The Chickasaw Rancher
by Johnson, Neil R.; Kingsley, C. Neil; Gibson, Arrell M.; Kingsley, C. NeilEdition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Colorado
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Summary
First published in 1960, Neil R. Johnson's The Chickasaw Rancher, Revised Edition, tells the story of Montford T. Johnson and the mixed and intermarried Chickasaw settlements of Oklahoma. Abandoned by his father after his mother's death and then left on his own following his grandmother's passing in 1858, Johnson had control of a piece of land in the northern part of the Chickasaw Nation in what is now Oklahoma.
Author Biography
Neil R. Johnson was born on one of this father's ranches in July of 1893. After World War I, he returned to Oklahoma to oversee his father's properties with his own family. He stayed active with the family business until his death in 1970 C. Neil Kingsley currently resides in Norman, Oklahoma
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface to the Revised Edition | p. xxi |
| Preface 1960 | p. xxv |
| List of Cattle Brands | p. xxvii |
| Chickasaws in Mississippi | p. 1 |
| Early History | |
| European Interaction | |
| Removal to Indian Territory | |
| Life in the Indian Territory | p. 15 |
| Montford and Adelaide Johnson's Childhood | |
| Captain Hothliche | |
| Civil War | |
| Treaty of 1866 | p. 31 |
| Montford Becomes a Cowman | |
| Buffalo Hunt | |
| Jesse Chisholm Intercedes with the Plains Indian Chiefs | |
| Friends: Jesse Chisholm and Black Beaver | p. 41 |
| Introduction to Jesse Chisholm and Black Beaver | |
| Wild Indian Raids | p. 51 |
| Indian War of 1874 | |
| Montford Establishes First Ranch in 1868 | |
| Jack Brown, Montford's First Partner | p. 57 |
| Montford Moved to Camp Arbuckle | |
| Wild Indian Trading | |
| Montford's Home Life | |
| Montford's Neighbors | |
| Walnut Creek Ranch Trip | p. 67 |
| Branding Calves | |
| Poisoning Wolves | |
| Burning Ranges | |
| Shawnee Trail | |
| Catching Hogs | |
| Adelaide Marries Jim Bond | p. 79 |
| Chub Moore's Orphan Children | |
| Council Grove Ranch | |
| Hogs to Council Grove | |
| Butchering Hogs | |
| Indian Raiders | |
| Feeding Hungry Indians | |
| Lon Gray and Bear | |
| Bob Curtis and Antelope | |
| First Cookstove | |
| Chickasaw Renter | p. 93 |
| Pond Creek Ranch | |
| Indian Village Races | |
| Dances | |
| Kansas Bulls Imported | |
| Panther Hunt | |
| Charley Campbell Becomes Partner | p. 101 |
| Indian War of 1874 | |
| School at Ft. Sill | |
| Indian Horse Sale | |
| Trail Drive to Nebraska School | |
| Bitter Creek Ranch | |
| Fort Reno Timbers | |
| Tishomingo School | |
| Boggy Johnson Returns | p. 113 |
| Family Reunion | |
| Train Trip to Florida | |
| Barbecue for Captured Indian Chiefs | |
| Law and Order | p. 121 |
| Silver City Move in 1878 | |
| Catching Wild Horses | |
| Aunt Adelaide Moves | |
| Gus Leslie's Wife Dies | |
| Muggs McLish Shot | |
| Arkansas School | |
| Texas Trail Herds | p. 133 |
| Description of Various Cattle Trails | |
| Crossing South Canadian River | |
| Council Grove Ranch and the Boomers | p. 143 |
| Payne and His Boomers | |
| Panhandle Texas Trip | |
| Caddo Bill William's Picnic | |
| Death of Mary, Montford's Wife | |
| School in New York | p. 153 |
| Montford Defrauded by Father | |
| New Home | |
| Runaway | |
| Montford's Second Marriage | |
| Graham Family | |
| Social Parties, Dances, Picnics, Celebrations | |
| Ella Campbell Elopes | |
| Intermarried Whites Crowding Range | |
| Snowstorm | p. 169 |
| Boomer Prairie Fires | |
| Fireguards | |
| E. B. Returns from New York | |
| Saving the Silver City Store | p. 177 |
| Barbed-Wire Fence | |
| Wagon Boss and Crew | |
| Trail Herd to Kansas | |
| Bullin' Steer | |
| Jacks | |
| Changing Times in the Chickasaw Nation | p. 189 |
| Purcell Townsite | |
| Oklahoma Ranchers Quitting | |
| Stealing Cattle | |
| Invitation Dance | |
| Permit Fees | |
| E. B. Marries Mollie Graham | |
| Fort Reno Beef Contract and Chickasaw Politics | p. 199 |
| E. B. Elected to Legislature | |
| Branding Horses | |
| Cherokee Cattle Loss | |
| Oklahoma Run | p. 209 |
| Montford's Home Life | |
| Skirmish with Soldiers | |
| Day of the Run | |
| Graham Family Claims | |
| Pond Creek Ranch, Newcastle | p. 221 |
| Fence Line Disputes | |
| Surplus Horses Peddled | |
| Outlaw Steers | |
| Rise on Canadian | |
| Townsite Opening | |
| Shipping Hogs | |
| Norman Pranks | |
| Wichita Indian Lease | p. 237 |
| Cattle Moved | |
| Depredations | |
| Indian Sun Dances | |
| Range Fires | |
| Indian Raids | |
| Branding | |
| Government Claimed Leased District | |
| Montford's Claim Lost | |
| Half Moon Ranch | p. 255 |
| Caddo Bill Williams Sells Ranch | |
| Pond Creek Cyclone | |
| Dawes Commission | |
| Montford's Death | p. 263 |
| Montford's Estate | |
| Custody of Montford's Children | |
| Death of Montford's Father | |
| Death of Montford's Second Wife, Addie | |
| E. B. Moves His Family to Norman | p. 269 |
| Allotments | |
| Moves Next to University | |
| Childhood Stories | |
| Hat Brand Expands into Texas | p. 287 |
| Hutchinson County Ranch | |
| Alanreed Ranch | |
| Norman Childhood Stories | |
| E. B. Johnson and Sons Estate | |
| Navajo Ranch | |
| E. B. Johnson's Death | |
| Epilogue--Reflections on the Chickasaw Tribe and the Johnson Family | p. 299 |
| Appendix | p. 303 |
| Index | p. 307 |
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