[Map of the routes of Generals Grierson, Mackenzie, and Davidson, Colonels Schofield and Carpenter, and Captain Baldwin over the plains] / [compiled under the direction of Maj. General J.W. Davidson ... Fort Sill, I.T. by Col. L.H. Orleman, 10th Cavalry ...]. 1872.

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[Map of the routes of Generals Grierson, Mackenzie, and Davidson, Colonels Schofield and Carpenter, and Captain Baldwin over the plains] / [compiled under the direction of Maj. General J.W. Davidson ... Fort Sill, I.T. by Col. L.H. Orleman, 10th Cavalry ...]. 1872.

Reduced contemporary photograph of manuscript map of Oklahoma and Texas; possibly produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Includes six hand colored U.S. cavalry expedition routes keyed to notes; identifies numerous forts. The military expeditions were made following 1871 Indian attacks on settlers in the region. Four routes pass through Fort Sill, Indian Territory, where U.S. cavalry officer Benjamin Henry Grierson served between 1868-1873. Forms part of Grierson's Papers (Ayer MS 3039 box 8).

1 map : hand col. ; 180 x 134 mm.

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