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Show MUCH BLOODSHED FEARED BEFORE THE CREEKS ARE CONQUERED j Crazy Snake and His Indians Determined to Fight Oklahoma's Soldiers to the Death During Early Part of Day They Retreat Toward Stronghold in Tiger Mountains, Where They Intend to Make Final Stand Against Troops members of the tribe la 1901. T am afraid that there will be much bloodshed blood-shed before the troops conquer the Insurgents." - (Continued on Page Eight) I Oklahoma City, March 29. One hun-1 dred Creek Indians, half-breeds andN negroes, under personal command of J Chief Crazy Snake, kept up their j march on the warpath early today, but were falling utterly to spread abroad 1 the terror amoug tho people at largo j that like events of early days caused, j Rather, they were retreating before 1 1 five companies of determined Okla- ; homa militiamen in an effort to reach ; a 6tronghold In the Tiger mountains before making a final -stand against the troops. The militiamen, ordered out yesterday yester-day by Governor Hapkell, as a result of the'uprislng that came after a clash at tho home of Crazy Snake, in which Marshal Baum and Deputy Sheriff, Odem were killed, camped for the ; night at Hickory' Hills, the camp which had been hastily evacuated by Crazy J Snake at their approach. At break of day, they moved forward to give bat-: bat-: tie to the redskins. Meanwhile the ; chief, through tho agency of his sleep-: sleep-: less scouts, had been watching every move, and he led his forces away, apparently ap-parently not daring, or at least not caring, car-ing, to fight the white foes In the open. I The militiamen at this juncture I pushed forward at double-quick. Tho Indians were ten miles away from them, but they were determined that ! thev should not be allowed to choose ! the" battleground, and thus gain au advantage. ad-vantage. The troops outnumbered tho Indians 3 to 1, and tho officers knew that, could the opposing forces meet In th? open, there could be only one outcome, the Indians would have to surrender or be killed. Once the red-! red-! skins gained the shelter of tho hlll6 I though, tho result would not havo been so suic. At the rate of progress they wero ! I making, the troops were In a fair way I to overhaul the Indians shortly after I noon and force them Into a fight under j I conditions unfavorable to the army of I Crazy Snakes. j The night passed without any undue alarm after the soldiers had bivouack- j ed at the Indians forsaken camping ! ground. Firing was heard here and there, but this was due to the rest- 1 lessness of roving bands of the negToes and half-breeds. The Indians them-, selves kept closely- within their camp between the north Canadian river and j Deep Fork Creek, about seventeen miles from Henryetta. They had hur- I ried through the ten miles between ; this und their deserted camp and in I obedience to the chief's commands, rested in preparation for the events of i the day. ! The indications were at this time that Crazy Snake's negroes were giving giv-ing him much trouble. They came from the turbulent never-do-well class of the south. Many of them fled to Oklahoma to escape the consequences of crimes. Never amenable to author- 1 lty. they were reluctant to obey the chief's commands, although They gladly glad-ly enrolled under his standard in the old chieftain's wild and misguided campaign against' the white father, j This element of weakness, militia of- i fleers said, might cause the Indians ! to yield without a fight, so uncertain ; were the negroes regarded in times of , need. I Frontiersmen, acting as scouts for , the state troops, passed most of the ' night in or near the Indians' camp. I These returned shortly after daybreak . i with news that the old chieftain's'; forces were showing signs of dlsln-; I tegration. The half-breeds and ne-, groes. overawed at the unusually act- 1 1 live measures of the whites, and cer- ! talnty of a crushing defeat, should a ; i clash come, were counseling either i abject flight of complete surrender. To these preparations. Crazy Snake made a contemptuous refusal. Scornfully, Scorn-fully, he said that all those who fear-ed fear-ed might go at once, but that all who I had real red hearts would stay by him ; and help him forcefully to redress the wrongs under which his people i writhed. , 1 I To a man. the Creeks expresacd their intention of staying by the un-1 un-1 dertaklng, and of fighting the state's I soldlerB to the death. So enthusiastic l did they become after Crazy Snake's j appeal, that a war dauce wis started by some of the older -Indians. The ; younger ones soon joined In, and the camp was in an uproar. Crazy Snake arrayed himself In savage toggery, which hitherto had been kept hidden, and appeared In all his glory. The yells occasioned by this ajded to the "fearful din. The scouts had seen , enough. Hastily they went back to ' their camp at Hickory Hills and reported re-ported that the Indians really meant to I flBht. I The order to advance then was given giv-en and the soldiers soon were after them. Arrangements were made to .keep up the search throughout the day for the renegade bands to which Is 1 ascribed most of the blnmc for the uprising. up-rising. The militiamen today d.Id not attempt at-tempt to conceal their apprehension that much fighting might be necessary before the band could be subdued. "The ("reeks have been planning this thing for a long time," said one ot the officers, "and they are well prepared pre-pared for It. Crazy Snake, whose rcah ! name is Tom Wilson, Is a full-blooded. I Creek, and one of tho few blood-thirsty-aborigines left In Oklahoma. He led tho revolt of the band of Creeks who 1 rr.ac'e war . against tho conservative they reached the house, and as tho officers followed he turned and fired. He Is an expert Bhot and was fully 300 yards distant ,whcn he shot the officers. Ho is Kcoutlng now with thfl band and will b iiarfj to catch." The memberH of the band In Harjo's house last night, the young Indian confessed,- belonged to the "Light Horse Guards." They stay together under all conditions. His admlssioDH sent tho posses hur-rvlng hur-rvlng on the trial of the old Indian. They hope to capture him quickly and thus ward off the Impending battle. Harjo's foot prints were easily recognizable rec-ognizable and gave those on his trail a good chance to track him down. Young Harjo is a stAlwart, intelligent intelli-gent appearing youth. He has played football with some of the Eaptem schools. He is a graduate, but retains the Instlntcts of his native blood. Ho stood with marked coolness as the new Inch-rope was placed about hlsneck. a look of determination In his eye. His spirit, however, was soon broken. The Important facts dragged from Crazy Snake's son, the officials declared, de-clared, could end the uprising in much quicker time than otherwise. With Crazy Snake's whereabout almost definitely defi-nitely established, they set vigorously about to prepare, with the aid of the militia, to cniBh the Indians in the fight which It was believed would begin be-gin at 6 o'clock or sooner. The expected fight was delayed by the troops being forced to wait two hours at Sapulpa. While tho officers were storming at the railroad officials for the failure of the train service and the authorities at Henryetta were chafing under the "delay which was fraught with such peril to th town, the various Indian bands fcroke their solid front and began scattering Into squads. They took up positions of vantage here and there, apparently gave over for tho moment their plans to take th offensive and stationed themselves In guerilla warfare style to await the coming of the soldiers. Meanwhile the citizens . of Henryetta Henry-etta broathed more easily. They had been fearing a march on the town. In which event disaster would certainly overtake them, as the warlike Indians far outnumbered the whites, and they were all heavily armed. Indian treachery being kept In mind, bowevor, the citizens organized themselves them-selves into companies and prepared to repel any attack that might be made. Messengers were hurried to Muskogee Mus-kogee with orders that abundant arms and ammunition bo rushed to Henryetta Henry-etta with all possible speed. Scouts were sent out to learn the position of the Indians, advance guards were placed on all tho roads entering th town and a complete military spirit prevailed. The first real Indian scare of years had transformed the town into. a frontier settlement of 30 years ago. All lacking was the log block house of the former days to make the picture on this Sunday of terror complete. com-plete. The Indians were there, so were frightened women and children, and troops hastening with all speed to avert what threatened . to he the last big. determine stand the Indians should make in the country'. The militia finally arrived In Henryetta Henry-etta at ? o'clock this afternoon, and all danger for that particular town was over. The Indians rapidly retreated re-treated as the troops advanced, falling fall-ing back toward Pierce, where the forces were gathered in larger numbers. num-bers. The troops hurried on, after sending