University of California Berkeley 
 
 Gift of 
 FRANCIS P. FARQUHAR 
 
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CORRECTIONS 
 
 3. First line of title read " Louisianes " instead of " Louisiones." 
 
 Under "Map" second word should be "du" and second line should 
 read "Etendu Par F. ois Perrin du Lac L'An 1802." 
 
 5. In title second "1804" should be "1805." 
 
 7. The collation is correct except that at end of second line 13 (i) should 
 be 53 (i) but I submit a better one. 
 
 Port. Pike, title, with copyright on reverse, 2 leaves to the public, one 
 leaf ded; Part I, 105 pp. of Journal, 5 leaves of Met. Ob. Part II, pp. 
 107-277 blank leaf, i leaf Met. Ob.; Appendix to Part I, 65 pp. with 
 recapitulation on reverse, Table C to face page 40, and F page 66; 
 Appendix to Part II, 53 pp. with table to face page 53, entitled a 
 Statistical Abstract, etc.; Appendix to Part III 87 pp. 
 
 a The maps described in the Atlas are,, usually bound with the text. 
 
 3:-n. noTts 4/ *> UA . 5-Hpttjt, V-VA-X. . , TV, 
 
 ii. Second paragraph of notes after April 2, 1811 insert with Manuel 
 Lisa." 
 
 14. The words, "London, Corresponding Member, etc.," belong on the line 
 above. Third line of notes "for" St. Charles should read "from." 
 
 15. Imprint of English translation should be "Redfield New York 1854." 
 1 6. For "Athebasca" in the notes read "Athabasca." 
 
 19. In notes "Pilsher" should be "Pilcher." 
 
 20. Collation should be XVI slip errata, 768 pp. 
 
 22. In title, in place of "Pittsburgs" read "Pittsburgh." In collation 
 first line the second figure 5 should not be in parenthesis and 422 should 
 be 442; fourth paragraph of notes, seventh line, after "up to this 
 point" insert "i. e., the arrival of James." 
 
 23. In notes in place of "Manda" read "Mandan." 
 
 28. In collation change "21 " plates to "31." 
 
 In notes fifth line change "1820" to "1830" and last line change 
 "Hawaii" to "Havana." 
 
 29. First line of title read "Extrait" in place of "Evtrait." In notes 
 fourth paragraph in place of "Beachey" read "Beechey." 
 
 33. In notes first line, change "233" to "283." 
 
 34. In notes third line, in place of "April 16, 1813. He" read "April 16, 
 1817, he." Next line in place of "January i " read "June i." 
 
 37. First word should be "Message." 
 
 I 
 
4i. In place of "Missouri Engineer" read "Missouri Enquirer." 
 46. Collation first line, change "232" to "272." 
 
 48. Collation at end of first line strike out "and" and next line change 
 "326 "to "336." 
 
 50. In notes near the end change "October 18, 1834," to "October 18, 1833." 
 
 55. In notes change "264" to "268" and "Vol. 37" to "Vol. 33." 
 
 56. In notes last line, place of "Greek" read "Creek." 
 
 61. In notes in place of " Fontennelle " read " Fontenelle." 
 
 62. In collation, 5-32 (i) should be 5-23 (i). 
 
 63. In notes, last line, in place of "best" read "that." 
 
 66. In collation in place of "5-87" read "1-87." 
 
 67. In title "Maximilian" should precede "Prinz." After 2 vols. add 
 "and atlas." 
 
 69. In notes change "In 1839" to "1 J 838" and in second paragraph 
 change "Repport" to "Rapport." 
 
 72. In imprint change "January" to "Janvier." 
 
 73. Change collation to 122 pp., Leaf of Postscript, leaf of contents and 
 Errata; map. 
 
 76. In notes, first line of second paragraph, change "B" Lyman to "Dr. 
 Lyman," and add at end " from Sante Fe." 
 
 78. Strike out words "signed John Bidwell." The author's name occurs 
 in the Publisher's Preface. At the end "12" should be "52." 
 
 79. In notes change 197-226 to "199-226" and in place of "Jackenham" 
 read "Packenham." 
 
 80. In title before "Map" insert "New" and change "Yuccatan" to 
 "Yucatan." 
 
 8 1. In notes, second line of second paragraph, change "for St. Louis" to 
 "from St. Louis." 
 
 86. Under "map" last line after 1843 insert "engraved by." 
 
 89. New collation, title, 3 leaves of preface, leaf sub-title Book I, 13-252, 
 then as printed. 
 
 90. After Sept. 16, in place of "Bocanezras" read " Bocanegras." 
 92. In collation, change "recto" to "reverse." 
 
 94. Under Map in place of " Californians " read " Californias." In notes, 
 second paragraph, strike out 347. 
 
 95. In notes, second line, in place of "Prena" read "Prince." 
 
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97- In title, in place of "Comanche" read "Camanche." 
 99. In imprint in place of "Adam" read "Richard." 
 i oo. In notes, second paragraph before "wandered" insert "the Indians." 
 
 103. In collation, begin, Title, 3-4 of Preface, and at end of line strike out 
 "Ban & McD." In title insert before "California Emigrants" the 
 words "Oregon and." 
 
 104. In notes, first line, change "210-217" to "214-217." Second para- 
 graph change "animal" to "annual." 
 
 107. Under "Map" in place of "reduced" read "Conducted." 
 
 112. In notes, last sentence of last paragraph refers to the paintings men- 
 tioned in preceding paragraph. 
 
 1 20. After collation and before "Map" insert "Reprinted by James in 1848 
 in pp. XII, 407 with steel portraits of Price and Doniphan, and a map." 
 
 121. In title change "Clameth" to "Clamet" and "Chinooc Jagon" to 
 "Chinook Jargon;" in imprint "J. H." to "J. A." 
 
 129. Imprint should be "St. Louis: Mo. Republican, etc." 
 
 130. Between "Map" and "Contents" there should be placed the second 
 paragraph on page 72 beginning, "the H. R. also printed." Under 
 Contents in place of "title and preface" read, "title, letter and sub- 
 title"; in place of "John Torey" read "John Torrey"; change "41 1-416" 
 to "415-416" and before "W. G. Peck" insert "J. W. Abert and." 
 In last paragraph in place of "rivers" read "ruins." 
 
 135. In title, "Furman" should be "Farman." "Maps" should be "Map." 
 
 139. First word should be "Mission." 
 
 140. First word "Reports" should be "Report;" "25th of February" should 
 be "21 February." 
 
 142. In title "Latre" should be "Lettre." 
 
 143. In imprint "West" should be "New." 
 
 144. In notes, third line, strike out "his brother." 
 
 148. In collation, second volume, strike out the "V" before "IX." 
 
 149. In imprint "St. Louis, Mo." follows publisher's name Halsall. 
 
 151. In imprint "New Albany, Ind.," should follow publisher's names before 
 date in cover title. 
 
 154. In title change word "Terrific" to "Terrible." 
 
 155. In collation after "title" instead of IV, should be "leaf list of ill." 
 157. In notes "Brady" should be "Bradley." 
 
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161. In title, "Region" should be "Regions." 
 
 162. First word of title should be "Narrative." 
 
 164. In title, first line, in place of " Topographicas " should read "Topo- 
 graphicos." 
 
 1 68. In title, after "Aldrich," insert "Late of." 
 
 169. Under Map, first line "Etal" should be "Etat." 
 
 175. In collation change "3-93 (i) " to " 1-93 (i)." 
 
 176. In title, the word "Route" is misspelled "Routf," and in the notes 
 in place of word "issued" read "used." 
 
 177. In place of title as given read "Illustrated Notes of an Expedition 
 through Mexico and California By J. W. Audubon"; also in Collation 
 pp. "1-47" should be "1-48" and in the imprint, "24" Liberty St. 
 should be "34." In notes in place of "Saltella" read "Saltillo" and 
 "Abbott" "Abbatt." 
 
 181. Under notes in place of "Disturnett" read " Disturnell." 
 
 182. In title in place of "Gunnicon" read "Gunnison." 
 
 187. Under Contents in place of "35" plates read "34," also Baird's initials 
 should be "S. F." 
 
 190. In place of "St. Louis Journal" read "Western Journal." 
 
 197. After "1854" insert "Vol. XI, pp. 84-96." 
 
 198. First line of title read "Explorations." In notes first line of last para- 
 graph read " Parry " in place of " Perry." 
 
 201. In notes change the dates "1830" and "1832" to "1820" and "1822," 
 respectively. 
 
 205. In collation read "IV, 162" in place of "IV-i62." 
 
 210. First line of title change " Rivers " to " Ruins." 
 
 213. In notes "Jan. ist" should be "June ist." 
 
 215. In collation "342" pp. should be "324." 
 
 216. In title read "Nauvoo" in place of "Nuavoo." 
 
 217. Collation should be "116 (i)." 
 
 218. In notes, first line of page 109 put period after "63". 
 
 220. Under contents, second paragraph beginning " Map " is misplaced, as 
 it belongs after the collation of the 4 edition (2d paragraph of the 
 notes). 
 
 221. First paragraph of notes, strike out "and" after "87-10x3." 
 
 222. Under contents first line "5-64" should be "5-65." 
 
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223. In collation of first edition, strike out "title" before "53 pp." 
 229. In collation, "342" should be "432." 
 
 234. Proper title Message of the President. . . . Communicating in com- 
 pliance ... a copy of the report and maps of Captain Marcy of his 
 explorations of the Big Witchita and head waters of the Brazos rivers. 
 March 25, 1856 Referred. 
 Message dated March 20, and Marcy's report N. Y., January 15, 1855. 
 
 237. In notes "the small map of Arizona, etc." belongs to the preceding item 
 "Report of Frederick Brunckow." 
 
 238. In title of the 1868 Journal change "Accounting" to "According." 
 
 239. In collation "VII" should be "VIII." 
 
 240. The proper title of the second map is " Reconnoisances in the Dakota 
 Country by G. K. Warren." 
 
 247. In collation "138" shall be "183" and in the title strike out "of" 
 before "Suffering." 
 
 254. First line of title read "Reise" instead of "Raise," and under "Map" 
 of the English edition change "Maldwin" to "Baldwin." 
 
 256. In notes "Charles K" should be "Charles D." 
 
 263. In first line of title read "Exploration" instead of "Expedition." 
 
 268. "Abigail Duniway" should be "Abigail J. Duniway." 
 
 283. Report calls for I map only. 
 
 284. Collation 2-1 1 should be " 2 leaves." 
 
 292. First map should be "Gilpin's Hydrographic Map of N. A." 
 294. Under the second map "Across" should be "Also." 
 296. In collation in place of "1-16" read "1-18." 
 
 298. Correct spelling as follows: Geographic Histoire, Coutumes, gravures, 
 and in the imprint change "Denut" to "Dentu." "Dussee" to "Dres- 
 see" and "Hiram" to "Hyrum." In collation of Eng. edition change 
 "VIII" to "VII." 
 
 301. In title change "Mining" to "Mines." Imprint should read Denver 
 City, J. T.: Published by the Rocky Mountain News Printing Co., 
 1861. 
 
 Collation should be 8, 55 (i), 57-132 Guide to the Mines, Miscella- 
 neous information and adv. At end is a supplementary leaf. 
 
 303. In collation "15 other" should be " 17 other." 
 
 304. In title change "Snade" to "Snake" and in notes "G. M. Abbott" 
 should be "G. W. Abbott," and "H. I. Wallen, H. D. Wallen." 
 
305. One of the 10 plain plates is colored. 
 
 311. There are 3 maps. 
 
 313. In imprint "Geary" should be "Gray." 
 
 316. "O. J." should be "Ovando J." and imprint and collation from a per- 
 fect copy as follows: 
 
 Denver, C. T. Thos. Gibson & Co., Publishers, 1863 12 178 pp. P. P. 
 W. Same title. 
 
 319. In imprint for "Cauttey" read "Cautley," and for 261 pp. of Vol* 
 II read 313. 
 
 324. The imprint on the wrapper is Sinclair Tousey without the period. 
 327. After cover title strike out "and." 
 
 330. First line of title "de" should be "du." 
 
 331. In the imprint, the words "Saint Paul, Minn." should follow publisher's 
 name. 
 
 333. In collation 2-n of adv. should be 2 leaves and in 1866 edition 7 pp. 
 should be 7 leaves. 
 
 345. After Maps insert "slip errata." 
 348. In notes "Smart" should be "Stuart." 
 
JOURNAL 
 
 OF 
 
 AS KEPT BY HIM WHILE TRAVELING FKOM CINCINNATI TO THE 
 COLO DIGGINGS IN 
 
 IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1850, 
 
 CONTAINING AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 OCCURRANCES, TRANSACTIONS AND 
 
 CIRCUMSTANCES DAILY. 
 
 Also, an Account of each Tribe of Indians, Description 
 of the Country passed through each day, 
 Quality of Soil, &c., &c., 
 
 TOGETHER WITH A TABLE OF DISTANCES 
 
 FROM MISSOURI TO OREGON, EMIGRANT'S ROU1E, &c , &c. 
 
 CHILLICOTHE: 
 
 PRESS OF ADDISON BOOKWALTER. 
 
 1852. 
 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIGINAL 
 
 NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL 
 
 AND ADVENTURE 
 
 1800-1865 
 
 By 
 HENRY R. WAGNER 
 
 JOHN HOWELL 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 1920 
 
PREFACE 
 
 This bibliography limited to original editions of original 
 narratives is made up from a catalogue of my own books 
 together with my "Wants." The origin of a collection is 
 always of interest to other collectors so some reminiscences 
 of my book collecting may not be out of order. 
 
 Being engaged in the metallurgical industry, my interest 
 in the history of mining and metallurgy was early awakened, 
 and I began to gather books on these subjects in 1892, my 
 first purchase being made in one of the stalls of the Seminario 
 in the City of Mexico, in October of that year. This subject 
 engrossed more and more of my attention, and during my 
 residence in Colorado, where I was at that time living, quite 
 a few of the works described in this book relating to the gold 
 discoveries in California and the Rocky Mountains were 
 obtained. Several trips to Chile, from 1898 to 1902, enlarged 
 my metallurgical collection, especially the Spanish part of it, 
 and by the year 1903, when I removed to London, I had 
 managed to get together a very interesting collection. 
 
 London proved to be a very poor market, except for 
 English works on English mining and metallurgy, and this 
 field being speedily exhausted, my interest was extended to 
 the precious metals in their functions as a medium of 
 exchange and as a measure of value, and so I formed a 
 collection of economics, now at Yale University. 
 
 My residence in London, up to January, 1907, served to 
 confirm me in a book collecting habit, and during my subse- 
 quent residence in Mexico, from 1907 to 1915, I not only 
 enlarged my collection of early mining books but extended its 
 scope to include the Fur trading era, Overland Emigration 
 and Exploration, and at the same time formed another inde- 
 pendent collection of Mexican history, largely relating to the 
 early history of those portions of the United States which 
 were formerly Mexican provinces. 
 
 I have always had a weakness for what I call pioneer 
 books, the early books descriptive of the United States west 
 of the Alleghany Mountains, and I originally hoped to be 
 able to secure a collection embracing this entire territory. 
 This, however, is naturally a very large undertaking, and the 
 
rarity and very high prices ruling for many of these books 
 have prevented me from obtaining anything like a complete 
 collection, so that in deciding to print this bibliography I 
 have omitted all those works which treated of the country 
 east of the Missouri River, confining it to a section which can 
 be treated as a whole. I have also omitted all works of a 
 local nature dealing with the Pacific Slope, as this section has 
 been very satisfactorily covered by Mr. Cowan in his bibliog- 
 raphy of California. 
 
 It would be difficult to satisfy everyone with my reasons 
 for the inclusion of various works, or exclusion of others, or 
 for limiting it to the period embraced between the years 1800 
 and 1865, so I will simply say in this connection that my 
 choice has been reached after considerable thought, and for 
 what seems to me good and sufficient reasons. 
 
 The chief difficulty that I have had has been with the 
 notes, as it is easy to say too much or too little, and I cannot 
 claim that the result is indicative or any very strict adherence 
 to any fixed principle. Many of the books have been de- 
 scribed before, so in such case I have avoided any prolixity, 
 giving most attention to the more unknown books. 
 
 Newspapers and magazines are not within the scope of this 
 bibliography, nevertheless I have noticed a few articles in the 
 magazines and newspapers, and especially in the notes will be 
 found many references to Niles' Register. This indispensable 
 work is both inaccurately and inadequately indexed, so having 
 gone over it pretty thoroughly and making extensive notes as 
 to references, I thought it would add to the interest of my 
 book to include them, insofar as they can be adopted as notes 
 to any particular book described. 
 
 The great source for the early history of the plains and the 
 Rocky Mountains existed in Missouri newspapers, those 
 printed at St. Louis, Boonville, Independence, and Liberty. 
 With the exception of the Gazette and Republican of St. 
 Louis, of which an almost complete file is now in the posses- 
 sion of the Missouri Historical Society, the other local news- 
 papers have largely disappeared, and we know them chiefly 
 by extracts in Niles' Register. 
 
 The early magazines, so far as I have investigated them 
 down to 1840, contain very little about the far West, either 
 fact or fiction. The romantic side of mountain life seems to 
 have appealed very little to the public, what little interest 
 
there was displayed being confined to the political and com- 
 mercial side of the fur trade and the Indian questions of the 
 day. 
 
 Much care has been bestowed upon the various Govern- 
 ment publications of exploration ; the books in themselves 
 deserve it, and in the second place they are frequently 
 inaccurately collated in the standard bibliographies. It is 
 astonishing how many copies of these various Government 
 publications in circulation are defective ; it apparently having 
 been the habit of the people in possession of them to extract 
 maps or plates. 
 
 Another feature which I think is of some value will be 
 found in the descriptions of the maps where the same were 
 issued with books ; my object being to furnish the title of 
 the book, or, lacking the title, a description sufficient to 
 identify it as the proper and correct one. 
 
