[Heyworth]

Your namesake was apparently one of those slaveowners. It seems that the Ridge-Watie faction, in fact, owned most of the Cherokee's slaves.

[stand watie]

what a LAUGH! the GENERAL was so poor in 1860 that he HAD to sell both of his horses & saddle to pay his bills. (thereafter, he rode a mule, which belonged to a cousin by marriage).

ALSO, if you can believe the tribal records at Tallequah, OK, he also could NOT afford a CSA General's uniform OR a "proper sword".

the General was a self-taught genius at partisan warfare, but had little money.

free dixie,sw