Lewis, Silan, approximately 1833-1894

nne Lewis, Silan, -1894
nnea Lewis, Silan, d. 1894

Mihesuah, Devon A. Choctaw crime and punishment, 1884-1907, 2009: ECIP galley (Silan Lewis; Choctaw Indian executed for murder in November 1894 in Indian Territory (now Okla.))
University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collection, Hobert Otho Boggs Photograph Collection finding aid: photograph description (Execution of Silan Lewis, November 5, 1894, Choctaw. Lewis was executed for the shooting of Joe Huklotubby. Lewis was a member of the Insurgents who opposed statehood) https://archives.libraries.ou.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/161430
Find A Grave WWW site, viewed July 23, 2025: Silan Lewis (d. 5 Nov 1894. Silan Lewis was the last man executed under Choctaw law. He was shot by Lyman Pusley for killing Joe Hoklotubbe) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15043370/silan-lewis
Oklamhoma History Society WWW site, viewed August 7, 2025 photograph description (Choctaw execution of Silan Lewis: Choctaw Silan Lewis, executed in Wilburton, I.T. (at the time in Gaines County in the Choctaw Nation), November 5, 1894)
WikiTree, viewed August 7, 2025 (Silan Lewis; last man executed under Choctaw law; a Nationalist, he killed Joe Huklotubby, leader of the Progressives in his neighbourhood; U.S. Confederate Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865: Silan Lewis; age: 28; birth date: abt 1833; enlistment date: July 5, 1861; military unit: First Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles)