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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
