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Blue Duck famous Indian outlaw's personal bowie knife and letter from Fort Smith Historical Society. Letter dated April 14,1938 " Dear Mr McKorkly It was very good to hear from you again. We here all miss you and hope the very best for you. In response to your inquiry Feb 22, this is what we were able to discern about your purchase. According to the surviving witness locals and law officers, "Blue Duck" was an erstwhile outlaw of N. Texas and Indian Terr. and romantically linked to Belle Starr. It is believed by some of our elder members that the knife you have was his personal fighting knife and could well be the one once held as evidence in his stabbing investigation. That particular knife surreptiosally vanished about the time of Belle Starrs death in 1889. I hope this short history is what you needed for your records and research. If you are coming to this area please come by and renew old friendships signed Always your friend, Mr. B. Johnson" Stamped F.S.H.S. The knife it self has a bone handle inlaid with a silver diamond and serrated edge 15" overall with a 10" blade, the sheath is leather and reads BLUE DUCK with a pale gray paint, all show age and use. Blue Duck, sometimes referred to as Bluford Duck, (1858? – 1895) was an outlaw of the Old West, probably best known for a photograph taken of him around the mid-1880s, in which he posed with Belle Starr, a famous Old West female outlaw. Biography- Duck was born in the Cherokee Nation, with the name of Sha-con-gah. By the early 1870s he was riding with gangs across the Oklahoma Territory committing armed robberies and acts of cattle rustling. Blue Duck became involved romantically with Belle Starr along that time. When she married outlaw Sam Starr, she and her husband formed their own gang, which Blue Duck joined. He is believed to have ridden with that gang through most of the latter part of the 1870s, although his involvement with them was off and on.On June 23, 1884, while riding drunk in the Flint District of the Cherokee Nation, and in the company of outlaw William Christie, the two men came upon a farmer named Samuel Wyrick. For no apparent reason, the two outlaws opened fire on the farmer, emptying their revolvers into him, killing him. They then reloaded and fired on a young Cherokee boy who'd witnessed the murder, missing him but shooting his horse from beneath him. Both Blue Duck and Christie were captured by Deputy US Marshal Frank Cochran, and taken before Judge Isaac Parker, known as the "Hanging Judge", in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Both were convicted, although Christie was later cleared of the charge and released. Blue Duck was sentenced to hang, but later his sentence was reduced to life in prison. He was sent to Menard Penitentiary in Chester, Illinois as Inmate # 2486. Blue Duck was assisted in an unsuccessful appeal by Belle Starr. In 1895, when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and given only a short time to live, he was granted a pardon and released. He died shortly thereafter in Catoosa, Oklahoma, where he is buried. This a rare chance to own a piece of American history.
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