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The Washita Trail
By Bob Rea
The Seventh U.S. Cavalry's 1868 campaign against tribes of the Southern
Plains included an attack on Black Kettle's sleeping Cheyenne village on
the Washita River. Today, that military action continues to draw atten-
tion from scholars and history buffs alike. Using primary source materi-
als, physical reconnaissance, and modern USGS maps, Bob Rea retraces
the Seventh's approximate route for the interested modern traveler. 244
Reverend William Graham
By Donald L. Parman
Reverend William Graham, a Methodist minister sent to take God's word
to the frontier, spent two years as a missionary-teacher at Fort Coffee and
New Hope schools in the Choctaw Nation in the mid-nineteenth century.
He considered those years one of the highlights of his career. Donald L.
Parman brings that episode, and Graham, to life in a carefully annotated
excerpt from Graham's autobiography.                        262
Black Immigration to Canada
By D. Chongo Mundende
Lured by the promise of economic opportunities they believed they could
not receive in the states, many black Oklahomans immigrated to Canada
before and after the turn of the twentieth century. From a thorough study
of her immigration policies, D. Chongo Mundende illustrates how Canada
vigorously sought new settlers, but came to consider blacks as undesirable
and instituted restrictive measures to keep them out.       282
Industrial Strikes in Oklahoma
By James Paul Bailey
The United States suffered an unprecedented number of industrial strikes
in the already hard times of the 1930s. Organized labor enjoyed a revital-
ized position of influence and made significant inroads on labor relations
in Oklahoma. Focusing on major strikes in the mining, textile, meatpack-
ing, and oil industries, James Paul Bailey details the intense and some-
times violent attempts to empower workers.                  298
Edward W. Sweeney, '89er
By Pamela G. Jordan
Edward W. Sweeney came to Oklahoma Territory at the time of the land
run of 1889 and stayed to carve out a distinguished career as a public ser-
vant and friend of the Kickapoos. In the process he helped establish Okla-
homa City and the town of Harrah. Pamela G. Jordan recognizes a
little-known figure in Oklahoma history, a man who never sought notori-
ety, but who nonetheless became a "legend in his time."     318