Cherokee-Seneca Boundary
Cherokee-Seneca Boundary
The east west line here, sec 26, is the old
boundary between Cherokee and
Seneca nations, the land north of this line
was owned under patent by the Seneca of
Sandusky, Ohio, by treaty of 1831.
The land here south of the line was owned by the
Cherokee by treaty of 1828.
Oklahoma Historical Society 154-1995. 
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Fort Wayne
Established in autumn 1839 by Lt. Col. R.B. Mason and 1st Dragoons, U.S. Army, and named in honor of Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Abandoned on May 15, 1842. Here in July 1861, Col. Stand Watie established a Confederate army post and organized the Cherokee Mounted Rifles. Captured by Federal troops, Oct. 22. 1862 in engagement known as Battle of Fort Wayne. battle cherokee civil war
Saline Courthouse
The Saline District Courthouse is the last remaining of nine courthouses for the districts of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. The current structure was built in 1884. The site sits on 14 acres where three fresh water springs meet. It was recently designated as The Saline National Park, the first Cherokee national park. Preservation efforts are currently underway and a Master Plan adopted for the site. More information can be found on www.salinecourthouse.org. cherokee courthouse indian
Stand Waite
Stand Watie
Degataga Oo-watee
Stand Watie was only American Indian to attain rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War and was last Confederate general to surrender. Born in Georgia December 12, 1806, he spoke only the Cherokee language until he was twelve years of age.
When Federal Government began urging Cherokees to move to Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, to a home west of the Mississippi, Stand was one of those who believed it best for Cherokees to make such a move as signer of the Treaty of New Echota in 1836, ... cherokee civil war
Watie & Ridge
Stand Watie and his cousin, John Ridge, signed 1835 treaty for the Cherokee removal from Georgia to Ind. Ter., which caused a tribal feud. Ridge, young and talented, was assassinated, but Watie escaped their enemies. Later he was Southern Cherokee leader and only Indian commissioned Brig. Gen. in the Confederate States Army cherokee civil war
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