Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-30


leader was killed. No confirmation Of
this could be obtained and it probably
is incorrect.
Tonight it was thought that Crazy
Snake had carried out his last nights
intention of seeking refuge in the Hick-
DRY falls and that he was supported
there by some of his chief followers.
Scores of cowboys and frontiersmen,
Ill expert marksmen, Joined the militia
in the chase during the day and to-
night. They know the rugged country
as we'll as they know the Creeks. De-
spite all the talk about Crazy Snake,
officers have yet to find anybody who
has seen him since Sunday morning.
Their only belief that he is command
ing the Indians personally is based on
the information choked out of his son
by deputies yesterday when they hang
cd him bv the neck until he expressed
an anxiety to talk. The militiamen
insist that they have the best of rea
sons for believing they are near the
capture of Crazy Snake and the end
of the uprising.
Oklahoma City, Okla. March %
One hundred Creek Indians, half
breeds and Negroes. under personal
command of Chief Crazy Snake, kept
up their march on the Warpath early
today but We're failing to spread the
terror against the people that such
events in earlier days caused. Rather,
they We're retreating before five COM
panies of determined Oklahoma mill
tiamcn in an effort apparently to
reach a stronghold in the Tiger noun
tains.
The militiamen ordered out yester-
DAY by Governor Haskell as a result
of the uprising that came after clash
at the home of Crazy Snake. in which
Marshal Baum and Deputy Sheriff
Odom were killed, camped for the
night at Hickory Hills. the camp which
had been hastily evacuated by Crazy
Snake at their approach. At dawn the
soldiers moved forward to give battle
to the Redskins but the chief led his
forces away, apparently not daring.
or at least caring to fight in the open.
Tie militiamrn pushed forward at
double quick. The Indians We're about
10 miles away, but the troops were de-
tcrnncd the Redskins should not be
allowed to choose the battle-ground
and thus gain enormous advantage.
the troCps outnumbered the Indians
three to one, but should the latter gain
the shelter of the hills. the outcome
might be doubtful.
At the rate of progress they were
making the troops were in a fair way
to overhaul the Indians shortly after
noon and force them into Il fight in
the open
The night passed without any alarms
after the soldiers had bivouacked. The
indications were at dawn that Crazy
Snakes Negroes were giving him much
trouble. They came from the turbulent
never-d o-well class of the South.
Many of them fled to Oklahoma to es
cape the consequences of crimes.
Frortiersmen acting as scouts for the
state troops. who passed most of the
night near the Indians camp. returned
shortly after daybrcak with news that
the old chicftain's forces were showing
signs of disintegration. The half
breeds and Negroes. overawed by the
active measures of the whites, were
counsellirg either abject flight or COM
rlete surrender these scouts asserted.
TO these propositions Crazy Snake
made a contemptuous refusal.
He said that all those who feared,
might go at once, but that all who
had real red hearts would stay by him
and help him forcefully to redress the
wrongs under which his people with
ed 10 man the Creeks expressed
their intention of fighting the states
soldiers to the last. SO enthusiastic
did they become after Crazy Snakes
appeal that war dance was started.
Crazy Snake arrayed himself in saw
age toegery which hitherto had been
kept hidden and appeared in all his
glory. The yells which greeted this
spectacle made a great din. The scouts
then LASTLY went back to their camp
at Hickory Hills and reported that the
Indians really meant to fight.
'The Greeks have been planning this
thing for a long time said one of the
officers. land they are well prepared
for it. Crazy Snake, whose real name
is Tom Wilson. is full-blooded Creek
and one Of the few bloodthirsty abo-
rhymes left in Oklahoma.
"He led the revolt of the band of
Greeks who made war against the Con-
sentative members of the tribe in 1861.
Il am afraid there will be much
bloodshed before the troops conquer
the insurgents"