detachments In pursuit of each band and placing blood hounds on the trail of some of the Indian leaders. One large band of Indians retreated toward Plat Rock and another to Lr-nah. The militia, supplemented by num-" etous posses of deputy sheriffs and citizens, started' but to complete a circuit cir-cuit that would enable them to en-cordon en-cordon Pierce at 6 o'clock, drive the Indian bands together and move in and crush them. ' - - it flcrd upon by the band then augmented augment-ed by a number of Crazy Snako'8 Indians. Ind-ians. In this fight three were, killed and At wounded, according to the official of-ficial reports, although It was thought manv Indlano wero Injured as a score, of shots were fired almost squarely Into them. The clash resulted in U arrests. Darkness closed a day of unrest, uneasiness and desultory skirmishing throughout a largo part of the former Creek nation, and with Indians and negroes of tho outlaw band hidden in the fastnesses of the bills, one hundred hun-dred siato militiamen are tenting on th old camp ground of tho fathers of thia goneration of the Creek Indian. At 6 o'clock this evening, the militia, mili-tia, in command of Colonel Roy Hoffman, Hoff-man, pitched their tents and will await orders for action tomorrow. Before leaving Henryetta this afternoon, Col. Hoffman -made a request of Adjutant General Frank Cannon that five hundred hun-dred more members of tho state troops be had in readiness for a calL Colonel . Hoffman did not expect trouble until early tomorrow, but his message In" substance pays that trie people of that part of the state, having hav-ing reached the limit of endurance, with tho outlaw bands, are to be given protection. The orders are that every armed Indian is to be arrested. That there will bo armed resistance by th Snakes is ths opinion of the military, for It is learned this afternoon that tho Indians last Thursday received 75,000 rounds of ammunition by freight that was unloaded at Council Hill. Daybreak this morning saw a renewal re-newal In the vicinity of Hickory Hills of last evening's fight with tho followers of Crazy Snake, or Chitti Harjo, the Creek chief, -when two deputy sheriffs were killed, another wounded and several Indians are believed be-lieved to have been shot. The day opened with desultory firing between 200 special officers and nearly as many Indlans. Several Indians are reported wounded. Tho state militia and armed officers and citizens moved all day Sunday toward the scene. One poss captured the twenty-two-year-old son of Crazy Snake today and compelled him to give the names of all th Indians who were In his father's fath-er's house last night, when Marshal Edward Daum and Deputy Sheriff Herman Her-man Odoni were killed. A dispatchjrom Stidman says a second sec-ond engagement between officers and Indians occurred near there at 9 o'clock this morning, in which 50 shots were exchanged nnd several Indians wounded. Both the Indians and the nogroos, manv of the latter being allied al-lied with the Creeks, took their wounded wound-ed Into the hills and this made it impossible im-possible to learn definitely hat the casualties were. The number of dead since Thursday was tonight placed unofficially at six.- ' Deputies moved on the house of Crazy Snak today with the object of attacking It. They found It deserted, but removed tho bodies of Marshal Daum and Herman Odom, who had been killed the night before. The bodies were taken to Eufaula. Thero was evidenco that Crazy Snak and his family had left hurriedly in the night. They captured a number of the chief's horses and seized a large quantity of ammunition. Five partially formed companies of 6tat militia, ordered out last night by Governor Haskell, started jfor tho scone early today, In command of Col. Hoffman of Chandler. More than 125 men compose the body and they have (10,000 rounds of ammunition. Tha companies from Oklahoma City. Chandler a-id Shawnee met in Oklahoma City and went by special train to Henryetta. here they were met by companies from Duraut and Muskogee. A dramatic feature of the day, preceding pre-ceding the final clash between the Indians and troops, near Henryetta, was tho confession of young Chitti Harjo, the son of Crazy Snake. Th young man, after his capture by deputies, depu-ties, cursed his fees vehemently and ref'.i6ed to tell anything about his father's whereabouts. "Maybe this will help him." exclaimed ex-claimed Deputy Sheriff Frank Jones, bringing out a heavy rope. "Tie it around his" neck and string him up," commanded the deputy. Hi6 assistants obeyed and soon the young