Title: The papers of Will Rogers
First published: 1996
Description: "In these journals, Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, a well-known chronicler of western history and an authority on Plains Indians, provides an important account of conditions in Indian Territory from 1878 to 1880, a period of rapid transition.".

"The Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation in present-day western Oklahoma was the center of Dodge's activity. His writings offer a firsthand record of the 1878 retreat of the Northern Cheyenne, the conditions endured by Indians who remained on the reservation, and the jurisdictional conflicts between Army personnel and representatives of the Office of Indian Affairs.".

"These journals also provide insight into Dodge's character, with reports of his official duties as a military man and of several landmark events in his family life. Extensive commentaries and notes by Wayne R. Kime provide further detail, including a history of Cantonment North Fork Canadian River, a six-company post Dodge established and commanded in the region."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Correspondence, Sources, Performing arts, Archives, History, Rogers, will, 1879-1935, Entertainers, united states, Vaudeville, Performing arts, history, Indians of north america, west (u.s.), Arts du spectacle, Histoire, Comedy, Diaries, Indians of North America, Cheyenne Indians, Arapaho Indians
Places: United States
People: Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PN2287.R74 A25 1996