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where they built the Adobe Walls trading com- plex in 1874. The
Indians readily perceived the threat posed by the hide hunters,
and they reacted quickly. The authors note the rise of the
charismatic Comanche medicine man and prophet Isatai, who gained
the support of a young Quanah Parker. On the morning of June 27,
1874, a large war party of Comanches, Kiowas, and Southern
Cheyennes attacked Adobe Walls. Anecdotes and fanciful lore have
surrounded this colorful episode in Texas history, but Baker and
Harrison dispel those myths. They estab- lish the placement of
the defenders and of the attacking Indians, and they determine
the chronology of events. The reader gains a sense of what a
terrifying experience this must have been for the people trapped
in the various buildings at Adobe Walls. Reports of the
archaeological excavations at Adobe Walls comprise the second
part of this volume. These provide minute descriptions of the
physical setting of the