The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-29
Public Stenoqrapher 1ypewiting. Addressing circu|arizing. manife!ding.
 soI Bell Building. Phone 2o3e.

erous posses of deputy sheriffs and 1 citizens started out to complete cir cult that would enable them to encor- | den Pierce at o'clock. drive the h. Sian bands together and move in and crush them.
 A dispatch from stidham, the base of operations for one division of the officers posse, says that the officers are gathering tonight at Pierce and | probably nothing further will be done before morning.
 During one of the engagements to- | day. Grant Johnson, formerly United States Marshal. killed an Indian. Band is Primitive. Crazy Snake, whose name Is Chitto Harjo. and whose English name Is Wilson Jones, Is the leader of the Snake band of Creek Indians. These Creeks. unable to speak English, have never turned from old customs. They are as primitive as the Cheyennes. or the Sioux. They were opposed to the division of their lands by the Federal Government, refusing to take their allotments. They persistently resisted the taxation of their property.
 only last fall 1t required the services of United States officers and threats of call for the State militia to quell them during a pow-pow at Hickory Ground. The chief has often. within the last two years. expressed his dis pleasure at the restraint of the law.
 Evidently the willy old chief de- termined to make good his frequent threats following last Thursdays fight. Even after this fight, officers believed there would be no further serious re- suits. This was shown when. on Sat- urday. Sheriff Odom received from the district clerk a warrant for the ar rest of Crazy Snake. The clerk ad- monished the officer to be careful, but Odom replied:
 They are towards; there is no dan- ger."
 It was Odom's son, Herman, 8 dep uty, who was one of the two men killed outright, when an attempt was made later that day to serve the war rant at the chiefs house. Crazy Snake has pleaded many times with, the Federal officers for the resti- tuition of what he believed to be the rights of himself and his tribesmen. k A notable instance of his oratorical ef- forts in behalf of his band was made at Tulsa, Okla, on Nov. 23, 1906, when he addressed committee of United Senates Senators, then Investigating affairs in Indian Territory.
 "I am here, and stand before you to- day, my fathers" eloquently pleaded Crazy Snake, "as a man of misery. I
  laws carried out"
 He reeounted the loyalty and ale glance of himself and his followers to the Federal Government in the Civil War.
 "The great father said." he added, ''that if any one trespassed on my rights or questioned them. to let him know, and he would take care of them and protect them. I always thought that this would be done. I believe yet 1t will be done"
 After the posse of deputies had sur rounded Crazy Snakes house last night, they called on the Indians with in to appear. They appeared with re- beating rifles.
 Charles Coker killed Baum at the first volley. moment later he shot Odom through the heart. The other Indians fired repeatedly, but when Coker shoots, something falls. Sherin Was Overcome. When Sheriff Odom saw the body of his slain son, he broke down and wept bitterly. Sadly he directed that the body be placed in a wagon and taken to Checotah, and then grimly insisted on retaking charge of the chase, de1 ferring further display of his fatherly grief until some more opportune time.
 I'll get them, though" he hissed between his set teeth. Those red devils will pay for this with big inter est"
 A posse from Muskogee reached Crazy Snakes house today and search ed the place. They found the record of enrolment of Indians whom Crazy Snake has been organizing to fight for what he regards as liberty. The docu- ments furnished indisputable evidence that the old chief was trying to incite a general uprising.
 No negroes were involved in yester- days fight and none could be seen in the vicinity of Crazy Snakes home to- day.
 Sherin Odom tonight announced that he would attempt to arrest Crazy Snake under the protection of the | troops He has a great desire to have | this honor, he said, on account of his sons death.
 Citizens of Henrietta declare the trouble is largely due to negro out l laws from other States, chiefly Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee. who are wanted in their home States for vari- l ous crimes. These negroes readily