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Show lliinuir. urilio mtrleuii llonnicr llirco days after tho Chceenno antl Arnuiboo land In Oklaliuma were opined to acttlement tho !ojiulation uf tiioso lands was 57,000, fieoj lo who ha I como to stn) , tin 1 homo and grow up with tho country Nowhcru eltolnthu history ot tho world ha u settKinotit of tuchslzolicen tnadotn so shuttntime. Aslnglo wagon train Hat crossed tlio ClicroLeo atrip tw a day before tho open lug Via live miles long I'hotogrii hy was iu.okcd in aid ot tho law, and w!icroa"souner'' was caught sneaking Into tlio retervatioit Unro Iho titnoii United btatis marshal pressed a button on htm. When altctward ho camo in with au Innocent air to chim hi laud ho was confronted v lth his on n picture and could only retlro lu alienee. Tor twenty four hours men stood In lino befoto tlio land ollico at Klngfl.hcr Oklahoma, uniting to get their claims certified 1'oM wat brought to tliciu oreleothcy went hungry. During tlio nUht somo ot thM elithusi est slef ten tho baro ground, so ns to 1 thero when their turn came It uunll Inno been outer to work for a lot and get it after tho tuuns wcro laid out, hut who thinks ot tlmt v, ben his 1 tool is up! On tho forward fringo of tho strjngo crowd wcro honest men, gambler, bucko itccierx, shirpor, llileic. cut thimtannd u baud wagon loaded with Bnlvntlon Army jwo; lo. Ono liuturo ot tho migration strongly mumbled that of tl o i llgrlm lather ot Now l.nl inj, Kiieh cunalde ratio colony of acttlcr had with It a preacher or oma ouo Mho' could fill tho i l-uo ol one. On luter Sunday those held ll lno service, and many a man who win losing hi mouty in gambling gnmes tunicil at sound of tlio h) mns, throw away bis c.inli und silently gll led In nmonc tho v, ohlicr v,ha teinlmlcd him l fur illtlcrunt kciica At other fiolntaof thoinutley camp thero w cro men g illoping around upon raco horse, tr lining them for the treat inn et Tuesday At tho blsaoton reservation in Dikota tbo iwlflcst ot tho town sito rater at ri.cl half uu hour befuto thogcnetul crowd, Thit general crowd contitted of .Ha) men and hulf n dozen women, but tho first thl!!,; thoo SOOincn did Mas to tcltlo tho ladled uu cligihlo town litis, Ivforo Ihcy lud i,ot tbenuclvcs settled Amerleuu men iigiinat tho worldl Thlr ty minutes utter that n gnxcry nolo nud n rofetaunitit wcro in full operation, and n number ul slmntlts wero h'l'.Mliij tn idly an I tlio Amerleun tla wat wnv in. our ulL Tlii ii how ho American shut n town, pnl nolKxlytlsoeiii Ibi biota con do It to unul liilu A luutkod faittituof theso boomer sutthuieuls.too Is tho law an I urder sentiment tlmt Ircm tua U.luulu. eluuttllili tham. |