Crazy Snake Rebellion

Crazy Snake Rebellion
Part of the American Indian Wars

Crazy Snake rebels in 1909
DateMarch 1909
Location
Result United States victory
Belligerents
 United States Creek rebels
Commanders and leaders
United States Charles N. Haskell Chitto Harjo
Casualties and losses
2 killed 1 killed
1 wounded
42 captured

The Crazy Snake Rebellion, also known as the Smoked Meat Rebellion or Crazy Snake's War,[1] was an incident in 1909 that at times was viewed as a war between the Creek people and American settlers. It should not be confused with an earlier, bloodless, conflict in 1901 involving many of the same people.[2] The conflict consisted of only two minor skirmishes, the first of which was actually a struggle between a group of marginalized African Americans and a posse formed to punish the alleged robbery of a piece of smoked meat.

  1. ^ "Crazy Snake's War" (PDF). The New York Times. 1909-03-30.
  2. ^ Morton, Ohland (June 1930). "Government of the Creek Indians: The Snake Revolution". The Chronicles of Oklahoma. 8 (2). Oklahoma Historical Society: 189–225. ISSN 0009-6024. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28.