Article chronicles the establishment of Fort Arbuckle, a military post built to protect the Choctaw Nation from the Chickasaw Nation and to protect emigrants on their way to California.

Article describes the efforts of Taylor F. Ealy and his wife Mary Ealy to begin a school for African-American residents freed by the Chickasaws at the abandoned site of Fort Arbuckle. Norman J. Bender includes documentation from the Ealy family and correspondence from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Edward P. Smith, to create a more wholistic picture of the process.

Article details the many raids made by the Comanches on Chickasaw settlements near Fort Arbuckle in the late 1800s. During these raids, no casualties were reported, few injuries, and only cattle and horses were stolen.

Article chronicles the history of the little town of McGee through the founding of its many stores and schools. The town is now abandoned due to the expansion of a railroad.

Article narrates how Colonel Charles DeMorse and the 29th Texas Cavalry Regiment convinced members of the Five Civilized Tribes to fight with the Confederate States of America.

This article continues Von Creel's study of the administration of justice in Indian Territory courts and expands upon the application of capital punishment. Von Creel details the cases of nine individuals who were convicted of capital crimes but who escaped hanging. Their stories involve the complicated legal processes of appeal, application for presidential clemency, commutation of sentence, and post-verdict motions.

Article explores the freedmen's struggle for identity in Indian Territory during Reconstruction through the impressions and observations of Presbyterian missionaries Taylor and Mary Ealy.