Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29

REDSKINS WAGE
WAR DEFIANTLY
OKLAHOMA TERR0RIZED BY
CREEK INDIANS
TROOPS ON TRAIL OF CRAZY
SNAKE AND TRIBE
Posse straneles Young Warrior unu'
He confesses Names of slayers'
Many Casualties on Both
Sides
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will lead his forces against the in9,ana, nun S"
rrazv snake and his braves Will be
<efornd a chance to surrender. III they
refuse the battle will be on.
THAT the old chief is striving 10 str
+be creeks TO an uprising and strike
for what he conceives to be lloerty was was
evident from the smoke OF lhree sly llai
fires on adjacent hills Just peiore sun
down. dozon
wounded since the trouble began
Thursday. :. q.
This is the official report. and 1t Is
generally believed that many more Oh
the negroes and Indians Were Killed.
Battle Is Renewed
Davbreak this morning saw re-
newal in the vicinity of HICKORY
C;round of last evenings fight with the
followers of Crazy Snake, or Chltti
Hario. the Creek chief, when Two uep-
uty sheriffs were killed, another Was
wounded and several INDIANS are o0
lieved to have been SHOT a.,
Tbe dav opened with desultory mr.
ing between 200 special officers ana
nearly as many Indians. SeVeral IN
dians were wounded. State militia ana
armed officers and citizens moved all
day Sunday toward the scene
One posse captured the 22-year-olu
son of Crazy SndhS toudS e'N
peIled him to give the names OF all
The Indians who were in his father
house last night when Marshal Edward
Baum and Deputy Sheriff Herman
Odom were killed.
A dispatch from Stidman says that
a second engagement between Officers
and Indians occurred near there at
o'clock this morning, III Whleh seNeIai
Indians were wounded.
pofh tho Indians and the negroes,
many of the latter being allied with
the Creeks, took their wounded into the
hills and this made it impossible TO
learn definitely what the casualties
were.
Attack House of Chief
Deputies moved on the house OF
Crazy Snake today with the object OF
attacking it. They found it deserted.
but removed the bodies of Baum and
Odom, who had been killed last night.
The bodies were taken to Eufaula.
There was evidence that, Crazy Snake
and the members of his family had
left hurriedly in the night. The depu-
ties captured number of the chiets
horses and seized a large quantity of
ammunition.
Five partially formed companies of
state militia, ordered out last night by
Governor Haskell, started for the scene
early today.
They were i'm command of Col. Roy
Hoffman of Chandler. More than 12o
men compose the body and they nave
60 900 rounds of ammunition.
The companies from Oklahoma City,
Chandler and Shawnee met in Okla
homa City and went by special train
to Henryetta. There they were met by
companies from Durant and Muskogee.
dramatic feature of the day, pre-
ceding the final clash between the In
the confession of Young Chitti Harjo,
son of Crazy Snake.
After his capture by deputies he
cursed his foes vehemently and refused
to tell anything about his fathers
whereab bouts.
Hanged by the Neck
"Maybe this will help him." ex-
claimed Deputy Sheriff Frank Jones,
bringing out a heavy rope. Tie 1t
around his neck and string him up"
His assistants obeyed and soon the
young Indian was dangling in the air,
kicking frantically and clawing at his
rope encordoned neck. 1t was a strug-
gle between Indian stoicism and his
desire to live.
The deputies stood grimly by with
out a sign of relenting.
Tell us where your father is or
you'll hang there till you die" they
called to him. mo fooling about this"
The Indians breath was coming in
short gasps. Still he struggled against
the disgrace of yielding to the pale
faces demand
But at last he whispered despair
ingly:
LET me down and l will tell you all
you want to know
When the moose was loosened he
gave a complete list of the names Of
IU6ianS u.hn iCina tnd in fha
fight of the previous night and con-
fessed that his father, instead of be-
ing in Washington, was at the head
of the outlaw bands scattered among
the hills of the former Creek nation
"Those were your fathers tracks
in the yard this morning." asked
Deputy Jones.
"Those were his tracks" said the
Indian.
Betrays Slayer
The chiefs son then told his captors
that Charles Coker, reputed as a dan
gerous Indian outlaw, had fired the
shots which killed Baum and Odom.
His confession also revealed for the
first time some of the real secrets of
generalship over the Creeks. He ad-
mitted that his father, whose virtues
have been Landed. was actually in COM
mand of the Indians in tho field.
my father is with the Indians" he
said, He was with them i'm the house
last night ana left the house with
them after the battle. 1t was Charles
Coker. the Seminole. and | who shad-
owed the officers as thep approached
our home yesterday morning.
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 300
yards distant when he shot the Of
ficers He is scouting now with the
band, and will he hard to catch"
The members of the band in Haljo's
last night. the young indian confessed.
belonged TO the Light Horse guards"
They stay together under all condi-
tions. His admission sent the posses
hurrying on the trail of tho old Indian.
They hope to capture him quickly and
thus ward off the impending battle.
Harjo's footprints were easily recog-
nizable and gave those on his trial Il
good chance to track him down.
Young Hario is a stalwart, intelli-
gent appearing young man. He has
played football with some Of the east
ern Indian schools He is A graduate,
but retains the instincts of his native
blood.
Spirit Soon Broken
He stood with marked GOODNESS as
the new rope was placed about his
neck. a look of determination i'm his
eve. Soon his aboriginal spirit, how
ever had been broken.
With the important facts dragged