The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-29
CRAZY SNAKE
MAY HAVE LEFT
HIS FOLLOWERS
Is Believed to be Fleeing to
Washington to Plead for
His Scalp
HISTORY Of THE UPRISING
An0 The CAUSES THEREFOR
Crazy Snakes Declarations of 10y.
atty to the Government and His
Recital of His Deeds of ValOr I'm the
Civil War.

Muskogee, Okla, March 29.-Up to
noon today there had been nc en-
counter between the state militia
marching upon Crazy Snake and his
band of Indians and negroes allies.
according to the best information
available here and the troops were
still pursuing the redskins. 1t is re-
ported that Crazy Snake. fearing ar
rest, has made his escape, deserting
his followers, and is now On his way
to Washington to intercede with the
great white father.
The military ordered out yesterday
by Governor Haskell as the result Of
the upuising came upon the bank at
the home Of Crazy Snake in which
Marshal Baum and Deputy Sheriff
Odom were killed, camped for night
at Hickory Hills, the camp which had
been hastily evacuated by Crazy Snake
at their approach. At daybreak they
moved forward to give battle to the
redskins. Meanwhile the chief
through the agency of his sleepless
scouts, had been watching every move
and he led his forces away, apparent
ly not daring. or at least not caring
to fight his white foes In the open.
The military men pushed forward at
double quick. The Indians were then
miles away. The troops outnumber-
ed the Indians three to one and the
ooicers knew that could the opposing
forces meet in the open there could
be only one outcome. The Indians
would have to surrender or be killed,
once the redskins gained shelter the
hill and the result would not be SO
bad.
/. At the rate Of progress they wars
making the troops were in q fair way
to overhaul the IndfEns shortly after
noon and force them into tight un-
der conditions unfavorable to the
arms Of Crazy Snake. The night
passed without any undue alarms aft
er the soldiers had barrackej at the
Indians'' forsaken camping ground.
Firing was heard here and there. but
this was due to the restlessness OF
the moving bands of>negroes and halt
breeds. The Indians themselves kept
closely within their camp between the
North Canadian river and Deep For1
Creek. about seventeen miles from
Henrietta. Crazy Snake had been
plotting the event for two months,
but was forced to begin sooner than
he expected on account of his men be-
ing drawn into the fight last Thurs
day to protect their negro allies from
arrest. Then again on Saturday night
when his house was surrounded, II
was done by deputies seeking to ap-
prehend the leaders in Thursdays
trouble.
The main portion Of the soldiers
under the command of COL Roy Hoff-
man is pushing northward In search
of the chief and his men. Several
other detachments Of the militia are
doing police duty and led by farmer
scouts familiar with the country, are
patroling the country for miles
around looking out for any refugees
that may be hiding in the mountains
and timber. Seemingly authenti. re-
ports today from Henryetta and the
vicinity Of Hickory camp place the
number Of bodies Of dead negroes
found at different points and buried
at twenty-four. THIS total is said to
make up the number Of men killed
since last Thursday. the day Of the
first battle with the sheriff's posse.
Crazy Snake.
Crazy Snake, whose name is Chitti
Harjo and whose English name is
Wilson Jones. Ia the ,eader OF the
Snake hand Of Greek Indians. This
band Of Creeks. unable tu speak Eng
lish, have never turned their faces
from the old days and the old GUS
Tins. They are az primitive as the
Cheyennes or the Sioux. They were
opposed to the division of their lands
by the federal government and re-
fused to take their allotments. Un-
able to escape the change. they per-
resisted the taxation OF their
property. They relied implicitly upon
the bid treaty of 1889. under which
they came west Of the Mississippi
river.
Persons acquainted with the Snake
Greeks have invariably scoffed at the