 The references are to standard bibliographies and the 
 abbreviations used I trust require no explanations, but it may 
 be well to state that: 
 
 P. P. means privately printed. 
 
 P. P. W. means printed paper wrappers. 
 
 Where Hasse is referred to reference is made to Adelaide 
 R. Hasse's "Reports of Explorations Printed in Documents of 
 the United States Government, Washington, 1899", a very 
 useful if somewhat incomplete work. 
 
 The star in front of a number indicates that the book, 
 pamphlet, or article, so numbered, is not in my possession. 
 
 Mr. J. J. Hill, of the University of California, has seen 
 this through the press and has made the index. 
 
 HENRY R. WAGNER. 
 April, 1920. 
 Berkeley, California. 
 
PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER 
 
 Voyages From Montreal, On The River St. Laurence, 
 Through The Continent Of North America, To The Frozen 
 And Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With A 
 Preliminary Account Of The Rise, Progress And Present 
 State Of The Fur Trade Of That Country. Illustrated 
 with Maps. By Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. 
 
 London : Printed For T. Cadell, Jun. MDCCCI. 
 
 4 half title, title, pp. VIII; CXXXII ; 412; Err. (2) 
 3 maps, portrait Mackenzie. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of America between latitudes 40 and 70 north, and 
 longitude 45 and 180 west. 
 
 Map of Mackenzie Track from Ft. Chipewyan to the 
 North Sea. 
 
 Map of Mackenzie Track from Ft. Chipewyan to the 
 Pacific, 1793. 
 
 In 1916 the Champlain Society published the journals of David 
 Thompson, edited by J. B. Tyrrell. These journals comprise a 
 period more extensive than that covered by Mackenzie's narrative 
 and is now the best record we have of the early days of the fur 
 trade in the Rocky Mountain region of British Northwest Amer- 
 ica. Besides being a fur trader Thompson was the astronomer of 
 the Northwest Company and make a map of the territory, the 
 accuracy of which has been highly praised by all subsequent 
 explorers. The map was a kind of continuing performance, new 
 discoveries being plotted on it from time to time but it was 
 pretty well completed by 1813-14. 1 
 
 MACLAURIE, 
 
 A Narrative, or Journal, of Voyages and Travels Through 
 the North-West Continent of America, in the years 1789 
 and 1793. London, 1802. 
 
 12 91 pp. Plate. 
 
 This must be an extract from Mackenzie. I have never seen a 
 copy of it. *2 
 
 PERRIN DU LAC, M. 
 
 Voyage Dans Les Deux Louisiones, Et Chez Les Nations 
 Sauvages Du Missouri, par les Etats-Unis, 1'Ohio et les 
 
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THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Provinces qui le bordent, en 1801, 1802 et 1803; Avec un 
 apercu des Moeurs, des Usages, du Caractere et des Cou- 
 tumes religieuses et civiles des Peuples de ces diverses 
 Contrees. Par M. Perrin Du Lac. 
 
 A Paris, chez Capelle et Renand . . . Et, a Lyon, chez 
 Bruysset aine et Buynand, 1805. 
 
 8 Half title and title; Leaf Ded. ; X, 479 pp. map and 
 Plate of the Mammoth. 
 Map: 
 
 Carte De Missouri Levee ou Rectifiee dans toute son 
 Etendu Par. Fois. Perin du Las. I'An 1802. 
 
 In Chapter 24 Perrin du Lac gives an account of a trading 
 expedition up the Missouri to the Kansas, up the Kansas 240 
 miles and return and up the Missouri to the Riviere Blanche; St. 
 Louis May 18, 1802, and returning there September 20th. Besides 
 the Osages & Kansas Indians, he visited the Otoes on the Platte, 
 and the Republican Pawnees further up the same river. He says 
 there was an old fort of the "Company of the High Missouri" 
 opposite the mouth of the Platte. Continuing up the Missouri 
 they found the Mahas. At the L'Eau qui Court (3 miles distant) 
 they found the Poncas. At the Riviere Blanche they found a vil- 
 lage of Cheyennes of 120 men, most of whom he says had never 
 before seen a white man. 
 
 In chapters 25 and 26 he gives an account of the Missouri fur 
 trade in which he says the traders go only to the Ricaras ; and 
 that the Mandans, Cheyennes and Minnetares participate very 
 little in the trade, receiving most of their goods from other 
 Indians. Chapters 29-40 contain an extensive account of the 
 Indians of the Upper Missouri, including the Mandans, Sioux, 
 Gros-Ventres and Cheyennes. He places the Cheyennes chiefly 
 on the Cheyenne River, which he says rises in the Rocky Moun- 
 tains and speaks of the Kiowas as their allies hunting the same 
 country. Also refers to the Assiniboines and the Yellowstone 
 River. He says in chapter 24 that he obtained most of his infor- 
 mation on this subject from an old French trader who accom- 
 panied him, an old employee of the "Company of the High Mis- 
 souri," who had gone up the river further than any one else and 
 had passed many years there. This man, under a promise of re- 
 ward from the Spanish Government officials, for information on 
 unknown nations, had presented various memoirs of real value, 
 but as happened to all similar memoirs, his labors were lost for 
 lack of attention to them. 
 
 Perrin du Lac claims to haxe extracted the most essential 
 details from those memoirs in the archives., his informant prob- 
 ably being Pierre Menard. 3 
 
 LEWIS AND CLARK 
 
 Message From The President Of The United States, 
 Communicating Discoveries Made In Exploring The Mis- 
 souri, Red River And Washita, By Captains Lewis And 
 Clark, Doctor Sibley, And Mr. Dunbar; With A Statisti- 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 cal Account Of The Countries Adjacent. February 19, 1806. 
 
 Printed by order of the Senate. City of Washington : A. 
 & G. Way, Printers, 1806. 
 
 8 pp. 171, (7); folding tables facing 31, 35. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of the Washita River in Louisiana from the Hot 
 Springs to the Confluence of the Red River and the Mis- 
 sissippi laid down from the Journal and Survey of Wm. 
 Dunbar, Esq., in the year 1804, by Nicholas King. 
 
 This map which is very rare, was republished in Documents 
 Relating to the Purchase and Exploration of Louisiana. Boston, 
 1904. 
 
 The above is the first issue. 
 
 Also New York: G. F. Hopkins, 1806, in 128 pp. and folded leaf. 
 
 Also Natchez: "With an Appendix by Mr. Dunbar." Printed by 
 Andrew Marshall 8 174 pp. (not seen). Only one copy of this 
 Natchez edition has appeared in ten years to my knowledge. 
 
 Sabin notes the Washington edition of 1806 in 180 (8) pp. and 
 map, but I have not seen it. 
 
 Sabin also gives the N. Y. edition as with 178 pp. in which 
 error he was followed by E. Coues. He cites two N. Y. editions, 
 also, no doubt, in error due to the imprint, "Printed by Hop- 
 kins and Seymour, and sold by G. F. Hopkins, etc." 
 
 There is very little of Lewis & Clark in this work but 
 abundant and valuable information regarding the trans-Missis- 
 sippi, much of it the first reliable and authentic information im- 
 parted to the Americans regarding this region; especially can this 
 be said of the Sibley & Dunbar narratives. 4 
 
 GASS, PATRICK 
 
 A Journal Of The Voyages And Travels Of A Corps Of 
 Discovery, Under The Command of Capt. Lewis And Capt. 
 Clarke Of The Army Of The United States, From The 
 Mouth Of The River Missouri Through The Interior Parts 
 Of North America To The Pacific Ocean, During the Years 
 1804, 1804 and 1806. Containing An Authentic relation of 
 the most interesting transactions during the expedition, 
 A description of the country, And an account of its in- 
 habitants, soil, climate, curiosities and vegetable and animal 
 productions. By Patrick Gass, One Of The Persons Em- 
 ployed In The Expedition. With Geographical And Ex- 
 planatory Notes By The Publisher. (Copywright Secured 
 According To Law). 
 
 Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer, For David 
 M'Keehan, Publisher and Proprietor . . . 1807. 
 
 12 VIII; (2) 11-262 pp. 
 
 A Life of Gass was published by J. G. Jacob in Wellsburg, 
 Va., 1859. 280 pp. Port. Gass, and 3 plates. 5 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 HENRY, ALEXANDER 
 
 Travels And Adventures In Canada And The Indian 
 Territories, Between The Years 1760 And 1776. In Two 
 Parts. By Alexander Henry, Esq. 
 
 New York: Printed And Published By I. Riley, 1809. 
 
 8 pp. VI; (2), 330; 1 Errata. Port. Henry. 
 
 Owing to the infrequency of the portrait, I conclude many 
 copies were issued without.it. 
 
 Went to the Northwest in 1775. While there Henry spent 
 most of his time on the Saskatchewan with the Assiniboine 
 Indians. 
 
 The Journals of David Thompson, edited by J. B. Tyrrell, 
 have been published (1916) by the Champlain Society of Toronto. 
 
