to OUR ANCESTORS REMEMBERED! written by their descendants. CADDO CHIEF GEORGE WASHINGTON George WASHINGTON, Caddo chief (Sho-E-Tat) (Little Boy) This information is on record in the Oklahoma Indian Archives Vol. X Folder labeled Caddo Biographies. George was born in Louisiana in 1816. He had a farm of 113 acres. Caddo George’s daughter, Annie, was married to Caddo Bill WILLIAMS, the owner of the Half Moon ranch. Most of the Caddos went to Colorado and Kansas during the Civil War but Caddo George remained loyal to the Confederacy and located his band around Pauls Valley. During the Civil War he was a Confederate Captain over Co. A., over which was a Col. R. W. LEE. A Johnson WASHINGTON, presumably a brother, also was in company A and was a 2nd Lt. They were in a battle on Cache Creek, with the Kiowas and Apaches; one with the Cheyenne in the Wichita Mountains, and one on the Little Washita, with renegade Caddoes. Claude H. HENSLEY wrote: I visited George WASHINGTON’s old home many times during the 1890s. The house was a two-story frame building with two rather large rooms downstairs, and according to a tablet placed in the southwest corner just above the ceiling of the first floor, it was built in 1875. It is said at that time the lumber was freighted by wagon from Wichita, Kansas, a distance of 175 miles. A short ways south of the house in a grove of trees were two log cribs side by side, about 8 feet by 10 feet in size and 8 feet high, covered by clapboard shingles. These cribs marked the last resting place of 'Old George' and members of his family. In the summer of 1932 in company with J. R. THORBURN, Alvin RUCKER and Frank AGEE, we visited the old Washington place and found that the house had been torn down and were unable to find any trace of the graves. The site of the old Washington home is about eight miles west of Union City and a short distance south of the Canadian River. In stagecoach days it was the first stop south of Fort Reno on the Anadarko-Fort Sill Road. Written on the back of George WASHINGTON’s picture in the Neil W. EVANS collection is the following: "Cut his father up with an ax for hoodoing him. He said he put the body together again and it turned into a bear and ran into the timber and was lost." GEORGE WASHINGTON OBIT The Cheyenne Transporter June 10, 1883 A Noted Caddo Dead George WASHINGTON is dead. Strange as this assertion may seem at first slight, it is nevertheless true. The respected Caddo bearing this illustrious name died last week at his home on the main Canadian River, age 78 years. His name is familiar to every resident of the Territory, and his ranch on the trail between this place and the Wichita Agency, has been a favorite stopping place for travel between the two points. "Old George" as he was called, has always been friendly with the whites and was an ardent advocate of progressive ideas in his tribe, as well as a liberal supporter of the cause of education. His ranch on the Canadian is an evidence of this thrift and energy. A large handsome residence, worth over a thousand dollars, stands on the edge of a fine grove of timber, and about two hundred acres of land are under fence and in cultivation. A fine peach orchard has made the place a favorite picnic ground in the peach season. His livestock accumulations is reported to be about 70 horses, 75 cattle and 100 pigs. The ranch was located about eleven years ago, and stands as a monument of progression among the Indians. George was buried in true Caddo style. It is their custom to keep a fire burning at the grave from seven to thirty days to keep away bad spirits. A jug of water is buried with the dead, and a large supply of food is placed near the grave. After the mourning season is over a large crib of hewn logs is built over the grave, and a roof of sod or thatch is placed over the structure. There "Old George" rests. Sandi CARTER, GG niece of William & Annie WILLIAMS These graphics were done by an artist and are the property of the artist. They are not for the taking. If you wish to use them on your web pages, click on the above graphic to view her web pages of beautiful art and then you must contact the artist - Carla if you wish to use any them. I would appreciate if you would keep in mind, while visiting this web site and others, that the information found within each page is not to be copied in any manner, or used for profit or public use. The information on this page is the property of the writter/submitter. This page last updated on February 2005 - copyright Jacque Hopkins, 1996-2005