Mayhall Mildred P. The Kiowas

University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. — 364 p.The Kiowa Indians were, along with the fighting Cheyennes, the most feared and hated of the Plains Indian tribes. Here is the story of their evolution from mountain dwellers to Plains nomads and finally, after the Indian wars of the 1870s. The Kiowas is a topical study that systematically sets forth the cultural history of the tribe.Mildred Mary Pickle Mayhall (1902–1987) is historian, writer, and teacher. She attended Austin public schools and the National Park Seminary in Washington, D.C. She received the B.A. (1924), M.A. (1926), and Ph.D. (1939) degrees from the University of Texas. Although trained as a historian, she taught anthropology at the University of Texas for twenty years before taking a position as a history teacher at Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin. She was the author of two studies of Indians, The Kiowas (1962) and Indian Wars of Texas (1965). She served as a consultant for Time-Life Books for The Great Chiefs (1975) in the series The Old West. She also wrote numerous articles for various historical magazines. At Austin High School she served as faculty sponsor for the Junior Historians. She was active in the Texas State Historical Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution.