Thomas C. Battey, born in Starksboro, Vermont in 1828, was a Quaker missionary and teacher to the Caddo, Cheyenne, Apache, and Kiowa. In 1871 Battey moved to Indian Territory to work with the Caddo Indians; two years later Kicking Bird, a Kiowa chief, asked him to start a school for the Kiowa children near Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was later appointed field agent for the Kiowa Agency. Due to his failing health, Battey returned to his farm in Viola, Kansas in 1874. His book, The life and adventures of a Quaker among the Indians, was published in 1875. Battey moved to Ohio in 1890 and died of cancer in 1897.
Beede, Cyrus, 1828-1908 Big Tree, Kiowa chief, 1847-1927 Kicking Bird, -1875 Lone Wolf, Kiowa Indian Satanta, Kiowa Chief, approximately 1815-1878 Standing, Alfred J United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cheyenne Agency United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Kiowa Agency United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Wichita Agency Society of Friends--Missions Apache Indians--Education Comanche Indians--Education Comanche Indians--Wars Indians of North America--Education Indians of North America--Great Plains Indians of North America--Wars Kiowa Indians--Education Kiowa Indians--Wars Missionaries--Oklahoma--Correspondence Quakers--Oklahoma--Correspondence Fort Sill (Okla.) Letters (correspondence) Oklahoma. (aat)
Source
Thomas C. Battey letters and drawings, 1871-1996 (bulk 1871-1895). Box 1 Folder 4 Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Gift of Ruth Edgerton Hoge, May 1997 and July 1997.
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