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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>''The Oklahoma Journal of History and Culture'', however, maintains that Bill Tilghman had nothing to do with the apprehension of Little Britches and that neither female bandit had direct connection to the Doolin gang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA075.html|title=Cattle Annie|pubisher=''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''|accessdate=December 31, 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>''The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', however, maintains that Bill Tilghman had nothing to do with the apprehension of Little Britches and that neither young bandit had direct connection to the Doolin gang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA075.html|title=Cattle Annie|pubisher=''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''|accessdate=December 31, 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