The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-01

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marched Sunday against Crszy
snakes and of Creek Indians. half
breeds aad negroes, entrsnehed in
the Hickory Hills, I miles from
Hsristts.
A battle 10 regarded as inevitable,
a. the hesrily-annsd troops set oat
either 10 capture or externinate the
nurdsrous bsnd. which since Thurs
day has caused the death Of SIX men,
the ~"undibg of many others. and
brought about = condition of terror.
Leaving Henrietts al 3 O'Clock With
seven miles 10 20. and eneumbered
with arms and equipment. il was e1-
peetsd the troops could not reach the
Indians before O'Clock
Crazy Snakes Ioen number about
200, all armed with upodern rihes and
plentifully supplied with ammunition.
They had prepared for two months
tc: this final stand against lawful
authority. They sent out word that
they would h9bt 10 the death.
Crazy Snakes bsnd strongly -
trenebed- itself early In the dar and
~as reinforced from time 70 tame.
Crazy Snake CommaoAs. =
Crazy Snake is IL personal eorn-
nand. This WEE established br testi-
nnony checked out II his eoIleze-bred
SOD by means % nice new inch rope
Young Har9o. strung up by the de-
terunined deputies Until nearly dead
gasped out that his father wss IN
command: named the Indian who
killed the deputies. told the officers
how 10 trail the band and did every
thing which a stor1caI bed Man is
supposed not 10 DO.
This brSt real Indian Uprising II
years has held this region or edge for
three days. IL broke out Las, Thurs-
day when several deputy sherifs
went 10 Herie,ta 10 arrest negro cat
tie thieves. They were fired on by
negro half-breed friends and forced
10 retreat. Returning with addi-
tional forces they were fired On by
the band. then augmented BY some
Of Crazy Snakes Indians. Three
negroes were killed and FIVE wound
ed. according to the official reports.
although il is thought that many
more Indians were wounded This
clash resulted in Al arrests.
Marshal Edward Baum and Depu-
~ Sheriff Herman Odon were the
deputies killed.
Have Negro Allies.
"A Stidman special says an engage
ment between officers and Indians oc-
CURED near there Sunday morning.
In which several Indians were wound
ed. Both the Indians and negroes.
many of the latter allied with the
Creeks, took their wounded into the
hills, which made it impossible to
learn definitely the casualties. The
number of the dead since Thursday
is placed unofficiallv at six.
The bodies of Marshal Baum and
Herman Odom were taken to Eufau-
la. There was evidence that Crazy
Snake and his family had left hur-
riedlv in the night.
After Chitti Harjo. Crazy Snakes
son. struggled hard against yielding.
whispered "Let down. tell-all-
Know the moose was locsed and he
gave a complete list of Indians who
participated in the fight of the previ-
Gus night and confessed that his faith
er, instead of being in Washington.
was at the head of the outlaw bands
scattered among the hills of the for
mer Greek nation.
Those were your fathers tracks
IN the yard this morningi" asked
Deputy Jones.
Harjo's Confession.
"Those were his tracks" said the
Indian, who then told that Charles
Coker. reputed as a dangerous Indian
outlaw. had fired the shots which
killed Baum and Odom. His eonfes-
SION also revealed for the first time
some Of the real secrets of general
ship over the Creeks.
Cocker Is an expert shot" he said.
land was fully 800 yards distan.
when he made fine targets of the
bodies Of the officers He is scouting
now with the band and Will be hard
to catch
With Crazy Snakes Whereabouts
almost definitely established. the OIL
GERS prepared with the and Of the
military to crush the Indians in the
night winch II vas believed was irn-
mInent