Description In one of two courting scenes in the 1879 book, a man on horseback greets a woman dressed in a cotton dress, concho belt with drop, and shawl around her waist, while a second man looks on. Both men carry umbrellas and have their bow cases and quivers by their sides. The horse on the left is distinguished by split ears. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort Reno, Plains Indian Art, Created in...

Description Standing Bull depicts a couple wrapped in a blanket for courtship in the Plains tradition. The woman wears a cotton print dress and moccasins with cloth leggings, and the man is clad in a calico shirt and blue wool leggings. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort Reno, Plains Indian Art, Created in Community. Emma I. Hansen, Curator Emerita and Senior Scholar for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West,...

Description Stump Horn and another man meet with three women who are all dressed in reservation-era cotton dresses shawls, hair pipe chokers, and beaded moccasins and leggings. Stump Horn is riding on a paint horse and, like the other man, carries an umbrella. The horse wears a leather bridle with German silver medallions. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort Reno, Plains Indian Art, Created in Community. Emma...

Description A warrior leans to the side of his horse to strike a Pawnee with his saber. The Pawnee, identified through his distinctive hair style, wears a cotton shirt, a breech cloth, blue wool leggings, and garters. A mirror board and powder horn are tied to his belt and he carries a rifle. The Cheyenne carries a distinctive shield painted with images of the full and crescent moons and dragonflies. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger...

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Letter from A.R. Durant to his father William George Durant concerning the sale of cotton at 2 3/4 cents per pound.

Description

J. L. McCorkle wrote from Webbers Falls, Indian Territory to his son in Leavenworth, Kansas. McCorkle reported that the crops were not growing well and they have been without rain. Reported fires which destroyed 200 bales of cotton, business houses in Muskogee, and the Cherokee Female Seminary. The Cherokee Female Seminary burned Sunday last, which was April 10, 1887. Folder 538

Description

Black and white photograph of a Mescalera Apache Medicine Man. Man is standing in studio setting with bearskin over left shoulder, holding head of bear. Also wearing cotton shirt, vest, cloth around waist, leggings, and moccasins. Photographic reproduction of original. Folder 6

Description

Rent Contract for 166 acres of land on the farm known as the Mrs. Emma McCorkle farm near Webbers Falls, Indian Territory. The rent contract was for one year, January 1, 1897 to January 1, 1898. J. R. Williams and S. C. Stallcup were renting the farm land from J. L. McCorkle. Payment for the land was one-third of all corn and one-forth of all cotton raised on the farm land rented. Folder 571

Description

Sepia-colored photograph of Ring Nose, the oldest Caddo alive. Seated in studio setting wearing hat, cotton shirt, vest, leggings, and moccasins. Holding rifle barrel-up in right arm. Folder 4

Inscription(s)

Inscribed, ""The oldest Caddo alive, Ring Nose. 1876" on verso

Description Minutes are typed on Gibson Bros. letterhead. Meeting took place in Webbers Falls, Indian Territory at 8:00 p.m. D. W. McCorkle presided as temporary chairman. Minutes detailed the nomination and voting process for electing officers. C. C. Tittle was declared elected as nominee for Mayor. S. L. Milligan was elected as nominee for recorder. Geo. Pollard, William Gibson, T.M. Looper, J. T. Neal, and Cal Hanks were declared elected aldermen. Minutes were signed my D. W. McCorkle, President Pro....