| Show Sams Pa mil of States I Uncle C a ob m 0 Family dill 1 1 IT V UK III recent congressional al agitation over tho question of o admitting certain territorial gov governments of tI tho Unit United United ed to full tull state statehood sIll Ie hood tho tha fact that tho time IN Is very elY near when there thero will bo be no further da do damand mand for tor legislation of O this kiwI kind With tho Ingathering of ot Now Mexico Arizo Arizona na no Oklahoma the tho Indian Territory either singly or In III the Iho American union of tit will be bo corn com complete Kurth r accretions to the tho parent lent must come corne either from extraterritorial lands already In of ot tho government or from contiguous noil now noli belonging to II other powers It t ls II also of or that In time limo or all 1111 of lit the minor r Independent now existing In the An may Meek leek protection be bo beneath neath tho of or the tho United American slate last remaining territorial are 1110 continuous although the of Tax as ranches NII holl so II far Car northward in one OM part of ot boundary that Oklahoma Is connected d With New Mexico liy t y a n narrow neck That Ilat thoc four Cour itO gee graphical divisions Ate are tho Ih last Int to 10 reach Statehood mutt nut not be attributed to 10 their lock lack of ot natural qualification A largo part of lit the territory U I capable of o and n portion of It com prison one o nf the Iho most admirable purl cultural sections In America The cause of ot tho delay In advance of ot thin rich country toward u 1110 to tobo bo found In tha Iha fact that thai It has been Ie e but bill recently troll from land de dc devoted voted by 1111 government to 10 Indian oc 10 occupation At noon a a It c IIII 11 to 10 Im R a reservation It made more mOl rapid 1111 toward lowarl statehood than Ihan has been tin case with any allY other region opened to It actual settlement molli This superior section mo 1 of ot I contained In the area aroa denominated Ih Oklahoma Included In lu the original Louisiana purchase U 11 wan wal of or the unorganised country sit pall apart 11 by nc M Indian land Tills IIII 1 I III rt nd for or many year yeara thereafter t the ItH whole district was out Hide the Ihl r of law In 1866 1888 the dif 1 ferent terent tribes occupying these thelo lands be began gan to 10 cede celIe their rights to tn tho Iho govern government ment ell I receiving cm on nn un average 20 O cents an all aero ucro Having thus Ihus a largo area of ot land the Iho begun to remove to Its lis now acquisition th remnants of ot various urIOl tribes that still 1111 remained in the middle tv Wet st Although h white men wore forbidden by b low law to lO this Ihl re they I persisted In III doing o 0 many and I various It fur for colonization were v r hatched In n 1879 several persistent tit at tempts were Vere made to 10 enter forcibly upon these lands but troops sent ent to lo tho Iho territory and tho squatters wore dislodged dl President Hayes HUell found It necessary to Issue two proclamations to warn the boomer and troops were kept ready to enforce his hili prohibition In n 1881 authorized 1 the president dent in 11 in 1 gin negotiations with the Creek find S for Cor the of ot lands lundA to 10 sot lei U It took 1001 four year to dote cl lo tho Iho I with the tho red men who had begun to have Inflated Ideas concerning tho Iho value of oC their possessions pos In 1881 President Harrison Issued n u proclamation declaring the region open to public entry At that time limo tho Iho only government authority In the entire sec section lion tion was a United States court April 23 22 was W I appointed as all the first day of ot nuy A great multitude of prospective tive dUe j 1 without the lite territory to In lie he opened ned and several companies 1111 lei of regulars necessary to prevent bloodshed In tho mad scram scramble ble blo which wile anticipated The Tho ex ox expectant mob was kept I ept back until noon Then the tho wildest raco over our known In that Ihal part of ot tho Iho world began A fever feverish e r rIsh ish rush for tor the Iho best besl lands and town i i 1 ii t tt I GOVERNOR OTERO OF 01 NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR FERGUSON OF OKLAHOMA i sites V Vall B followed l by b the of ot numerous 18 towns each qt which was dit dd l to 10 secure tho Iho capital us 1111 ch ell i vait Influx 11 x of ot settle hut t the 1011 with extraordinary ra rapidity In H mi I 1393 