 Previously Elliott Coues had made use of these journals of 
 Thompson, preserved in manscript in the. Canadian archives in 
 editing the journal of Alexander Henry. Jr., a contemporary of 
 Thompson's. Coues' work v/as published as New Light On The 
 Early History Of The Greater Northwest. The Manuscript 
 Journals Of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest 
 Company and of David Thompson, Official Geographer and Ex- 
 plorer of the same Company, 1799-1814 Exploration and Adven- 
 ture among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri, 
 and Columbia Rivers. Edited with Copious Critical Commentary 
 By Elliott Coues, Editor of "Lewis and Clark," of "Pike," etc., 
 etc. In 3 vols. N. Y. Francis P. Harper, 1897. 
 
 The Alexander Henry of Coues was the nephew of the Henry 
 of Henry's Journal and wrote a much more interesting narrative. 
 
 Masson in "Les Bourgeois De La Compagnie Du Nord-Ouest 
 Recites de Voyages, Lettres et Rapports Inedits Relatifs Au 
 Nord-Ouest Canadian. Publics Avec une Esquisse Historique et 
 des Annotations Par R. Masson. Quebec, 1889 and 1890," has 
 printed a number of documents bearing on the history of the 
 northwest during the period of the supremacy of the Northwest 
 Company, including F. A. Larocque's Journal 1804-1805 of a visit 
 to the Mandans ; Charles Mackenzie's narrative of four trading 
 expeditions to the Missouri, 1804, 1805, 1806; Mr. Simon Eraser's 
 journal of a voyage from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific 
 Coast, 1808; Reminiscences of Roderic McKenzie; Letters of W. 
 F. Wentzel ; Extracts from the Journal Of James McKenzie. 1799 
 and 1800; Letters of George Keith, 1807 to 1817; and Autobiog- 
 raphical Notes of John McDonald of Garth, 1791-1816. 6 
 
 LEWIS AND CLARK 
 
 The Travels Of Capts. Lewis & Clarke, by order of the 
 Government of the United States, performed in the years 
 1804, 1805 and 1806, being upwards of three thousand miles, 
 from St. Louis by way of the Missouri, and Columbia 
 Rivers, to the Pacifick Ocean ; Containing etc., etc., etc. 
 
 Philadelphia: Published by Hubbard Lester . . . 1809. 
 
 12 XII, 13-300; Map, 5 plates. (Not seen). 
 
 An Edition was printed in London in 8" IX, Map. pp. 1-309. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 The only thing about the Lewis & Clark expedition except 
 what already had been published in the message are the two 
 letters of Capt. Clark, dated Ft. Mandan, April 2 (1804) and St. 
 Louis, 23 Sept., 1806. 
 
 I have made some efforts to discover if or where these letters 
 had been previously printed, but without success ; they probably 
 both appeared originally in some Western newspaper. 
 
 The principal part of Capt. Clark's letter to his brother is 
 embodied in an article in "The Navigator", Pittsburgh, 1808, 6th 
 edition, in "A Brief Account of the Missouri River" and it is 
 there quoted as if well known. *7 
 
 PIKE, Z. M. 
 
 An Account of Expeditions To the Sources of the Mis- 
 sissippi, And Through The Western Parts of Louisiana, 
 To The Sources Of The Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, And 
 Pierre Jaun Rivers ; Performed By Order Of The Govern- 
 ment Of The United States During The Years 1805, 1806, 
 And 1807. And A Tour Through The Interior Parts Of 
 New Spain, When Conducted Through These Provinces, 
 By Order of The Captain-General, In The Year 1807. By 
 Major Z. M. Pike. Illustrated By Maps and Charts. 
 
 Philadelphia: Published By C. & A. Conrad & Co., etc. 
 John Binns, Printer. 1810. 
 
 8-pp. 5, (1), (2), 105, (1), (9), (1), 107-277, (3 blank), 
 (2); Appendix Part I, 65 (1); Appendix Part II, 13, (1), 
 87. Port. Pike. 3 folded tables. 
 
 Atlas with 2 charts and 4 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Falls of St. Anthony. 
 
 Map of the Mississippi River From Its Source to the 
 Mouth of the Missouri, Reduced, etc. By Nich. King. Eng. 
 by Francis Shallus, Phila. 
 
 The First Part of Capt. Pike's Chart of the Internal Part 
 of Louisiana. Reduced, etc., by Anthony Nau. 
 
 A Chart of the Internal Part of Louisiana, including all 
 the hitherto unexplored countries by Capt. Pike. 
 
 Map of the Internal Province of New Spain, by Capt. 
 Pike. 
 
 A Sketch of the Vice Royalty, etc., etc., of New Spain. 
 
 Dr. Herbert E. Bolton discovered in the archives of Mexico 
 most of the papers which were confiscated by the Spanish auth- 
 orities at the time Pike was captured, and these were reprinted in 
 the American Historical Review for July, 1908. Unfortunately, the 
 most important one of all, Pike's diary, was not found with the 
 rest of the documents and its present whereabouts is unknown. 
 
 Dec. 16, 1808, a committee of Congress appointed for the pur- 
 pose of inquiring what compensation ought to be made to Capt. 
 
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 Pike and his companion recommended that Compensation ought 
 to be made, but apparently Congress took no further action, as in 
 1846 Amos Holton brought before Congress the case of Mrs. 
 Clara H. Pike, widow of Gen. Pike, her petition praying com- 
 pensation, etc., in which Holton asserts no compensation had ever 
 been granted. The petition was referred to a committee, in the 
 Senate on Military Affairs, which committee, through Mr. Benton, 
 submitted a report Jan. 24, 1846, recommending that the same 
 compensation be granted to Mrs. Pike as Congress had allowed 
 Messrs. Lewis & Clarke. 
 
 In 1895 Dr. Elliott Coues published a new edition of Pike's 
 expeditions with critical notes, a memoir of Pike by Dr. Coues 
 himself and a bibliography of Pike's works and works relating to 
 Pike. 8 
 
 [CUTLER, JERVASE] 
 
 A Topographical Description Of The State of Ohio, In- 
 diana Territory, And Louisiana. Comprehending The Ohio 
 And Mississippi Rivers, And Their Principal Tributary 
 Streams ; The face of the country, soils, waters, natural 
 productions, animal, vegetable, and mineral; towns, vil- 
 lages, settlements and improvements : And A Concise Ac- 
 count Of The Indian Tribes West Of The Mississippi. To 
 Which Is Added, An Interesting Journal of Mr. Chas. 
 Le Raye, While a captive with the Sioux nation, on the 
 waters of the Missouri River. By A Late Officer In The 
 U. S. Army. 
 
 Boston : Published by Charles Williams. J. Belcher, 
 Printer. 1812. 
 
 12 pp. VI, Sheet Errata, 7-219 (app. 205-19); 5 plates 
 including a view of Cincinnati. 
 Plates : 
 
 View Of Cincinnati on the Ohio (after a sketch by 
 Cutler). 
 
 View of Cabree or Missouri Antelope (after a sketch by 
 Cutler). 
 
 View of the Rocky-Mountain Sheep. 
 
 View of Man of the Flathead Nation. 
 
 View of Woman of the Flathead Nation, and a child with 
 its head in the Frame. 
 
 Valuable for the Le Raye Journal which begins on page 158 
 and continues to page 204. This expedition began at the French 
 village on the Illinois, started up the Missouri Sept. 21, 1801, 
 and was captured by the Sioux in October on the Osage River. 
 As a captive of this band of Sioux, reached the Missouri again 
 Dec. 2nd at the mouth of the Little Pipux River. Spent the 
 winter at the mouth of Sioux River and in March proceeded to 
 the Ricaras. A French trader named Pardo had accompanied 
 them from the Osage and obtained permission from the Sioux to 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 take La Raye on a hunting expedition up the Missouri with the 
 Grosventres, his wife being a daughter of the Grosventre chief. 
 On June 5th at the lower Mandan village. July 3rd party left 
 for the Yellowstone, where they spent the summer and winter. 
 He says they went west from the Grosventre village to a river 
 called Road River which they followed down to the Yellowstone 
 at a point he thought about 100 miles above the mouth, in the 
 Crow Country. Then up the Road to Crooked River and up that 
 river, finally up the north branch. Crossed over to the Bighorn 
 and then down that river to its mouth. In May, 1803, visited the 
 trading post on the Assiniboine and in June crossed over to St. 
 Peter's River. Returned and spent the winter at the Ricara vil- 
 lage with some St. Louis traders. 9 
 
 AMERICAN ENTERPRISE 
 
 In the issue of May 13, 1813, the Missouri Gazette of 
 St. Louis published a short account of the return trip of 
 Robert Stewart, Ramsey Crooks, and Robt. McClellan from 
 Astoria to St. Louis. From these same parties was ob- 
 tained a fuller account of the outgoing- journey of the Hunt 
 party which left St. Louis in March, 1811. 
 
 The account was republished under the above title in Niles 
 Register of June 26, 1813. and afterwards in Breckenridge's Views 
 of Louisiana, 1814, pp. 297-302. 
 
 I do not find any more extended account of these two remark- 
 able journeys until Mr. Irving printed in his Astoria a full ac- 
 count of both from journals in the possession of Mr. Astor, 
 probably that of Hunt for the outgoing trip and Mr. Stewart for 
 the return. 
 
 There is in the N. Y. Public Library a copy of Stewart's 
 original diary of this journey. *10 
 
 BRACKENRIDGE, H. M. 
 
