The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Indian Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 6, 1902 Page: 2 of 8
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| AN HISTORIC PLACE. \
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Fort Gib*>o. the old -*t town in lb*
Indian Territory. U rich in fcMorlr
lore, tome of which bu been mriUee
but mo*tof which U jr«* unrecorded
Settled *bortly after the U>uW*m
purchase. there e t*bli bed • mi!
itary po*i in WW. M*ny notao'e *' -
dUUngnUbed m'" b«*e llvei bere-
loai! re«tior •" the C 8- Vmiiomm
cemetery. ib ot * mile I'"® the <•
fort, where 24 buried. a 'i - ber.
oj ) he **-eo the ounf "f ****>' <* •'
brated *oldie,- . scout* d wmrr >r
• bo fignred year* ago ia border and
Indian warfare, among the nrnnbe- b-
lor tbe anted Scmi o!e rhi'f. B«H
Bowleg*. bo fought « I'l O-oeo
the battle of Wahoo Swamp, wber.
«eo. Dade >w kilU-d and the A nc '
can troop* routed After th<- Uearber
ou« capture and death of 0*e*-ola. B.<«
ley* joined the American army and • -
a«*;g->ed the rack of captain, wtileh
may be MM oo hi# tombstone io Fori
UibMM LT 8 cemetery, on the nortt
•ide of the flag Half Another notable
•oldier. wbo*e naroema) be *e«-n oo lb*
•oath aide of the flair naff, Is a brother
of Comodore DeaiLtr, U died .a I" —
Among the United State* officer* who
coioroaodcd aod lived here was Zach-
ariah Taylor, afterward* pre*ident of
tbe United State*, and Jeff Davis,
afterward* president of the Southern
Confederacy. Mr*. M. J Ro* , of
Fort Cibaoo. wife of ex Chief W. P.
Ko**, wa well acquainted with Mi*
Heme Taylor before he married Jeff
rHTU, who at that time wan an untried
lieutenant, and married Mi « Taylor
without content of her parent®, both
running away to Van Buren, Arkansas,
for that purpoae. Jeff Davl* afterward*
commanded the po«t at Fort Gibson,
living here with hi* wife until called
to active duty in the Mexican war,
where be won great distinction ae a
*o Idler io the celebrated battle of
Bueca Vl U, where he saved the day
to the American*, after which General
Taylor wan proud of hi son-in-law.
The house In which Jeff Davis lived in
Fort Gibson was demolished and oblit-
erated a few years ago. It was a large
double log house, two **>rics high, and
had two large double flue chimneys
Situated oo a beautiful em
I inence in tbe southwest part
,1 town with a perfect oato*ai
Irmioage of tbe ground*. •tar,c*
be Ma e Seminary. Tte pride
,f tbe Cherokee*—*te Maie
and Female Semin*ri« — wet*
founded by an act of tbe -
i ooal eonoei: XoTember
tM$. and were compieVec aul
•peoed May :, 1* - Witb tbe
. xoeption of tbe civil war
jeriod. tbe Maie Sem nary
■a* been open every year and
titbin its wall* Itf Cherokee
roatb ha* been equipped Jar'
ife. A* tbe Itineration «i I
-bo* it i a large it re*- #t< ry
Trick rtroeture witfc massive
column* tupportifig a no'
,ter a veranda extending
.round three part* «l the
-ia>lding It i it 1 r.st .lated
ind furnish'-- sec-immcdat •*
for near torn* earl year
la length it i* 185 feet. MR< f-*et
wide and covers an arta of
square feet Tbe health
at this ir'istitui.on itei - pt oti-
ally good. th<* curr.culuni ta
: enlarged, a strooir facui-
i iy is in charge and a* a con-e-
j juepce the be t educatipnal
'abilities ars offered. Monday
I morning the Seminary opened
for the fall term under flatter-
ing auspice*.
Cherokee Natiooal Mile Seminary, Tahlequah, Which Opened with Flattering Prospect. Monday.
The writer had visited the building
before its destruction and ha* several
relics from the same. Two mou&d* of
earth and stone where the chimneys
stood art all that now mark tbe spot of
tbe famous dwelling.
