In 1887 NeDe WaDe aka Ned Christie, a Cherokee Nation blacksmith & statesman, was accused of murdering a deputy U.S. Marshal. The conflict that followed, sometimes referred to as Ned Christie's War, lasted 5 years and saw the media and law enforcement brand Christie as a rank outlaw. But how true were these claims? Was Ned Christie a criminal or simply a man unwilling to take the fall for a crime he didn't commit?


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