Norfleet, Bob 1960
Carl Williams explores the various accounts of the March 1877 battle of Yellow House (or Thompson’s) Canyon between buffalo hunters and renegade Comanches near the present site of Lubbock. Part of the tape is an interview with Bob Norfleet.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Bob Norfleet
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: 1960
Location: Unknown
Interviewer: Carl Williams
Length: 1 hour
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Bob Norfleet,
Anecdote, wildcat,
Buffalo,
Anecdote, buffalo shot,
Buffalo hunters,
Water,
Indian water supply,
Hogs,
Carl Williams,
Fort Concho and the Texas Frontier by J. Evetts,
Haley,
Buffalo hunters’ battle with Comanches,
Army map (John R. Cook),
Location,
Thompson’s Canyon,
Eagle Springs Draw,
Yellow House Draw,
Laguna Costa (San Marillos, Col. Shafter),
Trail.
Tape 1, Side 2: Carl Williams (continued),
Letter from Collinson to Bruce Gerdes (1937),
Comanche battle (continued),
Thompson’s Canyon,
Smokey Hill,
Spotted Jack,
Glen’s Camp,
Captured squaws,
Black troops,
Moore’s Draw,
Indian Raids on the South Plains by Frank Hill,
Charles Harte,
Frank P. Hill’s story (again),
Fort Sill,
Black troops (again),
Pioneer Surveyor, Frontier Lawyer by Oscar W. Williams,
Location,
Cook story correct.
Range Dates: 1877-1937
Bulk Dates: 1877-1980
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