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Show OKLAHOMA BUS : i INDIAN SCARE Five Companies of Militia Sent Out Against Crazy Snake's Band of ' Red and Black Renegades. Cad Rediklns and Negroes Retreat Defore Advnnclnn Troopers and a Battle Is Averted Clash Is Hourly Expected. Oklahoma City, Okla. -Five companies com-panies of Oklahoma militia marched Sunday night ugalnst Crazy SnaKo's band of Crcok Indians, hair-brecdp and negroes entrenched in the Hickory Hick-ory hills, soven miles Irom Henrietta. A bloody battlo was regarded as Inevitable In-evitable as tho hcavily-nrmed troops sot out olthor to capturo or oxtorml nato the murderous band which since Thursday had caused the death of six men, tho wounding or many others, and brought about n condlton or terror ter-ror in Henrietta, Pcrco nnd all tho surrounding country. Chief Crazy Snake and 100 followers follow-ers retreated before tho advancing soldlors, thus dofcrrlng tho expected battlo. Hastily sotting fire to his tepees te-pees nnd tents, tho Indian lender, with hlb mixed company of redskins and negroes, fled from their blazing camp as the troops advanced. Tho first real Indian uprising ot years has hold this portion ot tho torritory on edge Tor several days. It had been plotted and prepared ror two uionthfc. It broke out Thursday, March 25, when somo doputy shorllTs wont to Henrietta to arrest somo negro ne-gro cattlo thlovcs. They wero fired upon by negroes nnd half-breed friends or tho criminals nnd forced to bent a has'ty retreat. |