I smiled when I read that Evan Jones' letter was "positive and indisputable proof"! Isn't this the same letter that says Cooper was killed?! If there was any "positive and indisputable proof", there wouldn't be a dispute over the location of the engagement of Round Mountain. If there is any "indisputable proof", it is refuted by conflicting "indisputable proof".

Evan Jones was a Northern Baptist missionary (and abolisionist) to the traditionalist Cherokee (i.e., Pin Indians) in the eastern Cherokee Nation near the Arkansas border. He and other white "Union Men" removed to Kansas due to threats from "Southern Men" (Cherokee, Arkansans, and Texans). His information was second hand and "disputable". Of course it supports the Pawnee County location but "indisputable" is a gross exaggeration.

The contradictions and inaccuracies are what make this such an interesting topic. There are some pretty strong feelings about this topic. I've wondered for some time if the variety of conflicting oral traditions actually describe several fights along the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers during late 1861. There was a lot of hostility and violence between the Loyal/Neutral Indians and the "Southern Indians", Texans, and Arkansans.