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Lawman Jackson William Ellis Traditional Cache

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Lamento archivar este caché, ya que no ha habido ninguna comunicación del propietario en el tiempo transcurrido (un mes o más) desde que se publicó la nota del revisor. Si deseas reactivar el caché durante los próximos dos meses, por favor, ponte en contacto con GeoCrater para ver si esto es posible. Si el caché cumple con las directrices en vigor, se estudiará dicha petición teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias que llevaron el archivo original.

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Hidden : 5/7/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Easy park and grab.

Possibly the most outstanding Indian policeman was Jackson William Ellis, born in Sweet Town, Cherokee Nation in 1849. He was known as Jack Ellis and was 5/8ths Cherokee. At the age of twenty-one, he stood six feet and four inches. As a teenager, it is said he rode as a posseman for deputy U.S. marshals out of Fort Smith.

In 1870, Ellis was appointed deputy sheriff of Tahlequah district and also sheriff of commissioner’s court. In 1872, Ellis was made deputy warden of the Cherokee National Prison in Tahlequah. In 1876, he left the field of law enforcement to go into the mercantile business. But in 1887, he was given a commission as a deputy U.S. marshal and the same year joined the United States Indian Police under the direction of Captain William Fields.

Jack Ellis moved to Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, later in 1887 and was stationed there as the deputy U.S. marshal for the town and near vicinity. Here he shot and killed Dick Vann while trying to arrest the fugitive. Vann was one of the murderers of Captain Sam Sixkiller, and a noted desperado. From Fort Gibson, Ellis was appointed officer of the peace in conjunction with the United States Indian Police at Atoka, Choctaw Nation.

In 1890, Ellis went into partnership with D.J. Folsom to practice law in Atoka. This did not last long because he was appointed a deputy U.S. marshal for the second division United States court at South McAlester in the Choctaw Nation. Ellis was also given a commission as a special officer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in the late 1880's when that road was building through the Indian Territory.

In the 1890's, after the tenure of Captain LeFlore, Jackson Ellis was made captain of the United States Indian Police with headquarters at Muskogee. Ellis was in this position up through the turn of the century.

There is no doubt that Captain Jackson Ellis was one of the most important lawmen of the Indian Territory. The law abiding citizens felt themselves indebted to this fearless officer for clearing the "nations" of so many "terrors to society.” His last years were spent in Marble City, Sequoyah County, where he was given a pistol by Cherokee lawman John C. West that belonged to the female Indian Territory outlaw, Belle Starr.

To read more about Jackson William Ellis, please go to User's Web Page listed above.

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