The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-02-25

The Redwatert being taken at : dis
advantage, and ily provided with fire.
arms. were forced to fight chiefly with
rocks. sticks and such other weapons
as could be i]mprovised; but they I'm
ally drove their antagonists from the
field. It is reported that in the re-
treat toward their own homes the
Turkey Creeks took the road leading
to Newton county, while the home
ward way Of the Bogue Chittos lead
them almost due east. The Redwa-
tiers made a detOnr and cut OF th
Turkey Creeks, and rum0r has it thata
pretty sangutuary conflict took place,
resulting in the death Of three Of the
rctreati1g Indians and severe wound
ing Of five more. This report seems
TO come pretty straight from one d.
rection, while from another there
seems to be as stright a denial Of
bloOdshed in the second engagement.
1t is exceedingly doubtful If all the
facts in relation to this bloody affair
win ever be made known. The Indi-
ans here today are as little disposed
to be communicative as were their
ances tors, and they are always disin-
clined to call on the white mans
courts to settle their little tribal dis
~turbances. Ask one Of them II he saw
any person shoot another in that
fight, and he win answer promptly
enough;
Yes, me see him shoot.
Then ask him who it was that did
the shooting, and the chances are
thousand to one that he will say:
II dunno.
1t is thereforeimpossibl to arrive
at the actual number Of casualties
in this latest battle in Misslssip-
pl. Our informant above referred to
says that he saw one Turkey Creek
Indian who had been cut across the
abdomen and was holding his pro.
truding entrails in his own hands.
He says, further, that after the me-
lee he visited the camping spot that
had been occupied by the Turkey
Creek and Bogue Chitto bands, and
saw more blood. traces than he did
on the Redwater side. He counted
up eight Of the Redwaters who re-
ceived gun shot wounds, the woman
before mentioned being one of the
number She was shot just above the
knee with a ball, One of the Red
water bucks had an eye shot out, an
other had the sole Of his foot split
open by the passage Of a bullet.
The Choctaw who was shot through
the lungs walked the ten miles from
the battlefield to Carthage on Sum
day, and was examined by Drs. How
ard & Ward. They say that, on ac-
count Of the small shot used, the
Indian may recover unless pneumonia
should set in,
OF the three alleged members Of
the Turkey Creek band who are said
TO have been killed, one is reputed
to have been a man Of old or middle
age, the second a young fellow Of
twenty-five or three years, and the
third a young sQuaw.
The white people Of the county. as
o rule, like the Choctaws, who are
quiet and Deacable when not infam-
ed by liquor. The actions OF the In
dams from Neshoba and New
ton, and that OF their white hackers,
has stirred The ire Of some OF Leake's
aud more trouble may event.
grow out OF that which occurred
ass week, Some Of the white ylsi.
.ors who took part in the fray appear
o be known to some OF our citizens
Who were lockers on, and should VIII
on Cutie die Of his wounds it is
robable that Leake will have another
on the circuit court docket,
arthagluian.