Elias Cornelius Boudinot provides the first full account of a man
who was intimately and prominently involved in the life of the
Cherokee Nation in the second half of the nineteenth century and
was highly influential in the opening of the former Indian
Territory to white settlement and the eventual formation of the
state of Oklahoma. Involved in nearly every aspect of social,
economic, and political life in Indian Territory, he was ostracized
by many Cherokees, some of whom also threatened his life. Born into
the influential Ridge-Boudinot-Watie family, Boudinot was raised in
the East after the assassination of his father, who helped found
the first newspaper published by an Indian nation. He returned to
the Cherokee Nation, affiliating with his uncle Stand Watie and
serving in the Confederate Army and as a representative of the
Cherokees in the Confederate Congress. He was involved with treaty
negotiations after the war, helped open the railroads into the
Indian Territory, and founded the city of Vinita in Oklahoma. He
also became a political figure in Washington, DC, a newspaper
editor and publisher, and a prominent orator.
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