Dead Warrior Lake, sometimes known by its prior name of Dead Indian Lake,[1][2][3] is located about 3 miles south of Roll, Oklahoma,[4] and 11 miles north of Cheyenne in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, on US Route 283.
[9] The surroundings include amenities such as picnic tables, fireplaces, fishing piers, a boat ramp, docks, and a nature trail.
[2] Early settlers in the area gave the creek that name after discovering a Cheyenne burial site.
[2] This came about by a decision of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names which resolved almost a decade of controversy about whether the prior titles were offensive to Native Americans.
[2] The creek starts west-southwest of Roll,[10] and proceeds generally southeast[11] before becoming a tributary of the Washita River west-northwest of Strong City, Oklahoma.