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•All Vis'OR- UE'.VD, 1as Jit! ftfid sworn lie would never be lukcu wve. This was •* # . r ;suit shown ft was noTflfo b^m$v'Sf J'^b'rv lnsl I’csoy visited this place to lm' :i linger amputated, and left fur• ** * « I ^e in '. ■■ • yeiiinir: The Ciipv.im'Tollow?-s. tf\ ii 'two., picked assista 11 is, n..;d cauii-. n. with him du Potocjit Creek,*■** I#*.- ,* - • ,*near th1.* .uiviiii'icj river, .and ordered hlift to aniTcmlcr. l\»-jey was armed withaj^ •sixteen si-ootiug lien rv*r)flc .and two,.re-v-olvers. Jh* ivformed ’Vhc^oilicor that ho :WOUld - y . , ' ' 14*~ ----- NJ’.VICU SUUUKXniitl, -and drew down his rifle. A lucky shut broke his right arm, ami ii dropped by ids side. Drawing n f-Qvolvor with his left., lie flrcd two ft ho ts j wheu/a charge of buck shot tord Off lus-left shoulder, mid cam' pletely dlsab’odliiiu. lie charged on the Light Horse at full speed, knocking the Captain and horse over the bin IF. %noth-er charge of bucksiiot struck Posey in ^10 thigh; and Ills nose was shot off, and still' lie refused to surrender/till a bullet struckIlls lower jaw nnd went up ' , ‘cruflin.xo TIIKOL'GII ms u It A IN',and lie fell dead from Ills hojse. lie lay Where lie fell till the next day, when lie was buried on .Sunday last by the citizen*. Great credit is due the Creek authorities for ridding the world of a terrible deeper-ado. —Associated Ptrss *Report. ^
Newspaper Details
Indian Journal
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1877
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Massillon P.
OH, USA 18 Oct 2016
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