Samuel Sixkiller was born about 1842 in the Going Snake District of the Cherokee Nation which is now known as the Adair County in Oklahoma.
He was the son of Red Bird Sixkiller (a Cherokee man) and Pamelia Whaley (a white woman).
When Samuel was nineteen years old he decided to switch his allegiance and fight for the Union alongside his father 1st Lt. Red Bird Sixkiller.
By holding this position Samuel Sixkiller became the authority of the Cherokee Nation and upheld peace within the tribes.
Since the train went through the area where Sixkiller patrolled it made sense that he worked as a special agent for the railroad.
After the Trail of Tears (Indian Removal Policy) and the move to the West, a formal authority was created in a police force and a judicial system.
While on his way to Turner & Byrne's store he was confronted by two men by the names of Dick Vann and Alf Cunningham.
The two men decided to attack Marshal Keys, a local lawman and steal his weapons.
[6] After the death of Captain Samuel Sixkiller, President Grover Cleveland signed a bill that made assault against an Indian policeman a federal offense.
Glass sold the stolen horses and obtained illegal whiskey from Texas and brought it back across the Red River to sell for a substantial profit.
In 1885, Sixkiller put a group of men together which included another famous lawman named Charles LeFlore.