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A Journal Kept by Douglas Cooper

Description: Article contains journal entries from the Indian agent Douglas Cooper regarding discussing on how best to protect the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes under his protect from invading Comanches.
Date: Winter 1927
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Cooper, Douglas
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ferdinandina: First White Settlement in Oklahoma

Description: Article describes the establishment of the historical trading post "Ferdinandina" by French explorers and the American Indian groups who settled in the same area through exploration of accounts made by Claude du Tisné and Bénard de la Harpe. Leslie A. McRill compares these accounts to the excavation of village sites by Dr. Joseph B. Thoburn.
Date: Summer 1963
Creator: McRill, Leslie A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Semi-centennial of the Battle of Adobe Walls

Description: Article details the semi-centennial anniversary of the Battle of Adobe Walls. During the battle, a combination of warriors from the Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne tribes attacked the trading post. The anniversary celebration was a reenactment of the battle. Included is a biography of Susan Jane Johnson, a contributor to the magazine, and an announcement of the relocation of the Oklahoma Historical Society's library and museum collection.
Date: Winter 1924
Creator: Amarillo Daily News
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cynthia Ann Parker

Description: Article recounts the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman taken as a captive by the Comanches at the age of nine who was later adopted into the tribe. The article attempts to correct misinformation regarding her story through a retelling by her grandson.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Wellman, Paul I.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Comanche Killer or Commentator? Captain Marcy the Ethnographer

Description: Article examines the life and military career of Captain Randolph B. Marcy of the Fifth Infantry, who served as both a soldier and ethnographer in his observance of the Comanche people. Cliff Trafzer explores insights about the Comanches from the man himself, as well as societal attitudes surrounding Native American tribes and Anglo-American settlers in the 1850s.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Trafzer, Clifford
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Comanche Captives: People Between Two Worlds

Description: Article illustrates the history of conflict between white and Hispanic settlers and the Comanche Indians, providing details about the Comanche practice of raiding forts and taking human captives to trade for goods. Michael Tate explores some of the literature written by survivors of captivity as well as some of the related conflicts that occured.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Tate, Michael L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Herman F.C. Ten Kate, Jr.: An Adventurous Dutch Ethnologist in Indian Territory, 1883

Description: Article illustrates the journeys of Herman Ten Kate, Jr., a Dutch ethnologist who traveled among the tribes of Southwest Oklahoma collecting artifacts and studying the lifestyles of various people groups. Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr. provides details about the scholar's life through a timeline of his experiences.
Date: Spring 1995
Creator: Veenendaal, Augustus J., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Site of Camp Comanche: Dragoon Expedition of 1834

Description: Article recreates the meeting of a troop of U.S. dragoons with a group of Comanches in 1834 through historical documentation and evidence collected by the Oklahoma Historical Society. Through the investigation, museum director Gillett Griswold seeks to the determine the physical location of Camp Comanche.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Griswold, Gillett
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston’s March Through Indian Territory in 1855

Description: Article chronicles the trials faced by Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston's marching party as they made their way towards West Texas. The party was to provide aid to settlers dealing with raiding Comanche Indians. The article contains portions of Colonel Johnston's wife, Eliza's, journal entries.
Date: Summer 1969
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Horace P. Jones, Scout and Interpreter

Description: Article chronicles the life of Horace Pope Jones as he grows up as a farmer on the frontier and learns the Comanche language. In his adulthood, he became famous for being an interpreter, scout, and philosopher.
Date: Winter 1924
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Romance of Pioneering

Description: Article describes the process of settlement on land opened by the Kiowas and Comanches at the turn of the century through the narrative of Lucy Gage, educational advocate and pioneer woman. Gage describes the journey into the territory, the growth of the town and school system, and interactions with the tribes who lived there.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Gage, Lucy
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

An Autobiography

Description: Article provides an autobiography of the life of pioneer teacher Anna R. Fait in her work teaching a school for white children in what is now Caddo County. Fait also includes stories of her experience with the Comanches, and of her husband who was a Presbyterian missionary.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Fait, Anna R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

General Douglas H. Cooper, C. S. A.

Description: Article describes the life and career of Confederate General Douglas H. Cooper. Muriel H. Wright explores his work as a Choctaw agent, and his participation in the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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