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Gunter, Hon. Thomas Montague of Ark., col. of 13th Ark. Inf. C.S.A., between 1865 and 1880. [Politician, lawyer and soldier: colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, Confederate States Army; involved with the forced settlement of Native American tribes, claimed that: "The experiment has worked well. The Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles settled in the Indian Territory are now classed as 'civilized tribes'"].