Introduction to the Bison Books Edition © 1998 by the
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Crawford, Isabel, 1865-1961
Kiowa: a woman missionary in Indian Territory / Isabel
Crawford; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Clyde
Ellis.

p. cm.

Originally published: New York: F. H. Revell Co., c 1915. With
new introd.

Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8032-6387-2 (pa: alk. paper)

1. Crawford, Isabel, 1865-1961. 2. Kiowa Indians--Mis-
sions. 3. Women missionaries--Oklahoma--Biography.
4. Baptists--Missions--Oklahoma--History. I. Title.

E99.K5C8 1998

266'.61'092--dc21

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97-49932 CIP

Reprinted from the original 1915 edition, titled Kiowa: The
History of a Blanket Indian Mission, by the Fleming H.
Revell Company, New York. This Bison Books edition follows
the original in beginning chapter 1 on arabic page 13; no
material has been omitted.

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