The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
BRINGING N
THE SNAKE REBELS
Transporting the Insurgents
to MuSkOgee.
RATHER SOLEMN SCENE
Lined Up in Wagons for a
Forty Mile Ride

Hfuskogee. 0. T. August 2--The papers
OF the last few days have been full OF
accounts OF the recent uprising Of a small
remnant of the Snake band Of Indians.
These accounts have told. in glowing col
ors. how United States Marshal Leo l.
Bennett, with his brave deputies, caught
these Indians at Sonora in the very act
of conspiring against the government
They have depicted graphically the fear
full hattie which ensued when the officers
ATTEMPTED to arrest them, and told about
one OF the conspirators aiming his gun
at a deputy and how the deputy was
only saved by the timely detection py q
brother deputy OF the Indians intentions
and how the Indian was Immediately snot
and left in the woods to die alone THESE
same accounts told Of the Indians being
taken 10 Okmulgee the capital OF the
Greek nation and how, when no jail room
available was found there, these same
desperate full-bloods were chained 10
trees for the night and to await their
removal the next morning, when they
should be taken to Musl1ogee, the mar
yelous metropolis Of mixed men," where
they should be placed in the federal Jail,
there 10 await the actions OF the courts.
They have not told, however, Of the
Journey made yesterday from okmugee
TO Muskogee. nor Of the impressions it
left upon the minds Of the average ten
der-ioot.
It was a strange procession which
vended its way through dense woods
and over fertile prairie land. fragrant
with the perfume Of gorgeous towers and
musical with the sweet songs Of happy,
care-free birds and the hum OF myriad
Insects These had all been the dover
OF the redman, who even now. can only
think upon the advent Of the white man
ss an intrusion and in the bitterness OF
his heart resents this new order Of things
with his very soul
What think you the picture was these
poor. misguided sons OF the forest had
in their minds as they Travelled as pris-
oners. closely guarded, over those same
beautiful wales and hills, where they had
roamed at VIII a few short years ago?
Under the burning rays Of hot July
sun one Of those intensely humid days,
when man and beast alike seek the shell
ter of some shaded nook. this band Of
desperadoes. outlaws. Indian warriors,
were crowded into wagons. in rows on
either side and facing each other, for
forty-two mile ride over not very
smooth road. No spring seats were their
and no canopy shaded their heads from
the tropical sun.
To the uninitiated in the ways Of the
plains. the picture is one not soon to be
r1a1
with boxes. etc. and covered with a
tarpanlin. On top OF this and facing the
rear, sat d young man with his hat drawn
down over his face TO shield it from the
afternoon sun, and holding in his hand
a Winchester rife. and ready for action.
Immediately behind this wagon came an
other, in which were huddled the miser-
able remnant of the old Snake warriors.
some Of whom. like the guard in front.
had their hats arranged as to best pro-
tect their heads from the klissering heat,
others lounged against the sides OF the
wagon bed IN wofully detected manner.
while others sat erect, as If defying the
rule and officials of Uncle Sam. In their
midst and kneeling among them was a
guard whose keen eyes noted every
movement, and whose hands never for
q moment were taken from the belt in
which hung his trusty weapon, all ready
for any move or outbreak of resistance.
His must have been an unenviable ride.
Through the long hours Of the long. hot
day. over rough roads he had kept his
watch and his position. The prisoners
were used to the hardship OF sun and
weather and. while he. too. was not
unused to the summers winds and suns
still ne had never been reared as a child
OF nature. Back of their wagon came
a surrey. on the front seat OF which
sat sleepy darkey. who scenes entirely
out of harmony with his surroundings.
Back Of Kim, on the rear seat sat an
other guard. upoa whose knees rested two
heavy revolvers. He appeared to he hold
ing them lightly in his hands. and who
would blame him were this so? He had
occupied that same seat for hours, the
picture in front was not one enticing in
the least, and in all proba bility that had
been the one monotonous object on the
landscape since early morning.
And stil another wagon follows-aTe
they murderers. horse thieves or Indian
braves The observer detected no dit
ference. No doubt the boys and girls.
perhaps their fathers and mothers In the
state who read these accounts Of the
Indian uprisings. have in their minds q
picture of Indians. hideous in war paint
and feathers Of their ancestors Not so
the picture in the mind OF the Indian
territory boys and girls. They know too
Wen the story OF the meek. solemn-Iook-
ing beings they meet on the streets and
whom they have learned to know are
Indians. The Indian brave loves the
feathers and inery just as much as his
forefathers did, but being restricted in
the use % the paint and the trappings
OF war he decks himself in gay colors
and rests content. The hat he wears is
the broad bTim felt OF the cowboy. which
sometimes he makes beautiful in his taste
By sticking a peacock feather IN the
band. or IL may De a red birds wing.
& bright bit OF ribbon or a snake skin.
But these braves wore 70 gay coloring
IN their hats; this was q sombre pro-
cession-
Perhaps, 10 them. IL seemed as a FUN
eral one To me K might have beer.
Surely death would be preferable 70 a
long confinement IN the federal ian at
Nuskogee. WITH its two hundred ard M,
~ odd occupants. crowded inside its
high wooden stoekade. Il might well PASS
as a corral for beasts OF the field instead
OF prison for Uncle Sans subjects. be
they ever so low.
But they have not reached the ian
yet-hehind them comes another buggy.
in which is stil another guard. Which
ever wsy they look or turn. they are the
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