HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY AND HOMESEEKERS' GUIDE. by Puckett, James L. and Ellen

Vinta, Ok., Chieftain Pub. Co., 1906. 151pp. Illus. Modern cloth with gold stamping on spine. Signed "from J.L. Puckett". First edition. Adams Herd 1844: "Scarce." Some experiences of an old cowboy in the Indian Territory." Foreman p. 53. Howes P645. Graff 3399. Streeter Sale 607: "The author, for 25 years a resident (marrying 3 Indian girls) includes his cowboy experiences, an autobiography of O. A. Woodman (who, as a white captive, was raised by the Comanches and later became a famous scout and marshall), and much similar material. Beginning on p.30 there is a long extract from a captivity among the Apaches written by Herman Lehmann under the title "Indianology", printed by Johnson Brothers Printing Company, San Antonio, 1899. From p.118 to end is Puckett's own story of his life in Oklahoma from 1881 when as a boy of eighteen he went to Cherokee City." Adams Guns 1775. Gilcrease-Hargrett p.303.