The History of Slaveholding Indians

The History of Slaveholding Indians is a three volume series dealing with the slaveholding Indians as secessionists, as participants in the Civil War, and as victims under reconstruction. The series deals with a phase of American Civil War history which has heretofore been almost entirely neglected or, where dealt with, either misunderstood or misinterpreted.ContentsThe American Indian as Slaveholder and SecessionistGeneral Situation in the Indian Country, 1830-1860Indian Territory in Its Relations With Texas and ArkansasThe Confederacy in Negotiation With the Indian TribesThe Indian Nations in Alliance With the ConfederacyThe American Indian as Participant in the Civil WarThe Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn and Its More Immediate EffectsLane's Brigade and the Inception of the IndianThe Indian Refugees in Southern KansasThe Organization of the First Indian ExpeditionThe March to Tahlequah and the Retrograde Movement of the "White Auxiliary"General Pike in Controversy With General HindmanOrganization of the Arkansas and Red River SuperintendencyThe Retirement of General PikeThe Removal of the Refugees to the Sac and Fox AgencyNegotiations With Union IndiansIndian Territory in 1863, January to June InclusiveIndian Territory in 1863, July to December InclusiveAspects, Chiefly Military, 1864-1865The American Indian Under ReconstructionOvertures of Peace and ReconciliationThe Return of the RefugeesCattle-driving in the Indian CountryThe Muster Out of the Indian Home GuardsThe Surrender of the Secessionist IndiansThe Peace Council at Fort Smith, September, 1865The Harlan BillThe Freedmen of Indian TerritoryThe Earlier of the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866Negotiations With the Cherokees