Alford, Thomas Wildcat, 1860-1938

found: Bible. N.T. Gospels. Shawnee.The four Gospels of Our Lord and Saviour ... c1929.

found: Civilization, 1936:t.p. (Thomas Wildcat Alford) p. 3 (Gay-nwaw-piah-si-ka (one of long following or file, as the leader of a drove of wild horses), Gay-nwah)

found: American Indian biographies, 2005:p. 5 (Alford, Thomas Wildcat; b. July 15, 1860, near Sasakwa, Okla.; d. Aug. 3, 1938, Shawnee, Okla.; variant: Gaynwawpiahsika; tribal affiliation: Shawnee)

found: Johansen, Bruce E. The encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997:page 7 (Alford, Thomas Wildcat; Gaynwawpiahsika, Gaynwah; a major Native American educator, lobbyist and Bureau of Indian Affairs official. At the age of 12 he went to a mission school, then obtained a scholarship to attend Hampton Institute in Virginia. Served as principal of the new federal school for Shawnee children for five years. Lobbied in Washington for the Shawnee nation. In the 1890s he began working in the Bureau of Indiana Affairs.)