GoingSnake Massacre Traditional Cache
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Easy park & grab located off S. Welling road.
On April 15, 1872, eight deputy marshals were shot and killed in what came to be known as the Going Snake Massacre, which occurred in, Indian Territory.
The trouble in this one particular instance started when a Cherokee Indian named Zeke Proctor shot a white American man named Kecterson in the head, seriously wounding him. Proctor then turned his gun to Kecterson's wife -- who was a Cherokee - and killed her.
The suspect Proctor was being tried in an Indian court since the murdered women was Indian. As the deputies approached the courthouse, which was being held in a schoolhouse, several Indians exited and opened fire on them, killing eight of the ten marshals. The incident was named the Going Snake Massacre.
At that time, Indian courts handled affairs amongst Indians while American courts did the same for white settlers on the frontier. But Kecterson was worried that Proctor would be acquitted in Cherokee court and he still wanted justice to be served. He turned to the local American government. As a result, the U.S. commissioner issued an arrest warrant to the Marshals Office on condition the Cherokee court failed to convict Proctor.
List of the US Marshals killed
Will Beck
Black Sut Beck
Will Hicks
George Selvidge
Jim Ward
Riley Woods
Sam Beck
Jacob Owens
The two Marshals who survived were Joseph Peavy and Isaac Vinn. Both were wounded, but recovered.
List of Cherokee men killed
Johnson Proctor, brother to suspect Zeke Proctor.
William Alberty, Proctor's attorney.
Andrew Palone, a Cherokee, and Civil War veteran.
Eleven other Cherokee men, whose names are not known, died within days of the shootout. Six Cherokee men were wounded, including Zeke Proctor and the Judge, Sixkiller
To read more about the Going Snake Massacre please go to User's Web Page listed above.
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