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John Ross's party was democraticaly elected by the vast majority of the tribe. This needs to be mentioned. It was Stand Watie that was a dissenting faction, not Ross. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Notenderwiggin ( talk • contribs) 17:46, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
My sources say that Watie's mother, Susanna Reese was part-English. Do you have a specific source, other than her name, that says she was Welsh? WBardwin 02:40, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
This is an old subpage which hasn't been edited in a year. I'm going to nominate it for deletion and copy the contents here. Thatcher131 19:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Stand Watie (1806-1871) was a member of the Cherokee nation, who had the distinction of being the only Native American on either side to rise to a brigadier general's rank during the American Civil War.
Stand Watie was born on the 12 December 1806, near Rome, Georgia. His father was David Watie (or Oowatie), who became a wealthy slave-owning planter in 1827. Stand learned to read and write English at a mission school in Georgia, and occasionally helped write for the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, which led him into the dispute over the Georgia state repressive anti-Indian laws. Later, when gold was discovered on Cherokee lands in northern Georgia, and thousands of white settlers poached on Indian lands, only the federal treaties gave Indians any protection from the states. Nevertheless, in 1832, Georgia confiscated most of the Cherokee land, and the Georgia militia destroyed the Cherokee Phoenix.
In 1835, the Watie family agreed with the New Echota Treaty which required Cherokees to leave Georgia in return for 800,000 acres (3,237 km²) in the Indian Territory and a cash settlement. Other Cherokee factions disagreed and an internal civil war ensued, until a truce was established in 1846. Many murders were committed, including Stand Ridge’s uncle. After the truce was signed, Stand Watie joined the Tribal Council from then until 1861, eventually presiding over a Cherokee population of 21,000 in the Indian Territory in 1861.
The Union abandoned all Indian Territory military posts in the spring of 1861, violating treaty pledges and making the area vulnerable to attack. As a slave-owning planter, Watie joined the Confederacy in 1861 because he feared the consequences of Lincoln's election and the Republican Party's free soil promises to open the west and the Indian Territory to white settlement.
Watie agreed to form a Cherokee cavalry unit after native American soldiers began to be recruited. At the Battle of Pea Ridge March 6-8, 1862, Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles captured Union artillery batteries in a dramatic charge and held their position to allow an orderly withdrawal of Earl Van Dorn's Confederate army. Pea Ridge began the Union invasion of the Indian Territory.
Although other Indian tribes began to desert, Stand Watie continued to fight. He took part in the Indian Expedition of 1862:
Stand Watie conducted raids in 1863 and 1864, focusing on military targets and distributing captured supplies to his people:
On May 6, 1864, Watie was promoted to Brigadier General.
Two of his greatest successes were probably:
Watie surrendered on June 23, 1865, the last Confederate general to lay down his arms. After the war, he served as a member of the Southern Cherokee delegation during the negotiation of the Cherokee Reconstruction Treaty of 1866. He then retired from public life.
Stand Watie died on Sept. 9, 1871, at his home on Honey Creek in Delaware County, Oklahoma. After his death the "Southern Cherokee Nation" was moved to Kentucky by his cousin James S.Martin (www.southerncherokeenation.net) In 1893 the Southern Cherokee Nation were welcomed to Kentucky and recognized as an Indian tribe by Governor John Y. Brown. The Southern Cherokee Nation is still in Henderson,Co,Kentucky. to day.
I believe Ely Parker also made Brigadier General on the Union Side. He was a full-blood Iroquois. Bigmac31 00:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Sadly, this article has no sources/references. Please add some if you have the time. I'm not an expert on Stand Watie and I happen to just heard about him so I cannot contribute. ResurgamII 18:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
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John Ross's party was democraticaly elected by the vast majority of the tribe. This needs to be mentioned. It was Stand Watie that was a dissenting faction, not Ross. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Notenderwiggin ( talk • contribs) 17:46, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
My sources say that Watie's mother, Susanna Reese was part-English. Do you have a specific source, other than her name, that says she was Welsh? WBardwin 02:40, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
This is an old subpage which hasn't been edited in a year. I'm going to nominate it for deletion and copy the contents here. Thatcher131 19:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Stand Watie (1806-1871) was a member of the Cherokee nation, who had the distinction of being the only Native American on either side to rise to a brigadier general's rank during the American Civil War.
Stand Watie was born on the 12 December 1806, near Rome, Georgia. His father was David Watie (or Oowatie), who became a wealthy slave-owning planter in 1827. Stand learned to read and write English at a mission school in Georgia, and occasionally helped write for the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, which led him into the dispute over the Georgia state repressive anti-Indian laws. Later, when gold was discovered on Cherokee lands in northern Georgia, and thousands of white settlers poached on Indian lands, only the federal treaties gave Indians any protection from the states. Nevertheless, in 1832, Georgia confiscated most of the Cherokee land, and the Georgia militia destroyed the Cherokee Phoenix.
In 1835, the Watie family agreed with the New Echota Treaty which required Cherokees to leave Georgia in return for 800,000 acres (3,237 km²) in the Indian Territory and a cash settlement. Other Cherokee factions disagreed and an internal civil war ensued, until a truce was established in 1846. Many murders were committed, including Stand Ridge’s uncle. After the truce was signed, Stand Watie joined the Tribal Council from then until 1861, eventually presiding over a Cherokee population of 21,000 in the Indian Territory in 1861.
The Union abandoned all Indian Territory military posts in the spring of 1861, violating treaty pledges and making the area vulnerable to attack. As a slave-owning planter, Watie joined the Confederacy in 1861 because he feared the consequences of Lincoln's election and the Republican Party's free soil promises to open the west and the Indian Territory to white settlement.
Watie agreed to form a Cherokee cavalry unit after native American soldiers began to be recruited. At the Battle of Pea Ridge March 6-8, 1862, Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles captured Union artillery batteries in a dramatic charge and held their position to allow an orderly withdrawal of Earl Van Dorn's Confederate army. Pea Ridge began the Union invasion of the Indian Territory.
Although other Indian tribes began to desert, Stand Watie continued to fight. He took part in the Indian Expedition of 1862:
Stand Watie conducted raids in 1863 and 1864, focusing on military targets and distributing captured supplies to his people:
On May 6, 1864, Watie was promoted to Brigadier General.
Two of his greatest successes were probably:
Watie surrendered on June 23, 1865, the last Confederate general to lay down his arms. After the war, he served as a member of the Southern Cherokee delegation during the negotiation of the Cherokee Reconstruction Treaty of 1866. He then retired from public life.
Stand Watie died on Sept. 9, 1871, at his home on Honey Creek in Delaware County, Oklahoma. After his death the "Southern Cherokee Nation" was moved to Kentucky by his cousin James S.Martin (www.southerncherokeenation.net) In 1893 the Southern Cherokee Nation were welcomed to Kentucky and recognized as an Indian tribe by Governor John Y. Brown. The Southern Cherokee Nation is still in Henderson,Co,Kentucky. to day.
I believe Ely Parker also made Brigadier General on the Union Side. He was a full-blood Iroquois. Bigmac31 00:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Sadly, this article has no sources/references. Please add some if you have the time. I'm not an expert on Stand Watie and I happen to just heard about him so I cannot contribute. ResurgamII 18:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
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