Guide to the Amanda M. Fletcher Cook Collection

Collection — Box: 362

Identifier: H73-35

Staff Only

Scope and Content

A detailed inventory is included with the collection, which consists of typescript of articles and depositions, correspondence to and from Ms. Cook, publications, and various news clippings.

Dates

1866-1922

Creator

Cook, Amanda Fletcher (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Biographical / Historical

Amanda Fletcher was born in England before her family emigrated to the U.S. In 1865 the Fletchers were traveling to California when the wagon train was attacked by Cheyenne Indians near Rock Creek. Amanda and her sister were taken captive while her mother was killed and her father and brothers escaped. Amanda spent a year with the tribe before being bought by a trader and returned to Illinois. The fate of her sister was unknown. It was believed that she was killed but in 1900 Mrs. Cook believed that a white woman living with the Arapahoe near Casper was her sister. The claim was never verified and the woman refused to leave the tribe.