The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-12
THE INDIANS REVENGE.
A Most Brutal Lynching Leads to
More Brutal Murder.
TWENTY FIVE REPORTED KILLED

to BE Marching Against white Set
tiers, Leaving a Trail of Blood Be-
hind Them-Sex or Age Not spared.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 12.-There is an
uprising in the Seminole nation, and
200 armed Indians have killed 25 citi-
zens of Pottawattomie county, this ter
ritory. The Indians are seeking to
avenge the recent burning of Lincoln
McGeisey and Palmer Simpson, two In
dians of the Seminole tribe, who were
accused of numbering and outraging
Mrs. Leard, of Maud PostofIice. A spe-
cial trainload of armed citizens has
gone to Earlsboro, ten miles from Maud,
and excitement is higher than ever be-
fore known in the territory.
A telegram received by the train dis
patcher Of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf railroad from the station agent at
Earlesboro states that a band Of 200
Seminole Indians is on the warpath,
and is leaving behind it a trail of blood
The brief information conveyed was
that the Semlnoles were avenging the
work of the mob of white men that
burned two Seminole Indians at the
stake on Friday last, and that the in
furiated Seminoles had already massa-
cred 25 men, women and children.
The station agent gave the additional
information that the band started from
point six miles south of Earlsboro
with the avowed intention of setting
fire to Tecumseh and killing all whom
they met: that the Indians were re-
ported to have changed their course
and were at tine time of the sending of
the message headed toward Earsboro.
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ton has created intense excitement in
South McAlester. Federal Judges
Townsend and Springer. who are in the
city, are anxiously awaiting further
news. Scores of people who have rela-
tives and friends at Earlsboro and
other points in that section are be-
sieging the telegraph office for news,
but the agent has left the Earlsboro
station to gather further information,
or perhaps was slain or driven to seek
refuge. If the Earlsboro agent cannot
| be reached soon by wire train will be
dispatched from McAlester bound for
the scene of the reported massacre.
A special from shawnee O. T., says:
The train from the east last night
| brought to this city car containing
! every woman and child at Earlsboro.
| The passengers confirm previous re-
ports, and say that a pitched battle
between the Indians and the settlers
took place yesterday afternoon near
Maud Postofiice, resulting in the wiping
out of several families. A message
calling for men and arms has just been
received from Earlsboro, saying that
nearly 800 Indians have sworn ven
geance on the town and are moving
toward the place, declaring that they
will burn it.
A special from Wewoka, I. T., de-
clares that everything is peaceful in
that section. The telegram says:
United States Commissioner w. T.
Fears and Mr.. ]. f. Wisdom, chief
clerk to Indian Agent Wisdom, ac-
companied by C. p. Lynn, the national
physician of the Seminole nation, went
to the farm of Henry Taylor, where
the burned bodies of McGeisey and
Simpson are buried, and opened the
temporary grave. Only the trunks of
the bodies remained. The legs and
arms were entirely burned off, and
they were unrecognizable. A chain was
around the neck Of each and secured
by paddock. The chain was removed
and brought back to Wewoka. 1t will
be used as evidence in the investga-
tion. Commissioner Fears is thorough
ly investigating the matter.
1t is rumcred that the people along
the Oklahoma line are much excited,
and fear the Indians viii cross the line
and endeavor to avenge the death of
their brothers. This, however, need not
be feared. Second Chief Huldbutter
has directed the band chiefs of the
Seminole nation to urge the Indians to
be quiet, and not commit any reprehen-
sible acts.