 Views Of Louisiana ; Together With A Journal Of A 
 Voyage Up The Missouri River, In 1811. By H. M. 
 Brackenridge, Esq. 
 
 Pittsburgh, Printed And Published By Cramer, Spear 
 and Eichbaum, .... 1814. 
 
 8 pp. 304 (including title). 
 
 The Journal occupies pp. 199-264; table of distances, 265-8; ap- 
 pendix 269-302; contents 303-4. 
 
 Left S: Charles April 2, 1811, 23 days after Hunt's party. 
 Went as irar as the Mandan Village and returned in 14 days. 
 At page 297 is an extract from the Missouri Gazette (n. d) an- 
 nouncing the arrival of Robt. Stewart, Crooks & McClellan, with 
 a sketch of their journey and also of Hunt's outgoing expedition. 
 (See American Enterprise 1813). The book also contains some 
 extracts from an account by Sibley of a journey from Ft. Clark 
 to the Salines on the Arkansas. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Judge W. B. Douglas published in the Missouri Historical 
 Society, Collections, Vol. Ill, Nos. 3 and 4, a very valuable sketch 
 of Manuel Lisa, the noted fur trader. 11 
 
 LEWIS AND CLARK 
 
 History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of 
 Captains Lewis And Clark, To The Sources Of The Mis- 
 souri, Thence Across The Rocky Mountains And Down 
 The River Columbia To The Pacific Ocean. Performed 
 During The Years 1804-5-6. By order of the Government 
 Of The United States. Prepared For The Press By Paul 
 Allen, Esquire. In Two Volumes. 
 
 Philadelphia: Published By Bradford And Inskeep; 1814. 
 
 8 pp. XXVIII, 470; IX, 522. 6 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of Lewis & Clark's Track. 
 Fortifications opposite Bonhommie Island. 
 Falls & Portages. 
 Great Falls of Columbia. 
 The Great Shooter Rapid. 
 Mouth of the Columbia River. 
 
 In 1893 Elliott Coues republished this edition in three volumes 
 and a volume of Index with 3 maps, extensive critical notes, and 
 a bibliography. Dr. Coues had access to the original journals and 
 was thus able to supplement somewhat the narratives as prepared 
 by Mr. Biddle. The maps consist of a copy of the map originally 
 published with the 1814 edition, a new map of the route of Lewis 
 & Clark, prepared by Elliott Coues for comparison, and finally 
 a copy of the map made by Mr. Lewis at the Mandan villages and 
 which was copied and elaborated, no doubt, by Nicholas King in 
 1806. King's original map exists in the Government archives but 
 had never been printed previously except in reduced form, in 
 "Science." 
 
 This edition has been reprinted a number of times with and 
 without notes, but with nothing new till the original Journals of 
 the Expedition were printed by Dodd in New York in 1904-1905, 
 in 7 vols. and Atlas, edited by Dr. Thwaites. 
 
 Floyd's Journal was also discovered and printed by Am. An- 
 tiquarian Society, Proceedings, 1894 pp. 225-252. (Sep. printed in 
 30 pp. Edited by James D. Butler). 12 
 
 [SANTA FE PRISONERS] 
 
 Message From The President Of The United States, 
 Transmitting In Compliance With A Resolution Of The 
 House Of Representatives, Of The 10th Instant, Informa- 
 tion Relative To The Arrest And Imprisonment Of Cer- 
 tain American Citizens At Santa Fe, By Authority Of The 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Government Of Spain. April 15, 1818. Read, and ordered 
 to lie upon the table. 
 
 Washington: Printed by E. De Krafft. 1S18. 
 
 8 23 pp. 
 
 In reference to the cases of McKnight, Baird and others, also 
 Auguste P. Chouteau and Jules de Mun. Contains a letter from 
 de Mun to William Clark, St. Louis, Nov. 25, 1817, detailing the 
 experiences of the Chouteau party which left Missouri September 
 IS, 1815. 
 
 McKnight, Chambers and Baird went into the Spanish prov- 
 inces in 1811 or 1812 and were arrested and confined in Santa Fe 
 for some time. Afterwards they were sent to Chihuahua, although 
 I think Chambers was for some time at Arispe. They were re- 
 leased after Mexico attained her independence. James Baird, 
 probably the same, appears as the author of a Memorial dated 
 October 26, 1826, made to Alexander Ramirez of El Paso, protest- 
 ing against the invasion of New Mexico by a large band of 
 American beaver trappers. Baird at this time was apparently 
 living in El Paso and claims to have been fourteen years a resi- 
 dent of New Mexico, occupied as a beaver hunter. For a copy 
 of this complaint and the expedition of Ceran St. Vrain against 
 which Baird was complaining see the Southwestern Historical 
 Quarterly for January, 1916. 
 
 In the statement and proof in the case of Chouteau and Demun 
 appear as signers the famous Etienne Provott and Joseph Bis- 
 sonet, the latter, no doubt, Long's guide in 1820. De Mun, in his 
 letter, gives some account of the movements of Philebert who it 
 seems had gone to the mountains in 1814. 13 
 
 BRADBURY, JOHN 
 
 Travels In The Interior Of America, In The Years 1809, 
 1810, And 1811; Including A Description Of Upper 
 Louisiana, Together With The States Of Ohio, Kentucky, 
 Indiana, and Tennessee, With The Illinois And Western 
 Territories, And Containing Remarks and Observations 
 Useful To Persons Emigrating To Those Countries. By 
 John Bradbury, F. L. S. 
 
 London : Corresponding Member, etc., etc. Liverpool : 
 Printed For The Author, etc., etc., 1817. 
 
 8 pp. XII, 9-364. Slip Errata. 
 
 Second edition. London. 1819, with a map and 346 pages. Brad- 
 bury arrived at St. Louis Dec. 31, 1809, with Nuttall. Started with 
 Hunt's party for St. Charles March 14, 1811. Was overtaken by 
 Lisa and Brackenridge below the Mandan Village. Went as far 
 as Lisa's Ft. or the Minnetaree Village. Left on return July 6th. 
 Stopped at the Aricara village and continued on the 17th with 
 Brackenridge and arrived at Ft. Osage on the 27th. Bradbury was 
 on the Mississippi en route to New Orleans at the Devil's Channel 
 below the Ohio at the time of the earthquake. 
 
 Pages 17-20 gives Colter's story from his own lips, Colter hav- 
 ing arrived at St. Louis in May, 1810. 
 
10 
 
 In the appendix, pp. 222, appears an account of Stewart, Crooks 
 and McClellan's trip from Oregon to Missouri, reprinted from the 
 Gazette, the article entitled "American Enterprise." 14 
 
 FRANCHERE, GABRIEL 
 
 Relation D'Un Voyage A La Cote Du Nord-Ouest De 
 TAmerique Septentrionale, Dans Les Annees 1810, 11, 12, 
 13 et 14. Par G. Franchere, Fils. 
 
 Montreal: De L'lnprimerie De. C. B. Pasteur, 1820. 
 
 8 pp. 284, including title, and half title. 
 
 As the original is very scarce, it is usually known by the 
 translation : 
 
 Narrative Of A Voyage To The Northwest Coast Of 
 America In The Years 1811, 1812, 1813, And 1814. Or The 
 First American Settlement On The Pacific. By Gabriel 
 Franchere. Translated And edited by J. V. Huntington. 
 
 New York : Redfield, 1854. 
 
 12 pp. 376, 3 Plates. 
 Plates : 
 
 Astoria as It was in 1813. 
 
 View of the Falkland Islands. 
 
 Entrance of the Columbia River. 
 
 Franchere went out with the Astor party in the Tonquin and 
 came home overland. His book forms the basis of Irving's As- 
 toria, together with Ross Cox's Narrative. 
 
 In the sale of J. B. Learmont's copy of this book at Andersons. 
 1917, in a note it was stated that it was supposed to have been 
 written by Bibaud from Franchere's notes. 
 
 Franchere left on his return April 4, 1814, and traveled by the 
 Columbia, Rocky Mountain House, Saskatchewan, Ft. Vermillion, 
 Ft. Cumberland, Ft. Winnipeg, the Red River Settlement and Ft. 
 William, and arrived at Montreal September 1st. 
 
 Curiously enough, the translation of this book in 1854 contains 
 an additional chapter by Franchere himself and an Appendix in 
 which he gives an account of the fate of some of the persons who 
 left Astoria before and after its transfer to the British. 15 
 
 HARMON, DANIEL WILLIAMS 
 
 A Journal Of Voyages and Travels In The Interiour Of 
 North America, Between The 47th and 58th Degrees Of 
 North Latitudes, Extending From Montreal Nearly To The 
 Pacific Ocean, A Distance Of About 5000 Miles, including 
 An Account Of The Principal Occurences During A Resi- 
 dence Of Nineteen Years In Different Parts Of The 
 Country, To Which are Added, A Concise Description Of 
 The Face Of The Country, Its Inhabitants, Their Manners, 
 Customs, Laws, Religion, Etc. And Considerable Speci- 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 11 
 
 mens Of The Two Languages, Most Extensively Spoken ; 
 Together With An Account Of The Principal Animals To 
 Be Found In The Forests And Prairies Of This Extensive 
 Region. Illustrated by a Map of the Country. By Daniel 
 Williams Harmon, a Partner In the North West Company. 
 
