The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-29

than f25 men compose the body and they
| have 5000 rounds of ammunition The
companies from Oklahoma City, Chand-
| Ter and Shawnee met in Oklahoma CITY
and went by special train to Henrietta.
There they were met by companies from
Durant and Muskogee-
Young Indian Strung Up.
A dramatic feature of the day. pre-
ceding the final clash between the In
dams and troops near Henrietta, was the
confession of Young Chitt HaTjO, son of
Crazy Snake. The young man. after his
capture by deputies. cursed his foes We
hemently and refused to tell anything
about his fathers whereabouts.
Maybe this will help him. exclaimed
Deputy Sheriff Frank Jones. bringing out
a heavy rope.
Tie it around his neck and string him
up" commanded the deputy
His assistants obeyed and soon the
young Indian was dangling in the air,
rope-encordoned neck 1t was strus-
gle between Indian StOicism and his de-
sire to live. The deputies stood grimly
by without a sign Of relenting.
Compelled to Give Names.
TELL us where your father is or you'll
hang there till you die" they called to
him. NO fooling about this
The Indians breath was coming in
short gasps. Still he struggled hard
against the disgrace of yielding TO the
palefaces' demands. But at last he de-
sPairingly whispered:
LET me down and ] will tell you all
you vans TO know.
When the moose was l0oSened he gave
a complete list of the names Of the In
dams who participated in the fight of
the previous night. and confessed that
his father. instead of being in Washing
ton was at the head of the outlaw bands
now scattered among the hills % the for
mer Creek nation
Those were your fathers tracks in
the yard this morning. asked Deputy
Jones
dian.
His Father in Command.
The chiefs son then told his captors
that Charles Cocker. Teputed as dan
gerous Indian outlaw. had fired the shots
which killed Baum and Odom- His con-
fession also revealed for the first time
the real secrets of generalship over
the Creeks He admitted that his father,
whose virtues have been lauded. was ac-
tually in command of the Indians in the
field.
MY father is with the Indians" he
said He was with them in the house
last night and he left the house with
them after the battle. II was Cnarles
Cocker the Seminole. and / who Swallowed
the officers as they approached our home
yesterday morning
Cocker crossed their path before they
reached the house and as the officers fol-
j lowed ne turned anu llitN. ne - on "a
pert shot and vas fully 900 yards distant
when he shot the officers. He is scouting
now with the band and will be hard to
catch
The members of the band in Harjos
house last night, the young Indian con-
fessed. belonged 10 the Light Herse
Guards. They stay together under all
conditions
Posse on the Trail,
His admissions sent the posse hurrying
IL. Tg.fFf rar old F1FT 1ra-
TO capture him quickly and thus ward off
the impending battle
Harjo's footprints were easily recognize
able. and gave those on his trail good
chance to track him down
Young HarjO is a stalWart. intelligent
appearing youth. He has played football
with some of the eastern Indian schools.
He is a graduate but retains the instincts
of his native blood. He stood with
marked GOODNESS as the new inch rope was
placed about his neck, look of deter
mination in his eye. Soon his spirit, how
ever. had been broken.
With the important facts dragged from
Crazy Snakes son. the officials declared
they could end the uprising in much
quicker time than otherwise. With Crazy
Snakes whereabouts almost definitely es-
tablished. they set vigorously about to
prepare. with the aid Of the militia, to
crush the Indians in the fight which it
was believed would begin at clock or
sooner.
Troops Forced to Wait.
The expected fight was delayed by the
troops being forced to wait two hours at
Sapulpa. While the officers were storm
ing at the railroad officials for the fail
ure Of the train service and the authori-
ties at Henrietta were chatting under the
delay which was frauEht with such peril
To the town. the various Indian bands
broke their solid front and began scat
teriug into squads.
They toot~ilp positions of vantage here
and there, apparently gave over for the
moment their plans to take the offensive.
ana stationed themselves I'm guerilla war
fare style TO await the coming Of the sol
dicrs.
Meanwhile the citizens OF Henrietta
breathcd more easily. They had been
fearing 4 march on the town. in which
event disaster would certainly overtake
them as the warlil1e Indians far outnUm-
bered the whites and they were all heav-
liz armed. indian treachery being kept
in mind. however. the citizens organized
themselves into companies and prepared
TO repel any attack that might be made.
First Indian Scare for Years.
Messengers were hurried to Muskogee
with orders that abundant arms and am
munition be rushed to Henrietta with all
possible speed. Scouts were sent out to
learn the position of the Indians. advance
guards were placed on all the roads en-
tering the town. and complete military