Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28
WILL AID DAUGHTER REDSKINS KILL TWO
Mrs. Boyes Father Retracts Fatal Clash With Posse in
His Former Determination Oklahoma
ARRIVES IN PlTTSBURG MEMBERS OF SNAKE CLAN
Engages Lawyer Assist Alleged Pitched Battle Fought Hickory
Kidnaper. battle-ground.
LATTER CoNFEsSEs IDENTITY GOVERNOR ORDERS MILITIA
Has
Lies But Declares She Was Called Negroes Last
An.aM Thursday.
Fatal Clash With a Posse in
Oklahoma.
TENDERS OF SNAKE CLAN
Pitched Battle Fought on Hickory
battle-ground.
GOVERNOR ORDERS MILITIA
Bloody Sequel to Trouble With So
Called Skane Negroes Last
Thursday.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla March 81
In pitched battle at Hickory Ground to-
night between a posse of five officers and
twenty Greek Indians of the Snake clan,
Officers Edward Daun OF Checotah and
Herbert Odom of Checotah were killed,
and Frank Swift Of Muskogee was fatally
wounded. Frank Jones and william Carr
other members Of the posse, escaped with
out Injury and fed to the settlements,
where the news of the battle was tele-
phoned to Sheriff Odom OF Mcintosh
county.
GUTHRIE, Okla, March o1-At the
telephoned request of Sheriff odom OF
Mcintosh county. Gov. Haskell directed
Adjt. Gen. Canton to assume charge OF
the situation and order necessary mill
tia to the scene of tonight's battle at
Hickory Ground between officers and
Creek Indians
The Chandler Company has been or
dered to hold itself in readiness TO pro-
coed on short notice.
Frank Swift, a member of the posse OF
officers sent to the home of Chitti Harjo,
chief of the Snake clan OF the Creek In
dams, to serve a warrant on the chief
was not killed. but fatally wounded Her
bert Odom, son of the sheriff of McIn.
tosh county. and Edward Daum. city
marshal of Checotah, were killed out
| right. Swift dragged himself from the
scene of the battle and was later picked
| up by William Carr. one of the escaping
| officers, and taken to Pierce a station one
mile away. Frank Jones. another of the
| posse who escaped. boarded a train AT
Pierce and went to Checotah, bearing
| some details of the battle.
Guns Leveled at Them.
| The officers. having heard that the In
dams were again peaceable after the
battle of Thursday morning approached
the cabin of Harjo near Hickory ground
without fear. AS they We're entering
the chiefs yard twenty guns were
leveled upon them from as many men
in the house and around the grounds.
Odom fell dead and Swift was seriously
wounded. Jones ran a few yards and hid
himself in a clump of trees until the In
| dams disappeared. Then he hurried to
Pierce.
| Within thirty minutes after the report
VI Tie Udtllc TdCflcu 1HtCOldu
men were armed. Every available gun
and practically all the ammunition i'm
town were taken. In an hour fifty men
| were marching toward Hickory Ground.
When the news reached Muskogee officers
| Immediately issued call for men. and in
a short time posse OF fifty was ready
| to march.
From Henryetta and Weleetka men will
also go to Pierce, the place selected for
mobilization. At IL O'Clock tonight Adjt.
Gen. Canton had wired Col. Roy Hoffman
| of Chandler to call Immediately four.
companies of the state guard for mobili-
zation. Companies at Oklahoma City.
Chandler. Muskogee and Durant probably
| will depart soon for Henryetta-
Harjo to Make Firm Stand.
A dispatch from Checotah says that the
Snake Indians have been purchasing rifles
| and ammunition for month, and that
they are supplied with powder and lead
enough to last them two days. HarJo.
who has often within the past years ex-
pressed his displeasure at the restraints
| of law, and has often called his men into
| council on that account. is believed to
| have determined to make firm stand in
| behalf of his ideas of liberty.
| His band has been outlaws for years.
1t has required the services of United
States officers and the threat of call
| for the state militia to quell his band
last fall during a session of the council
at Hickory Ground.
Officers from Hickory Ground today
found it practically deserted. They
returned late this afternoon and reported
that four negroes killed i'm the fight OF
| Thursday morning were buried today.