The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
BIuE-EYED INDIANS.
a Coup d'etat Managed In Indian
Territory Better Than In France.
[IndIan TerrItory Letter.l

Indian Territory letter.
To be with the Chickasaws during the pres
ent period of excitement, when war of ex-
termination is daily expected by the outside
world, would convince the average stranger
that he had met with race of men charac-
teristically differing from the rest Of man
kind. While the wires were tingling with
intelligence of preparations for war, and
North Texas, bordering on Red River, was
in ferment Of excitement, the Chickasaws
Of both clans were intermingling with each
other in apparent harmony. No excitement
was displayed. Armed to the teeth and
mounted like centaurs, the adherents Of both
parties met and parted without frOwn or
angry gesticulation. The storming of the
Capitol by the Guy MEN, at which your cor
respondent was present. is. splendid in
stance OF the tact secrecy and executive abil-
hill, with its glaring brick walls towering
high above Tishomingo was the scene of
coup d'etdt that would have done credit TO a
Bismarck. That Byrd men were In possess
sion, and the guards were slumbering in the
Senate chamber and on the flag steps leading
to the front and back entrances. At mid
night in the dense grove in the rear of the
building, might have been heard the champ
OF bit, the click of a spur or the creak of a
saddle, accompanied by football almost un-
uioduBuioudDlc. "A tdll, EdbucT SicuucT ana
sandy complexioned man, about 43 years of
age had just off saddled and was in the act of
lighting cigar, when hesuddenly paused and
listened, with evident anxiety. This person
age was no other than Gov. VIM. Guy, the
patriotic, humane and progressive leader of
his people, who had been deposed BY his
Political opponents.
The distant sound gradually became more
and more audible; then, followed the ap-
proach-tne arrival--the leap from the sad
dlas nd thd at.nncf ci1ant
minutes had scarcely elapsed ere yoiceless
partizans poured in from. north, south, east
and west and dumbly took their places in the
high grass around the blue eyed chieftain.
Two hundred men were anxiously awaiting
orders. The night was chilly and dark, yet
the stoies remained immovable until the first
streak OF dawn, when the moment for action
arrived.
..Let no man burn powder, under penalty
death, without my commands"
Under this injunction the storming party
divide into detachments and creep cautiously
to the front and rear doors of the edifice.
Toe guards are asleep on the great stone
steps. Over their outstretched bodies and up
the stairway like whirlwind! The Byrd
men in the Senate chamber, taken by sur
prise, leap from their blankets and reach for
their WlnchesterS; butthey are too late the
besiegers have the drop, and their leader, in
kindly tones. Is already exhortlng the guards
to capitulate. Thus the Capitol fell for u
season into the hands Of Guy and his follow
ers, but the BY I'd men and the legislative
body, who wereeDjoying the comforts of civil
lied life In the other end of the town, were
ignorant OF the circumstances, so that when
the 8o'clocs Council bell, calling together the
members Of the Legislature, clattered and
tangled crafty at the hands Of an enthusias-
VIC Guy man, the honorable body arose FROM
the breakfast table, astonished at the turbu-
lence of the bell-ringer.
As soon as the law-makers stepped into the
Capitol the way was made clear. The walls
| of both houses were lined with Winehesters.
There was not a single ejaculation of sur
prise, no epithets, no expressions Of triumph
| or regret used by either parties. To one un-
| acquainted with these people 1t would appear
| as Ii the recontre had been prearranged for
| the sake Of effect The members Of the
| Council took their respective seats. and the
| Speaker Of the House was very reluctantly
induced TO declare the majority gained BY
| Guy in the recent election, The Byrd men
| philanthropically accepted the inevitable
and retired TO their homes TO form plans for
| regalning possession of the Government.
have furnished the above incidents to
| illustrate the peculiar temperament OF the