Killers of the Flower Moon: Review

First and last name of federal undercover agent, former spy, and “rarity” in the Bureau of Intelligence due to his American Indian heritage.

John Wren

A wealthy oilman who is stabbed, stripped, and left for dead while traveling to Washington D.C., to urgent federal authorities to investigate the Osage murders.

Barney McBride

A Pawhuska attorney and former prosecutor who was working to solve the Osage murder cases when he himself was killed by being thrown from a train in June 1923.

W.W. Vaughn

Corrpt banker suspected of murdering W.W. Vaughn; he was a “guardian” of several Osage.

H.G. Burt

First name of the mother of Millie, Minnie, Rita, and Anna.

Iizzie

Journalist and author of this story.

David Grann

The “Soup Man” (expert in explosions).

Asa Kirby

A notorious outlaw who is eventually instrumental in revealing that Burkhart and Hale were the orchestrators, together, of the plot to Bill and Rita Smith

Blackie Thompson

a notorious bootlegger who agrees to work as bureau informant-but ultimately double-crosses them by working as a double agent for Hale.

Kelsie Morrison

The new director of the bureau of intelligence in 1925, a practical and imposing man whose short stature and paranoia make him a contradictory but singular figure.

J. Edgar Hoover

Doctors who were trusted members of the community were instrumental in conducting, autopsies, administering treatments, and weighing in on important,

Shoun Brothers

Owner of the large general store known as the Big Hill Trading Company and the guardian of Anna and Lizzie’s financial affairs.

Scott Mathis

One of the “Cowboys” and an imposing former Texas Ranger who in 1925 was sent by J. Edgar Hoover’s bureau of investigation to look into the Osage murders and solve the case.

Tom White

Millie testified that she has last seen Anna in the company of this man after her luncheon.

Bryan Burkhart

Mollie burkhart’s granddaughter, whom David Grann interviewed for more information about the case.

Margie Burkhart

Young white servant to the Smiths who also died as a victim of the House explosion.

Nettie Brookshire

Conspired with his uncle to kill his wife’s family to inherit the headright.

Ernest Burkhart

Known as the “king of the Osage Hills” and was a prominent cattleman and patron to many charities in Osage Country.

William K. Hale

Millie’s former husband who was killed by a gunshot for life insurance money worth $25,000.

Henry Roan

Woman who was found murdered in a ravine. she had been shot in the head and was identified by her sister. She was pregnant at the time of her death.

Anna Brown

These men were appointed to Native Americans to “help” spend their money. They were usually lawyers and businessmen who secretly stole their money,

Gardians

The county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma.

Pawhuska

Osage word for god or the spirit of sorrow.

Wah-Kon-Tah

Enel faced a federal lawsuit from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Osage Mineral Council in 2014 over producing these without permission.

Windmill Farms

The period in Oklahoma from 1921 to 1926 that newspapers described in regard to the increasing number of unsolved murders of Osage tribe members

The Reign of Terror

The right to receive a quarterly distribution of funds derived from the Osage Mineral Estate.

Headright

Mathis, on behalf of Anna’s family, hired his own team of these, as did Whitehorn guardian.

Private Eyes

The site of public oil lease auctions that began in Nov. 1912, in which millions of dollars in business deals were arranged.

The Million Dollar Elm

Anna Brown had to be buried three sperate times because this item was missing from her casket?

Her skull

Tom White was named the warden of this federal penitentiary as a reward for his impressive career in the Bureau of Investigation.

Leavenworth

The name of the notorious gang that committed crimes all over Oklahoma but especially Osage County.

AI Spencer Gang

Anna Brown’s ex-husband whose behavior was extremely odd upon her death.

Oda Brown

The first Osage man to be considered “Murdered” right before Anna Brown’s murder.

Charles Whitehorn

Ernest and Mollie Burkhart’s children in birth order.

Elizabeth, James" “Cowboy,” nd Anna

A rodeo star and infamous outlaw who controlled the illegal distribution of whiskey in Osage County and was suspect in the Reign of Terror.

Henry Grammer

One of the Osage;s greatest chiefs, who helped negotiate the deal that gave the tribe control of everything above and below their tribal lands.

James Bigheart

A bureau agent Tom White let stray on his team because of his informant connections which helped him redeem his reputation as a “good” agent

John Burger

Mollie burkhart’s third and final husband.

John Cobb

The current director of the Osage National Museum in Pawhuska.

Kathryn Red Corn

The first of Mollie Burkhart’s sisters to die at a young age because of a “peculiar and sudden wasting illness.

Minnie Smith

Mollie Burkhart’s father’s Osage name, who was later known as Jimmy.

Ne-kah-s-se-y

An Osage champion steer-roper who was victim of poisoning during the Reign of Terror.

William Stepson

In Mrs. Whaley’s professional opinion, the worst U.S. Pres. of all time because of his corruption and greed involving the TeaPot Dome and
Federal Oil Reserve Scandal.

Warren G. Harding

Tom White’s father and the sheriff of Travis County in Texas.

Robert Emmett White

The serious medical issue Mollie Burkhart suffered from which was used as an avenue to try to kill her.

Diabetes

The name of the town in which Mollie Burkhart and her family lived, died, and now are buried.

Gray Horse, Oklahoma

The school that Mollie Burkhart and other Native American children were forced to attend is Osage County.

St. Louis Catholic Missionary School

The event the federal government wanted to happen but had to wait for the Osage to agree to, which is why the Osage could negotiate such a great deal for their head rights.

The Oklahoma Land Run of 1893

The name of the famous auctioneer that conducted the lot lease auctions at the Million Dollar Elm.

Colonel Ellsworth E. Walters

The name of the final prison where Tom White served as warden, located in El Paso Texas.

La Tuna Prison.