as usual, there was little or nothing ACTUALLY provided in arms/supplies/money/uniforms from Richmond to the Trans-Mississippi units, despite many PROMISES.
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Letter from A.M. Wilson and J.W. Washbourne to Stand Watie dated May 18th, 1861. "We are happy to inform you in accordance with our promise of said letter that would afford you all the aid we could that a certain number of guns, good guns, have been granted to the State of Arkansas, for the use of the Cherokee in the defense of their and our frontier. So, push on with the good work and train your men and apply for these guns." Then there was this post script: "Since the above we have heard that Jefferson Davis is determined to arm and equip the Cherokee, Creeks, and Choctaw. Probably in the course of 6 or 8 weeks there will be...many guns for the Cherokee."
From : "Cherokee Caviliers" by Edward Everett Dale and Gaston Little, pp.106-107
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