The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-29
SENDS TROOPS
AFTER BRAVES
GOyerGOr Haskell Has Up
81 rising on Hands.
CHIEFS SON is CAPTURED

Is Strung Up by Neck Until He Dis
closes Whereabouts of Crazy Snake
and His Band of Creek Followers.
Trouble Started Last Thursday and
Has Already Resulted In Death of
Six Men and Woundins of Many
Others.
Oklahoma City. Okla, March %
Five companies of Oklahoma militia
are marching against Crazy Snakes
band of Creek Indians, half-breeds
and negroes, entrenched in the Hick-
DRY Hills, seven miles from Henry
eta
a bloody battle is regarded as in
eyitable, the heaRily armed troops
| having set out either to capture or
exterminate the murderous band,
which since Thursday, has caused the
death Of six men, the wounding of
many more and brought about a con-
diti0n Of terror in Henryetta, Pierce,
and al the surrounding country.
Crazy Snakes men number about
200, al armed with modern rifles and
plentifully supplied with ammunition.
They had been preparing for this for
two months. their final stand against
lawful authority. They defantly sent
out word that they would fight to the
death.
OF course there can be only one
outcome to the clash, but it is certain
to be murderous affair, as the mill
tiamen's officers have declared they
win shoot to kill from the first.
Crazy Snake is in personal COM
mands. This was established by the
testimony choked out of his college
bred son by means OF new inch
rope. Young Harjo was strung up by
the determined deputies until nearly
dead. Then he gasped out that his
father was in command; named the
indian who killed the deputies; told
the officials how to trail the band and
did everything which a 'stoical red
man is supposed to do when in the
hands Of his enemies.
This first real Indian uprising of
years has held this portion of he ter
ritory on edge for three days past. It
mas been plotted and prepared for two
months. 1t broke out last Thursday.
when some deputy sheriffs went to
| Henryetta to arrest some negro cattle
thieves. They were fired on by negro
and, half-breed friends of the crimi-
nails and forced to beat a hasty re-
treat. A few hours later they return
ed with additional forces and were
fred on by the band, then augmented
by number of Crazy Snakes In.
dams. In this fight three were killed
and five wounded, according to the
official reports, although it is thought
many more Indians were wounded, as
scores Of shots were fired 1T close
quarters. This clash resulted in Al
arrests.
Meanwhile Crazy Snakes followers
determined Upon an aggressive cam
paign. The chiefs plans had to be
prematurely sprung on account of the
unexpected raid Of the deputies on
y
by hunting strenuously for the lead
ers, and Crazy Snake, forced to ths
wall, determined to strike a hard
blow in an effort to escape. Saturday
night part of his band was run to
cover by deputies in a search for the
leaders of the fight Marshal BaurS
Of ChecOtah and Deputy Odom of Eu-
faula paid their lives as a price. They
were shot down, according to Crazy
Snakes son, by Charles Coker, a
Seminole Indian. This event aroused
the state authorities. Governor Has
kell ordered out the militia, and the
word was passed out that the band
must be captured or killed.
Not till Sunday did the people of
Henryetta realize the serious eondi-
ton. Threatened by raids by some Of
Crazy Snakes men, they hurriedly
armed, pG1rolled the roads leading to
the town, sent to surrounding towns
for arms and ammunition, and ap-
pealed to Governor Haskell 30 hurry
the militia to the scene. Not till the
soldiers arrived was the peoples ap-
prehension relieved. Then the Indian
bands scurried away to avoid clash
with the military, preferring to cast
their lot with the larger band en-
trenched under Crazy Snakes COM
mand on Hickory Hills, and take part
in the larger fight, which was regard
ed at that time as inevitable.
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