The evening world., 1909-03-29
CRAZY SNAKE
RALLIES TRIBE
FOR DEATH FIGHT
Chief in War Dance Calls on
Red Hearts, for Final Stand
as Troops Draw Near.
EXPECT, CLASH TO-DAY.
Redskins Try for a Battle.
Ground, but Army Force
Keeps Them on Move.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, March 30.
Zone hundred Creek Indians. half.
breeds and negroes. under personal
command OF Chief Crazy Snake, KEEP.
UP their march on the warpa,h early
To-day, but were failing to spread the
terror among the people that such
events In earlier days caused Rather,
they were retrcatins before five com.
panies Of determined Oklahoma militia
men in an effort apparently to reach a
stronghold in the Tiger mountains,
The militiamen ordered gu, yesterday
BY Gov Haskell as a result OF the up.
rising that came after a clash at tho
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 ap.
proach
At break Of day the soldiers moved
forward to give battle to the redskins,
but the chief, through the agency Of
hts sleepless scouts, had been watch
Ing every move and lie led his forces
away, apparently not daring. or at
least not caring. TO fight his white
foes In the open
The miltamen at this juncture
pushed forward at couble quick. The
Indians were about ten miles away
from them, but the troops were de-
termined the redskins should not be
allowed to choose the battle-ground
end thus gain big advantage,
At the rate OF progress they were
making the troops were in fair way
to- overhaul the Indians before many
hours and force them into fight in
the open.
Shooting In tho Night.
The night passed without any alarms
after the soldiers had bivouacked. Fir
Ing was heard here and there, but this
was due to the restlessness OF rowing
bands Of halt-ereeds. The Indians them.
selves kept closely within their camp
te,ween the North Canadian River and
Deep Fork Creek. about seventeen miles
from Henre,ta.
Fronuersmen acting as scouts for the
State troops, who passed most OF the
night near the Indians camp, returned
shortly after daylight with news that
the old chiettan's forces were showing
signs Of disintegration. The half-breeds
and negroes, overawed at the unusually
active measures OF the whites, were
counselllng either AFFECT fight or com.
plete surrender, these scouts asserted,
TO ,he.e propositions Crazy Snake made
4 contemptuous refusal.
Real Red Hearts.
He said that all those who feared
r,iyh. go at once, but that ali who had
real red hearts would stay by him and
hvlp him forcefully to redress the
wrongs under which his people writLed.
10 a man the Creeks expressed their
lntention OF fighting the states soldiers
10 the death. 80 enthusiastic did theS
;,scome after Cray Snakes appeal that
a war dance uas started and the camp
WAS in an uprOag.
crazy Snake arrayed himself in cav
age toggery, which hitherto had been
kept hi,lden,' and appeared in all his
glory. Tic yclls which rrr''"d this
spectacle made a srcat din, The scouts
then hastily wen; back TO their camp
at Hickory Hills aud reported tina: the
Indians really meant 10 fight.
Late to-day It was reported that
Crazy Snake, fearing arrest has made
lis escape, de.ertirg his followers and
is, now on his way to Washington to
intcrcede with tho Great father.