The Indian Territory in the Civil War Message Board

Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
In Response To: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862 ()

I contacted the Ponca City Library. They have the date you gave, Sept. 15, 1939, on microfilm. The lady I spoke with on the phone said she would give the info to their genealogist who would try to locate the article and send me a copy.

There has been extensive discussion on these message boards about the attack on the Wichita Agency and the subsequent Tonkawa Massacre. Most of these have been archived. The best sources we located were the afore mentioned article in the Chronicles of Oklahoma on Horace P. Jones, a letter in the Pratt Papers (see http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/itcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=2165 ), and a letter in the appendix of one of Annie Abel's books (see http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/itcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=2151 ).

There are many postings on the subject in the archives. To search the archives go to http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/itcwmb/arch_config.pl

Click on "Search"

I always put a ridiculously long time period in the date field (e.g., posted in the past 20 years.

Search for messages containing ANY of the following keywords: Tonkawa Wichita Agency

As I recall, Tom Blanchard has done a considerable amount of research on the events and I believe Patti Rochette has added most, if not all, to her book.

Ken

Messages In This Thread

Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862
Re: Tonkawa Massacre Oct 1862