La Harpe's post
Subtitle: a tale of French-Wichita contact on the eastern plains
By: George H. Odell ; with appendixes by Marie E. Brown ... [et al.].
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste, 1683-1765 -- Travel -- Oklahoma.; Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste, 1683-1765 -- Relations with Indians.; Tawakoni Indians -- First contact with Europeans.; Wichita Indians -- First contact with Europeans.; Acculturation -- Oklahoma -- History -- 18th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma.; Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- Antiquities.; Oklahoma -- Discovery and exploration -- French.; Oklahoma -- Ethnic relations.; Oklahoma -- Antiquities.
Description: "This contribution to contact period studies points to the Lasley Vore site in modern Oklahoma, 13 miles south of Tulsa along the Arkansas River, as the most likely first meeting place of Plains Indians and Europeans more than 300 years ago. Odell presents a full account of the presumed location of the Tawakoni village visited by Jean-Baptiste Benard, Sieur de la Harpe about 1718, as revealed through the analysis of excavated materials by nine specialist collaborators.

In a well-written narrative report, employing careful study and innovative analysis supported by appendixes containing the excavation data, Odell combines documentary history and archaeological evidence to pinpoint the probable site of the first European contact with North American Plains Indians."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-359) and index.