Twice named America's Poet Laureate....Ted Koozer

Lawrie Tatum, first Kiowa agent, with group of rescued children. 1872-73. Tatum was known to the Kiowa and Comanche tribes as Pot-ta-wat Pervo (Bald Head Agent). While acting as Indian agent, Tatum secured the release of many white and Mexican captives, including the family of Gottfried Koozer, whose wife and five children were kidnapped by Kiowa Chief White Horse. Tatum resigned his position on March 31, 1873 partly in protest to the release of Satanta, which he opposed.