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Using primary sources, this book tells the stories of the white, black and Native American women who settled on the Oklahoma frontier, and who crossed racial and cultural barriers to work together, first in domestic concerns and later in community and national affairs.

This texts collects together 44 stories covering Kiowa history from the 1700s through the 1940s, all gleaned from interviews with Kiowas (who actually took part in the events or recalled them from the accounts of their elders), and the notes of Captain Hugh L. Scott at Fort Sill.

In this historical novel, the US cavalry rolls into Texas in the 1870s with orders to keep the peace and move the fierce Comanches quietly onto the reservation. It is a tale of adventure, hardship and defeat.

This text surveys the formative development of northwest Texas. Despite the unfamiliar and often hostile environment, the first pioneers persisted through problems such as conflicts with Indians, the Civil War, Reconstruction and outlawry to form a ranching-based social and economic way of life.

In 1841, US government authorities sent Major Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Indian Territory to investigate numerous charges of fraud and profiteering by various contractors. This study explains the politics behind Hitchcock's mission and his accomplishments in advancing ethnographic knowledge.

"The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not to life -eighty-six Texas ghost towns for the reader''s pleasure. Baker lists three criteria for inclusion: tangible remains, public access, and statewide coverage. In each case Baker comments about the town''s founding, its former significance, and the reasons for its decline. There are maps and instructions for reaching each site and numerous photographs showing the past and present status of each. The contemporary photos were taken, in most instances, by Baker himself, who proves as adept a photographer as he is researcher and writer....Baker has done his work thoroughly and well, within limits imposed by necessity. He obviously had fun in the process and it shows in his prose."---New Mexico Historical Review

This Second Edition, updated from the 1980 census, reflects the new county boundaries, the continuing Hopi-Navajo land dispute, the changes in Indian populations and congressional districts, the growth in population in Arizona''s counties and cities, and the decline of the copper mining industry. An addition to the Bibliography lists new books about Arizona and its history.

In 1832, Washington Irving, recently returned from seventeen years'' residence abroad and eager to explore his own country, embarked on an expedition to the country west of Arkansas set aside for the Indians. A Tour on the Prairies is his absorbing account of that journey, which extended from Fort Gibson to the Cross Timbers in what is now Oklahoma. First published in 1835, it has remained a perennial favorite, retaining its original freshness, vigor, and vividness to this day.

A portrait of this American Indian warrior, which reassesses his distorted image as a bloodthirsty savage and offers an insight into his energy and drive, independence, business acumen and interest in a wide range of subjects.

As American Indian communities face the new century, they look forward armed with confidence in the indigenous perspectives that have kept them together. Five scholars in American Indian history, and a tribal leader who has placed an indelible mark on the history of her people, show how understanding the past is the key to solving problems today.

Sherman is known primarily for having cut a swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War. This text documents his contribution to the expansion and settlement of the Western frontier, including his phase of ensuring the tranquility of the West.

A comprehensive dictionary of the major indigenous language of Mexico, the language of the Aztecs and many of their neighbours. Nahuatl speakers became literate within a generation of contact with Europeans and a vast literature has been composed in Nahuatl, beginning in the mid-16th century.

The Cold War as it played out across the Great Plains was not the Cold War of the American cities and coasts. Nor was it tempered much by midwestern isolationism, as common wisdom has it. In this book, David Mills offers an enlightening look at what most of the heartland was up to while America was united in its war on Reds.

Baby Doe Tabor left a record of her madness in a set of writings she called her "Dreams and Visions". These were discovered after her death but never studied in detail - until now. Judy Nolte Temple retells Lizzie's story with greater accuracy than any previous biographer and reveals a story more heartbreaking than the legend.

Agnes Morley Cleaveland found lasting fame after publishing her memoir, No Life for a Lady, in 1941. In Open Range, Darlis Miller expands our understanding of Cleaveland's significance, showing how a young girl who was a fearless risk-taker grew up to be a prolific author and social activist.

Backed by an unparalleled military force, Sargon II outwitted and outfought powerful competitors to extend Assyrian territory and secure his throne. As Sarah Melville shows in this analysis of his campaigns, the king used his army not just to conquer but also to ensure regional security, manage his resources, and support his political agenda.

Offers a detailed narrative covering the entire scope of General Winfield Scott Hancock's 'Expedition for the Plains'. This first thorough scholarly history of the ill-conceived expedition offers an unequivocal evaluation of military strategies and a culturally sensitive interpretation of Indian motivations and reactions.