HEBARD, Grace Raymond

Washakie. An account of Indian resistance of the Covered Wagon and Union Pacific Railroad Invasions of their territory

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. Tall 8vo. 337 pp. Plates and maps. Original gilt-lettered red ribbed cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy. Item #403735

FIRST EDITION. "Washakie was a longtime friend of men such as Bridger, Kit Carson, Sublette, Jedidiah 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" (Clark & Brunet 118). Howes H384 ("aa"); Luther 41.

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