Albert L. Hurtado is Travis Chair in Modern American History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the editor of "Major Problems in American Indian History, " second edition, and author of "Indian Survival on the California Frontier, Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California, " and "John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier, "winner of the Caughey Prize from the west Western Historical Association.