Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-28
BLOODY F|GHT I
WITH SNAKE
INDIANS
TWO OFFICERS SHOT
DEAD BY RUSTLERS
Oklahoma Militia Ordered Out
TO Suppress Incipient lnsu}-
rection Among Half-Breed
Negroes at Hickory Grove,
tBy Morning journal specIa, Leased Wirsl


Oklahoma City, March s7---ln a
pitched battle at Hickory Ground at
6 o'clock this evening between a posse
of five officers and twenty Creek IN
dams of the Snake clan. Charles
paum. Of Chccotah; Herman odom
of Checotah, were KILLED. Frank
IIssss \, ~ ~
here of the posse. escaped without
injury and fled to the mountains,
phoncd to sheriff odom. of Mcln-
tosh county
Frank Swift, Il member Of the posse
Of Officers sent 10 the home of Chitto
Harjo chief OF the Snake elan OF tho
Creek Indians To serve a warrant on
the chief. was not Killed. but prob
ably fatally founded Herman Odom
son of the sheriff of Mcintosh coun'
ty. and Edward Daum, city marshal
of Checotah. were Killed outright
Swift dragged himself from the scene
of the battle and was later picked up
ing officers ana taken To Pierce,
station one mile away Frank Jones',
another of the posse who escaped,
boarded train at Pierce and went to
Checotah early in the evening. bear-
ing some details of the battle. The
officers having heard that the ne
groes and Indians were again peace
able after the battle Of Thursday
approached the cabin OF
Har1o near Hickory Ground, without
fear of trouble As they wcrr in the
.,ct ot entering ne raief's ward igentv
gums were lertlod upon them FROM
as many men in the house and around
the corners Odom and Daum fcll
dead and Swift was seriously wound
ed Jones ran a few yards and hld
himself Ia Il clump Of trees until the
Indians disappeared Then he return
ed to the bodies of his companions.
Finding them dead he hurried tol
Pierce
within thirty minutes after the re.
nar, ~ The avv. g .ssss, .sssss,hea !,4..A,.Ay
available gun and practically all the
in town were taken. In
an hour fifty men were marching to-
ward Hickory Ground When. the
news reached Muskogee Officers inn
issued call for men ana
a short time lateI a posse of fifty was
ready to march From Henrietta and
Welectka men viii also 80 tonight
10 Pierce, the place selected for
At II O'Clock tonight Adiutant Gen.
aral Frank Canton OF the Oklahoma |
guard, has wired Colonel ROY Hoff- |
man, of Chandler, to Immediately call
four companies of the state guard for
Companies at Oklahoma |
city. chandler, Muskogee and Durani |
VIII depart for Henrietta TO-
night.
A dispatch from Checotah says the |
Snake Indians have been purchasing |
rifles and ammunition there for
month and that they are supplied with /
powder and lead enough to last two
lays.
Hario, who has often within the
oast two years, expressed his dlspleus-
ire at the restraints of law and VINO
1as often called his men into council
'or threatening officers of the laW' n
believed TO have determined TO make
, final stand in behalf Of his IDEAS
If liberties His band have been out
avs for years. II required tho serv-
COS of United Sattcs officers and the
.hreat of call for the state militia
10 aucu his band last fall during
,o...t.,, Of the council at Hickory
Ground.
When sheriff Odom received from
he district clerk at Eufalia today
warrant for the arrest OF Hario tho
.lerk admonishcd him that he woulc
iave trouble.
''rhe negroes are towards, s"lh
,dom. "and there is no danger
Officers from Henrietta visited
Hickory Ground today and found II
practically deserted. They returned
ato this afternoon and reported that
.our negroes Killed in the fight OF
morning were buried today