The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-03-29

4, but has placed outposts. Every armed
| indian Is to be arrested That there
viii be armed resistance by the Snakes
is the opinion of the military, for it
was learned this afternon that the In
dams had received $4,000 rounds of
ammunition by freight, unloaded at
Council Hill.
| Desultory Fighting.
| Daybreak this morning saw a re-
newal in the vicinity of Hickory
Ground of last evenings fight with
the followers of Crazy Snake, or Chitti
Harjo. the Creek chief. when two
deputy sheriffs were killed, another
was wounded and several Indians are
believed to have been shot The day
opened with desultory firing between
200 special officers and nearly as many
Indians Several Indians we're
wounded. state militia and armed Of
fcers and citizens moved all day Sun
day toward the scene
One posse captured the 22-year- old
son of Crazy Snake today and COM
| PEELED him to give the names of all
| the Indians who were in his fathers
house last night when Mayshal Ed
ward Baum and Deputy Herman Odom
We're killed.
A dispatch from Steadman says that
a second engagement between officers.
and Indians occurred near there at
O'Clock this morning, in which several
Indians were wounded. Both the In
dians and the negroes. many of them
being allied with the Creeks, took their
wounded into the hills and this made
| 1t impossible to learn definitely what
| the casualties We're. The number of
| dead since Saturday was placed un-
| officially tonight at six
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 Eufalau.
| There was evidence that Crazy Snake
and the members of his family had
left hurriedly in the night. The depu-
ties captured a number Of the chiefs
horses and seized a large quantity Of
ammunition.
Militia Starts.
Five partially formed companies OF
state militia, ordered out last night by
Governor Haskell, started for the scene
early today They were in command
of Colonel Roy Hoffman of Chandler.
More than 1875 men compose the body
and they have 10000 rounds of am
munition. The companies from Okla
homa City, Chandler and Shawnee met
in oklahoma 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
dams and the troops near Henryetta,
was the confession of young Chitti
Harjo, son of Crazy Snake. After his
capture by deputies he cursed his foes
vehemently and refused to tell any
thing about his fathers whereabouts.
Indian Talks.
Maybe this will help him." ex-
claimed Deputy Sheriff Frank Jones,
bringing out a heavy rope. Tie ii
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 the
rope. It was a struggle between Indian
stoicism and his desire to live. The
deputies stood grmly by, without 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 hard
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palefaces' demands. But at last he
said:
Let me down and I will tell you all
you want to know.
When the moose was loosened he
gave a complete list of the names of
the Indians who participated in the
fight of the previous night and con-
fessed that his father, instead of being
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.
The chiefs son then told his captors
that Charles Coker, reputed as 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
the generalship over the Creeks He
admitted that his father whose virtues
have been lauded, was actually in COM
mand of the Indians in the field.
"Hard to Catch"
My father is with the Indians" he
said HE was with them in the house
last night and left the house with them
after the battle. 1t was Charles Coker,
the Seminole, and I who shadowed the
officers as they appeared at our home.
Coker crossed their path before they
reached the house, and as the Off
GERS followed he turned and fired He :,
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