"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Poison Cemetary Recalls Historic Event in Delaware County's Peters Prairie District

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials · Page 8.1

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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials
Page 8.1

Material type: Article (Photograph / Image)
Date: NA
Description: The historic event of the murder of the Cherokee leader John Ridge in his home on Honey Creek, he was brutally stabbed to death.
Author or creator: Luke Williams
Publication or source: NA
Subjects and names: John Ridge, Sarah Ridge, Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot, Stand Watie, John Ross, General Andrew Jackson

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