The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-07

.H' fired upon. It is said that there was not a Snake Indian in the camp. Neverthe- less the news spread that there was an outbreak of Indians and that they were preparing to kill the white inhabitants and fire the buildings in the neighboring towns.
 Most of the negroes in the camp were arrested. One negro was killed and sew eral white men wounded though newspa- per dispatches placed the fatalities as high as 30 or 40
 Crazy Snake was suspected of having had some part in the fight. A force of deputy sheriffs was sent from Checotah to arrest him at his home near Pierce. On their appearance near the house Crazy Snake and his companions started to run away. The deputies shot at the fugitives and a general fight took place. Two deputies Edward Baum and Her mann Odhom, were killed. Crazy Snake was shot through the calf of the leg, but he escaped.
 The home of Crazy Snake was burned to the ground next day by unknown persons. There is suspicion that there may have been bullet holes in the house and that it may have been fired upon by the deputies without warning to its inmates. The fire destroyed any evil dence of this
 After this there could, of course, no longer be any doubt that the Snake h. dians were lon the warpath. scalping de- fenseless settlers and pillaging the coun- try" Dozens of men, highly respected in their communities" were said to have been eye witnesses of such atrocities and the yellow newspapers were filled with thrilling accounts of what was taking place. An appeal was made to Gov Has kell for state troops and on March 2S Colonel Roy Hoffman, with five compa- nies of state militia, was sent into the field.
 The timid Snake Indians, as well ss the Creek negroes, had deserted their homes and hidden themselves In the hills, most of them in terror of the swarms of deputy sheriffs and constables now riding the country.
 Hoffman Promised Protection.
 The constant endeavor of the troops was to capture Crazy Snake. His kinsmen and friends were told that Colonel Hoffman would give him the utmost protection. Crazy Snake was known to be accompa- nied by a staunch ally named Pin Harjo. The latter is dwarf. In the Green Peach war. a Creek tribal rebellion of many years ago, he was credited with having killed 32 of his tribesmen
 To look after the full blood Indians the federal government sent a number of it's agents into the field, among them ThomD- son Tiger, official interpreter and son of Moty Tiger, chief of the Creek Nation.
 The troops had a number of perilous ad- ventures. Late one night news came that Crazy Snake was at the home of an h. dian woman on the north bank of the North Canadian river, below Weleetka. He was reported to have 10 or 12 armed men secreted in the timber around the house to resist attack A squad of deputy sheriffs had surrounded the house pending the arrival of the troops, the deputies not wishing to risk a night battle in the tim Der.
 Sam Cook, one of the Cook brothers, or hanged during the early days of out lawry in Indian Territory, was employed to guide the troops to the spot. When they arrived the deputies reported posi- lively that late that afternoon more than % heavily armed negroes had Jumped from a freight train about mile up the road and gone to the assistance of the men at the home of the Indian woman.
 Under the circumstances the soldiers ad- vanced cautiously on the house. Fred Cook, district Indian agent, proposed that he should go ahead with Legus Jones, son of Crazy Snake. and Thompson Tiger the interpreter, to hold a barley, not believing that Crazy Snake would allow his men to fire upon his son.
 Grim Humor of T. Tiger
 Here's where an Indian gets into trouble for knowing too damned much by understanding the English language and the ways of the white man." said Thomp- son Tiger. Tiger has fine sense of hu- nor. T haven't lost any Snake Indians nor anything else in this God forsaken country" continued Tiger. 'I am draw ing my salary for the sole and exclusive duty of talking not fighting. but I guess my hand has been called, so here goes" Tiger was unarmed and went against the game with his teeth set.
 With his two companions Cook moved quickly to the first house in sight and called to those within. No reply Tearing board from the side he peered in and found his face squarely against that of an Indian woman paralyzed with fright. Sev- eral women and a man came from the house, when told that they would not be harmed. They said that Crazy Snake was not there. Tiger knew them and believed them.
 Half mile away was another house.
 That's the place where these strange men have been staying" said settler who lived in the neighborhood. They We been sending the women down here to sleep at night, to have them out of the way, I suppose, if there should be a fight"
 Orders were given to advance and sur round the house. The advance was made with extreme caution the shelter of trees not being overlooked The house was surrounded at distance of about l5t yards.
 A newspaper correspondent, armed with two battered, but sure-shooting cameras had planted himself at the base of white oak tree of ample girth, and was con graduating himself upon the situation when a deputy with rife as long as a fence rail came crawling up from the rear.
 Oustng a Correspondent. This deputy manifested extreme affec- ton for the tree. He was so fond of 1t | in fact that he rooted the newspaper cor respondent aside, and exposed that timid civilian to all the immediate horrors of war Another deputy crawled out of the darkness, wormed himself carefully be- | tween the legs of his outstretched com | panion and lay flat on the latters body | a kind of two-decked arrangement. l One of the women had been brought l from the other house and told to ente, | the one that had been surrounded which | she did. There was no response for foul or Ave minutes Cook with Jones and rI T.. . A t.