Washakie. An Account Of Indian Resistance Of The Covered Wagon And Union Pacific Railroad Invasions Of Their Territory

GRACE RAYMOND HEBARD

Publication: The Arthur H Clark Company, 1930, Cleveland

First edition. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt stamping on spine, 337 [2] pp., frontispiece, [portraits], teg., introduction, preface, illustrated, maps, appendices, bibliography of references cited, index. Luther High Spot 41 says, "gives an especially good account of the activity of the Shoshoni allies in support of Crook." The Arthur H. Clark Bibliography 118 says, "Washakie played a central role in the westward movement of the Euro-Americans. He was a longtime friend of men such as Bridger, Kit Carson, Sublette, Jedediah Smith, and many others. He worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, was a neighbor and friend of the Mormons and Brigham Young, and served as a scout with General Crook during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux. A chief of the Shoshone Indians, Washakie ruled for sixty years as a benevolent and respected despot." O'Keefe 1078: "Washakie, the greatest of all Shoshone chiefs, scouted for General Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud. This account tells how the Shoshone and Crow scouts for Crook saved his command from a disastrous defeat by Crazy Horse at the Rosebud." Fine, bright, tight copy. A sharp copy of an important book. Protected in custom slipcase.