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Colonel A. W. Evans' Christmas Day Indian Fight (1868) (open access)

Colonel A. W. Evans' Christmas Day Indian Fight (1868)

Article chronicles the events that lead to a fight between Colonel A. W. Evans' troops and a band of Comanche warriors after marching through the winter in New Mexico.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Rister, C. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Military Investigation of Colonel John M. Chivington Following the Sand Creek Massacre (open access)

The Military Investigation of Colonel John M. Chivington Following the Sand Creek Massacre

Article details the events that led to the Sand Creek Massacre and the subsequent trial of Colonel John M. Chivington to determine who were the aggressors of the event.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Mellor, Wm. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Sites Around Anadarko (open access)

Historic Sites Around Anadarko

Article describes the Indian Agencies created around Anadarko during the 1800s and how they contributed to the history of the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Hume, C. Ross
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unratified Treaty with the Creeks, 1868 (open access)

Unratified Treaty with the Creeks, 1868

Article chronicles the events that led to treaties between the Creek tribe and the United States government being unratified and filed away within the Indian Commissions offices.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney (open access)

Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney

Article chronicles the relationships formed between governors Benjamin Overton and Benjamin Burney, and the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History