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Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 18:29:30 -0600


PAYNE COUNTY
Perkins Excelsior - Perkins, IT Sept 28, 1894
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THE TWO TERRITORIES
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J W WALKER, John CRISLEY, and Joseph COWDER of Tecumseh, were brought
to Guthrie Tuesday and lodged into jail, charged with being leaders
of a gang of counterfeiters that have been flooding the territory
with spurulous coin. This makes ten members of the gang now under
arrest and it is believed that in their imprisonment a dangerous
gang is totally broken up.
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A rumor is current to the effect that a lynching took place at a
small town about 100 miles from Guthrie called Lincoln. The supposed
victim was Perry COOK, leader of a gang of horse theives. He had
aided several raids of late and a posse came upon him in a cave. He
was in the possession of several stolen horses when found and this
so enraged the farmers that they hung him without giving him a word
to say.
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News recieved at Guthrie from Stonewall in the Chickasha Nation
bringing information to the effect that King BLUE, the leader of
the negro-Indians, is in open rebellion. Last Saturday the band
headed by King BLUE swept down on the farm of George H. TRAUX,
postmaster at Stonewall. TRAUX, a white man and his squaw, were
led from the house and bound with rope and held prisoners. Neighbors
found TRAUX and his wife and released them. Other Indian citizens
have been similarly dealt with and the eastern part of the Chickasha
Nation is in a state of terror. King BLUE, while an old man, is strong
physically and a natural leader of surprising tact. He was chosen
king of the negro-Indians shortly after the war and he exercises
an absolute tyranny over his followers.
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War seems to be again on in the Cedar Country. In the past ten days
four Indians have been killed. It appears several of the Indians got
too much fire water aboard and started to have a good time. They
went all through the settlement, but from what could be learned, no
serious harm was done. However a great many were angered at the way
they did, and organized a party to hunt them up. Albert JACKSTON was
one of the victims. He was sick in bed when they came to his house,
dragged him from the bed and into the yard and shot him about fifty
times. The promiscuous bushwhacking and killing all over this nation
is giving a bad name abroad and is a thing that will eventually break
up the tribal governments. It is sheer nonsense for the Indians to
ask to be allowed to retain their present autonomy and then to
continue this lawlessness among themselves. Men are shot down
without any provocation at all, sometimes, and again with the
slightest provocation, they are dragged from their homes and shot
to pieces. They seem to have their old savage nature revived and
lost all their civilization.
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Quite a sensation was caused at Perry last week when Mrs. Annie
MCKINNON filed a counter petition to her husband's petition for
divorce. Duncan C MCKINNON filed suit against his wife on July 31,
and personal service was obtained on Mrs. MCKINNON in Chicago,
where MCKINNON had taken his wife to enter their daughter into
college. Mrs MCKINNON was not aware that her husband had any
other intentions to abandon her until she received service.
MCKINNON took his wife and daughter to Chicago a year ago last
August and then came immediately to the opening of the Cherokee
Strip and obtained a claim next to his wife's niece. When Mrs
MCKINNON got news that her husband was asking for a divorce she
came here at once and took possession of her husband's farm and
residence and asked the district court for $10,000 alimony. She
also filed a cross-petition charging her husband with infidelity
at different places in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and especially
with her niece, a well known belle from Wichita, Kansas. MCKINNON
is worth several thousand dollars and is the general western agent
for New York Life Insurance Company. He is well known in Kansas
and Texas.
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Two youthful horse theives, Johnny and Jackson BASTON were arrested
east of Perry Sunday. The boys are nine and eleven years old, and
had a dozen stolen horses in their possession. The boys confessed
their crime and said they wanted money to go west on.
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George WARD, a Tecumseh printer, who married a compositor named Miss
TAPLEY, has been arrested on the charge of bigamy.
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Secretary LOWE of Guthrie was 50 years old last Wednesday.
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Henry HAMMER of Seward left last week as a missionary to Morocco.
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Jack MOSIER of Cleveland County attempted to break a mule to ride and
was thrown twenty feet and killed.
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A whole family by the name of HIGGINBOTHAM was arrested a few days
ago, charged with conspiracy. They having tried to intimidate a man
by the name of CUTWRIGHT and force him to leave the country.
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About ten o'clock last Sunday night a murder was committed at Waukomis.
Robert POWELL, a recent arrival from Texas, better known as "seven-up",
shot and killed Wm KIDD, a carpenter. POWELL drew his six-shooter and
shot KIDD three times in the abdomen.
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A queer circumstance has come to light in Oklahoma, where a father and
mother traded their daughter to a young farmer who lived adjoining them
for two cows, with the understanding that he should keep her two years
and if he did not like her at the end of that time he could return her
to her parents. Since then the girl has given birth to a child, and it
is reported that he is going to return the girl to her parents.
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Buffalo JONES, who is working up interest in the Populist Railroad,
which is projected to run from Port Bolivar, near Galveston, to Chicago
and Manantoba, was in Perry last week. The road is called the Gulf
and Interstate and Mr JONES says the grading is done out of Port Bolivar
seventy miles, and steek rails will be put down within the next sixty
days. Grading will begin in Kansas City in a few days. Mr JONES is
president of a construction company building the road and he is also
a director.