Indian was dangling In the air. kicking frantically and clawing at his rope-encordoned nock. It was a struggle strug-gle between Indian stoicism and his desire to live. The "deputies stood grimly by without a sign of relenting. "Tell iis where your father Is or you'll hang there till you die!" they called to him. "No fooling about this." The Indian's breath was coming in short gasps now. Still he struggled hard against the disgrace of yielding to the palefaces' demands. But at last he despairingly whispered: "Let me down and I will toll you all you want to know." When the noose was loosened he gave a complete list of the names of the Indiana who participated In the fight of the previous night, and confessed con-fessed that his father, inatead of being be-ing In Washington, was at the head of the outlaw bands now scattered among the hills of the former Creek nation. "Those wore your father's tracks in the wood this morning?" atked Deputy Jones. "Those were his tracks," said the Indian. Tho chief's son then told his captors cap-tors that Charloa Coker, reputed as a dangerous Indian outlaw, had fired the shots which killed Daum and Odom. His confession also revealed for the first time foino of th real secrets of generalship over th Creeks. He admitted that his father, whose virtues have been kauded, was actually in command of the Indians.' "My father Is with th Indians," he said. "He was with them In th house last night .and he left the house with them after the battle. It waa Charles Coker, the Somlnole, and I who shadowed shad-owed the offlcera as they approached our home yesterday morning. "Coker crossed their path before MUCH BLOODSHED FEARED BEFORE THE CREEKS ARE CONQUERED (Continued from Page One.) Oklahoma City, Okla.. March 23. Five companies of Oklahoma militia marched tonight against Crazy Snake's band of Creek Indians, half-breeds half-breeds and negroes, entrenched In the Hickory Hills, seven miles from Henryetta, Hen-ryetta, A bloodj- battle was regarded as inevitable, in-evitable, as the heavily armed troops set out either to capture or exterminate the Indian bands, which, since Thursday, Thurs-day, has caused tho death of six men, the wounding of inany olhors. and brought about a condition of terror a Henryetta, Pierce and all the surrounding sur-rounding country. The troops "left Henryetta at 3 o'clock. They had seven miles to go. Encumbered with arms and equipment, equip-ment, it was expected that they could not roach the scene ready for battle much befor 7 o'clock. Crazy Snake's men numbered about 200, all armed with modern guns and plentifully supplied sup-plied with ammunition. They had been preparing for two months for this, their final stand against lawful authority. They definantly sont out word today that they would fight to the death. Of course there could be only one outcome to the clash, but It was certain cer-tain to be a murderous affair, as the militiamen had declared that they would shoot to kill from the first. - It was regarded as certain that the Indian Ind-ian would be defeated, but it was realized real-ized that it might take all nlgtit and all day tomorrow to crush the band into the condition of subjection, such as the military authorities decided upon. Cra?y Snake's band strongly entrenched en-trenched Itself early in the day and was reinforced from tfrno to time by roving companies which were frightened fright-ened away from Henryetta bv the coming com-ing of the state troops at'3 o'clock. Crazy Snake waa in personal command. com-mand. This was established by the tesU-monv tesU-monv choked out of his college-bred son by means of a nice new inch rope. Young Harjo was strung up by determined deter-mined deputies until nearly dead. Then he gaepod out that his father was in command; named the Indian who killed the deputies; told the of-clals of-clals how to trail the band, aud did everything that a stoic redman is supposed sup-posed not to do. The wily old red Indian apparently realUed that he was In a tight place and repared to engage the minions of tho 6tate in a desperate death struggle strug-gle before admitting defeat. The first real Indiau uprising of year3 haj held this portion of the territory ter-ritory on edge for three days past. It had been plotted and prepared for two months. It broke out last Thursday, Thurs-day, when 20 deputy sheriffs went to Henryetta to arrest some negro cat- I' tie thieves. They were fired upon by negroes and half-breed friends of the criminals and forced to beat a hasty ' retreat. A row hours later they returned re-turned with addiUon.nl forces and wero |