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Re: COL William Hammond Garrett, CSA

Yes, the 1892 text I referred to was The Indian Territory: Its Chiefs, Legislators, and Leading Men by H. F. & E. S. O'Beirne (C. B. Woodward Co.; St. Louis, 1892). It is available electronically at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pennstreet/IndianTerr.htm (15 August 2008) among other locations. I am lucky enough to have access to a hard copy locally.

Currently, the WPA Indian Pioneer Studies, in their searchable, online format are not available through OKGenWeb. I know from my one of Great-Great-Grandmother's interviews had a lot of errors, including her birth year and the name of her father. All she remembered about the war years as to being in Texas was that: "When the Civil War came, all the women and children were moved down South on the Red River on a reservation. We lived in little huts made of mud or logs. I remember how terrible the War was. We went hungry and cold. The Northern Soldiers would come in and take everything we had to eat..."

When it comes back up on line or when I get over to the Okla. History Center to get in to the actual card file index and hard copies of the interview, I will try to pull up some of hte other references. I will also call a friend who is more of a War Between historian than I am and see what he has. His area of expertise is more akin to my paternal side with the Comanches, but he may be able to help me pin down a better location for you.

My best educated guess is still the area in Bowie County near what would become Texarkanna (but I don't even really know anything about when Texarkanna got rolling). Given the Rebecca McIntosh tie-in, particulalry her properties in nearby Cass and Harrison Counties, and the relationship between the Stidhams and the McIntosh and Hawkins family (in fact see the entry for Pink Hawkins in the IT: Its Chiefs, etc 1892, supra, re a long held conspiracy theory among some Creeks that Sam Houston had Benjamin Hawkins killed as an he was a supposed impediment to Houston's plans...) the just north of the Texarkana area seems the most likely.

I'm pushing a bit of a deadline for a publisher for September on the Garrett line 1853 to 1948 in the IT, OT, and OK, but I will see if my daughter and I can't get some hits over at OHC. Best. Greg

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