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Deputy Marshall SMITH of Ft Smith who was reported by the press of the
country Sunday as having visited the COOK outlaws, under the guidance
of the sweetheart of one of the band, to persuade COOK to quit his
outlawry, passed through Muskogee, en route west, again Thursday. He
procured a license for the marriage of the bandit chief, Bill COOK to
Martha PULLMAN of Sapulpa. Their ages were registered with the clerk
as 22 and 19. COOK is a Cherokee, but his sweetheart is a white girl,
as is evidenced by a United States Marriage Certificate being required.
****
News recieved at Minco of a terrible murder by outlaws of an Indian
named IN-KI-NISH. Dr T J STRUM, who lives among the Caddos on Cobb
Creek, tells the story. There is a formidable band of outlaws whose
rendevous is the Wichita Mountains and who prey upon the settlers
almost nightly. The agent sent a young Caddo Indian policeman, IN-KI-NISH
without uniform to ferret out the hiding place of these outlaws. They
discovered that they were being tracked and decided to revenge themselves
on the IN-KI-NISH family. Wednesday, the father of the young man, the
elder IN-KI-NISH and some companions were out hunting deer in his
pasture on a little stream called the Luke creek. IN-KI-NISH became
separated from his companions and rode into a canyon, following some
deer tracks. He was seized by the outlaws who were laying for him and
was tied to a tree and shot. Six shots were fired into him and then he
was taken to a swamp and thrown in. In this condition was he found a day
or two after the tragedy by the Indians and whites of that section
who knew not what had happened to IN-KI-NISH til his body was found.
A posse was organized and gave pursuit. They followed a trail across
the river, around in the bottoms on the north side and discovered the
gang had simply doubled on their tracks, recrossed the canadian and
were back in the reservation. It is evident the outlaws were making for
some hiding place in the Wichita Mountains in the Kiowa or Commanche
country.
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About 500 Cheyenne Indians are in camp near Hennessey, on their way to
pay their annual visit to the Otoe reservation. They held a pow wow
and had a big sun and war dance. Among their numbers are the celebrated
old warriors, YELLOW DOG, WHITE BEAR and RED MOON, who have particpated
in all the numerous Indian outbreaks in the early 70's.
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Dr. ENLOE reports that the HINTON family are progressing favorably and
Sam MAPEL's little girl is better.
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The CLOUSING Bros will move their stock of boots and shoed and Gents
furnishing goods into the corner store formerly holding C G FLOWERS
Grocery.
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We are pleased to learn that Miss Zula MCGREASY has returned and is
accompanied by her sister Miss Edna who will remain in Perkins this
winter.
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The Pops HAD A good meeting in North Iowa Township, Lincoln county.
G A SMITH, Al MCLAUGHLIN and James A MCTAGGERT were the speakers.
Everyone seemed to realize that the time has come to shake up the
old love and to catch on to something new.
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Last Tuesday a very pleasant surprise party was given for Mrs. SUTHERLAND,
the occasion being her 34th birthday. The following ladies were present:
Mrs L WHITE, Mrs SHANNON, Mrs HARPER, Mrs NAYLE, Mrs COCHRAN, Mrs. WOOD,
Mrs. SASER and Miss FOSTER. Mrs WHITE planned the aggreeable surprise,
and the ladies report an enjoyable time, also a splendid dinner.
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Mr Henry TETER won the town lot at Tryon on Saturday, which was the
prize given for the foot race. We were glad to see Perkins so well
represented and feel proud to think that when our boys go out of
town that the reputation of Perkins is safe in their hands.
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We are glad to see our respected friend Hon S W CLARK on the
street again. Mr CLARK has had a bad time of it as he says, to
mak use of an old Missourian's expression. "He is now quite pert,
but powerful weak." This may sound like a paradox, but it covers
the idea that his spirits are good and he is in a good way to soon
get strong again.
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Mr HANSBRO is putting up a large substantial house. This looks like
business. We are glad to see building in Perkins progressing. The
house when completed will add largely to the appearance of South Cherry
Street. We heard it whispered by one of our young people that it
would be a splendid place to have social occasionally, As the HANSBROS
have always been sociable and indulgent where the young people are
concerned, the probabilities are that this young person's hopes will
be realized.
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Quite an interesting ceremony took place last week at the home of
Charles KIHAGIE, an Iowa indian who beliongs to one of the best
families of the Iowa tribe and who lives about a mile south of town.
A number of the tribe had assembled to do honor on the occasion of
KIHAGIE's boy being named after George BANKSTON of this town. After
the usual pow wow an interpreter explained to Mr. BANKSTON and his
friends that the boy's name was now BANKSTON KIHAGIE and the custom
of their tribe was that whenever a child was named after a white man
to present him with a white pony. Mr BANKSTON is now the happy possessor
of a good pony and no doubt feels very proud of his present.
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This ends the gleanings from Perkins, IT Sept 28, 1894

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