CHOCTAW DEATHS
A list of persons Killed in Mooshulatubbees District from the year 1837- to 1854 whilest in the State of intoxication and trials of murders, and executions for the same period inconsequence of Spiritous Liquor.
Names of Persons Killed | Persons Tried | Persons Executed |
1. Name Unknown | Will Jones | Will Jones |
2. William Goodall | Fly | Fly |
3. Ok chun tubbee | Tak le tubbee | Take le tubbee |
4. Name unknown | Te ak hom ah | |
5. Wie tub bee | E you bo tah | E you bo tah |
6. Name unknown | Fe`n ah | Fe`n ah |
7. Eah ho tubbee | Jackson | |
8. Cor McCan | Jas McCan | |
9. Lewis, Calvin | Wm Riddle, Trahern and Sho nubbee | |
10. Ja'm Craw (or Crow) | Kur hon tah | |
11. Pah lah | Im me cha ya & ubi | |
12. James Killy | murder in State of Missp | |
13. Barny Killy | Tah li ok chi Ko | |
14. Pah li Kah | Te ho tubbee | |
15. Ish to men chubbee | Cor ne love, Parsly | |
16. Aho you tubbee | Elo lah tubbe
in state of La. |
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17. Jim Doctor | Choat | Choat |
18. Carny Harris | Benj. Nail | |
19. Mih to be | Tuno po tubbee | |
20. Lo gan (or Lo yan) | Me ha tubbee | |
21. Apo tubbee | Forbis | |
22. Sophy | Robt. Clark | |
23. Sam No Kim che | Nock o tu bbee | Nock o te ubbee |
24 (Part of page missing) | Tuok Ko ya | |
25. Fal la tim bee | Ish to nah chubbee | Ish to na (not legible) |
25 Killed | 28 Tried | 8 Executed |
A list of persons who commite (sic) Suicide and of those who have been drowned in a state of intoxication, also of those Killed as a witch.
SUICIDE | DROWNED | WITCH |
1. Moon tubbee | Charles Lucus | Yim nutah, for witch |
2. Samuel Jones | tush Ko nah to how | Gilson by woman not drinking |
3. A. Holson | Ho pa Kubbee | One young man killed by accident |
4. Wall McCan | Barnebus Warland | |
5. Capt. | Raply | |
6. To ho tubbee | No Ko woh hu oh | |
7. Bob Socky found dead | Killed by being thrown from a horse | |
Kunnul la tubbee |
Forty-six deaths including those Killed and executed, drowned and suicide committed whilest under the influence of whisky - and only three without being intoxicated.
From Document No. 6041. Choctaw Courts. Manuscript Collection No. 82.57, Archives and Manuscripts Division, Oklahoma Historical Society. Reprinted with permission from "Indians and Intruders" Vol IV, compiled by Sharron Standifer Ashton.
Other publications compiled by Sharron Standifer Ashton:
"Guide to Cherokee Indian Records Microfilm Collection: Archives and Manuscripts Divison, Oklahoma Historical Society" (1966) | |
"Indians and Intruders" (Volume I, 1996, revised edition, 1997) | |
"Indians and Intruders" (Volume II, 1997) | |
" Indians and Intruders" (Volume III, 1998) | |
"Marriages Deaths and Miscellany, 1833-1837: Military and Naval Magazine of the United States and Army and Navy Chronicle" (1997) |
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