Contents of new book

 

 

CONTENTS

 

Introduction

 

1 “Goddamn Okies”: How “Okie” Became a Hate Term and

Who the Okies Really Were 29

2 Carolina Kinfolks and the War on the Cherokees,

1759–1783 37

3 Jefferson, Cocke, Indian Treaties, and the Sims Settlers 51

4 Erratic Obliviousness at Trap Hill, Wilkes County: The

Siamese Twins, the Roaring River Baptists, the Unionists,

and the Rebel Gestapo 73

5 The Mormon Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Part 1:

1850s Utah, a Military Theocracy 95

6 The Mormon Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Part 2:

Slaughtering a Wagon Train of Arkansawyers for Parley,

Brigham, and Jesus—But Holding Back a Few Orphans

for Ransom 115

7 The Wartime Adventures of Cousin Milton Sims

8 Whites, Indians, and Negroes: The Moral Trajectory

of an Innocent Texan, Jesse Wadlington Sparks 159

9 Captain J. H. Matthews: Star Witness for the Freedmen’s

Bureau, Whose Lies Became History 181

10 Cousin Fletcher Hill—Thwarted Hero and Promoter

of Veterans 191

11 Reconstruction Foes: Albion Tourgee vs.

Montford McGehee 217

12 Cousin Willy Sims Causes the Danville Massacre—

and Causes Jim Crow? 239

13 Wounded Knee: Sherman’s Shame and

Dick Costner’s Gallantry

14 A White Kentucky Martyr to White Racism 263

15 The Glenn-Tucker Lawsuit: The Jarndyce v. Jarndyce

of Indian Territory 275

16 Cousin Lee Sparks—The Mounted Policeman Who

Hastened the End of the Buffalo Soldiers: How One

Bad Cop Caused the “Largest Murder Trial in the

History of the United States” 295

17 Dovey Costner: Being Black in the Carolinas,

Texas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma 305

Appendix: Family Stories and Documents 319

Acknowledgments