Carleton j henry lt (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First, Limited Edition. Octavo, 295 pages, two-tone cloth First book edition, limited to 350 copies [Piehl LXXXV]. This is "a detailed account of the journey of five companies of dragoons from Fort Leavenworth to the Pawnee villages in Nebraska. Carleton described the tour and its physical obstacles, various hunting episodes, bouts with heat and illness, and particularly encounters with such tribes as the Kickapoos, Potawatomies, and Pawnees. The author's eye for salient detail makes these sketches still highly readable.- John T. Flanagan, TRAVELERS ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER, p.179." Two maps. 2 maps (illustrator).…