The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-19
CRAZY SNAKE FULL OF TALK.
Leader Of Creek Snakes Has Lonu
Talk with Alex Posey.

ak WIN Alex Posey.
The MuskOgee Democrat says:
Alex Posey, the Creek bard ard
Stenographcr u G. Skdggs have jus
returned from the field wbers they
have been taking testimony 'uf ,Vne
fine for the Commission ~ the cases
Of new born Greek infants,
While away the field party one day
encountered Chitto Harjo, better
known as Crazy Snake. the leader OF
the Creek Snakes and from whom
they desired to get some information.
The old man was sitting in the door
way of his cabin near Brush Hill at
the extreme northern limits of the
Tulladega mountains, when Pusey
and Skaggs drove up, stopped and
stated their business.
The leader of the Snakes had been
III for a month and had had ample
time for reflection and as Possy ap-
preached he opened fire with a yolley
OF speech
~ have been sitting here thinking
Of the wrongs of the Indian and ne
who looks over me in yon sunny
armament ] call as my witness to
bear me ont that the agreement he
tween the white man and the Indian
gave the Indian the right of undis-
turbed possession and enjoyment OF
this country as long as grass grows
ana rivers run.
II notice ;he grass is still growing
that the water in the North Canadian
is sill flowing toward the sea and
that the leaves still appear upon the
trees" said the venerable old brave
with a rich vein of sarcasm.
y kan see no reason why that
treaty shou'o be abrogated,' continued
the old man.
The civilization OF the Indian has
not changed very materially, he still
tlls his sofky patch, his color remains
the same and he attends to his own
business and has asked for no change.
The old tribesman blames the
homeseekers from Kansas and Ar
kansas for present conditions and he
claims the Great White Father had
listened to them instead of the Indian.
Chitto Herjo does not want state
hood OF any kind as he thinks il will
be the las; straw that will break the
Camels back.
He also thinks that while the gov
ernment has guaranteed separate
statehood 70 the Indian that they
should not accept until the govern
ment has carried out the other pro-
visions of ihe treaty.
Il have great confidence in the
big man ut Washington" said the
leader of the Snakes, and ! was
assured by him that all would be
well
He told me to 90 back to my
cabin and wait, and on this bright
day am sitting here in the doorway
of my cabin waiting, waiting and
cultivating my few acres and bother
ing nobody
81 am ut my own home here on
my own ground and ! do not wish 10
be disturbed by anyone ! do not
try TO make others listen to my views
and no one has any right to tell me
al my own house, in my own yard.
what | should do"
At this junclura Posey emitted .
great Ugh. while Skaggs meas1rei
the distance to the buggy standing in
the roadway.
Il have never voluntarily gone be.
fore the Commission and raised my
right hand up on my allotment anu
| viii never do So
THE only way TO make me raise
my right hand is TO kin me and raise
II when | am dead" said the noted
chief as he walked TO a great tree
beneath whose shade the women OF
the family were spreading the table
and were carrying the sofky pot from
a bright fire but he did not invite the
government field party to dine with
him.
Posey says CAitto Harjo's ha-
rangue was the most eloquent Snake
speech he ever listened to. ut was
a classic"