Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-29
STRUGGLE TO THE DEATH
JUDGED BY CHlTO HARJ0
Terror-Stricken Negroes and Half.
breeds Told to Forsake Braves.
ENCOUNTER Is IMMINENT
Crazy Snake Dons War Garb and His
Followers Dance-Son Under
Torture Reveals Secrets
of Tribe.

MUSCOGEE. March 29.-A talk with
Henryetta, Okla, the nearest telegraph
| point to the scene Of the Indian upris-
| ing, brought. at / o'clock this after
noon, the information that up to that
hour no news had been received of any
fresh encounter between the state militia
and the bands under Crazy Snake.
The troops are still pursuing the red
men.
1t is reported that Crazy Snake. fear
/ ing arrest, has made his escape. desert
ing his followers, and is now on his way
to Washington TO intercede with the
great father
| 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 were
failing to spread the terror among the
people that such events caused in earlier
days.
/ Rather. they were retreating before
five companies of determined Oklahoma
militiamen in an effort apparently to
d
tains.
The miltiamen, ordered out yesterday
by Gov. Haskell as a result Of the up
rising that came after a clash at the
home of Crazy Snake. in which Marshall
Baum and Deputy Sheriff Odom were
killed, camped for the night at Hickory
hills. The camp had been hastily eracu-
ated by Crazy Snake at their approach.
At break of day the soldiers moved for.
| ward to give battle to the redskins. The
chief, through the agency OF his sleeplesS
scouts. had been watching every move.
He led his forces away, apparently not
daring, or at least not caring, To hight
his white foes in the Open
| The militiamen at this juncture pushed
forward at double-quick The Indians
| were about ten miles away from them.
But the troops were determined the red
skins should not be allowed to choose the
| battle-ground and thus gain enormous ad-
vantage.
| The troops outnumbered the Indians
three to one. Should the latter sain the
shelter of the hills, however, the outcome
might be doubtful.
overhauling the Red Men.
At the rate of progress they were
making the troops were in a fair way
| to overhaul the Indians shortly aftc:
noon and force them into tight in the
| open.
The night passed without any alarms
after the soldiers had bivouacked. Firing
was heard here and there, but this was
due to the restleSsness or rowing pdnus
of negroes and half-breeds.
| The Indians themselves kept closely
within their camp, between the Norll
Canadian river and Deep Fork creeh'
| about seventeen miles from henryetta
They had hurried through the ten miles
| between this and their deserted camp.
and in obedience to the chief commands
rested in preparation for the events oi
the day.
The indications were at this time that
Crazy Snakes negroes were GIVING hitii
much trouble. They came from the tur-
bulent never-do-well class OF the south.
Many of them fed to Oklahoma TO eS-
cape the consequences of crimes.
| Never amenable to authority, they were
reluctant to obey the chiefs commands.
although they gladly enrolled in the old
chieftains wild campaign against the
white father. This element of weakness.
militia officers said, might cause the
Indians to yield without a night. SO un-
certain would the negroes be IN times ot
need.
Frontiersmen acting as scouts Tor tne
state troops. who passed most OF the night
near the Indians camp, returned SHORTY
after daybreak with news mat the oid
chieftain's forces were showing signs or
disintegration The half-breeds and ne
groes OVeraWed at the unusually active
measures of the whites. We're counseiins
either abject flight or complete surrehuei'
| these scouts asserted.
Crazy Snake Talks War.
To these propositions Crazy Snake made
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 his force fully 10
redress the wrongs under which his peo-
pie writhed.
To a man the Creeks expressed their in
tention of fighting the states soldiers to
the death. So enthusiastic did they De
come after Crazy Snakes appeal that a
war dance was started and the camp was
in an uproar.
Crazy Snake arrayed himself in saw
age toggery. which hitherto had been
kept hidden, and appeared In all his glory.
The yells greeting this spectacle made a
The scouts then hastily went back TO
their camp at Hickory Hills and reported
that the Indians really meant to night
..The Creeks have been planning this
thing for a long time" said one of the
officers. They are well prepared for IT,
Crazy Snake. whose real name Is rom
Wilson. is a full-blooded Creek and one
of the few bloodthirsty aborigfnes left in
Oklahoma He led the revolt of the band
of Creeks who made war against the
conservative members of the tribe in 1901.
II am afraid there will be much blood
shed before the troops conquer the in
surgents
Chiefs Son Tells Under Torture.
A dramatic incident preceding the final
ella sh between the Indians and the troops
near Henryetta yesterday was the con-
fession of young Chito Harjo. son Of
Crazy Snake.
The young man after his capture by
deputies cursed his foes and vehemently
refused to tell them anything about his
fathers whereabouts to throw any
light on the events of last night. ~
Maybe this will help him. exclaimed
Deputy Sheriff Frank Jones' Bringing out
heavy rope. Err
Tie IL around his neck and string him
up commanded the deputy
His assistants obeyed. Soon the young