THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY
CLEVELAND: 1915

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY
ANNIE HELOISE ABEL

TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER


CONTENTS

Preface[13]
[I]General Situation in the Indian Country, 1830-1860[17]
[II]Indian Territory in its Relations with Texas and Arkansas[63]
[III]The Confederacy in Negotiation with the Indian Tribes[127]
[IV]The Indian Nations in Alliance With the Confederacy[207]
Appendix A—Fort Smith Papers[285]
Appendix B—The Leeper or Wichita Agency Papers[329]
Selected Bibliography[359]
Index[369]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Indian Territory, 1861[Frontispiece]
Map showing free Negro Settlements in the Creek Country[25]
Portrait of Colonel Downing, Cherokee[65]
Portrait of John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees[112]
Portrait of Colonel Adair, Cherokee[221]
Map showing the Retreat of the loyal Indians[263]
Fort McCulloch[281]