This burial is in a section of Ft. Scott National Cemetery, with several Cherokee Indian veterans. According to the Tour Guide at Fort Scott, the Cherokee Indian custom was to name a newborn after the first thing seen by his elders. In this case it was a pregnant Indian woman. Therefore they named him Stick Out Belly. Appears to be a Civil War Casualty.
Veteran of the US Army, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
This was not a disrespectful name. Tom Denardo has posted that this man was an Army scout, buried with 17 Indian graves. Therefore a Union miitary marble stone.∼Indian guide for the Army
Veteran of the US Army, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
This was not a disrespectful name. Tom Denardo has posted that this man was an Army scout, buried with 17 Indian graves. Therefore a Union miitary marble stone.∼Indian guide for the Army
This burial is in a section of Ft. Scott National Cemetery, with several Cherokee Indian veterans. According to the Tour Guide at Fort Scott, the Cherokee Indian custom was to name a newborn after the first thing seen by his elders. In this case it was a pregnant Indian woman. Therefore they named him Stick Out Belly. Appears to be a Civil War Casualty.
Veteran of the US Army, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
This was not a disrespectful name. Tom Denardo has posted that this man was an Army scout, buried with 17 Indian graves. Therefore a Union miitary marble stone.∼Indian guide for the Army
Veteran of the US Army, Oklahoma Indian Territory.
This was not a disrespectful name. Tom Denardo has posted that this man was an Army scout, buried with 17 Indian graves. Therefore a Union miitary marble stone.∼Indian guide for the Army
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IND. TER. (Indian Territory [Oklahoma])
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