Message From the President of the United States (…) relative to the recent affray at the court-house in Going Snake, Indian Territory. 42d Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 70. Senate. Parts 1 and 2.
No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. Item #008436
No publisher or place. 1872. Presumed published by the US government in Washington, DC. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 20, 10 pp. Two parts of this report chronicling a gunfight and minor uprising of Cherokee in western Arkansas, surrounding the arrest and subsequent trial for murder, of Ezekiel Proctor. Proctor was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by birth, and his arrest for murder of a Cherokee woman from a prominent Cherokee family. This is now known as the Goingsnake Massacre. Proctor had killed Polly Beck, due to her associations with a white man. The trial was held in Cherokee tribal courts, due to treaties with the US government. The US, afraid Proctor would be acquitted sent marshals to the trial to arrest Proctor. During the trial, US marshals attacked the schoolhouse where it was held, with seven marshals killed, among others. These reports contain various accounts of the attack and aftermath. GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and wrinkling to the paper.
Price: $45.00