The FReeper Foxhole Profiles General Stand Hope Watie - Jan. 5th, 2004

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[SCDogPapa]

I always figured I'd make a better Southern, small town type.

I'm sure you would fit in just fine Sam. Come on down when you get the chance. :-)

[snippy_about_it]

Sam, I happen to think you'd make a fine Southern gentleman. I've been lucky enough to know a couple and I know you. For now though we'll just have to think of you as our Northwestern or Oregonian gentleman. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

I have some of that Southern independence and attitude in me. :-)

[SAMWolf]

Let's see, I've been to Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and Kentucky. Florida was the only one I didn't really like, probably too many Ynakees living there. LOL!

[snippy_about_it]

And the Southern charm. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

And the Southern charm

Occupation of the Cherokee Nation by the Union

In the spring of 1863 the United States army chiefs in Kansas decided to occupy the Cherokee country and as much of the rest of the Indian Territory as possible, in order to permit the refugees to return to their homes. The Cherokee council's repudiation of the alliance with the Confederacy had changed very considerably the situation of the Cherokee Nation, but the activity of the forces still adhering to the South made the return of the refugees impossible without military protection.

During the late winter and early spring Colonel W. A. Phillips of the Union army carried on aggressive operations in the northern part of the Cherokee country; a little later he moved south with a strong force a little later he moved south with a strong force and occupied Fort Gibson. From this south with a strong force and occupied Fort Gibson. From this post he sent out raiding expeditions and also sought to protect the northern refugees who returned to their homes. In the latter attempt he met with only fair success. Stand Watie and other Cherokee leaders, who were very active at this time, carried on counter-raids so that there was little safety for the returned civilian population unless they remained in or very near Fort Gibson.

The activity of Phillips, however, coupled with reprisals from the returning refugees, drove the southern Indian civilians south to camps along the Red River or into Texas. With some ten thousand Cherokees now aligned with the north, and with nearly seven thousand still adhering firmly to the South, the Cherokee Nation was virtually engaged in a small civil war of its own. The results were disastrous. Elias C. Boudinot, son of the elder Boudinot, had been elected delegate to the Confederate Congress at Richmond. He strove earnestly and with some success to obtain money from the government of the Confederacy to feed the starving refugees along the Red River and to supply arms and equipment to the Cherokee soldiery fighting for the southern cause. But it was not to be, and the refugees on the Red River became even more destitute than their counterparts had been in Kansas.

[snippy_about_it]

Occupation of the Cherokee Nation by the Union

What a mess it all was.

[Darksheare]

I have about as much charm as a mallet over the head.

[snippy_about_it]

That's not true.

[Darksheare]

Is so, afraid so. Nothin' charming about sitting in a corner and observing the room as if afraid there's some unknown threat out there hiding. ];-)
Still a drizzly raining nasty day out this way.
Making my mood odd and 'ping pong' like.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. When isn't your mood odd and ping pong like? :-)

That's one of your endearing qualities.

I'm headed for home now. See ya later.

[TomServo]

Morning TomServo.

Sorry I missed ya, Sam.

Good evenin'!

[Darksheare]

*blink blink*
Good point!

Safe travels, be careful.
See you when you get back.

[stand watie]

!!!!!!!!

[stand watie]

or her damnyankee blueclads KILLED!

free the south,sw

[stand watie]

your confusion is understandable.

when i joined FR, my ancestor's WARNAME was being used by another freeper (i wonder if he/she knew they had adopted the WARNAME of "a merciless redskin"??????). so i used the WARNAME of his commanding general.

free the southland,sw

[Darksheare]

Heck.
I have a hard enough time keeping track of my own ancestors most of the time.
Seems they liked to wander around the country.
Finding them is hard enough, tracking them down next to impossible.

[SAMWolf]

Darkshere displays some of his charm. :-)

[SAMWolf]

No problem. Just like to say "hi" to our visitors.

[Darksheare]

LOL!
*thump*
*Squeakie!*