Title
Preview
Description
Black and white sketch of Elias C. Boudinot, including biographical narrative.
Transcription
The noblest Cherokee of them all
Elias C. Boudinot was born 1835 near Rome, Georgia.. He was the son of Kill-Kee-Nah of royal Cherokee lineage who was assassinated in 1839 in the Cherokee feud near the Arkansas - Oklahoma line.. Young Boudinot was sent to Vermont to school... He chose civil engineering as a profession and worked in Ohio..
Elias C. Boudinot
Studied law with the Hon. A.M. Wilson at Fayetteville.. Admitted to the bar 1856... Became editor of the Fayetteville Arkansian and later of the Little Rock True Democrat.. In 1861 he was secreatry of the secession convention..
Boudinot was elected major of a Cherokee regiment in the Confederate service and fought at Oak Hill and Elkhorn.. Elected to Confederate congress 1863.. Represented Cherokees before U.S. congress and was a gneral favorite in Washington... Practiced law until death at Ft. Smith on Sept. 27, 1890.
Physical Description
Document, 11" x 14"
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000379, Image 06
Resource Type
Image
Collection
Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, MS.000379
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Elias C. Boudinot, Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
