— A MAN OF COURAGE — On a cold and sunny Tuesday in late November 1887, two lawmen rode into the Cherokee Nation, tracking a horse thief named Dave Smith to his Camp near the Arkansas River—a journey that would end in a bloody ambush.

When U.S. Deputy Marshal Frank Dalton and Deputy J.R. Cole reached the camp, they dismounted and approached a tent, not anticipating any trouble.

Inside the tent [...]
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