Jerry Coffee,
Rock Creek, Rocky Creek. ..I have spent an inordinate number of hours studying the Rock Creeks of Indian Territory and Oklahoma. ..Yes, Rocky Creek was mentioned in the OFFICIAL RECORD ... "18 miles east of Fort Arbuckle." Today that creek is called "Rock Creek." ..It flows into what was called Platt National Park that we, as children, thought was a beautiful area for picnics.
I think you are referencing the same "Rocky Creek" which is not close to Geary's Station. ..(see the 1869 map drawn by Henry Jackson that Ken Martin edited and posted above in the 15 Mar 2007, 2:31 pm. ..It shows Geary's Station on the Texas Road, many more than 18 miles from Cherokeetown.)
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Quoting your 16 Mar 2007, 3:38 pm posting:
Rocky Creek is a tributary of Chickasaw Creek but I doubt if Rocky Creek had a name in 1864. About a mile south of the confluence of Rocky Creek and Chickasaw Creek, Chickasaw Creek flows into North Boggy Creek, about 2 miles (as the crow flies) downstream from Geary's Station.
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Below is part of a Jan 12, 1863 letter (S.S. Scott to J.A. Seddon in the OFFICIAL RECORD, sIVv2[S#128]p352. ..I have included two extra paragraphs in an attempt to put the article in context.
"...The remnant of the ill-fated Ton-ca-we [Tonkawa] tribe, about forty men and less than a hundred women and
children, made their way to Arbuckle a few days after the fight. They were in a most miserable and destitute condition.
"Before leaving the Chickasaw country I wrote to the Governor of that nation, asking permission to place them
temporarily on Rocky Creek, about 18 miles east of Arbuckle [now Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Murray Co OK], where there was excellent grazing for the few horses owned by them, plenty of wood, and good water. His consent was readily obtained. A copy of his letter on the subject is hereto appended.
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"Doctor [J.J.] Sturm, the commissary before referred to, was instructed by me to remain with the Ton-ca-wes during
the winter, and attend to the issuing of provisions to them, which would be supplied under the contract for feeding the Reserve Indians. ..."
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