Fort Sill (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century.
Subject
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Rodocker, David, Photograph of Two Native American Soldiers in the United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment Troop L, circa 1892
Item — Box 42: [Barcode: 32101070780414]
Scope and Contents
Consists of a cabinet card photograph depicting two Native American cavalrymen in the United States Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment Troop L. Although the two men are unidentified, they are likely Comanche, Kiowa, Apache, or Arapaho. Troop L was comprised of young men from these four indigenous groups of the Great Plains that the United States government forcibly removed to settlements surrounding Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the wake of the Red River War. It is possible that the soldier on the right...
Dates:
circa 1892