The last battle with Cherokees?

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The last battle with Cherokees?

April 17, 2021 by ctsuddeth

Goingsnake Massacre

April 15, 1872 a fight broke out in a court in the Goingsnake District of the Cherokee Nation. (now Adair County Oklahoma). Federal Marshals intervened in a murder/assault trial in a dispute originating during the Civil War. 8 Cherokees and 3 Marshals were killed, 10 Cherokees and Marshals wounded. Fight was over Cherokee sovereignty. [Took place at Beck’s Mill]

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C. T. Suddeth

The Imagination is king! I am an author of adult and children's fiction.