 Andover: Printed By Flagg And Gould. 1820. 
 
 8 XXIII (Inc. title and half title), 25-432, Port. Harmon 
 and map. Slip errata. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of the Interior of North America, Engraved for 
 Harmon's Journal. Boston. 
 
 Entered the service of the Northwest Co. April, 1800. Went 
 to Lake Winnipeg, then to the Assiniboine. After seven years 
 returned to Ft. William and went to Sturgeon Lake for the 
 winter. Here he stayed with Dr. McLaughlin, then about 30 years 
 of age; next July returned to Ft. William and left for Athebasca 
 with J. G. McTavish. At Ft. Chippewayan met Simon Fraser 
 just returning from the Pacific. Then to Ft. Vermillion and 
 Durwegan; next October left with John Stuart for New Calen- 
 donia. At Stuart's Lake in 1810. In 1819 returned to Ft. William 
 where the journal ended. 
 
 Recently, what was asserted to be the original manuscript of 
 the Journal of Harmon, turned up in New York, but I did not 
 see it and do not know what became of it. 16 
 
 NOTES ON THE MISSOURI RIVER and some of the 
 Native Tribes in its Neighborhood. By a military gentleman 
 attached to the Yellowstone Expedition in 1819. 
 
 In the Analectic Magazine, Philadelphia, April and May, 
 1820. 
 
 These articles contain nothing on the Yellowstone, but are con- 
 fined to the author's trip from Fort Osage to Council Bluffs by 
 way of the Kansas Indians and the Pawnees, of which he gives 
 an account. He also gives an account of the Otoes and Mahas. 
 
 For this expedition see Editorial, Mo. Gazette April 21, 1819, 
 Niles Reg. Oct. 17, 1818, July 3, 1819. 17 
 
 ROBINSON, WILLIAM DAVIS 
 
 The Northwest Coast. (In National Intelligencer, Jan. 
 21, 1821, reprinted in Niles Register, March 10, 1821). 
 
 A letter from William Davis Robinson to the Hon. J. H. Eaton, 
 dated Jan. 25, 1821, in which Robinson claims to have seen in 
 Mexico in 1816 a copy of an important manuscript which had been 
 taken by one of the Revolutionary chiefs in 1812 from a Cali- 
 fornia Missionary, who was on his way from Monterey to Mexico. 
 This document contained an account, according to Robinson, of an 
 excursion in the year 1810 and 1811 of two missionaries up the 
 
12 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Colorado River. After wandering around the headwaters of the 
 river, they crossed the divide and came to a lake forty leagues 
 in circumference and descended the largest stream flowing out of 
 this lake until it emptied into the Pacific Ocean at about Lat. 43 
 deg. 30 min. From the description which Robinson gives of the 
 country h is hardly possible that this tale can be true. 18 
 
 [ARICARA CAMPAIGN, 1823] 
 
 General Gaines to the Secretary of War Headquarters, 
 Western Dept. Louisville Ky., July 28, 1823. (Document 
 L attached to the report of J. C. Calhoun, Nov. 29, 1823. 
 Sen. Ex. Doc. 1, 18 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 55-108). 
 
 Consists principally of O'Fallon's letter of July 3, 1823, William 
 Gordon's letter from Ft. Vanderburgh, Mandan and Grosventre 
 Villages June 15, 1823, reporting the killing of Immel and Jones, 
 and comments on the same by Joshua Pilsher, dated Ft. Recovery, 
 July 23. Ashley's letter of June 4, dated on board keel boat Yel- 
 lowstone gives an account of the attack on his party and Leaven- 
 worth's report to Gaines, dated Ft. Atkinson, Aug. 30, gives an 
 account of his expedition and proceedings. 
 
 Reprinted in Am. State Papers, Military Affairs, vol. 2, pp. 578- 
 598. Partly reprinted in Edwards' "Great West," pp. 836. See also 
 Mo. Intelligencer, July 8, Sept. 9, Oct. 20, Nov. 18, Dec. 2, Dec. 9, 
 1823, and June 18, 1825, also Niles' Register, Oct. 11, 1823. 
 
 The official papers concerning this affair were published with 
 notes by Doane Robinson in South Dakota Hist. Coll., Vol. 1, 1902. 
 
 *19 
 
 FRANKLIN, JOHN 
 
 Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 
 in the Years 1819, 20, 21 and 22. By John Franklin, Cap- 
 tain R. N., F. R. S., and Commander of the Expedition. 
 With an Appendix on various subjects relating to Science 
 and Natural History. Illustrated by Numerous Plates and 
 Maps 
 
 London : John Murray, 1823. 
 
 4 XV, 784 pp. 30 Plates, 4 Maps. 8 plates colored after 
 sketches by Lieuts. Hood and Back, engraved by Finden. 
 Appendices by Richardson, Col. Sabine, Lieut. Hood, etc. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Chart of the Discoveries and Route of the Northern Land 
 Expedition under the command of Capt. John Franklin in 
 1820-21. 
 
 Route from York Factory to Isle a la Crosse. 
 
 Route from Isle a la Crosse to Ft. Providence. 
 
 Route from Ft. Providence (Slave Lake) to the Arctic 
 Sea. 
 
 My copy has in place of No. 4 a map with the following title : 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 13 
 
 An Outline to Show the Connected Discoveries of Capts, Ross, 
 Parry and Franklin In the Years 1819-1823. 
 
 This expedition crossed from Carlton House to Isle a la Crosse 
 Lake, thence to Lake Athabasca, Pierre au Calumet, Ft. Chipe- 
 wayan, Ft. Providence when the expedition made its start for the 
 Arctic Sea. 
 
 Franklin refers frequently to Richardson's journal which so far 
 as I know has never been printed. 20 
 
 HUNTER, JOHN DUNN 
 
 Manners And Customs Of Several Indian Tribes Located 
 West Of The Mississippi ; Including Some Account of The 
 Soil, Climate, and Vegetable Productions And The Indian 
 Materia Medica: To Which Is Prefixed The History Of 
 The Author's Life During A Residence Of Several Years 
 Among Them. By John Dunn Hunter. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed And Published For The Author, 
 1823. 
 
 8 VIII, (2), 11-402 pp. 
 
 The first 142 pages contain an account of Hunter's life and 
 travels, including a trip to the mouth of the Columbia River, 
 which can hardly be true. His account of life among the Kansas 
 and Osage Indians and experiences on the prairies sound entirely 
 credible. 
 
 Hunter was denounced as an imposter in the N. A. Review, Vol. 
 22, page 53 (1823). And in reply Norgate published a pamphlet, 
 "Mr. John D. Hunter, Defended, or Some Remarks on an Article 
 in the North American Review, in which that gentleman is 
 branded as an imposter." By E. Norgate. London : Miller, 1826. 
 8 38 pp. Mr. J. Neale answered this in N. A. Review, July, 1826, 
 in a closely printed article of 27 pp. 21 
 
 JAMES, EDWIN 
 
 ACCOUNT OF AN EXPEDITION from Pittsburgs 
 to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and 
 '20. By Order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War; 
 under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the 
 Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other Gentlemen of 
 the Exploring Party. Compiled by Edwin James, Botanist 
 and Geologist for the Expedition. In 2 Vols. With an Atlas. 
 
 Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I, Lea, 1823. 
 
 8 pp. (4), (5), (1), (2), 503; (6), 422, XCVIII. Atlas 
 in 4 Title, leaf of list of Engravings, 2 maps and 9 plates 
 (one in sections). 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Drawn by S. H. Long, Eng. by Young & Delleker. 
 
 (1) Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section. 
 
14 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 (2) Country drained by the Mississippi Western Sec- 
 tion. 
 
 Plates : 
 
 Six views drawn by S. Seymour, one by T. R. Peale, and 
 the Indian Record without name. 
 
 The chart is a geological one showing 2 Sections on the 
 35th and 41st Parallels. 
 
 1. War dance in the interior of a Konza lodge; 
 
 2. Oto Council; 
 
 3. View of the Rocky Mountains on the Platte, 50 miles 
 from their base ; 
 
 4. View of the Castle Rock, etc. ; 
 
 5. Moveable skin lodges of the Kaskaias ; 
 
 6. Oto Encampment; 
 
 7. Indian Record of a battle between the Pawnees and 
 Konzas delineated on a bison robe; 
 
 8. View of the insulated table lands at the foot of the 
 Rocky Mountains. 
 
 The Atlas is dated 1822 and the Appendix to Vol. II has a new 
 title, "Astronomical and meteorological records, and vocabularies 
 of Indian Languages, Taken on the Expedition for Exploring the 
 Mississippi and Its Western Waters, Under the Command of 
 Major S. H. Long, of the United States' Topographical Engineers, 
 In 1819 and 1820. Philadelphia, 1822." 
 
