Notes and Documents column including a document about the publication of a cumulative index for The Chronicles of Oklahoma, and a story about the name of Oklahoma, which is derived from the Choctaw words for "red people."

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1961.

Article discusses the events of the second battle of Cabin Creek between Union (or Federal) and Confederate forces during the Civil War. Marvin J. Hancock describes the battle maneuvers, the leaders of the brigades, and the impact of the Confederate victory.

Notes and Documents column including a document about the life and career of American Indian artist Acee Blue Eagle and the quarterly staff report of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Article summarizes and provides details for the report written by Colonel Douglas H. Cooper, a commander in the Confederate Army, about the Battle at Round Mountain fought against Muscogee (Creek) leader Opothleyahola. Muriel H. Wright provides excerpts of the report and includes maps and information about other Civil War battles.

Notes and Documents column including two last letters on the life of Lieutenant William E. Burnet, a review of the newly established Museum of the Great Plains, and a tribute to historian Carolyn Thomas Foreman.

Article explores the life and work of the author's great-great-grandfather, William L. McClellan, agent of the Choctaw Nation in the early nineteenth century. Ben Collins Pickett's uses correspondence from the time to construct a picture of McClellan's operations as he procured his appointment and constructed the Choctaw Agency building.

Article provides a summary of the survey of historical materials related to the De Soto Expedition taken by the United States government, and the findings with regard to whether or not Hernando de Soto entered Oklahoma during his travels.

Article introduces and includes the description of Lieutenant William W. Averell's journey from the Washington D.C. to Fort Smith at the outbreak of the Civil War carrying an order from the War Department. Muriel H. Wright explains the contents of the order, which was the withdrawal of troops from Indian Territory, and what it meant for the people of the area.

Article discusses the meetings of delegates from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Caddo, Wichita, Quapaw, Osage, Kiowa, and Pawnee tribes in council to discuss the issues of Indian Territory in the nineteenth century. A. M. Gibson includes a record of the proceedings by Cherokee Agent Pierce M. Butler and edited by newspaper editor William P. Ross.

Article discusses the activities of Comanche raiders on their plunder roads that swept from Kansas to Mexico. Ralph A. Smith focuses on their exploits below the Rio Grande from 1843-1844.

Article introduces and includes a reprint of an extensive report written in 1905 by William P. Campbell about the founding and development of the Oklahoma Historical Society, lists of donors and gifts, newspaper publications, and collection items.

Article continues the memoirs of Sarah Ann Harlan, a pioneer woman who was able to live in the Choctaw Nation with her husband on account of her heritage. Harlan discusses life on the frontier, running a plantation, and the aftermath of the Civil War.