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The Kiowas

BY MILDRED P. MAYHALL

Second Edition

University of Oklahoma Press

364 pages

Quote from inner flap of dust jacket:

Today highly respected citizens of the
United States, the Kiowa Indians were
once, along with the fighting Cheyennes,
the most feared and hated of the Plains
Indian tribes. Here, told in full for the first
time, is the story of their evolution from
mountain dwellers to Plains nomads and,
finally, after the Indian wars of the 1870's,
to settlement on a reservation in Okla-
homa.
The acquisition of the white man's
horse was basic to Plains culture, and the
Kiowas were drawn ever south from their
native Yellowstone region by the lure of
horses and captives to be found in Texas
and Old Mexico. Fierce and unrelenting
in warfare against both red men and white,
as early as 1790 they assumed a dominant
position on the Southern Plains. By 1840
they, along with their allies - the Coman-
ches, Southern Cheyennes, and Arapahoes
- placed themselves athwart the Santa Fe
Trail on the Arkansas River and harassed
traders, trappers, the military, and peace-
ful Indian tribes. ...

Scuffs, fades and short tears to dust jacket

Scuffs, rubs and dents to covers and edges

Binding is good

This book weighs 1 pound 5.6 ounces - prior to packaging

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