I posted this on the Arkansas and Indian Territory message boards but thought I'd post it here as well if any are interested in the route of Price's retreat through the Indian Territory.

Price's army entered the Cherokee Nation in the vicinity of Cane Hill AR. They moved southwest and crossed the Arkansas into the Choctaw Nation at Pheasant Ford/Pheasant Bluff near present Tamaha OK [Tamaha is Choctaw for "town"] and the location where Watie had captured the steamer J.R.Williams in June 1864. The pursuing Union troops followed just across the Arkansas and then fell back to the north side and camped before marching to Kansas via Ft Gibson. I presume Whitsett moved with Shelby to North Fork Town in the Creek Nation [just north of present Eufaula now under Lake Eufaula] and then back across the Canadian into the Choctaw Nation again and down the Texas Road via Perryville [near McAlester] and Limestone Gap to Mrs. Flacks' place. Limestone Gap is near Stringtown OK. I'm not sure what "Sweet Bugg" means but they crossed Middle Boggy (aka Muddy Boggy) at Davis' Ford to Mrs. Flacks' place where is now Atoka OK. They marched to Armstrong Academy, north of present Bokchito OK at Chahta Tamaha, "Choctaw Town", which was, at the time, the capital of the Choctaw Nation and the frequent meeting place of the 'Indian Nations allied with the Confederacy'. It is unclear whether they marched southwest from Mrs. Flacks' to Boggy Depot and then southeast to Armstrong Academy but this seems likely due to their desperate need for food for men and horses. From Armstrong Academy they went nearly due south to the mouth of Island Bayou where they crossed the Red River into Texas.

Ken