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Red Fox

Stand Watie was born 12 December 1806 in the Cherokee Nation at the place where Rome, Georgia is now located. His birth name was Ta-ker-taw-ker. He changed his named to Degadoga and then to Stand Watie when he was twelve. His parents were Oo-wa-tie and Susanna Reese. His brother took the name Elias Boudinot. He married (1) Elizabeth Fields (d. 1836), (2) Isabel Miller Hicks, (3) Eleanor Looney and (4) Sarah Caroline Bell. He married Sarah 18 September 1843 and they had five children. He was a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. He died 9 September 187 in Honey Creek, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

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adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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