File:Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa (1922) (14756609666).jpg

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Title: Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Benedict, John Downing, 1854-
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Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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wn the corridor of time through the dimvista of more than half a century of departed years I see againthe warlike spirit of the southern Cherokees, from the years of1861 to 1865. I hear again the blast of Dutch Billys bugle. I seethe muster, the march and the encounter. I see the brave andfearless Gen. Stand Watie, as colonel of the famous first Cher-okee cavalry as he directs and leads his victorious charge at PeaRidge, Ark. I see Col. William Penn Adair with his long flowingblack hair on the bloody field of Wilson Creek, Mo. I also see thatother gallant soldier and brilliant statesman Elias C. Boudinot,on this same field with his long black hair floating on the breeze aswe charged to victory. I see Col. James M. Bell, as he bravelyled his men to victory at Mazzard Prairie, Ark. I see Col. ThomasFox Taylor with his dark waving plume as he selects his own kithand kin to check the Federal advance at the Ford of Spavinaw,near General Waties mill. I see that fearless soldier, Col. Robert
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MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA 127 C. Parks, as he defeats a Federal force with artillery, on Green-leaf Creek near Braggs; a deep ravine alone, saved the Federalbattery from the onward and victorious rush of Parks and hismen. I see Col. O. H. P. Brewer, then a captain, as he drove theFederal picket into the fortifications of Old Fort Gibson, androunded up the vast herd of horses and mules, and drove themsouth of the Arkansaw River. I see Major General Bryan as hecharged the Federals at Short Creek, Mo., and drove them intothe timber. I see Col. C. X. Yann as he charged the negroes atNegro Creek almost annihilating them. I see Maj. John S. Yann,at Cabin Creek, that brave and aggressive soldier. I see thatvaliant young soldier Maj. Moses Frye, ever ready to answer tothe call of duty. I see Maj. Joseph L. Thompson in many battlesand skirmishes, always displaying the highest qualities of asoldier. I see that daring soldier, Maj. R. AY. Lindsey, at thebattle of Honey Springs take his

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