The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-20

Syg anu ID SOAiSliGlGu OltG Ol lAlS obiSRs war orators" of his tribe He has made many war speeches to his people, and he never failed to influence them by his oratory. In tribal affairs he Is Inclined to act with moderation, but when he makes up his mind as to who is right and for the best interests of his people he is very resolute and deter l mined in the maintenance of his posi- tion. Being at all times anxious to pre- 1 serve and defend every right and inter- est of his tribe and to secure every pos sible advantage for his people, he has always been very popular with every body except the squaw men and the politicians. They have always been afraid to confide in him, as he has nev- CT missed an opportunity to denounce them and their schemes and jobbery in tribal affairs.
 I Isparhecher then assisted In the dell- cate work of reconstructing his people under new treaty, which permitted the formation of the present system Of | tribal government. He was sent 10 Washington in the interests of his peo- pie, and in every way possible he tried to heal the differences which the war
 
 | of the house of warriors-the lower branch of the Creek legislature-in 1887, l but soon resigned to accept the judge ship over the Okmulgee district Dur 1 ing 1870 old Chief Chicota tried to sus- 1 pend Judge Isparhecher, but when the | legislature convened, the trouble was l investigated and he immediately was restored While on the bench he was the terror of evil-doers, and the fear of falling into the hands of his court and | officers assisted in driving out many Of the worst thieves, and outlaws.
 i Old Chief Chicota, who had served in | the Confederate army with General | Pleasant Porter, a half-blood Creek, i had never been thoroughly reconstruct ! cd. He was always jealous of the in- l fiuence of Judge Isparhecher, and al- ways tried to counteract the work Of burying the past differences caused by i the war The old chief was always ! trying to keep alive the old animosities, and to rekindle any of the hatred which I he found about to die out. Finally he found an opportunity to send some light horsemen-as tribal sheriffs were called-into the district presided over |
 rested some of the men on a trivial charge and hurried them out of the ju- risdiction of the judge, The full pur- port of this move was well understood by the judge and his friends, and in or der to save the prisoners from death on some trumped-up charge, the judge sent his officers and rescued the men. In the scrimmage which occurred a few officers on both sides were killed.
 This was just what old Chicota de- l sired It gave an opportunity for him to demand that his tribal councillors as- sist him in humiliating the proud judge. The politicians well understood that If Isparhecher succeeded In protecting these men, his popularity would have no bounds among the full-bloods of his tribe The result was that General l Porter was called to the assistance Of the dead chief, and Isparhecher soon l discovered that all the strength of the tribal government was being arrayed against him, and that he would soon be a prisoner in his own court. Friends of I the judge from all over the Creek na- tion quickly armed themselves and rushed to his defense. This was the fJtS Cl Wiicbt, HI bi4SAl ii9hOAy' 'H known as 'sthe Isparhecher war; called by some "the Green Beach war Isparhecher kept his friends in his judicial district and sent runners to all the warriors outside of his camp that he would see that the Washington au- thorities fully understood the outrage which was attempted to be placed upon him and his court officers, and that if the full -bloods of the tribe cared for the friendship of the Washington govern ment they must not take sides with Chicota This had a strong influence
 on the minds of many of the men who were enrolled in the Creek militia, and
 who could do nothing but obey the or ders of General Porter. But their sym
 pathies were with the judge and his
 friends. Isparhecher camped his mer
 in regular military system, with strong
 outposts, spent the time in drilling anG
 disciplining his best warriors, anC
 teaching them to obey orders, especial.
 ly when in a fight After several days
 manoeuvring, one of Porter's advance
 bodies suddenly came upon an outpost
 and before they could realize their dan
 ger about a dozen were killed.
 This brought Ip the whole army. IS
 parhecher had thrown out skirmisf
 line, but had his strong force concealed
 in some thick timber. His skirmisher'
 gradually fell back across an opening
 Porter's men followed rapidly. As soor
 as the skirmishers reached the con
 cealed line and the enemy was nea1 enough Isparhecher gave the sigma
 and his men poured a volley into th'
 enemy at very close range. Over on' hundred were killed, many wounded and the entire army broke in disorder
 Many of the men never stopped unti they were safe in Okmulgee, and Porte
 was unable to rally any of them for an other charge. Isparhecher then in voked the federal officers, and in fev months he was administering justice tt
 law breakers as usual Thus ended th "Isparhecher war"
 Soon after the above exciting incl dent Judge Isparhecher was sent t Washington to look after the interest," of the tribe, and at the death of Chic {, Justice G. w. Stidham he was placed on the supreme bench, which position : he held when his people elected him
 last fall, as their principal chief.
 In the Creeg nation, but not nor
 than in the other tribes, the stronges
 opposition to the proposed allotmen
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