been previously removed front the Indian Territory be turned over tlio coil authorities under section 2149 IleTlsed Stat- utes Under theee Instructions the LlentenantUenerftt reported on Autc 7 that lavae and party left CaldweU K in on that day toe sore smith ant that those men cntitureii wltli faj ne who dldlnot belong to his fist party otlnvabloti hal been relciibed horn wo have tho fact reported that twenty tbreo Aruoiican citizens woro kept prisoners without trial at least Irom July 8 to Aug 7 Tho truth la they were not trlod at nil Tnaf vvoro simply takon to Tort Smith and against their protest and appeal that they might ba tried for the alleged crime of unlawfully minter Inc lie Indian Territory wore turned loose to ilnd their way homo an boat they might Tho agitator now had a real grievance and ho made much of it Ho llroi the Western inert and gathered greater colonies than be ¬ fore and but for tho gloat profits In the cattle business ho would have forced the opening of thn Territory on somo basis within a year While It la not possible nor desirable to give the details of all the Invasions whloh Payna lioadod there wore a good many Incidents well worth recording Tho majority of those inci ¬ dents aro to bo found too in the Government documents already Quoted one are not there Fore unsubstantiated tales of disappointed boomers Thus we road that on Doo 818tJO Gen Pope reported that a purpose existed to invade tho Inalan Territory and that many lied already been arrested and requested dell nltu Instructions In case of resistance to what extent violent ninaaurps night bo used It shooting Is the order of the Department Payne with iOOcolonistswas then carnpedon tbo line of Kansas TItle colony was in good part supported by Dr Hobart Wilson a Tex millionaire Tho commanding officer of tni troops Col Hatch had an interview with Harri Hill of tIme boomers at about this time U1D told tho Colonel that the boomors would entei bo orrltorr i In spIte of the troops and added You dont clam to shoot us down Oh mild thin Colonel wo won t of course shoot you hut wo will get off out of range of your weapons mini then shoot your horses Jut wait n mlnuto nloaso Hum Mr hilL as ho loft tho tent to go another Then ho- canio buick bringing two of thn latest repoatind rillos with u collide of bolts of cartridges Io you think you can got out of range 0 those ho continued It la absolutely certain hat haul lie hiomsos been shot as thq Colonel iropos5 d the troops would havo got hurt Ji svuts cold weather thin colonists wero gufforli terribly and wore a doipcrutq lot However It wits no part of tho programme ol tile cuttlomon to kill any vvoulduo BOttlors IXH- caiiho that would have rouspd BO much publla liitmnst that Congress would havo been forced to adopt BOIHO BUCU measure as la now before thin hunatn 4 Harry Hill stirs that while the boomors and tlio troops woro ciimpod over against each othur at this time he anti ono or two others slipped past the troops and going down Into Oklahoma staked oft a lot of coal lands lime Invasions continued in the spring of 1881 antI In May Iayno gut a trial The opinion ol Justice J 0 1aikor who hoard lie case says Title ii a civil oott imt lIe colors of sri action of deb to roros er frimu derei1snt penalty of 4lui tot usda Ylulisled the law of the v hush States by bing in h Iudiisi TerrItory contrary mu law Tho boomortt say that It Is significant that civil rather than aerlmluiil action was brought because tiled by a jury on a charge of tree ¬ pass ruviio would havo been acquitted In huny In tho Unit judgment was rendered b against hint hut hover collected Ijtjno ton tinned his Invasions nevertheless nail tim only thing ilono was to expel the boomers Iho report of Ito Jommandlna a General for thin Ijoiiartmont of Missouri tot 1881 sums up tlio situation by tuylng- Bp ponlsteiit was rnrn itmi I lila fnllin Inn that I waa C owu il 10 rrvntwe connlleralilr the lint dotachmini urirooihtnii iliorr aiil I to titreatetu alu > mo Who ores I eil iho lies linu the linllan Tcrrltury Him ilia animal I rlJilin cr lrln > iioittl i ln I kiln I llio inomenc Ii ho nmol lilt ii lie Ihoy imi relict i ID itil 1 tni along the line uimiI lliiull cite ilil Bit nrar uuiI writ whvru they rfitiuintiil diirliu an e extmnl rout spei tor thraa Wee ii In Ilia hin llnl t llm iruoys rimlj Ilimllr return lu their ilte in llaullj uiiuuilan i Ii I 4J1 dispersed lutu RCiitUrfl amour liii kuttlelimnu of Kaiiiaa ba llitf coiniiwilut tu it hi oxtriiuu dull itnil HutleriuK- In May 1SSJ I Iuinn I ngiiln rnpoitod as on tha murcli to Oklahum i On Mny 2l his cap 010 is rili tel On JIuy i7 comes the report or Inn l intoi ti on I lie KaiiMH I hun Ori Ane 28 C liii Is uunn cliiitnniil ami taken ro Iort lleno On Slit lill i tlin omiimnilliu ofllcor at Fort Hino i ioiortd that tiio tim iliner hid been I tiiiiicil i ovir l ui I tin rnileil I I Slutoi Marshal aa dlroiti I who ilMiiirgid them Atiicuimg hut IIHII uirostuil nt thli time was A r I IowK HUH i ul I IIIPI i i i ll lhiori we ro ton mon two vvuiinn unit OIIIM lull in llio outfit They trap nut ihsttlIriIl ihoy tier tioVEr received llent I Tailor tnuk I tliem to I Iort Hmlth and lunichoii tliom luiotlniiioscnioof thoMnrshaC i IIIUH no I Ii neil Ictiui said time MurshaC Tlion 1 h mi num stilt i iho Lie utenSIlS 0 iniiyjri I ll I or tluy wnro brought i it tliou aiil nills tiom homo by violence aith no n n N t d iv tn iiiulli u pritonco of HI tl itnil i PI in li goo Is UK they had vrre nit i I 11 I mhiril I ml for H t llo at tulle t oinii I Iii ul I f ilajn Tlicdiyliofoie ihtu sam liu ihiink i i iilni iiMnrslial drought tinin wr I thin HioyuoiiM mko thilr cools VV JIDII hithiii Oi tlnr houiiiers talk fihntit tiiofia I tliliuH t thu ia r4 of Ito liloss I hiilIgiuiut Ion tIll lid r tyue and I I liny bocome wholly outdo to gi on vvith ihir HtorliM And yet this Is not luaU nf t Hi i inhoiiililn triatmont thuy rocolvi I fin r lull w nil in wi ut Itll ii y Iinri9sud I to dent vvlnh mo lir woini uucl thruu men worn niuilou li c l CHAITrl VIII j A rniOM oil HUNWirj STIONO None of thin old booinorn horn can toll the etact date itt which PaxnoHBLttloment at Hock rullfi In tho Cherokee htrln wits mado Tho ill st olTlel il icfeon a to It isilatcd 51iv 151884 I Iv ma niii Ihnrst- ul iiitn i II I tiiiLuni ivu cilud Itoik I Fulls ami tho cclomty lawsl thJ OklnhouYlcoon thte VUIIHW u In all It ii call over hitju iieoiilc luoii wooioii oath chil dnn claimed residence hero The number Wild so large end the eMltoment alung th 4 4- trn4iiYmw0seso
