Captain Jack Crawford: Buckskin Poet, Scout, and Showman

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CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD Photograph of Captain Jack Crawford appearing in his first book of poetry , The Poet Scout: Verses and Songs, 1879. (Courtesy Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library.) CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD BUCKSKIN POET, SCOUT, AND SHOWMAN DARLISA MILLER UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8263-5190-6© 1993 by the University of New Mexico Press. All rights reserved. First edition First paperbound printing, 2012 Paperbound ISBN: 978-0-8263-5174-6 The Library of Congress has catalogued the printed edition as follows: Miller, Darlis A., 1939Captain Jack Crawford—buckskin poet, scout, and showman / Darlis A. Miller.—ist ed. p. cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8263-I449-X (cl) 1. Crawford, Jack, 1847—1917—Biography. 2. Poets, American—I9th century—Biography. 3. Scouts and Scouting—West (U.S.)—Biography. 4. Entertainers—West (U.S.)—Biography. i. Title. PSi469.C3Z75 1993 8n'.4—dc2o [B] 93-8611 CIP Part of chapter 8 is drawn from "Captain Jack Crawford: A Western Military Scout on the Chautauqua Circuit," in South Dakota History 21 No. 3 (Fall 1991) and used courtesy of the journal and editor. To AUGUST MILLER This page intentionally left blank ...