Stand Watie
"the foremost soldier ever produced
by the North American Indians"
Cherokee South Washington Delegation, 1866
L to R: John Rollin Ridge, Saladin Watie, Richard Fields, E. C. Boudinot, and W. P. Adair
Col. E. C. Boudinot
(Watie's nephew, Cherokee soldier and diplomat)
Chief John Ross (Cherokee)
(leader of the full-bloods and long Watie's top adversary)
Capt. George Washington
(Commander, Reserve Squadron, Caddo Chief)
Gen. William Steele
(who could command white troops, but not Indians)
Gen. Douglas H. Cooper
(with Watie, idol of the Indian troops)
Gen. W. Y. Slack
(Commander of the Rebel Army at Pea Ridge----long enough to die)
Capt. Saladin Watie
(Cherokee Mounted Rifles, who rode in battle at his father's side)
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All pictures courtesy of General Stand Watie's Confederate Indians by Frank Cunningham