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Asylum of Criminals
Submitted by: Mollie Stehno
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The Ponca City Courier
January 4, 1894


The governor of Arkansas calls the Indian Territory the “asylum of criminals,” and cites his reasons for the appellation. He appeals to the president for protection from the rages of the outlaws, who he claims are rendezvousing in the untrodden wilds of the Indian country.


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