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Fort Gibson, terminal on the trail of tears (Record no. 18880)

020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0806115211
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780806115214
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 323.1 Agn
Item number 42
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 323.1 Agn
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Agnew, Brad
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Fort Gibson, terminal on the trail of tears
Statement of responsibility, etc Brad Agnew
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Univ. of Okla. Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1980
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 274 p
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Established on Grand River in 1824, Fort Gibson was the first and perhaps the most important military outpost in the Indian Territory. The army's principal mission was to maintain order and expedite the policy of Indian Removal. Executing a policy many Indians bitterly opposed, the troops at Fort Gibson became the natural adversaries of tribes already residing in the territory. Conflict was anticipated, and war hysteria swept the region. Yet, during the emotionally charged years of Indian Removal there were no clashes between the Indians and soldiers from Fort Gibson. Brad Agnew reveals that military policy at Fort Gibson was designed to ease the clash of cultures, and many of the officers and soldiers who served there were truly concerned about the welfare of American Indians. Agnew traces the relocation of the Eastern tribes to Indian Territory, and the resulting turbulence, through the letters, official reports, newspapers, and personal accounts of those who served at or lived near the post. Marked by no dramatic battles or massacres, the history of Fort Gibson recites repeated attempts to arrange truces between feuding tribes, to pressure Plains Indians to abandon their warlike ways, and to resolve intertribal conflicts. Although peace-keeping activities have received scant attention in Removal histories, efforts at Fort Gibson restrained the anger of fifty thousand immigrant Indians--preventing an uprising that could have set the frontier aflame
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note 59861
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Indians of North America
General subdivision Government relations
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Indians of North America
General subdivision Indian Territory
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Indians of North America
General subdivision Removal
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
General subdivision History
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type sw 300 - 399
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Holdings
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