Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

is certain that he evinced, at times,
capacity for anticipating future
events with an accuracy that was
truly astounding.
While Toms superstition found
but little sympathy with his more
philosophic brothers, they had on
more than one occasion, during
the period of their outlawry, good
cause to repent of their infidelity.
One bright morning, he and two
OF his brothers, after an all-night
ride, ventured to alight and take
breakfast with friends a; the home
table, a pleasure which, owing to
the assiduity of their pursuers,
they rarely had chance to enjoy.
Having dined and fed their hors-
es, the attractions of home caused
them to linger and defer their de-
parture until the major part of the
forenoon had passed away. In
the meantime, rooster, the ap-
parent headman of large flock of
chickens that peopled the door
yard, hoped in upon the floor of
the veranda, and taking his stand
upon the spot where the stains of
old jim Starts blood, Tom father,
(he had been assassinated right
there by the police just a few
weeks before,) was still visible,
began to send forth salvos of his
best Growing. Tom eyed the bird
thoughtfully for few moments,
and then, rising from his seat with
a spring and speaking in tones of
explosive earnestness, said, "Boys,
it is time to be off; that rooster
says the police will be here with
in thirty minutes. The boys,
however, only laughed at their
big brothers. whimsy and retained
their seats. The rooster ceased
his Growing and went about his
business /; and pretty soon Tom
was seen galloping off into the
woods for a place of safety. But,
sure enough, within the time linn
tied, the thunder of horses feet
was heard just up the road way
it was the police coming in full
force and speed, making "a run"
on the Starr house. The two boys,
who, through unbelief, had almost
sinned away the day of grace, un-
derstood only too well the nature
of their situation. With the pre-
cipitation of two startled cats. they
leaped from the back door of the
kitchen and, ,burying themselves in
a covert of tall weeds that skirted
the back yard, they were enabled
thence to reach unobserved the ad-
joining ,eld of growing corn. The
police dashed up to the gate, dis
mounted and surrounded the
house but the game had flown.
We have just said that the po-
lice had slain old Jim Starr. 1t is
right and proper here that we
sho uld mention this fact it is a
circum stance which tends power
fully to mitigate the moral dark
ness of Toms long and bloody
career.
Old jim had taken a conspicu-
Gus part in the bringing about of
the treaty of 1885. On this &C
count, he fell under the same con-
demnation in the execution of
which Major Ridge, John Ridge
and Elias Boudinot had been
taken off by the hand of assas-
sination. Charges of a criminal
nature were preferred against him
and it become the duty of the po-
lice to arrest him and hand him
over to the civil authorities for
trial. 1t was well understood,
however, that in the making OF an
arrest, the officers would be au-
thorized to use any force that
might require to overcome such
resistance as might be offered by
the accused, even to the taking of
life.
The old man was sitting one
sunner afternoon upon his veran-
da enjoying his pipe, when a grim
squad of horsemen came gallop-
ing up to the yard gate; a gruff
voice roared out from among the
crowd, "We have come for you'll
Starr rose from his chair and fac