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Zeke Proctor

(1831-1907) April 15, 1872.
On this date in the district court in Goingsnake District, Cherokee Nation, during session there occured a gunfight. The aftermath was nine men dead and several numbers wounded. The event has been dubed the Goingsnake Massacre, "the Tragedy at Goingsnake" or the "Proctor-Beck Fight."
The fight was a result of attempts of a United States marshal from Fort Smith and his posse to arrest and take to the courts in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Zeke Proctor. Zeke was on trial for the killing of Polly Kesterson.

He was granted amnesty by President Grant. He went on to be a member of the C.N. Council and a Sheriff.
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Uploaded: Mon Apr 20, 2009 @ 02:11AM by Roy Hamilton
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