Background
Hagan, William Thomas was born on December 19, 1918 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Son of William Fleming and Verna (Grass) Hagan.
( The son of white captive Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Par...)
The son of white captive Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker rose from able warrior to tribal leader on the Comanche reservation. Between 1875 and his death in 1911, Quanah dealt with local Indian agents and with presidents and other high officials in Washington, facing the classic dilemma of a leader caught between the dictates of an occupying power and the wrenching physical and spiritual needs of his people. He maintained a remarkable blend of progressive and traditional beliefs, and contrary to government policy, he practiced polygamy and the peyote religion. In this crisp and readable biography, William T Hagan presents a well-balanced portrait of Quanah Parker, the chief, and Quanah, the man torn between two worlds.
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( Of all the aboriginal tribes of the Americas none had a...)
Of all the aboriginal tribes of the Americas none had a more courageous or tragic destiny than the twin tribes of the Mississippi Valley, the Sacs and the Foxes. Occupying a parkland area midway between the powerful Iroquois and Sioux tribes in present Illinois and Wisconsin, the Sacs and the Foxes were prosperous agrarian people who held their own against their more numerous neighbors. The white frontier moved threateningly closer, and in the War of 1812 the Sacs and the Foxes, resisting the Americans’ encroachment on their lands, joined forces with the British. Black Hawk, the great Sac and Fox leader, refused to accept land cessions to the whites, and in 1832 the tribe’s worst fears came true: a group of white squatters claimed the site of Black Hawk’s village in Illinois. In the "war" that followed, Black Hawk and his force retreated before an overwhelming force of whites and were virtually wiped out in a battle at the mouth of the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin. Pushed out onto the plains, the remnants of the tribes had to content with the dominant Comanches. Their destiny had been changed forever.
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Hagan, William Thomas was born on December 19, 1918 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Son of William Fleming and Verna (Grass) Hagan.
Bachelor, Marshall University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950.
From assistant professor to professor, North Texas State University, 1950-1965; from professor to Distinguished professor, State University College, Fredonia, New York, 1965-1988; department chairman history, State University College, Fredonia, New York, 1965-1970; acting academic vice president, State University College, Fredonia, New York, 1970-1971; professor to Adjunct Professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1989-1995; retired. Visiting distinguished professor of University Houston, 1977.
( Of all the aboriginal tribes of the Americas none had a...)
( The son of white captive Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Par...)
(The history of the Sac and Fox Indians is a case study of...)
(Book by Hagan, William T.)
Member of advisory board Newberry Library's Center Indian History, Chicago, 1972-1986.Served to First lieutenant Army of the United States, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Western History Association (president 1979-1980, council 1980-1982), American Society Ethnohistory (president 1963).
Married Charlotte Evangeline Nix, January 31, 1943. Children: Thomas M., Martha D., Daniel B., Sarah E.