出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/11 18:24 UTC 版)
Stand Watie (December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871) (also known as Standhope Oowatie, Degataga (Cherokee: ᏕᎦᏔᎦ) “stand firm” and Isaac S. Watie) was a leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the Confederate Indian cavalry of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi made up mostly of Cherokee, Muskogee and Seminole. He also served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation 1862-1866.