Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-02
A ROUND UP"
A FIERCE ENCOUNTER WITH INDIAN DIS
PBRAD0BS.
The Greeks in Their SrurghOlds-A Desperate
Pisco Of Warfars-Ene0Untsr with the
Walsy-Barnst Gang Of
Indian TOnghs.

J. ". Burris, travelling Sgent, has just
re urred from the Irdi' N Nation. He bad
driven from O,mulgee, the Clpital of the
Creek Nation, to Wealaks, point near
b., on the night of the 9th of Now moar.
On the morning Of tie 10h he was the
witness of p:rhap1 the most desperate
niece Ct warfare chron;cled IN the history
Of tbs Nation %, many yesr. Fifty citi-
zsnstfO nulgee = Id WeSlska were gath
cred At a . lot about mile west Of toe
latter pIac.. expecting st aaY moment TO
catch 81, h. Of the Wesley Barrett gang,
composed Of twe1ty o. he most blcot-
thir;y rcuyh! in the N4'iOn. What en-
sued can best be told in Mr.. Burt:s' OWE
words.
at was about II o'clock in the morn
jru " sIid he. "wher, with a wagon load
rf slnp'el l reached the most elevated
roilt o 4 rolling bit of land and udgtd
thst I yyss shout mile ssSt Of Abe Carr
house. aud about two miles from the e. p
ola CUek customer. JaIt as gsiu' d he
ELEVATION I net ed tie p-sso carefully
riding ajOnc. and Ia moment 1t IL she'd
on ms that | waI IN som -th;Cg OF
GiI NINA As the rcute Of thu posse lay
il my rsctiOn, know there would BE-
exc e. eus somewhere on ih3 lire Com
inc closer, I noticed that the posse IL
GUIDED some of the best men in the two
CacE :oTrs. In fact, two o. them wCr7
meu.ba Of the Creek court. The s'zs OF
ths po91a COcyiucsd ne that the V = lantes
were GU to do actual bItt!e Tor the prsssr-
vat.oa Of tie peace Of the Nation. joining
tie raaks, | SaI reccg1. zei by 4 numb T,
and WIS told jfat Abe Carr's hoUfe which
paq Supposed 20 contain Gauo Lott, Bu.-
NIT. Shuuaker, Hully aud DOZEN others
CQusi.y az d s.e;ats, won'd be att cked,
and hit ereI It tee SAGA ice If valuable
Creek ives, tie desperad0ea would be kiltd
or st:ung UP
~ gaa o. nv way plst Aba CIu's
hau4e, sid eyeryb)dy in tie Ou'ti; knew
the Ges'ira. ion l mad 10 view. made the
best I coOld Of pIor haTgair, AID Gu
we1t. Ih-'e was 70. much ta!ki2g IS we
aVprjachtd taa Carr house. MO3e MCln-
tOsn was ID a.yInCe OF the c'o8d, and &C
Cas'on!'iy TUNED bscE to give sn order.
Inc vig;,a-tss preceded vey s'ow'y
Finally the odd lrOaiug gable proiecti1g
forward on Carts housa could BE- re2n az
we made the last tnrn in the roSd. At the
turn there WAS 9 cOls.derab' ground swell,
and the entire troop rstIelted to it, as i.
became evident at glance that the bCu,e
wa5 almost perfectly b1rcjCaded.
the re'rclt wa for consultation only
Ina moment it was decided to get what
eve. protection they could from the sides
Of thli: horses ard to III Ike dash at tn
house, Wh.,h was not mCr3 than |, COB fes!
away. Tax o. bravery in the I'D bcr3e;
GAYS Of Klns $ and Missouri, don'tt2inS
an, thing in the annals of that bush
whacksr Or jlyhawker period Corli sur
plss "a, courage Of thCS3 Indians aud half
b.seds, who Ge,a fghtirg for the pssce OF
AZ oily partially civil eel tribe l sm
almost ashamed "a siui th1t stood well
in ths background il view OF thu fight, bet
rot as q ptGt.cpint. Mcintosh and the
Wea aka Marshal were If the first four.
TIE road was narrow, aud until the turn
had been ma1s m 'maneuver Could be
at enptsd. 1t seems that MCIa'O1 h's de
sigu vas 10 make he attack on the muse
from The fcsnt wi h sill but ten men
Tre4s wsre to make dash 10 the rear.
Ga ihgt little tr,O2 &c n into tia very tsce
of guys and pist.l9.
''As the posse made the turn a vouey Of
bul=ts from fifty Vigl9ntes' pi' tO,s rang
o1t and did hu: little damage, the bullets
find n: lo lsms-t either IN the walls with
in or in the framework Of the baildiDg
without. 4 few psnes q g'a:s we're oxen.
Not n was fred in re.ura until tie
squld rad reached poin. abcu! 100 feet
from the house. l closed NY eyes, 90 on
su !del l saw tina dOors aud w:rdlws
th7nwn open and vo,ley OF builss flg in
the direction OF the vi gilau'ei. It. was too
much TO- them. McIatO n fell dead, snl
tue Indian &c ree-ado who had ST ot him,
VALE standing in the CO)rGay, mt biz
death fr, N the pist i Of enc 81 MCIatosl'o
fcienis. Tie emit lad turded Ia K.
bringing NrIn O3G'5 1uubiaS a0d f>uC III Il
slightly wouniel. Two hor { lay with
ne ia frO1t OF the bou5e, al d the body OF
de Iud a had fl len jESt outside the
threshold. For few moments the boys
'orsiGe cl plans, deeply moved By the
leah of McIltC8I.
n les7 than half "a h,uc th0s9 who
were able took exposed pos t.ons add irtd
three vu'iey5 into the hlu.e. This was
KEEP up At intervals Tor about ihrCe hours,
tie ies,c aiOc5 only Il ~ occ Isiouslly IL
return. ShDrtly after 3 o'clock a REIN
fO-2enant Cama from both owns, and
wi shou log Wa ;nlu!Ecd ia with view
"a E0.iying tcc iespegadye; II tie arrival
Of another EOEe.
II tai IS stf.tt, far within a If
hour from that time orc o. the posse who
had gone well % ,Ya-d di5coys.e1 that the
OF ler side Il tls h0u.e was protecting
lot OF HOSES which had b gu taken ort
Of the stables lying well from the house,
AMI b Won 2whsrs the pose could get al it.
The entl troop a,Si1 nae the torn.
LiSG a fish two ,dlr5 OF pleo were almost
uFOl s5"0 O:Gcr TINS s2era1oss had made
& rush TO- ti,ir ho = and were on and OF,
spEediUg like ths wind down the road
TIE isirg w}s i: c 'SSant, bat seemed en-
tcrsly az r5Udom IN hour later tue posse
returned with Barnet, the murderer Cf
DepIty MI sal Philips, 3 crime commit
ted come t'me $50; Gauo Los, badly
wen Iied; Euliy, s desperate half bretd,
aud two Others wouuiet in the face ana
arms. o. the EOsss o5iy two were slightly
wounded. I went back with the troop,
sni must say th't il took the utmost
Wig lance 10 keep he people from lJn2hing
the captured ~ n The death Of Mcintosh
seemed to sEect them desp'y. All OF the
p is)ners together with ten others cap.
tQrtd within the BoS' few dAys, are now
uader gulrd at Okmu'gse aud would
not be surprised to hear of their being
lgnchsd atany time.
No Cure Waited.