Medicine -- Indian Territory -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Reagles, Jr., Collection
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Soldier. Correspondence (1866-1868) to and from Reagle regarding personal matters as well as his assignments at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory, with descriptions of the Indians of various tribes with whom he came into contact; and Reagles's diary (1864-1867), in which he recorded his experiences as a Union soldier in Virginia during the Civil War and his post-war service with the U.S. 10th Cavalry at Fort Arbuckle. In the diary Reagle recorded prominent Comanche, Choctaw and Chickasaw words and their English translations, a Caddo drinking song, and recipes for "elixirs of life." Of special note are his impressions of the Indians, his history of the Comanches through 1867, and drawing of a Caddo village he visited in 1867. James Reagle Jr. Photograph Collection also in repository.
John Jameson Collection
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Rancher. Ledger containing financial transactions of the Jameson ranch in Indian Territory and personal and family information. Includes a recipe for a home remedy for "weak lung" using glycerine, good whiskey and white rock candy.
