Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-29

| me down ana | VIII tell YOU an NOt
want to know "
When the moose was oosencd ht
gave complete list of the names OF
the Indians who participated in III,
fight OF the previous night ana con
fessed that his father. instead Of being
in Washington was at the head of the
! outlaw bands now scattered among
the hills OF the former Creek nation.
Those We're your fathers tracks
! in the yard this morning." asked
| Deputy Jones.
"Those We're his tracks" said the
| Indian,
The chiefs son then told his captors
| that Charles Coker. reputed as a dan
| gerous Indian OUTLAW, had fired the
shots which killed Daum ana Odom.
| His confession also revealed for the
| first time some of the real secrets OF
generalship over the Greeks He adj
mitted that his father, whose virtues
have been lauded was actually in
command of the Indians i'm the field
My father is with the Indians, he
said HE was with them in the
house last night and he left the house
with them after the battle. 1t was
who shadoWed the officers as they
approached our home yesterday eve
ming,
Cocker crossed their path before
they reached the house and as the Of
ficers followed he turned and fired.
He is an expert shot and was fully
900 yards distant when he shot the
officers. He is scouting now with the
band and viii be hard to catch.
The members of the band in Harjo
house last night, the young indian
confessed belonged to the light horse
guards. They stay together under all
conditions
His admissions sent tho posses hur
rying on the TRAN Of the old Indian.
They hope TO capture him quickly and
thus ward OFF the impending battle.
Harjos foot prints were easily |
recognizable and gave those on his |
trail a good chance to track him |
down
Young Harjo is a stalWart. intcli- |
gent appearing youth. He has played |
football with some of the eastern ln-
dian schools He is a graduate but
retains the instincts of his native
blood He stood with marked cool
ness as the new inch rope was placed
about his neck. a look of dVtcrmina-
tion in his eycu. Soon his abOrgine |
spirit. however, had been broken.
With the important facts dragged
from Crazy Snakes son the officials
declared they could end the uprising
in much quicker time than otherwise,
finitcly established, they set vigorous
~ about 10 prepare to crush tho In L
lians iu the fight which il was be-
ieved would begin at O'Clock or
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1'he oNpectcd fight was delayed by
he troops being forced 60 walt ,"o
lours at Sapulpa While the officers
were storming at the railroad officials
Tor the failure OF the train service
90 Tho aNthoriti&s at Hen gitIta wri'@I
'hafing under the delay which was
'raugRt with such peril to the town,
Inc various indian bands broke their
olid front ana began scattering into
quads
They took up positions OF vantage
lerc and there, apparently gave over J
or the moment their plans to take J
ne offensive ana stationed themselves I
n guerrilla warfare style to await the I
oming of the soldiers
Meanwhile the citizens of. Hcnri4tta {
,reathed more easily They had been Il
caring a march Oh the town, in which t
vent disaster would certainly have Z
yertaken them, as the warhke In a
ians far Outnumbercd the whites q
nj they were all heavily armed. Ii
Indian treachcry being kept in X
lind, however the citizens organized i
themselves into companies ana pre- s
ared to repcl any attack that might a
G made. g
Messengers were hurried go Musko- ~
oe with orders that abundant arms
nd ammunition be rushed to Hcnrict- ~
with an possible speed Scouts i
ere sent out to learn the position =
t the Indians, advance guards We're "
laced on all the roads entering the ~
,wn ana complete military spirit y
rcaViled The first real indian scare u
+ years had transformed the town
ITO frontier settlement OF thirty ~
'ars ago. All lacking was the log -
lock house of the former days TO
AXE the picture on this Sunday of 90
rror complete The Indians were ="
lcrc, so We're frightened women and VI
lildren ana troops Fastening with an T.
'eed TO avert what threatened 10 pe ~
e last pig deterni ined tsahd lhe lh- -
ans snould make IA lht country
lhe inllltla ilhail$ arrived IN hVn
tla an clock lhis "IieIlloon auu 90
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