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Cherokee "Pins" (Kee-too-wha ?)

Stephen Whitlock,

Major Buck Barry (1821-1906) used the term 'Pin Indians' in reference to Union sympathizing Comanches during the 1864 Battle of Elm Creek in his memoirs written about 1900. ..Below is an exact Barry quote from vIp279 of my 1,022-page book.

" ... Marauding Indians invariably came into the settlements during the full moon. In the fall of 1864 the ‘Pin Indians,’ i.e., the Indians on the side of the Union, mostly Comanches but some Kiowas, were 1,000 in number, according to their report when they raided the Fort Murrah [Throckmorton County TX] area. ..."

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