What the records say
- When
- 15 Apr 1872
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 11
- Coordinates
- 35.88° N, 94.66° W
- Description
- shootout that occurred during a trial in the Cherokee court
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Goingsnake massacre
Courtroom shootout in the Cherokee Nation os Oklahoma (1872)
The Goingsnake Massacre refers to the eleven victims of a fatal shootout on April 15, 1872, that broke out during a murder and assault trial in the Cherokee court in the Goingsnake District of the Cherokee Nation The dead included three Cherokee on the defendant's side, including his attorney and a brother; a US Deputy Marshal and four members of his federal posse, plus three relatives of the Cherokee murder victim.
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