The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-01-31
The INDIAN SCARE.
Commander Of Troops Sent to Scene
of Trouble Reports.

received Geographic report from
Lieut.. Dixon, commanding the troop OF
cavalry sent to the scene of the Creek
Indian troubles. He states that he has
not yet made full investigation, but
has learned enough to warrant his say
ing that the reports of the uprising
have been greatly exaggerated. Thus
far he has encountered no Indians, and
from civilians he learns there has been
no violence on the part of the Indians,
and he anticipates none. The report
from Lieut.. Dixon comes from Henri
eta, which place he reached during the
| forenoon.
They Are Quiet.
South McAlester, /. T., Jan, 90
There were no new developments in the
threatened Choctaw uprising Friday.
| Several deputies came in and reported
the Indians keeping quiet. One said
| their plans were given away by some
body and they were going to make new
ones. The arrival of troops in the terri
tory and the prompt measures taken by
| the government in the northern dis
trict to suppress the Snakes have been
reported to the Choctaw faction, and
| have had the effect of dampening en-
! thusiasm. Besides, the Choctaws have
no active leader, and the organization
is not as perfect as in the Creek ma
| ton. Gov. Dukes, at Fort Smith, sends
instructions to the sheriffs to arrest
| trouble makers.
1t is reported that there will be big
| meeting of Snakes to-day, but the place
is kept secret. No uneasiness is felt
among the whites anywhere in the
| Choctaw nation. The marshal has a
| number of scouts out trying to catch
che leaders. If successful, they will be
arrested, and that will likely end the
| Choctaw insurrection. Crazy Snake,
interviewed Thursday, said his party
were the regular Creeks, composed of
the rank and file of Creek Indians, the
original treaty Indians, who desire to
stand by the treaty rights guaranteed
| by the United States .ong ago, rights
which they would never voluntarily
surrender He declared Chief Porter
and the squaw men and lot of their
| followers were traitors and violators
of the Creek laws and traditions, which,
he and his followers were prepared to
sacrifice their lives if necessary to pre-
serve. He was fully determined to con-
tinue the fight after the troops, which
were surely coming, put in an appear
| ance. Snake is in deep earnest, and does
not seem to realize he is inviting de-
struction upon himself and his follow
| ers.
| Has situation I'm Hand.
| Muskogee, /. T., Jan. 26.-Marshal
| Bennett, in an interview, stated that
while the situation is still alarming, he
thinks it is now in hand. United States
Judge Joseph A. Gill has ordered Com.
missioner Thomas A. Samson to pro.
coed with Marshal Bennett and depu'
ties to join the troops now at Henri
eta and try all light horsemen on a
charge of treason and commit them to
Jail. Over so writs have been issued
for the arrest of Light horsemen and
leaders. Attorney General Griggs has
instructed Marshal Bennett to render
all assistance possible to towns and
people, and placed $1,000 at his dis
posal at once. Marshal Bennett will
take &c deputies and will leave over
land for the scene of trouble.
Militia Under Arms.
Guthrie, o. T., Jan. 26.-Gov. Barnes
ordered militia company each al
Chandler and Shawnee, o. T., to be il
readiness to start at any moment fol-
the Indian territory line. Adjt. Gen
Orner got the necessary supplies fol-
the troops ready for shipment thi:
afternoon. Three thousand rounds Of
ammunition were provided for each
company. Gov. Barnes received many
messages to-day from citizens Of
Stroud and Chandler, which are stu
ated near the Creek nation, asking
that militia be sent at once to protect
life and property by patrolling the
line. There is apparently little feal
of the Indians, but there is danger
that outlaws, who infest the Creel
country, will raid banks and stores il
Oklahoma under the guise of Indians
Gov. Barnes will not send the troop.
unless the situation becomes more
threatening than at present.
Held as n Hostage.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 26.-A specia
to the Star from Muskogee, l. T., says
The Creek uprising continues danger
Gus, troops having as yet failed to ar
rive. United States Marshal Bennett
has captured the 17-year-old son o.
Chief Snake, and has notified the latter
that the boy would be held as hostage
until the Indians surrendered. The In
dams have so far refused to surrender
and Friday held two councils, one neal
Bristow and ont at Rush Hill, !. I
A dispatch from Bristow states tina
the threatened attack on that tow
had not yet begun, but the citizen
were continuing to arm Themselves
and prepare for an emergency. Mar
shall Bennett expresses fear of blood
shed if the troops ordered from For
Reno do not arrive soon. They wer,
expected Friday morning.