1901 addition al nl lands were allotted and tho Iho scenes of the tho first distribution There was no government Rov In III ho country savo tho Iho corrective makeshift proposed by Judge Lynch until the creation of oC Oklahoma 01 1 a 11 territory In 1800 Tho first legislature met at and 1111 did 1111 nothing but quarrel over oer tho Iho loca location tion of tho capital The agitation for or statehood begun began Immediately and a n abill bill to that I effect passed tho hou o In tho congress con gross but bUI tilled failed to a n law Tho present Indian Territory Is IK that part of o the original reservation which was wall retained by the Cor their own occupation It haw an 1111 area of ot square miles on Oil account of ot otlis Its lis Isolation as nl nn exclusively Indian reservation no 1111 reliable surveys Imo havo been mado mallo It II Is well known however to bo nu good nn agricultural region ns as Oklahoma 01 The entire aroa Is IK divided between tho Indians of the Ill live civi civilized nations and those of o who cira not yet regarded re Ia Ill as till wholly tamed Tho ho population In III ap approximately proximately half n a million tho Iho sec sections oe lions belonging to 10 tho civilized od tribes furnish h 07 n per 1101 cent of It for several years the country has been largely In Incoming whites who can own no property have hao no part In tho Iho government It Is II that nt lit thero lire Arc nearly whit children of nr school ne ago who are to 10 such privilege only us the Ihl Indian citizens accord thorn In Justice to 10 these citizens of nf the tho civilized na 1111 nations lions U I must I be admitted hat I dealt groat liberality In tn flu fht miter of 0 providing facilities for th education of ot the Iho JIlie children born In lito territory Many Man whites have mar mal reil Indian and t l y so IJ do dois is it mined citizenship by adoption Th five nations Cherokees greeks aw 1 W M gu authority by bv ho government Kadi nation MUon es established n 11 om of t nod eed Iel that of ot the stal having A governor senate nale legislature le elected by II popular voto volo This plan worked I v ry wei wel v 1 Tho subsequent nil of whilo who soon SOOIl outnumbered tto citizen six to tn on erv d to 10 matters Th national go 1011 eminent was wall obliged from time to 10 time lime timeto to 10 Interfere The Tho president was as com compelled to assume tho veto power Oller In or order tier der to tu counteract legislation detrimental n tal to 10 tho 1110 Interest of ot Vari Various arl arlous ous Indian commissions have tried to correct existing evils elI but no lie has hn proved effectual There has ken much effort to 10 Induce tho Iho iKo Ivo nation to up tribal authority mi alid l two of or them tho and the have promised to 10 do de 10 In III 1906 A majority of o the whites and many of 01 the Indiana believe that noth nothing nothIng ing less than Ihan statehood will unravel tut t e Into Inlo which the nations have hav been beon drawn as 1111 the result of ot amalgamation tion Uon with the whites New Mexico exceeds In urea wry evry staid In tho Union except Texan Call Cali California fornia Montana It was WilH a n province of o Mexico until 1846 when Colonel St Stphen So phen W marched over ov r from Fort at the of ot a troop of ot United States dr anil an Missouri volunteers and on 01 San Ban 11 Fo I That ancient city hajj lwi in existence 1605 Tho rho territory be bl became carne came a 1 part of C the cession to ta iho United States Stales It was much originally than It II In hi nt III pr nt Ari Arl Arizona zona boll set lei oft off In W Ill a n large 1113 Riven to Colorado In III W A m r unit ond a II ly 1 ns as 1850 a n convention was liI held TM The into constitution wu read lest It should II h 1 bi come n a Iulo prevented tho Iho lon of or illco In days du iii Ihen Jont have been mt to 10 i c fun coveted honor In 1891 r an act uN the H y seemed to tw lw Ih demand for or t T e ent house hou t bul the not nt of If admission passed pas eel the inai Inal voto volo upon tho dill did not nol tr trOn On uso of ot New Os flow d small annual i 1 nt lit ha lIen been the Ih t Mr r rA which has ha I been he tI vouchsafed w bl mUll A t Wk rj drawback ad I nd lid d 11 iho cho Impossibility of or sec Irrigation Thero arc n ne Is In vat r I courses and tho Iho st 81 to fill t great r y jj Hie Iho f IS S practicable 50 bou u uV U I Tho rl population or orI V a large part l II M ot span A I i |
