Frankie wrote: >I have an inquiry about a Choctaw Samuel Turnbull who although a resident of Indian Territory, was said to have died in 1887 in Federal prison in Ft. Smith in protective custody.< Frankie: If you go to the National Archives search site called NAIL at: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/nail/search_nail.html and type in Samuel in the top blank and Turnbull in the bottom space you will get three criminal cases at Ft. Smith that involve the name of Samuel Turnbull. If you click on any of the threee - there is an explanation at the bottom as to how to order the case files. These cases are dated 1873 and 1874. Regards, Nan Wolf [email protected]