The Indian Advocate (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 1, 1906 Page: 26 of 32
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THE INDIAN ADVUCA I K
Territory this cemetery has received up to this time the
remains of 2456 dead. These Government buildings were
all well built of stone and laiql out in the form of an "L"
with parade grounds in front. Most of these buildings
are still standing in a greater or less state of preservation.
The old fort the barracks the officers' quarters with the
ruins of the old artillery building cavalry stables kit-
chens etc. are to be found in old Fort Gibson. Modern
Gibsqn is about one mile out in the prairie from ' 'Old Town.
The Cherokee Nation used to appoint a keeper for these
buildings but from inefficiency and carelessness on the
part'of those who held the office the custom gradually fell '
into disvuse and now these buildings are occupied free of
rent by any citizen who happens to first secure them when
vacated. ; The barracks are now used by the International
School for the Blind.
The ppst .was deserted for the second and final time and
reverted to the Cherokee Nation October 1st 1890. Few
citiesand towns within the borders of this great country
can truthfully claim the honor of having had as its residents
so nrany men of national fame as this old Indian fort. It
is claimed that Henry M. Stanley once taught school in the
village of4 .Gipson. The . distinguished Americaa author
Washington Irving when he accompanied the expedition
for the removal of the Indians beyond the Mississippi
stopped at -Fort Gibson where he met the company of
troops detailed as his guide upon the excursion from which
he wrote bis "Tour of the Prairies" published in 1832. Al-
mosfevr&. distinguished officer in the United States army
has seen service at Gibson. It'Jias been visited by Grant
Sherman and Sheridan. About the year 1867 or 1889 Phil
Sheridan Major General commanding the United States
army was at Fort Gibson for a short time. In 1871 Ge-
neral Wm. T. Sherman stopped at Fort Gibson while on
his return from an expedition against the marauding Co-
manches and Kiowas; when the noted Chief "Big Tree"
"Saltanta" and others were taken to a fort in Florida.
In 3878 and 1879 James G. Blaine Republican cannidate
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