The Indian territory journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge / edited by Wayne R. Kime.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-1895.

Contributor:

Kime, Wayne R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-1895--Diaries.

Dodge, Richard Irving.

Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-1895.

Indians of North America--Indian Territory.

Indians of North America.

Cheyenne Indians.

Arapaho Indians.

Genre:

Diaries.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 486 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2000]

Summary:

In these journals, Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, a well-known chronicler of western history and an authority on Plains Indians, provides an important account of conditions in Indian Territory from 1878 to 1880, a period of rapid transition.

The Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation in present-day western Oklahoma was the center of Dodge's activity. His writings offer a first-hand record of the 1878 retreat of the Northern Cheyenne, the conditions endured by Indians who remained on the reservation, and the jurisdictional conflicts between Army personnel and representatives of the Office of Indian Affairs.

These journals also provide insight into Dodge's character, with reports of his official duties as a military man and of several landmark events in his family life. Extensive commentaries and notes by Wayne R. Kime provide further detail, including a history of Cantonment North Fork Canadian River, a six-company post Dodge established and commanded in the region.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-463) and index.

ISBN:

0806132574

0806132671

OCLC:

43615574