The Kickapoos: Lords of the Middle Border (Volume 70)

by Arrell M. Gibson

The Kickapoo Indians resisted outsiders’ every attempt to settle their lands--until finally they were forced to remove west of the Mississippi River to the plains of the Southwest. There they continued to wage war and acted as traders for border captives and goods. In 1873 they reluctantly settled on a reservation in Indian Territory. There, corrupt politicians, land swindlers, gamblers, and whiskey peddlers preyed on the tribe. Not until the twentieth century did the Kickapoos received just treatment at the hands of the United States government.

408 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1963

About the author

Arrell Morgan Gibson was a historian and author specializing in the history of the state of Oklahoma.