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Fort Sill (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

C. H. Detrick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-157
Scope and Contents

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Interpreter. A Comanche-English dictionary, with Comanche alphabet and diacritical markings, compiled by Detrick while serving as an interpreter for the Red Store Trading Post at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The collection also includes typescripts on the Comanche language, customs and conventions, the Lord's Prayer in Comanche, a translated Comanche reminiscence with language notes and explanations, and a typewritten memoir by Detrick on his work at the Trading post. C.H. Detrick Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1880-1897
Found in: Western History Collections

Comanches at a shrine (?) near Sneed’s Trading Store below Ft. Sill, Indian Territory, ca. 1889., circa 1889

 Item — Box Photo L-17, item: 26
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Black and white original prints of Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Oto, and Wichita Indians taken at the Lenny and Sawyers Studio in Purcell, Indian Territory.

Dates: circa 1889
Found in: Western History Collections / Lenny and Sawyers Photograph Collection

Tonkawa Public Library Collection

 Collection — Box T-3
Identifier: WHC-M-620
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Typescripts of interviews and news articles with pioneers and army officers from the area around present-day Tonkawa, Oklahoma, regarding U.S. Army operations, Indians, and the settlement of the region. Tonkawa Public Library Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1938
Found in: Western History Collections

“Watermelon Party”. Indian women and children on porch of building cutting watermelon, etc. All the women are wrapped in blankets. Fort Sill, Indian Territory. Original., undated

 Item — Box Photo L-17, item: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Oto, and Wichita Indians taken at the Lenny and Sawyers Studio in Purcell, Indian Territory.

Dates: undated
Found in: Western History Collections / Lenny and Sawyers Photograph Collection
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