 In the London edition published the same year, most, if not 
 all, of the plates were re-engraved, and the two maps combined in 
 one. The Oto Encampment was replaced by the Pawnee Council. 
 A new plate, Distant View of the Rocky Mts., replaces No. 3. 
 Three new plates appear, the Kiowa Council, a plate with three 
 Indian portraits, and View of the Chasm through which the 
 Platte issues from the Rocky Mountains, Nos. 1, 2, and 7 remain. 
 No. 5 appears as wood cut in the text. All the new plates were 
 after sketches of S. Seymour. A note on page 188, Vol. Ill, states 
 that Seymour made 150 views of which 60 were finished. 
 
 The expedition was planned to go to the Yellowstone and 
 when it started was called the Yellowstone Expedition, having at 
 its command the famous "Western Engineer," the first steamboat 
 to ascend the Missouri. 
 
 The party spent the winter of 1819-20 near Ft. Lisa, five miles 
 below Council Bluffs. Long went to Washington during the 
 winter, returning to the encampment in May accompanied by 
 Capt. John R. Bell and Edwin James. The war department had 
 meantime changed the destination of the expedition to an excur- 
 sion by land to the sourse of the Platte and thence by the Arkan- 
 sas and Red rivers to the Mississippi. Up to this point Thomas 
 Say, who kept a journal of the expedition seems to have furnished 
 the narrative as he did a later part, that of Capt. Bell's expedition 
 down the Arkansas. Capt. John R. Bell kept a journal of the 
 expedition from this point, which James says he did not consult, as 
 it had been submitted to the Secretary of War. Nevertheless Rev. 
 Jedediah Morse consulted it, (see his Report to the Secretary 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 15 
 
 of War on Indian Affairs. New Haven, 1822, page 240 et. seq.) and 
 it has been referred to by later writers. 
 
 Major Long's own report or part of it occupies pp. 331-383 of 
 Vol. II, followed by the geological report, pp. 384-442, written also 
 by Long. A note on page 271, Vol. Ill, of the London edition 
 says these last observations are extracted from a report drawn up 
 by Long at Smithland, Ky., 1820 [1821]. 22 
 
 BENTON, THOMAS H. 
 
 In Senate of the U. S. March 18, 1824, Mr. Benton from 
 the Committee on Indian Affairs Communicated the Fol- 
 lowing Documents. 
 
 18th Cong. 1st Sess. Sen. Doc. 56. 
 
 8 20 pp. 
 
 This committee had under consideration the advisability of 
 placing a military post either at the mouth of the Yellowstone 
 River or the Falls of the Missouri or the mouth of Marias River. 
 
 It contains a letter from Calhoun in answer to a query by the 
 Committee in which he refers to his reports in State papers, 15th 
 Cong. 2nd Sess.. Vol. I, No. 25, and State papers, 16th Cong. 1st 
 Sess., Vol. 10, No. 24; letter of Thomas S. Jessup on expense of 
 moving a detachment of troops to the site of the proposed fort ; 
 an answer to the queries by R. Graham, Indian agent to the 
 Blackfopt Indians on the trapping expeditions to the Rocky 
 Mountains and the attack on Ashley by the Aricaras. 
 
 The bulk of the report consists, however, of Major Pitcher's 
 answer. He had been four years connected with the Missouri Fur 
 Company, but his personal knowledge only extended to the Man- 
 da villages. There had been no traders to the Blackfoot Indians 
 between 1810 and '11 up to the Immel-Jones expedition of the 
 Missouri Fur Company in 1822. The greater part of Pilcher's 
 answer is devoted to the history of the Aricara troubles and his 
 views as to the methods of handling the various Indians in the 
 Northwest. 
 
 On April 26 of the same session, Benton's committee laid on the 
 table further documents (document 71, 8 8pp), containing among 
 other documents, a letter from R. T. Holliday, clerk of the Co- 
 lumbia Fur Co., dated at Lake Traverse, on some reported killings 
 by the Aricara Indians. *23 
 
 STORRS, AUGUSTUS 
 
 Trade between Missouri and Mexico. Presented to the 
 Senate, Jan'y 3 by Mr. Benton. Answers of Augustus 
 Storrs to queries addressed to him by the Hon. Thomas H. 
 
 Benton, on the origin, present state, and future 
 
 prospect of trade and intercourse between Missouri and the 
 internal provinces of Mexico. 
 
 Niles Reg. Jan'y 15, 1825. 
 
 Storrs had gone on a trading expedition to Santa Fe the previ- 
 ous summer and describes the route, character of the country, the 
 
16 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 trade, condition of New Mexico and Indian depredations on the 
 traders. It is dated Franklin, (Mo.), Nov. 1824, and is an extreme- 
 ly valuable, interesting document. About this time began the agi- 
 tation for a road to Santa Fe and military protection for the 
 caravans. 24 
 
 BAYLIES, FRANCIS 
 
 Northwest Coast of America. May 15, 1826. Referred, 
 .... Mr. Baylies from the Select Committee, .... made 
 the following Report: [Baylies 2nd Report]. 
 19th Cong. 1st Sess. H. Rep. 213. 
 8, 22 pp. 
 
 The report gives an account of a journey by Samuel Adams 
 Ruddock in 1821 from Council Bluffs to the mouth of the Colum- 
 bia. The trading party left after May 12th. The route was up' 
 the Platte, which they crossed just below the forks, and thence 
 southwest 410 miles to Santa Fe, arriving there January 8th and 
 on the 9th they left, up the Chama River, on to Lake Trinidad, 
 and thence to Lake Timpanogos, which he says is intersected by 
 the 42nd degree, thence he followed down the Multnomah, flowing 
 out of this lake, to its junction with the Columbia, and reached 
 the mouth of the Columbia August 1st. 
 
 After a resume of the history of discovery on the West Coast 
 follow extracts from the log book of the ship Columbia, Captain 
 Robert Gray, 1792, and a further examination of the discoveries of 
 Drake, Vancouver, etc. 25* 
 
 [EXPEDITION UP THE MISSOURI] 
 
 Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting informa- 
 tion requested by a resolution of the House of Rep. of the 
 1st inst. Reporting the Movements of the Expedition which 
 lately ascended the Missouri River, .... March 6, 1826. 
 Read, .... 
 
 Washington: Gales and Seaton. 1826. (19 Cong. 1 Ses. 
 H. R. Doc. 117). 
 
 8, 16 pp. 
 
 H. Atkinson's report to Major General Brown, dated Nov. 
 23, 1825. 
 
 There is a very slight account of the expedition, the report 
 being chifly devoted to the Indian tribes, fur trade, etc. The 
 expedition left Council Bluffs May 14 and reached the mouth of 
 the Yellowstone Aug. 6. Ashley met the party at this point on his 
 return from the mountains with an immense supply of furs and 
 returned with them. 
 
 Atkinson and O'Fallon were the commissioners to make 
 treaties with the Indians and their report to the Secretary of War 
 contains a history of the expedition, the treaties made, etc. It 
 occurs 19 Cong., 1 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. (Reprinted in Am. State 
 Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. 2, pp. 595-609). *26 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 17 
 
 [DISCOVERY OF YELLOWSTONE PARK] 
 
 From The West. Sweet Lake, July 8, 1827. 
 
 Niles Register, Oct. 6, 1827, (from the Phila. Gazette). 
 
 This letter contains an account of a journey by a trapper prob- 
 ably from rendezvouz to what is now known as Yellowstone Park 
 some time in the summer or fall of 1826. It describes briefly the 
 lake, hot springs and geysers and mentions the explosions every 
 day. From the last sentence, in which he says "tomorrow I depart 
 for the west," it might be inferred that the writer accompanied 
 J. S. Smith to California who left the camp on Bear Lake July 
 13. 
 
 For Jim Bridger's story of the park see General Dodge's Biog- 
 raphical Sketch of James Bridger, N. Y., 1905, a truly appreciative 
 work. 27 
 
 FRANKLIN, JOHN 
 
 Narrative Of A Second Expedition to the Shores Of The 
 Polar Sea, In The Years 1825, 1826, And 1827, By John 
 Franklin, Captain R. N., F. R. S., . . . Commander Of The 
 Expedition, Including- the Account Of The Progress Of A 
 Detachment to The Eastward, By John Richardson, M. D., 
 F. R. S., F. L. S., . .. . . Surgeon and Naturalist To The 
 Expedition. Illustrated By Numerous Plates and Maps. 
 
 Published by Authority of the Right Honorable The Sec- 
 retary of State For Colonial Affairs. London: John Mur- 
 ray ..... MDCCCXXVIII. 
 
 4 XXIV, 320, CLVII, Leaf Err. 6 Maps, 21 Plates. 
 Maps: 
 
 Route of the Expedition A. D. 1825 From Ft. Williams 
 to the Saskatchewan. 
 
 Route of the Expedition from York Factory to Cumber- 
 land House, .... in 1819-20. 
 
 Route of the expedition from Isle La Crosse to Ft. Provi- 
 dence, .... in 1819-20. 
 
 Route of the Land Arctic Expedition Great Slave Lake 
 to Gt. Bear Lake, 1825. 
 
 Discoveries of the Expedition, 1825-26. 
 
 Map showing the Discoveries made by British Officers 
 in the Arctic Region, 1818-1826. 
 
