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==A short life of crime==

==A short life of crime==

   

   

Anna McDoulet was born in Lawrence in Douglas County in eastern [[Kansas]],<ref name=fgrave/>  to James C. and Rebekah McDoulet. She was one of eight children. The McDoulets moved to Coyville in Wilson County in southeastern Kansas, when Anna was four years of age. The child worked as a dishwasher in a hotel and performed other odd jobs whenever they were available. When she was twelve, the family moved to the Otoe Reservation near Skiatook, north of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]. It was in the northern [[Oklahoma Territory]] where her outlaw exploits began. Annie and her friend, Little Britches, became enchanted with popular accounts of the Bill Doolin gang, stories available through [[dime novel|dime novelists]] like [[Ned Buntline]], particularly known for his promotion of [[Buffalo Bill Cody]] as a western hero and showman.<ref name=lbrit/>

Anna McDoulet was born in Lawrence in Douglas County in eastern [[Kansas]],<ref name=fgrave/>  to James C. and Rebekah McDoulet. She was one of eight children. The McDoulets moved to Coyville in Wilson County in southeastern Kansas, when Anna was four years of age. The child worked as a dishwasher in a hotel and performed other odd jobs whenever they were available. When she was twelve, the family moved to the Otoe Reservation near Skiatook, north of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]. It was in the northern Oklahoma Territory where her outlaw exploits began. Annie and her friend, Little Britches, became enchanted with popular accounts of the Bill Doolin gang, stories available through dime novelists like [[Ned Buntline]], particularly known for his promotion of [[Buffalo Bill Cody]] as a western hero and showman.<ref name=lbrit/>

   

   

Cattle Annie and Little Britches roamed the former [[Indian Territory]] for two years. They stole horses, sold liquor to the [[Pawnee]] and [[Osage]] Indians and warned warned outlaw gangs of the whereabouts of law-enforcement officers. The two sometimes operated together and at other times solo. They donned men's clothing and wore pistols on ther hips, having quickly become skilled horsewomen and markswomen. Their exploits brought them headlines from Guthrie, the capital of the [[Oklahoma Territory]], to Coffeyville in southeastern Kansas,<ref name=lbrit/> where the Dalton gang attempted in vain in 1892 to rob two banks simultaneously.  

Cattle Annie and Little Britches roamed the former Indian Territory for two years. They stole horses, sold liquor to the Pawnee and Osage [[Indians]] and warned warned outlaw gangs of the whereabouts of law-enforcement officers. The two sometimes operated together and at other times solo. They donned men's clothing and wore pistols on ther hips, having quickly become skilled horsewomen and markswomen. Their exploits brought them headlines from Guthrie, the capital of the Oklahoma Territory, to Coffeyville in southeastern Kansas,<ref name=lbrit/> where the Dalton gang attempted in vain in 1892 to rob two banks simultaneously.  

   

   

Cattle Annie was only thirteen in 1895,<ref name=fgrave/> when she was captured by U.S. Marshals Bill Tilghman and Steve Burke. Though Burke caught Cattle Annie fairly easily as she was climbing from a window, Tilghman had a more difficult task in apprehending Little Britches, who became involved in a physical confrontation with Tilghman before he subdued her. <ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5KLrfdOrI78C&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=the+outlaw+Little+Britches&source=bl&ots=Jt_LI8Fv2D&sig=nzalsFlyseWK7S1pYfrnv_f_fIE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrLbUPaBM8y_2QXIu4D4CA&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=the%20outlaw%20Little%20Britches&f=false|title=Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, p. 325|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press at Norman, [[Oklahoma]] (1979); ISBN=978-0-8061-2335-6|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>  

Cattle Annie was only thirteen in 1895,<ref name=fgrave/> when she was captured by U.S. Marshals Bill Tilghman and Steve Burke. Though Burke caught Cattle Annie fairly easily as she was climbing from a window, Tilghman had a more difficult task in apprehending Little Britches, who became involved in a physical confrontation with Tilghman before he subdued her.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5KLrfdOrI78C&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=the+outlaw+Little+Britches&source=bl&ots=Jt_LI8Fv2D&sig=nzalsFlyseWK7S1pYfrnv_f_fIE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrLbUPaBM8y_2QXIu4D4CA&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=the%20outlaw%20Little%20Britches&f=false|title=Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, p. 325|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press at Norman, [[Oklahoma]] (1979); ISBN=978-0-8061-2335-6|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>  

Cattle Annie received a one-year sentence in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in  

Cattle Annie received a one-year sentence in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in  

Meanwhile, Little Britches also served a short sentence at the reformatory in Framingham, but her whereabouts thereafter remains an unsolved mystery.<ref name=lbrit/> The syndicated television series, ''Stories of the Century'', starring and narrated by Jim Davis, maintains that Little Britches, played by Gloria Winters, was last seen performing charity work in a New York City slum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0710958/|title=''Stories of the Century'': "Little Britches", June 17, 1954|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 28, 2012}}</ref>Other reports indicate that Little Britches returned to Oklahoma, married, reared a family, and led an exemplary life in Tulsa.<ref name=lbrit/>

Meanwhile, Little Britches also served a short sentence at the reformatory in Framingham, but her whereabouts thereafter remains an unsolved mystery.<ref name=lbrit/> The syndicated television series, ''Stories of the Century'', starring and narrated by Jim Davis, maintains that Little Britches, played by Gloria Winters, was last seen performing charity work in a New York City slum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0710958/|title=''Stories of the Century'': "Little Britches", June 17, 1954|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 28, 2012}}</ref>Other reports indicate that Little Britches returned to Oklahoma, married, reared a family, and led an exemplary life in Tulsa.<ref name=lbrit/>

   

   

In the film, directed by Lamont Johnson, Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane are joined in their portrayals of Cattle Annie and Little Britches by Burt Lancaster as an historically inaccurate and much older Bill Doolin, Rod Steiger as Marshal Bill Tilghman, Scott Glenn as William M. Dalton, and Buck Taylor as the outlaw Dynamite Dick, presumably Dan Clifton, or "Dynamite Dan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082145/fullcredits|title=''[[Cattle Annie and Little Britches]]''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>

In the film, directed by Lamont Johnson, Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane are joined in their portrayals of Cattle Annie and Little Britches by Burt Lancaster as an historically inaccurate and much older Bill Doolin, Rod Steiger as Marshal Bill Tilghman, Scott Glenn as William M. Dalton, and Buck Taylor as the outlaw Dynamite Dick, presumably Dan Clifton, or "Dynamite Dan."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082145/fullcredits|title=''Cattle Annie and Little Britches''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>