Red Fox
Subtitle: Stand Watie and the Confederate Indian nations during the Civil War years in Indian territory
By: by Wilfred Knight.
Publisher: A.H. Clark Co.
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Glendale, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Watie, Stand, 1806-1871.; Cherokee Indians -- Biography.; Indians of North America -- Indian Territory -- Biography.; Generals -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Indian.
Other titles: Red Fox, Stand Watie's Civil War years.
Description: Stand Watie was born 12 December 1806 in the Cherokee Nation at the place where Rome, Georgia is now located. His birth name was Ta-ker-taw-ker. He changed his named to Degadoga and then to Stand Watie when he was twelve. His parents were Oo-wa-tie and Susanna Reese. His brother took the name Elias Boudinot. He married (1) Elizabeth Fields (d. 1836), (2) Isabel Miller Hicks, (3) Eleanor Looney and (4) Sarah Caroline Bell. He married Sarah 18 September 1843 and they had five children. He was a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. He died 9 September 187 in Honey Creek, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Notes: Bibliography: p. [305]-310.
Spine title: Red Fox, Stand Watie's Civil War years.
Includes index.