The times., 1901-03-17
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Indian Agent Schoenfelt, who has charge
of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Ter
ritory, and who gained a name for himself
in quelling a recent outbreak among the
Creeks. is a fine specimen Of a man He
is a giant in stature, and breadth is the
main characteristic of his frame. from
the soles Of his feet TO his forehead He
has also broad smile which is captivat-
ing. and his laugh. which is infectious.
makes everyone within earshot join in
the chorus. He was explaining conditions
. among his Indian charges 10 a group Of
friends gathered around him in the srnok-
ing room of the Normandie Hotel last
night
Everything is quiet now" said he,
but there seemed to he trouble brewing
for a little while there II the Creeks
had succeeded in their efforts they would
no doubt have been Joined by all the other
tribes, and then the Government would
have had trouble on its hands AS 1t was,
only the Creeks were concerned In the
disturbance. including, perhaps. very
few individual Seminoles- The main cul-
prits are all under suspended sentences
now as punishment for their treason. To
this there is one eXCepuOH-the indlau
LatamicO, who is initiating Aguiualdo in
more than one Of his traits, and who has
taken to the woods.
"NOmnally, LatamiCo was the head of
the movement for he was chief Of the
council Really, however, Crazy Snake
was the leader and organized the disturb
auce. He is particularly willy man, tall,
gauut, and bOny, but strong. He cannot
sneak a word Of English. but can handle
the Creek language like q master. As an
orator he can give cards and spades to
any white man / have ever seen, espe-
cidlly because Of his powers Of persua-
sion. which are almost hypnotic These
.Hs4r r. ten head
disturbance, but he was not able to as
sumo the name. To be head OF the
grand council man must have been
elected from a township to the fouSe OF
Kings Crazy Snake had not had that
honor. and Latamico was about the only
man among the agitators who had, which
fact naturally made him leader.
THE Creeks had already established
government of their own directly in op-
position to the provisions Of their treaties
with the United States. They were dis
satisfied with the allotment of lands de-
creed by the United States Government
and were practically in rebellion. They
had a set Of laws drawn up, one of which
provided that any Indian found leasing
his land to a white man should be whipped
at the stake for the first offence, have his
ears cut off for the second, and be killed
for the third. They had their council in
session and were intticting punishment
right and left when we surrounded them
and made them all prisoners.
1T may seem strange to you, but mill
lions of dollars are appropriated every
session through private bills and resoiu-
tions." said a prominent Southern SEN
ator who is remaining in the city and
who formed one Of a group at Chamber
Inns last night. Few Senators who try
to be honest ever manage to get anything
of this kind through As an example 1
viii tell you what happened to the first
resolution / ever offered.
a number of us were anxious to have
a certain Investigation made and rs it
would cost about 5000 / had my clerk
draw up a resolution appropriating this
amount When he had completed the
resolution ! asked him if il was an right.
or COURSE he replied, but you don't
want to explain it
Now he was an experienced clerk and
this made me uneasy. / AT once asked
him why | shouldn't explain II.
! must tell the necessity for this in
VcstiRatiOn, ! said.
Wen, that's your business was his
reply. but II you do YOU wont get it
through
Il brought the resolution IN when pri-
yate bills were being considered. Hardly
quorum WAS present and those in the
Chamber were reading. talking and
sleeping They had passed ten worse
bills than mine and asked no questions
My resolution was read no objection was
offered, and the Vice President was about
to say, Shall 1t pass? when my con
science troubled ME. | simply couldn't
let the thing be adopted without explain
ing it.
said.
Immediately a dozen Senator's We're