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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer--Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity

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Big Tree. Kiowa sub chief. Made prisoner of war at Fort Sill in 1871 by Sherman. Sent to Fort Richardson, TX. 4th US Cav. took him and Santanta. Both were tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hung for participation in the Salt Creek massacre. Sentence commuted by Governor Davis and he was released in 1881, after being confined at Huntsville Penitentiary, TX.