The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1909-04-02
Negro Outlaws ard Indians.

Now that the Indian Uprising
has abut cooled down We can view
the matter with hore delibe-ation
and form more nearly correct
opinion than was possible at first
blush. when two white officers had
been shot dead by Outlawed despera.
does. II is more than probable that
when the truth Is known IL will be
found that some outlawed negroe
thieves were at The Indian camp.
possibly by and with the consent
of that branch of the Creeks known
as Crazy Snakes" from their being
adherents OF and believers in Chitto
Harjo, whose nickname is Crazy
Snake" nd that believing that much
stolen property could be found among
the negro tents and huts on the
gounds, officers and men who had
lost valuable property by theft went
there armed with searchwarrants to
seek such property. That the Negroes
being armed and greatly outnumber-
mig the whites, drove them of. The
whites went to Henryetta. procured
Teinforcemcnts and went back and
attacked the camp which kept up n
fusilade for hours. shooting one pos
seman In the breast. Then the Ne
groes and Indians scattered and Of
ficers from Checotah and Eufaula un-
dertok to round them up. In an
ambuscade two officers were killed,
reports got out that II was an In
dian uprising" and the national
guard was called out to quell II.
The above IL thought to be a fair
summary of the actual facts, though
Il may be incomplete and not alto
gether correct.
Hut the burning question now Is
should outlawed Negroes be per
mitted to take up residence among
the Indians and incite them to deeds
Of crime and resistance To establish
authority? That such Negroes are
"a real menace to all admits of no
argument Drastic measures Will
have to be taken to drive them out
before the Indian can even get his
evidence fairly before the courts. lie
is handicapped and discreditcd by
the very presence of the outlaws
Times-Democrat, Tuesday, March 81,
1909.
The above article from the Negro
phobia sheet the It'd is I'm keeping
with its record of always putting the
blame on the Negro. II Is well
known fact that Crazy Snake and
his leaders have been deludlng ana
robing the ignorant Negroes who
come here from the states. The
Negro has been fooled Dy the willy
Indian and made To believe that
Snake could put him on the Indian
roll and would give him 100 acres
~
Snake $3.50 To join the society and
get ON the roll and then pay 81
per month as dues. There were
about 1000 of these poor ignorant
fools and IL could be easily seen what
an enormous graft the old Indian
had. There are many poor wash-wo-
men in Muskogee VINO contributed To
this fund " lie we know the Negro
Snakes from he states are clearly
In the wrons yet they are more
sined against than SHINING and the
T. II. knows II hut In order to take
the odium OF crime from the real
guilty party they are trying to place
the crime at the door of one who has
been systematically robbed by the
Snake and his white legal advisors,
We are sorry for the poor delIaed
Negroes who have been robbed and
We applaud the state and national
government for taking a hand In
restoring order. hut We cannot for
get that some innocent Negroes who
had nothing To do with the Snake
band were ruthlessly murdered by
the vicious rowdy whites in the
vicinity of lIenryetta and those bru'
tish devils should be brought To JUS
tice The state and national govern
ment will be remiss in their duty to
its citizens IL IL is not done.
II has been said that the whole
mess Is political trick to bolster
mp the cause of some politicians and
unless the Indian. Negro and white
outlaw are given the same treat
ment il vii show the charge is not
without foundation, The Evening
Democrat Is too partisan 10 be fair
yet we know OF individual democrats
who would scorn 10 stoop as the
democrat has done and believe i'm
giving every citizen fair deal be
fore the courts but the It'd, is not
in this class.