ABSTRACT
John Milton Oskison and his writings are not currently familiar to very rnany readers, and he has not so far received much critical attention-unfortunate lapses because Oskison was unusual among Native Americans both as a man and as a writer. He was a cattleman and a scholar, a world traveler and a soldier, at home with the rich and powerful but equally comfortable in log cabins. He published newspaper and magazine articles, essays, editorials, short stories, and novels; he collected Indian tales for publication, and he began an autobiography. He served as an editor at Collier’s and the New York Evening Post at their height.
