Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (72 page)

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Custer, George Armstrong,
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–2,
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304
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305

Dakotas,
32
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211
–12

see also
Sioux

Dallas, Tex.,
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36
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78
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Dallas Morning News
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dances, Indian,
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Davidson, John W. “Black Jack,” 273,
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Davis, “Alligator,” 138

Davis, Jefferson,
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Dawes Act (1887),
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–10

Decatur, Tex.,
104

Delawares,
5
,
75
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77
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120
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209
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Dennison, Tex.,
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–87

Deno, Lottie,
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Denver, Colo.,
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220
,
295

Department of Texas,
305
–6

DeShields, James T.,
109
,
300

Dickson, J. A.,
269

disease,
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112
–13,
116
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126
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164

District of the Black Hills,
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–5

Dixon, Billy,
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Dodge, Fort,
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Dodge, Richard Irving,
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Dodge City, Kans.,
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–61,
270
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296

dog-travois,
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–11

Donoho, Mary,
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Donoho, William,
123

Douglass, Kelsey,
77

dragoons,
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55
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56
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160
–61

drums,
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Dubbs, Emmanuel,
261

Dull Knife, Chief,
305

Durango, Mex.,
25

Dwight, G. E.,
16
–17

Eagle Dance,
199

Eckitoacup,
205
,
206

Edwards Plateau,
157

Eighth Cavalry, U.S.,
275
,
277

Eleventh Infantry, U.S.,
2
,
275

Elk Creek,
13

Elliot, Joel,
239
,
242

Elliott, Samuel,
4

Elm Creek Raid (1864),
212
–13

El Paso, Tex.,
165
,
201

epidemics,
6
,
54
,
89
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91
,
92
,
103
,
112
–13,
116
,
126
,
164

Erath County, Tex.,
166

Eries,
59

“Evening on the Banks of the Chattahoochee, An” (Lamar),
73

Faraone Apaches,
58

Fehrenbach, T. R.,
76

Ferguson, Arthur,
247

Fetterman, William,
238
–39,
240
,
242
,
243

Fifth Infantry, U.S.,
276
,
277

Fisher, William,
85
–86

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
304

“Five Civilized Tribes,” 76–77,
90
,
162
,
209
–11,
230
–31

“Flat, The,” 261–62

Floydada, Tex.,
284

Foley, Tucker,
94

Ford, Henry,
312

Ford, John,
120

Ford, John Salmon “Rip,” 48,
154
,
165
–71,
185
,
208

Forrest, Nathan Bedford,
155

Fort Bascom,
214
,
275

Fort Belknap,
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165
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174
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182
,
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,
213

Fort Chadbourne,
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–35,
204

Fort Cobb,
165
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230
–31

Fort Concho,
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240
,
257
,
275
,
277
–78,
284

Fort Cooper,
174
,
178
–79

Fort Dodge,
276

Fort Gibson,
123

Fort Griffin,
261

Fort Houston,
18
–19

Fort Leavenworth,
294

Fort Milam,
137

Fort Murrah,
213

Fort Phil Kearney,
238

Fort Richardson,
203

Fort Sill,
249
,
256
–57,
273
,
274
,
275
,
283
,
284
,
285
–304,
305
,
306
–7

Fort Stockton,
115
,
201
–2

Fort Worth,
1
,
68
,
153
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154
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183
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190
,
203
,
241
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251
,
311

Forty-first Infantry, U.S.,
238

Foster Cemetery,
192

Fourth Cavalry, U.S.,
2
,
8
,
238
,
242
–57,
258
,
261
,
263
,
275
,
277
–83,
304

Fox Indians,
210

Frederick, Okla.,
312
–13

Fredericksburg, Battle of,
236

Fredericksburg, Tex.,
164

Frémont, John C.,
214

French traders,
3
,
38
,
59
,
60
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63
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68
,
69
,
159

Freshwater Fork,
9
,
252
,
275
,
278

Friend, Temple,
106

frontier, western:

Anglo-European civilization on,
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–5,
6
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–14,
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–26,
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60
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–23,
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,
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balance of power on,
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–54

boundaries of,
75
–77,
82

climate of,
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–40,
143
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175
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196
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247
–49

closing of,
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expansion of,
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–77,
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,
128
–29,
276

forts on,
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–35,
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62
–67,
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157
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201
–2,
208
,
272
;
see also specific forts

freedom of,
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,
97
–98

geography of,
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,
12
–13,
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–40,
78
,
201
–2

immorality of,
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–46,
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–55,
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–62

land grants for,
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–14,
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,
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political corruption on,
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–62

population of,
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–14,
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–58

settlers on,
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–14,
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–30,
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–59,
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–64,
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,
272
–73,
310

trails in,
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7
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25
–26,
40
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112
–13,
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–49,
252
–54,
276
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280
–81,
284
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295
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296
–97

violence of,
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–77,
207
–21,
250
–53,
272
–73

see also specific states and territories

Frost, Robert,
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,
18

Frost, Samuel,
17
,
18

Gail, Tex.,
283
,
284

Gainesville, Tex.,
203

Galveston Civilian
,
178
–79

Georgia,
75
,
210
,
276

Geronimo,
303
,
312
,
314
–15,
317
–18

Gettysburg, Battle of,
207
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236
,
278

Gholson, Frank,
178
,
179

Ghost Dance,
299
–300

Gibson, Fort,
123

Gillespie, Robert,
147

Givens, Louisa Power,
155

Gold Rush,
113
,
130
,
159

Goliad, Tex.,
13
,
25

Gomez, Anna,
303

Gonzales, Tex.,
93
–94

Goodnight, Charles,
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–76,
195
–96,
223
,
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295
–96,
300
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303

Gran Cierro de La Ferro, El,
57

Grant, Ulysses S.,
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140
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223
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234
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237
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238
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251
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273
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305

Grantham, David,
301

Graybeard, Chief,
277

Great Father,
222
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226
–29,
240
–41,
255
,
293
,
308

Great Horse Dispersal,
30
–31

Great Linnville Raid (1840),
94
–96,
100
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101
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111
,
266
,
327
n

Great Plains,
3
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5
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23
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27
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36
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58
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68
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80
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89
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–87,
212
–13,
219

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