The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-29

with the militia, preferring to cast their lot with the larger band entrenched under Crazy Snakes command in Hick- ory hills and to take part in the larger fight regarded as inevitable
 Scenes at Daybreak. Daybreak this morning saw a renewal in the vicinity of Hickory Ground of last evenings fight with the followers of Crazy Snake" or Chitti Harjo, the Creek chief, when two deputy sheriffs were killed, another wounded, and several Indians are believed to have been shot.
 The day opened with desultory firing between 200 special officers and nearly as many Indians. Several Indians are re- ported wounded. State militia and armed officers and citizens moved all day Sun day toward the scene. One posse cap tured the 22-year-old son of Crazy Snake today and compelled him to give the names of all Indians who were in his fathers house last night when Marshal Edward Baum and Deputy Sheriff Her man Odom were killed.
 A dispatch from Stidman says a second engagement between officers and Indians occurred near there at o'clock this morning. In this 50 shots were exchanged and several Indians wounded Both the Indians and negroes, many of the latter being allied with the Creeks, took their wounded into the hills, and this made it impossible to learn definitely what the casualties were. The number of the dead since Thursday was tonight placed un- officially at six
 Bodies Removed.
 Deputies moved on the house of Crazy Snake today with the object of attacking it. They found it deserted, but removed the bodies of Baum and Udom, who had been killed the night before. The bodies were taken to Eufaula. There was evil dence that Crazy Snake and the mem bers of his family had left hurriedly in the night. The deputies captured a num- Der of the chiefs horses and large quantity of ammunition.
 Five partially formed companies of the state militia, ordered out last night by Governor Haskell, started for the scene early today. They were in command tof Col Roy Hoffman of Chandler. More than 125 men compose the body, and they have 60 rounds of ammunition. The com panies from Oklahoma City, Chandler and Shawnee met in Oklahoma City and went by special train to Henrietta. There they met the companies from Durant and MuslSogee.
 Chiefs Son Confesses.
 A dramatic feature of the day preced- ing the final clash between the Indians and the troops near Henrietta was the confession of young Chitti Harjo, son of Crazy Snake. lne young IHdli, dIttT HIS capture by deputies. cursed his foes and vehemently refused to tell anything about his fathers whereabouts or to throw any light on the events of last night.
 s'Maybe this will help him." exclaimed Deputy Sheriff Frank Jones, bringing out a heavy rope.
 ''Tie it around his neck and string him." commanded the deputy
 His assistants obeyed and soon the young Indian was dangling in the air, kicking frantically and clawing at his rope-encorded neck It was struggle between Indian stoicism and his desire to live. The deputies stood grimly py' without sign of relenting J 'Tell us where your father Is or youll hang there till you die," they called to him. "No fooling about .this.'
 The Indians breath was coming in short gasps now. Still he struggled hard against the disgrace of yielding to the pale-faces' demands. But at last he despairingly whispered: Let me down and I'll tell you all you want to know"
 Chief Not In Washington.
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