The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30
READY TO GIVE UP.
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blacks. This motley but grim and eff
| fcient body presented determined
| front and insisted on having a hnalty
of things then and there. crazy SNAKE
was cornered at last. But "nlie tne
L most difficult task was accomplished,
one fraught with infinitely more Dan
ger doomed up just ahead-the nght
which seemed imminent.
While this was in progress scores OF
\ frightened white families had fled from
/ their homes, fearing outrages by the
i Iawless clements. Throughout the nisnt
Il they went to Henryetta, P1erce anu
some even to Checotah. Their appre-
lhension was not without cause. for TO
Il the south and east of Pierce scattered
\ Snake bands were hidden in the Mis-
i while still others had gone to the north
| east retreats. making Pierce the center
| of the district buffeted by the uprising.
/ With these desperate ones near and with
! the attention of the authorities very
| naturally diverted for the moment 10
Crazy Snake and the chances for MS
capture, the farms could have been, easy
| prey for raiders, but so far as the
military could learn up to Z, o'clock this
1 morning. no such outrages had been
committed, although there were in
| stances of people having been frighten-
| ed by the threats of rowing war par
| ties. 49,.
Call for Reinforcements.
i Thrills were added to the situation
| shortly after midnight by the urgent
| call of Col. Hoffman for reinforcements.
Il Captain Frank King of the engineering
| corps, hurried with his men from Guth-
| RE on orders from the adjutant general
He expected to reach Henryetta at z
1 o'clock this morning and meet a de-
| tachment Of signal corps from Black
we'll These he was to lead to the In
dams wooded valley and join In the
| general forward march.
The busy, bustling preparations of the
| militiaman left but little doubt that
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the fastness of the forest. today would
bring forth some definite Developments
Adjutant General Canton at Guthrie
kept close watch all the WHILE ready to
move into the field and take command
at a moments notice. Even after Crazy
Snake was trapped, General Canton re-
fused to believe the uprising could be
Ireduced without decisive fight. He
| was sure Crazy Snake would not make
his elaborate preparations and then
lsupinely yield. When such tame out
come was hoped for, it was feared that
the Indians could not be crushed inside
of 10 days. a
1t was the crafty generalship of
Crazy Snake that made the authorities
fear, early today that they would have
q long guerilla warfare ahead of them.
Had the Snake massed his forces and
given the whites open battle after their
own fashion, one thing would have hap
Ipened-he would have been annihilated.
He knew this even better than the
} white commanders. So he tore his
companies apart into mobs, sending
some here, some there. With their saw
age instincts they made full use of the
natural defenses in which Oklahoma
abcunds, and condition of uneasiness.
even terror, among the whites was the
result.
The Oklahoma authorities are fully
cognizant of the evil possibilities of the
situation, and are using the states re-
sources without stint to make as short
q Of Go ly1 md h lie
rising
His Prison Career.
Leavenworth, Kan, March 30.-Chit-
to Harjo, or Crazy Snake, who is the
/ leader of the present uprising in Okla
I homa, is well known to the authorities
at the federal prison, having served a
term here.
$ During the allotment of lands to the
l members of the Five Civilized tribes in
r old Indian territory. Crazy Snake for
' babe his tribesmen taking aiIotments.
] and did everything possible to hamper
the government in enrolling the In
dams.
During 1899 and 1900 he started an
lnsurrection and at that time soldiers
. were sent out from Fort Leaven worth
e to aid in subduing him and effectins
/ MS capture. Several companies OF
} Fifth cavalry followed him into the
| Businesses of the hills.
e After several engagements Crazy
t Snake and portion of his band was
: | captured and taken to Muskogee He
was convicted in the federal court
there on the charge of murder and
conspiracy and sentenced, with nine
others, to serve two years in the fed
e eral prison at Fort Leavenworth.
Crazy Snake and his henchmen con-
D sisting of Gilbert johnson, Chotka
! James, Lewis Mitchell. Abram McIn-
t tosh, Squirrel, John Timothy, Little
Tiger and Lewis Yardeka. were re-
s ceived at the prison on March 8, 1902
! They were released in November OF
the same year. having served a portion
Of their time in the federal Jail al
Muskogee before being brought here
Crazy Snake repeatedly has been ar
rested and confined in federal prisons
in the old Indian territory and always
on the charge of resisting the orders
| of the government.
Warden McLaughrey said today:
Il remember the chief quite well
He was very peaceable while here, and
D pardoned by the president and left
after about years stay"
Speaks for His Race.
Philadelphia. March S0.-AIbert H
S Nash, a full blooded Indian. who was
d graduated from the Carlisle Indian
f school in 1897. today made a state
= ment about the Indian outbreak in
Oklahoma in which he said:
e Il was born out west, a, member OF
o the Winnebago tribe, of the state OF
e Nebraska. know for fact that the
: real American Indian is friendly to.
: ward the government and does MOI
: care to war any more. We realize
there is but few of us left and know
o our chance in war is mighty small
: when there are but 200, 900 of us com.
= pared to nearly 100000 of the white
= mans army of people.
: These so-called Indians who are
n creating lot of disturbance. are no
= Indians but band of outlaws. They
s are the very lowest type of mankind
thieves robbers and nurderers. Mos
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