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Ned Christie (December 14, 1852 – November 3, 1892), also known as NeDe WaDe (ᏁᏕᏩᏕ), was a Cherokee statesman. Christie was a member of the executive council in the Cherokee Nation senate, and served as one of three advisers to Principal Chief Dennis Bushyhead.
Jun 12, 2006 · Unwilling to stand trial for a murder he said he did not commit, Ned Christie stood his ground in his Cherokee homeland and became the most notorious outlaw in Indian Territory.
Was Ned Christie, as he has been called, the Indian Territory's greatest outlaw? He was wanted for the slaying of only one man in a time when outlaws killed dozens. And in 1922 a witness to the murder of Deputy Dan Maples came forward to clear Christie of that crime.
Mar 22, 2022 · Ned Christie was a famous gunslinger and a Cherokee statesman in the Wild West. Christie was a member of the executive council in the Cherokee Nation senate and served as one of three advisers to Principal Chief Dennis Bushyhead.
Ned Christie 's War is a phrase that has been used when referring to the overall confrontation between American lawmen and the Cherokee renegade Ned Christie. After Deputy Marshal Daniel Maples was shot to death in May 1887, Christie was accused of being responsible for the murder, so he fled to a remote area of the Cherokee Nation.
Ned Christie, American Indian outlaw of Indian Territory (I.T.) and son of Watt Christie, was born on December 14, 1852, in the Cherokee Nation. Serving on the Cherokee National Council for one term, Ned Christie was a blacksmith and gunsmith.
Apr 10, 2015 · Christie was born on December 14, 1852 in the Cherokee Nation and into a family of Keetoowah Indians, the most traditional of the Cherokee. Ned became a blacksmith and gunsmith, and was an impressive man at six feet, four inches tall with black hair to his shoulders.