The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-29
SOLDIERS TO BATTLE
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said. He was with them in the house last night and he left the house with them after the battle.
 CoIker Was Murderer. Tt was Charles Coker. the Seminole l they approached our house last even- ing. Coker crossed their path before they reached the house apd as the off, hcers followed, he turned and fired. He is an expert shot and was fully 300 yards distant when he made fine tar gets of the officers. He Is scouting now with the band and will be hard to catch"
 The members of the band in Harjo's house last night. the young Indian con- fessed, belonged to the Light Horse Guard. They stay together under any conditions.
 Ills admissions sent the posse hurry ing on the trail of the Indian. They hoped to capture him quickly and thus ward off the impending battle.
 HarJo's footprints were easily recog- nizable and gave those on his trail a good chance to track him down.
 Young HarJo is a stalwart, intelli- gent appearing youth, He is -an ath- lete and has played football with some of the Eastern Indian schools. He is a graduate but retains practically all tn 6 instincts or ms naLlVe DIOOQ.
 He stood with marked coolness as the strands of the inch rope were placed about his neck. look of de- termination in his eye that made him apparently a mark for death.
 He had been long enough with the whites, however, to learn that they. too. can be determined, even to death. without legal sentence: With the i'm portant facts dragged from Crazy Snakes son. the officers declared that they could end the uprising in much quicker time than otherwise.
 With Crazy Snakes whereabouts almost definitely known, they set viz orously about to nip the conspiracy just as it stood and prepared. with the aid of the military, to rush the in- dians in the fight
 Troops are Delayed.
 The expected fight was delayed by the troops being forced to wait two hours at Sapulpa. While the officers were storming at the railroad officials for the failure of train service, and the antiquities at Henrietta chafing under the delay which was fraught with such peril to the town. the va rious Indian bands broke their solid front and began scattering into squads. They took up positions of vantage here and here. apparently gave over for the moment their plans to take the offensive and stationed them selves as in guerilla warfare to await the coming of the soldiers.
 Meanwhile the citizens of Henrietta breathed more easily. They had been fearing a march on the town. in which event disaster certainly would have overtaken them. as the warlike In- dians far out-numbered the whites. and they were all heavily armed
 Indian treachery being kept In mind. | |. of ar battles with Indians in localities fully as well protected as this, the citizens | organized themselves into companies and prepared to repel any attack that might be made
 Messengers are hurried to Musk ogee with orders that abundant arms and ammunition be rushed to Henrietta Scouts were sent out to learn the po- sition of the Indians. advance guards were placed on all roads entering the town, and a complete military spirit prevailed The first real Indian scare ! for years had transformed the town 1 into a frontier settlement of thirty years ago. All lacking was the log block house of the former days to make the picture on this Sunday of terror. complete. The Indians were there. so were frightened women and children, and troops hastening with all speed to avert what threatened to be the last big determined stand the In- l dians made in the country.
 The militia finally arrived in Henri etta at o'clock this aftenoon and all danger for the particular town was | over. The Crazy Snakes rapidly re- treated as the troops advanced. falling l back toward Pierce. where their forces were gathered In larger numbers. The troops hurried on after sending de- tachments in pursuit of each band. de- spatching bloodh ounds on the trail of some of the Indian leaders. One large band of Indians retreated toward Flat ! Rock and another to Lenah.
 1 Yrh. militia, supplemented by mum