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Saladin
Ridge Watie, son of Stand Watie, enlisted in the Confederate
service at fifteen and rose to the rank of captain in his father's
Confederate Indian brigade. He was cited for exceptional bravery
by Gen. D.H. Cooper at the 1864 attack on Union forces at Fort
Smith AR. He served on the Southern Cherokee delegation to Washington
in 1866. Saladin died of a sudden illness at Webber's Falls
in 1868 -- only 21 years old.
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