The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
OKLAHOMA INDIANS
GO ON WARPATH
Under Leadership Of Fanatic,
Redskins Make Trouble
for Troops.

oklahoma City. Okla, March 3l.-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 utterly to spread abroad the
terror among the people at large that
like events in earlier days caused.
Rather they were retreating before five
companies of determined Oklahoma
fnilitiamen in al effort to reach a
stronghold in the Tiger mountains be-
tore making q final stand against the
troops.
The militiamen ordered out yesterday
by Governor Haskell as a result of the
uprising after a 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 evac-
uated by Crazy Snake at their APP
proach. At break of day they moved
forward to give battle to the redskins.
Meanwhile the chief, through the
agency of his %sleepless scouts. had been
watching every move and he led his
forces away, apparently not daring, or
at least not caring to fight his white
foes in the open.
At Double Quick.
The militiamen at this juncture
pushed forward at double quick. The
Indians were 10 miles away from them,
it, OuI lIlt WSIS dcISIlIlIlcu lItl lIuty
should not be allowed to choose the
battle-ground and thus gain enormous
advantage. The troops outnumbered
the Indians three to l and the officers
know that could the opposing forces
meet in the open, there could Re nly
one outcome-the Indians weuId have
TO surrender or be killed. Once the
redskins gained the shelter of the hills
though the result would not be sure.
At the rate of progress they We're
.-N I'll arr fJN t~Nr Hxrn~n- f,,l n fas, x,--,r#
TO overhaul the Indians shortly after
noon and force them into a fight under
conditions unfavorabia to the arrange
ments of Crazy Snake.
The night passed without any undue
alarms after the soldier had ~ivouace
at the Indians forsaken camping
ground. Firing was heard there, but
this was due to the restlessness of row
ing bands of the negroes n half
breeds. The Indians themselves kept
closely within their camp between the
Rorth Canadian river ana Deep Fork
creek, about Ii miles from Henrietta.
They had hurried through the 10 miles
between this and their deserted camp
and in obedience to the chiefs COM
fuands. were resting after the events of
he day.
Negroes Are Mutinous.
The were at this time that
Crazy Snakes negroes were giving him
much trouble. They came from the
turbulent never-do-well class of the
south, many Of them fed to Oklahoma
to escape the consequences of their
crimes. Never amenable to authority,
they were reluctant to obey the chiefs
commands, although they gladly en-
rolled under his standard in the old
chieftain's wild and misguided cam
Daign against the white father. This
clement of weakness, militia officers
said might cause the Indians to yield
without a fight, to ascertain whether
the negroes might be regarded in times
of need.
Frontier men acting as scouts for the
state troops passed most of the night
in or near the Indians camp. These
returned shortly after daybreak with
news that the old chieftain's forces
were showing signs OF disintegration.
The half-breeds and negroes, overawed
at the unusually active measures of
the whites, and the certainty of crush
ing defeat should a clash come. We're
courselling either object fight or COM
plete surrender. These propositions
Crazy Snake contemptuously refused,
He said that all those who cared might
&c at once, but that all who had real
red hearts woul stay by him and help
him forcefuliy to redress the wrongs
under which his people writhed.
In War Dance.
re q man the Creeks expressed their
intention of staying by the undertak-
ing and of fighting the states soldiers
to the death. SO enthusiastic had they
become after Crazy Snakes appeal thai
a wal dance was started by some of the
older Indians. The younger Indians
soon Joined in and the camp was in an
uproar. Crazy Snake arrayed hlnsell
in ayage forgery which hitherto nae
been kept hidden, and appeared In al
his glory. The yells occasioned by this
added to the fearful din. The SCOUTS
had seen enough. Hastily they went
back to their camp at Hickory Hills
and reported hat the Indians really
meant to fight.
The order to advance then was giver
and the soldiers were soon after thell
red foes. Arrangements were made tt
keep up the search throughout the day
for the renegade bands to which Is
.ascribed most Of the blame for the up
rising. .
Plotted for Months.
Crazy Snake has been plotting thu
event for two months, but was forced
to begin sooner than he expected OF
account of his men being drawn mt
the fight last Thursday to protect theI
negro allies from arrest. Then agar
on Saturday night, when his house was
surrounded, it was done by deputle!
seeking to apprehend the leaders n
Thursdays trouble. But If his plan'
were forced p~renaturely, this did no
detract from the determination witt
the old chieftain who pushed 1orWart
the affair when once he had entered II
The militiamen do not attempt I,
conceal their apprehension that MUG
fighting will be necessary before IN
band could be subdued. IL.
'.The Creeks have been planning TN
thing for a long time" said one of tn
officers, land they are well prepare
for 1t. Crazy Snake. whose real nam
is Tom Wilson, is a full-blooded Greek
and one of the few bloodthirsty abori
gines left in Oklahoma. Ee led the re
Volt of the band of Greeks who mad
war against the conservative member
of the tribe in 1901. l am afraid tina
there will be much bloodshed befor
troops conquer the insurgents
KILLED IN GAMING ROOM.