death_date death_place birth_place nationality image_size name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation image_name
03 november 1892 wauhillau , oklahoma wauhillau , oklahoma cherokee nation 200px ned christie 14 december 1852 ned christie
 '' nede wade '' blacksmith , gunsmith nedchristie-clean . jpg
ned christie

ned christie -lrb- december 14 , 1852 -- november 3 , 1892 -rrb- , also known as nede wade in cherokee , was a cherokee statesman .
ned was a member of the executive council in the cherokee nation senate , and served as one of three advisers to chief bushyhead .
he was notable for holding off american lawmen in what was later called ned christie 's war , after being accused , wrongfully according to testimony in 1918 , of murdering a united states marshal .
this gave him notoriety as an outlaw , and he was eventually killed by lawmen .
