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Originally posted by Oklahoma Kid:
Has anyone come across any information on the Indian tracker Tiger Jack besides what is in Glenn Shirley's books. Jack was an Euchee Indian who lived in the Creek Nation. Worked with various deputy U.S. marshal's in tracking down desperados in the Indian Territory.
I don't recall what is in Shirley's books, but Tiger Jack is prominently mentioned by "Eye Witness," the anonymous author of The Dalton Brothers, which originally appeared in 1892 and was later reprinted with an introduction by Burton Rascoe in 1954. "Eye Witness" (whom some suspect was, or was a ghostwriter for, USDM Ransome Payne) tells of a encounter between a posse led by Payne which included (improbably) Fred Dodge of Wells Fargo, "Hec" Thomas, "Burl Cocks" (i.e. Burril Cox) and Tiger Jack, "a faithful and intelligent full-blooded Indian." The posse was formed in May of 1889 in an effort to capture Charlie Bryant and Bob and Emmett Dalton. Supposedly, Tiger Jack's keen sense of smell detected the outlaws lying in an ambush for them, and thus warned they escaped certain death. See The Dalton Brothers (New York: Frederick Fell, 1954), pp. 108-112. I should note that few historians would consider "Eye Witness" a reliable source. --meursault |
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I have found several interviews that mention Tiger Jack in the Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection. These are available on-line. If you Google Indian-Pioneer Papers, one of the sites that come up will be "digital.libraries.ou.edu".By entering "Tiger Jack" the interviews will be listed. I only found one interview that discussed Tiger Jack's experience as a "trailer". If you have trouble finding them, I will provide some names. I just found this query, so you might already have this information.
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