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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
Jesse Chisholm |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
Abt 1805 |
Hiwassee district, Tennessee |
| Residence[1] |
1810 |
Arkansas TerritoryHis father left his mother and moved to Arkansas. His mother migrated there with Tahlonteskee's band of Cherokees shortly afterward. |
| Residence[1] |
Abt 1828 |
Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Indian TerritoryMoved to Ft. Gibson and began trading. |
| Marriage |
1836 |
Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Indian Territoryto Eliza Edwards |
| Occupation[1] |
1865 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OklahomaEstablished a trading post at Council Grove on the North Canadian River, at the present site of Oklahoma City. Many of his friends from Wichita followed. Their route later became the Chisholm Trail, connecting ranches in north Texas with cattle markets on the railroad in Kansas. |
| Death[1][2] |
4 Apr 1868 |
Left Hand Spring, near Geary, Blaine County, Indian Territory(of food poisoning, "from eating bear meat cooked in a copper kettle") |
| Burial[2] |
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Jesse Chisholm Gravesite, Geary, Blaine County, Oklahoma |
 
Originally at Sam Houston's request, he made overtures to Comanche and other Indian tribes in West Texas and convinced them to negotiate with the Texas government. He became a noted interpreter and managed to obtain the release of a number of captives. After 1858, he confined his activities to western Indian Territory.
Traded and interpreted for both sides in the Civil War, working from his home in Wichita, Kansas.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Handbook of Texas Online.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Find A Grave.
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