Another noted character of national
repute who lived at Fort Gibbon was
Gen. Sam Houston. History records
that be re*igned tbe governorship of
Tennessee, left hi* newly married wife,
went west and joined the Cherokee*
He lived for a number of years at Fort
Gibson, assuming Indian garb of that
time. He lived for a time with old
Chief Journeycake, near the Aricanaas
rived below the old fort. He was at
tknes addicted to heavy drinking, and
was both feared and honored by the
Cherokee®, who admired him for his
learning and bravery. Why be left
his wife in Tennessee, resigned^power
and social position for a home'among
the Indians, is an historical mystery,
but Anally known to his friends. Not
long after his arrival at Fort Gibson
he married Tahlihina Kogers. a very
beautiful Cherokee maiden, with whom
be lived until t i* departure for the war ;
in Texa# in 3-What followed is i
matter of history. H< uet' ioineda]
band of patriot- who were. i.<rgli'Hr,
for tt.e independence of Texa , btcauie
tbeir general, defeated the Mexican
armies, won the independence of Texas
and was its first governor, married
again and rai-ed a family, one of his
sons, Temple Houston, being a promi-
nent man in Oklahoma.
His Cherokee wife, whom he left,
after his departure lived for a time ai
Fort Gibson, and then removed to a
romantic spot on the Arkansas river
called Wilson's Kock, where Bhe die8,
it Is said, ol a broken heart. The place
Ol her burial had been disputed until
about nine year? ago, when the writer
of this sketch, then editor of the Mul-
drow Register, and an ex-Confederate
soldier of Fort Smith, named George
Williamson, by a-sistance of Judge
William Wilson, after whom the place
was named, located the grave. Wil-
liamson was with Price's army on re
treat after the disastrous battle of Pea
Ridge or Elkhorn, in Benton County,
Arkansas, and crossed the Arkansas
river at WiNon's Rock, on their way
to Texas. IIu then saw the grave of
Sara Houston's Cherokee wife and re
membered its location near a cedar
tree. After considerable clearing the
grave was found and identified by Mr.
Wilson, who had placed a sandstone
slab at its head and foot. The writer
inscribed some lines and It ft an in-
(Codtinned on Seventh lJ g« )
full lough* niiii Cold*.
Are the most fatal especially if con-
tracted in tbe summer and continued
until fall. A powerful cough medicine
should be secured at once as the
germs of tuberculosis are liable to ap-
pear at any time. Bunsen's Pine Tar
Cough Honey will not only relieve the
cough, but it any germs are present
they will be destroyed at once, tor
sale by Crew Bros, druggists.
CHEROKEE CITIZENSHIP.
" (Continued from Pir.t I s --)
Decisions of the commission have
I teen approved by the department, as
follows:
In doubtful case* 1-
In rejected cases 41*
In memoranda cases -US
Total
In the eight hundred aod eight de-
cisions approved by the department,
the rights of seventeen hundred and
thirteen applicants are embraced. Of
this number only seve n were ordered
enrolled as citizens of the Cherokee
nation.
The applications in one hundred
and thirty-four decisions in doublfu)
Cherokee eases, against whose enroll-
ment no protest was made by the
commission as citizens of the nation.
There are embraced in said decisions
two hundred and sixty-one applicants.
gtopft the Cough ami Work* off the Cold
Laxative Bromo-Qulnine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No cure, No
pay. Price 25 cent?.
.j. ANNOUNCEMENT S ^
WE hoped to be able to open our Fall Stock
in our new building, but some unavoid-
able delays have made it impossible. It com-
pels us, therefore, to mark those goods at a
close margin in order to move them out and
you get the benefit. Our fall goods are ar-
riving and we have no hesitancy in saying
that each line is more complete than any
stock we ever bought
Watch this space for prices next week.
In the meantime come in and examine the
goods that have arrived and see if they are
not just as we have said, and the prices right.
RICHARDS & McSPADDEN
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Hudson, Waddie. The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Indian Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 6, 1902, newspaper, September 6, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc137527/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.