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wnfigni \ ( * i !tiA*. » -TTv —% »«-'vJ S' ’ *r •*■’ JsK^Vii «i T, i 1• A.-.' r, V ti • .«. loadedI PfJBPmmiWvtifc*«• well. Afterac*In Win andsent a tent idafter elevena £0086 James gang-. ?P. Pro»^X» ponsi^tingi«(i wagons and outfits fortraveling, and took them to I don’tKnow’ where. Enough to say were robbed of .them and they .are■'e.-'i.:'-;i i '■;/ -v..e, Me pitched into govern-,eht wagons and starteaon our Wad to Smith, Arkansas, viaHenrietta - Texas, Texarkana andOiRep;ShaiChe;ftrtit. Uteore.el4Mlt;rr, vOn o\jr second day,P? fit,the rough traveling,;|he.:v|#0; lidit68 arid ri, child in the got eickandaskedfor rest, Iphtyhone, Was. granted, and whenFort Sill the child was veryiick, ae waeils^ Mrs. Osborn,Jthe rndtber of tbs sick Child* but 'no r. Msti; was toivbo had, although Jh©yf had to ride in a wagon, drawn by six mutes, loaded with freight land from oight to twelve persons. When wertaohed Henrietta, Texas, the;,eighth day, the physician, Dr, McGee, said the child Was very sick and told the lieutenant that heendangered the life of the child bytvriikg^ that he must let them rest a day dr two. But no; so wetried * to stop him by a ^vrit ofhabeas ^corpus ■ but he defied the civil laws, and inf hnatod the sheriff rwith fire arms. So we came on, meeting with very bad usage from Lieutenant; Taylor, in charge, but Sergant Mason and, the soldiers t 'V£re perfect gentlemen, to whomwd shall always be thankful for kindness. We arrived here Sept. 20th, and were taken to the court house and guarded until the morning of the 21st, at which time the court served a summons on us to Appear at the next term of court, to answer the charges broughtFairhfc thbte rentiicryt townHed prireuii to* ■' dr^pkle costT1in thrial re-bpr bycm the erdetnal ex*diwfc-ereQagainst us, for invading the IndianTqy -•qrritory, they beipg too cowardlyto give us a trial at the presentterm,' No more at prosent. .I remain yours as ever,W. H. Osfiuiw,AandSeerotarg.ipanlt;the story, as published in a spocial.. , Beerotary.The following ip another siaeofto the liew York Herald. It appears to have been written by some one interested in making as favor-, able a-showing as possible for?hhhdt | r ieUt*. Taylo\' Reaa between theil *“1 1,1,n lorrom instruc-of uponthe question between Payne and *’ e Kbeing escorted by Lieutenant Taylor and six well armed soldiers of the -.eighth cavalry. Yesterday evening at Henrietta, cm the Indian Territory border, Taylor narrowly escaped Serious trouble. Payne pretended to fear passing overlandFastlt; lt;lt;itlohol I ^ons $ven for the sole purpose preventing a legal decision uplay'betltn ofroe)yt)00,-[0,000 ing itthot lentmerits * the rSonallyll,ihdi*mustthe governmentlaptain Pagne and party wereFastei iLadyLadyeastward from Fort Reno, in thea — - w- - — — — -w- ■ ▼ . .Territory, to Fort Smith, in Arkansasattetdpsaying i to ItjOpmihiustmtomUhnthe Indians would ynch him or do himthatly harm, and he demanded Listen ant Taylor escort himFasteaFaste,Half-ilinesouth to Toxas and thence to Fort1 'Jlrl fl Smith bv rail. Of course Li on ten* aiit’Taylor granted the request. On arriving atHenrietta, Texas, ?ayne Paused to be procured a writ of men, habeas corpus.in the, Texas District hriliH*Poutffc Lieutenat Taylor refusedI to surrender ' his prisoner to thepivii authorities, ^whereupon a writ Was issued commanding his arrest knd tbQjt of. Payne and party also.“’or t6ok Ins soldiers and cap-barricaded the car and heldA*\tilm” eieiiseirailway train left on which he.5^f.......SeA . Jbis course on the group ■aypiB pid his party were n^sbhars And he had no ttfflM surrender thehi.1*Vj- V/-. ■ •Fastes mi lt;«- 8 orIf
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Cherokee Advocate
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Oct 13, 1882
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Alexander S.
CT, USA 29 Jun 2021
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