July 20, 1872-The Cherokee advocate-The Arkansas City Traveler says that a portion of the 10th U. S. Cavalry have been stationed long the State line to keep out intruders and to removal all who have settled therein.
One company under the command of Capt. Vandervills, have camped on the Canadian and will patrol the line from the east side of the Big Beaver to the Neosho River.
For this purposed Major Martin has been sent along the line, with a proper escort and authority to enforce the law. Mr. Martin is a kind-hearted, whole souled gentleman and has done everything in his power to accommodate
the trespassers in removing. So far, he has had no trouble whatever and we hope the settlers will have respect enough for the gentleman to do as he has suggested. His duty is an unpleasant one, but the order must be enforced. On several occasions where the settlers were too poor to move, he has furnished them with flour and bacon enough to last them until they
could reach the settlement. Most of these trespassers settled below the state line not knowing where the line was and inasmuch as the treaty of 1866 specified that the state line should established within that year, we deem it no more than just that the Government should pay all damage done to the settlers by their removal. If the government had fulfilled its contract, there would have been no trespassing.
