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HONEST TRADE
Colonel William A. Phillips was the Federal commander at Fort Gibson on the eve of the Battle of Honey Springs. That was way back on July 17, 1863. The battle turned out to be the most important action of the Civil War in the Indian Territory.
It is said that one of Col. Phillips' captains had gotten the short end of a horse trade and later caught up with the rugged backwoodsman who had rooked him. The captained complained, "That horse you traded to me back in the spring was about half-blind." The tough trader spat tobacco on the ground and said, "I done told ya the truth about that horse. If you'll recollect, I told you plainly that he was a fine horse but that he didn't look good."
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