Ned Christie. The Creation Of An Outlaw And Cherokee Hero

DEVON A. MIHESUAH

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, xviii, 252 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, family trees, notes, bibliography, index. A biography of Ned Christie (1852-1892). In 1887 Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Maples was shot and killed in Tahlequah, Indian Territory. Although any of the criminals in the vicinity at the time could have committed the crime, the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, focused on Christie, a Cherokee Nation councilman and adviser to the tribal chief. Accused of killing the deputy, Ned evaded capture for more than five years. His life ended when a posse dynamited his home, knowing that he was inside, and shot him as he escaped the burning building. As new, unread copy, in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 44437