The murder of Sam Sixkiller. December 24, 1886. Sam Sixkiller--one of the best and most respected Indian lawmen of the West--is gunned down. On...
Death of a Lawman
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The Cherokee Light Horse
In 1797, the Cherokees created organizations called "regulating companies" to deal with horse theft and other property crimes. The regulating...
Broken Glass Dick Glass’ outlaw career finally ground to a halt.
Dick Glass was a Creek freedman who ran roughshod across the Indian Territory in the 1880s. He waged a war against Cherokee authorities in a...