Title La Harpe's post : a tale of French-Wichita contact on the eastern plains / George H. Odell ; with appendixes by Marie E. Brown [and others]

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 369 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Land That K new No European; 2. Who Were These Indians?; 3. The New World as Political Pawn; 4. Industry Presents an Opportunity; 5. A Testimony to Storage and Cooking; 6. Teasing Meaning from Bits and Pieces; 7. What Were Those People Doing There?; 8. Hypothesizing the Eighteenth Century; APPENDIXES; Notes; References Cited; Contributors Summary "This contribution to contact period studies points to the Lasley Vore site in modern Oklahoma, 13 miles south of Tulsa along the Arkansas River, as the most likely first meeting place of Plains Indians and Europeans more than 300 years ago. Odell presents a full account of the presumed location of the Tawakoni village visited by Jean-Baptiste Benard, Sieur de la Harpe about 1718, as revealed through the analysis of excavated materials by nine specialist collaborators. In a well-written narrative report, employing careful study and innovative analysis supported by appendixes containing the excavation data, Odell combines documentary history and archaeological evidence to pinpoint the probable site of the first European contact with North American Plains Indians."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste, 1683-1765 -- Travel -- Oklahoma Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste, 1683-1765 -- Relations with Indians SUBJECT Bénard de La Harpe, Jean Baptiste, 1683-1765 fast Subject Tawakoni Indians -- First contact with other peoples Wichita Indians -- First contact with other peoples Acculturation -- Oklahoma -- History -- 18th century Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- Antiquities. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. Acculturation Antiquities Discoveries in geography -- French Ethnic relations Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America -- Antiquities Relations with Indians Tawakoni Indians -- First contact with other peoples Travel Wichita Indians -- First contact with other peoples SUBJECT Oklahoma -- Discovery and exploration -- French Oklahoma -- Ethnic relations Oklahoma -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094470 Subject Oklahoma Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780817382155 0817382151

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