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A Terrible Truth: The Tonkawa Massacre of 1862 (open access)

A Terrible Truth: The Tonkawa Massacre of 1862

Article explores the history of the Tonkawa people in Texas and Oklahoma and illuminates the negative impact Union and Confederate forces caused by not honoring their treaty obligations to protect the Tonkawas from the tribes around them, who they were alienated from by allying themselves with the US government.
Date: Winter 2019
Creator: Connole, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History