Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History Read Online Free PDF

Philemon Hunt, October 13, 1884, Kiowa Agency files.
Leavenworth, J. H., to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, April 23, 1868, 40th Congress, Second Session, Senate Executive Document No. 60:2.
Linger, Bob, to Quanah Parker, letter, March 8, 1909, postmark Cantonment Oklay, regarding peyote.
Mackenzie, Ranald, to W. T. Sherman, June 15, 1871, W. T. Sherman Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Neighbours, Robert S., to the Hon. W. Medill, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, November 18, 1847, 30th Congress, First Session, Committee Report 171.
Parker, James, to Mirabeau Lamar, February 3, 1844, Papers of M. B. Lamar.
Parrilla, Don Diego Ortiz de, to the Viceroy, June 30, 1757 (
Historia,
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Pearson, K. J., to John D. Floyd, February 3, 1861, Fort Sill archives.
To Commanding Officer, Fort Bascom, September 27, 1864,
Official Records of the War of Rebellion,
series 1, vol. 41, part 3.
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Anonymous.
Biography of Daniel Parker.
Handwritten manuscript, Center for American History.
Baker, Jonathan Hamilton.
Diary of Jonathan Hamilton Baker of Palo Pinto County, Texas,
Part I, 1858–60. Secured from his daughter Elizabeth Baker, Seattle, Washington, 1932, through Judge E. B. Ritchie, Mineral Wells. By J. Evetts Haley.
Beall, Knox, to R. B. Thomas, November 5, 1937, Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma, Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma.
Beall, Knox, to Bessie Thomas, April 15, 1938.
Caperton, Major John.
Sketch of Colonel John C. Hays, The Texas Rangers, Incidents in Mexico,etc.
From materials furnished by Col. Hays and Major John Caperton, MS Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Clarke, Elizabeth Ross.
YA-A-H-HOO: Warwhoop of the Comanches.
Elizabeth Ross Clarke Collection; Narrative, Center For American History, University of Texas.
Dixon, Olive King.
Fearless and Effective Foe, He Spared Women and Children Always.
Manuscript, Olive King Dixon Papers, Research Center, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas.
Dupree, Mrs. J. L., to Jasper Mead, March 17, 1938, Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma, Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma.
Earle, J. P.
A History of Clay County and Northwest Texas.
Written by J.P . Earle, one of the first pioneers, Henrietta , Texas,
November 15, 1900 ( J. P. Earle Collection, Center for American History), manuscript.
Fleming, Evelyn. Profile of Charlie Hart. Manuscript, Quanah Parker papers, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum.
Ford, Colonel John S. (late adjutant of Col. Hays).
John C. Hays in Texas.
Manuscript, John Salmon Ford Papers, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Gholson, B. F. Recollections of B. F. Gholson; Services of A. G. Gholson (father) 1835–1860; and B. F. Gholson, Ranger, 1858–1860, told to J. A. Rickard. Typed manuscript at Center for American History.
Gomez, Anna, to Ophelia D. Vestal, December 13, 1937, Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma, Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma.
Goodnight, Charles. “The Making of a Scout.” Manuscript, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum.
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My recollections and memories of the capture of Cynthia Ann Parker.
Manuscript, Charles Goodnight Papers, Research Center, Panhandle Plaines Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas.
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Quanah Parker Interview with Charles Goodnight,
undated. Charles Goodnight Papers, Research Center, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas.
Gunter, Lillian. “Sketch of the Life of Julian Gunter.” Manuscript made for Panhandle Plains Historical Association, 1923, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum archives.
Hatfield, Charles A. P.
The Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne Campaign in Northwest Texas and Mackenzie’s Fight in the Palo Duro Canyon, Sept. 26, 1874.
Typescript, Panhandle Plains Historical Society, Canyon, Texas.
Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma. Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma (interviews from the