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Show iiii: imhw itrMmAttov. DiM'ATCHMfrom DikoUln relation to the In linn Unds d)?c!nc the fact that a erlUblo land mania 1 revalla 'among our eastern feltow country mcu. President Harilton lmjvd n proclamation proclama-tion un the Ilth Inst, opining ti settlement settle-ment 011 thu 15th, at 12, noon, the Hhwton and Wahjrton reservation In 1) ikota. The tract open for n Ulemt nt contains about 600,000 acita. Hundreds of (respective Unl owners, Including unprotected woratn, are alnady In line on the larder awaiting the strlLe of the clock at noon tomorrow There h also a similar ixcttement In Oklahoma. The lands formerly oecu. I led by IheCheyennci anlAtahaoes In tho western 1 art of that Territory are to be opened for scUlemem. Them Ian Is contain abo A,000,000 ncren, Including In-cluding allotments ot 100 acres tach to 3000 persona In both the Indian tribes. Ono -.ear ago au agreement was entered Into Letween the government and Indians, by whlth the latter ndoted the esTirslty p'au, IflO acres to each meml ir, one half tot grating land. The gov eriiment will hold lu trust the titles tor the flllottct-s or their lulra fiev from all Incumbrance for a jerlod of twenty-five twenty-five years, and then titles In fee slniplo a 111 li given. I n addition the sum of flQi)0,OOOwlllhpatd totho Indiana according to fjtcl (ltd arrangements. The total population ef the Cher-ennes Cher-ennes 011 the rveirvatlon Is2llt2.uf whom tWO are males and 1 142 fi males, the Arapahoe nuroter 1UT, of whom 6 '17 are malea and GOO females, making h total of about 32o9. IThi e lands are said to be adapted for farming, and the IuJUps who have already begun to farm In severalty muntfc.t a disposition disposi-tion lo rala wheat lu reference to other ctreals Tho proclamation for the opening of these laude has not yet Uen Issued, but along the whole border of the territory terri-tory there U Hid to t-e au utdmken encampment of ),rcscctlve settler awaltltg the hour of ojwntt.g. |