 The plates are very fine engravings by Ed. Finden, after 
 sketches by Capt. Back and E. N. Kendall. I have a note to the 
 effect that Thomas Drummond's journal kept of the Rocky 
 Mountains was printed in volume 1 of the Botanical Miscel- 
 lany in London, 1820, but I have not been able to locate a copy of 
 the book. Drummond was in Texas in 1834 and some very inter- 
 esting letters from him are published in Vol. 1, pp. 39-46 of the 
 Companion to the Botanical Magazine. He died in Hawaii March, 
 1835. 
 
18 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Besides Franklin's and Richardson's accounts including the 
 Athabasca district and the voyage back, pp. 308-13 contain Thomas 
 Drummond's account of his exploration in the Rocky Mountains, 
 1825- March, 1827. 28 
 
 SMITH, JED. S. 
 
 Excursion A L'Ouest Des Monts Rocky, Evtrait d'une 
 lettre de M. Jedidiah Smith .... Saint Louis .... 11 
 Oct. 1827. 
 
 In Nouvelles Annales de Voyages. Paris, 1828, Vol. 37, 
 (also numbered vol. 7 of the 2nd series), pp. 208-12. 
 
 The letter was addressed to General Clark and published in the 
 Missouri Republican of October 11, 1827. It is the only 
 published writing of Smith which we can positively identify, 
 and describes his route from Salt Lake past Little Salt 
 Lake and apparently to the junction of the Virgin with the 
 Colorado; thence parallel to the Colorado to the Mohave and by 
 that river over the mountains to Los Angeles. 
 
 Smith's route is discussed in Bancroft's Hist. California, Vol. 
 II, pp. 152; Hist. Soc. South Cal. Ill, 1896 by J. M. Guinn; Pioneer 
 Mag. S. F. Nov., 1855, by J. W. in an article on American Pioneers 
 of California; and lately by Dale in his book on Smith. 
 
 There are very few contemporary notices of Smith. Mr. H. C. 
 Dale has collected about all the information to be found, in his 
 book entitled "The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery 
 of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-29," published in Cleve- 
 land in 1918. Shortly after Smith's death, however, a eulogy of 
 him was printed in the Illinois Magazine (June, 1832) by an 
 unknown author but who was, as he states, one of Smith's latest 
 friends, but it does not give much information regarding his 
 career. The St. Louis Beacon of Oct. 7, 1830, (Niles Reg. Nov. 6, 
 1830) notices the return of Smith and Jackson, stating that Smith 
 had been out five years and had explored the country from the 
 Gulf of California to the mouth of the Columbia. 
 
 Curiously enough, Capt. Beachey seems to have met Smith 
 while he was in Monterey. He refers to the captain of a band 
 of American beaver trappers as very intelligent, stating that he 
 had received from him considerable valuable information 
 in regard to the character of the country beyond the Tulares. 
 
 In 1836 the Hon. Albert Gallatin published in the Archaeologia 
 Americana Vol. II, his "Synopsis of the Indian Tribes Within the 
 U. S., Etc." On pp. 140-142 occur the observations obtained from 
 General Ashley relating to the travels of Smith. Gallotin pub- 
 lished a map, the best of the western country to date of publi- 
 cation, and which remained the best for some time. This map 
 shows Smith's route to California, no doubt taken from a manu- 
 script map of Smith. There are several references to the map 
 of Smith which was in existence in the forties. Miss Drumm of 
 the Mo. Hist. Soc. informed me that they finally located the 
 family of the man who had owned it. only to learn that all his 
 papers had been lost in the fire at St. Louis in 1849. I am certain 
 that one of the departments at Washington received a map from 
 Smith or a copy of one of his, and it may yet be found in the 
 archives. 29* 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 19 
 
 BENTON, THOMAS H. 
 
 In Senate Of The United States. December 23, 1828. 
 Resolved, That the Committee of Indian Affairs be in- 
 structed to inquire into the present conditions of the fur 
 trade within the limits of the United States, etc., etc. 
 
 In Senate Of The United States. February 9, 1829. Read 
 and ordered printed. Mr. Benton Made The Following 
 Report. 
 
 20 Congress, 2nd Sess. [Sen.] Doc. 67. 
 
 8 19 pp. 
 
 Contains among other documents an interesting letter from W. 
 H. Ashley, St. Louis, November 12, 1827, and another by him Jan. 
 20, 1829, relating to movements and deaths of trappers in the 
 Rocky Mountains. Ashley refers to Peter Skeene Ogden. The 
 report also contains the letter of C. C. Cambreling of Jan. 12, 
 1829 and J. J. Astor's of Jan. 29, 1829. 
 
 There is a long account of Ashley's expedition of 1826 in Niles 
 Reg., Dec. 9, 1826, from the Missouri Herald. 30 
 
 RICHARDSON, JOHN 
 
 Fauna Boreali Americana ; or The Zoology of the 
 Northern Parts of British America: containing descriptions 
 of the objects of Natural History collected on the late 
 Northern Land Expeditions under command of Captain Sir 
 
 John Franklin, R. N. By John Richardson, M. D 
 
 Assisted by William Swanson, Esq., and the Reverend 
 William Kirby, M. A. 
 
 London : John Murray, MDCCCXXIX. 
 
 4 pp. XLVI (2), 300. 28 uncolored plates by Landseer, 
 numbered 1-24. Some signed by him. (This is Part 1, 
 The quadrupeds). 
 
 Plate 1, 1 B, 2-12, 12 B, 13-18, 18 B, 18 C, 19-24. 28 
 plates in all. 
 
 In the Introduction Richardson says he had spent seven sum- 
 mers and five winters in this country and gives a short account 
 of both expeditions. This introduction contains numerous refer- 
 ences to the exploration in the Rockies of Thos. Drummond, who 
 was ass't naturalist to the 2nd expedition and was left at Cumber- 
 land House in July, 1825. He spent the winter in the mountains 
 after crossing the Columbian portage road in April, 1826, again 
 revisited it and remained west of the mountains until August 10. 
 Visited the headwaters of Peace River. Wintered at Edmonton 
 and in 1827 returned to England via York Factory in company 
 with David Douglass who came over from the Columbia in the 
 spring. The descriptions of the animals in the H. B. Go's, terri- 
 
20 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 tory are also largely from Drummond and many of his experiences 
 are related in describing them. 
 
 For Drummond's journal see Botanical Miscellany, Vol. 1. 
 (Probably 2nd series), 1830. 31* 
 
 RILEY, B. 
 
 Report of four companies of the sixth regiment of the 
 United States infantry, which left Jefferson Barracks, on 
 the 5th of May 1829 under the command of Brevet. Major 
 Riley, of the United States Army, for the protection of the 
 trade to Santa Fe. Cantonment Leavenworth Nov. 27, 1829. 
 
 Am. State Papers, Military Affairs, Vol. IV. 
 
 Pages 277-280. Signed, B. Riley. Probably separately printed 
 with some documents in Feb., 1830, as J. H. Eaton (Secy, of War) 
 communicates this to the President under date of Feb. 5, 1830, in 
 response to a resolution of the Senate of Feb. 2. Details of the 
 expedition in 1829 with an account of the attack by the Indians on 
 the caravan Aug. 1. They went as far as Chouteau's Island in the 
 Arkansas where they met the return caravan from Santa Fe under 
 escort of Col. Viscarra. 
 
 General Macomb's report on this expedition in a letter to Sec- 
 retary of War Eaton, dated Wash., Nov., 1829, in Niles Reg. Jan- 
 uary 9, 1830. 32 
 
 JAMES, EDWIN 
 
 A Narrative Of The Captivity And Adventures Of John 
 Tanner, (U. S. Interpreter At The Saut De Ste. Marie,) 
 During Thirty Years Residence Among The Indians In The 
 Interior Of North America. Prepared For The Press By 
 Edwin James, M. D. Editor of an Account of Major Long's 
 Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains. 
 
 New York : G. & C. & A. Carvill 1830. 
 
 8 426 pp. includ. title. Port of Tanner after a painting 
 by A. Inman. 
 
 Part II, pp. 233 end, contains comments on the Indians, their 
 language, catalogue of plants and animals, etc. 
 
 Tanner spent a part of his life in the Red River country and 
 the book contains a long account of the H. B. and Northwest 
 Companies. He spent much time on the Assiniboine at Turtle 
 Mountain and the Mandan Village. E. Coues, in his book on 
 Aleaxnder Henry, has checked up a good deal of Tanner's narra- 
 tive from Henry's Journal and thus been able to supply dates 
 which are totally lacking in the narrative. 33 
 
 COX, ROSS 
 
 Adventures On The Columbia River, Including The 
 Narrative Of A Residence Of Six Years On The Western 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 21 
 
 Side Of The Rocky Mountains, Among Various Tribes of 
 Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together With A Journey 
 Across The American Continent. By Ross Cox. 2 Vols. 
 
 London: Henry Colburn And Richard Bentley, 1831. 
 
 8 XXIV (Incl. Tit. & Hlf. Tit.), 368 pp.; VIII, (Incl. 
 Tit., Hlf. Tit.), 400 pp. 
 
 Arrived in Oregon via Sandwich Islands in the Beaver, May 9, 
 1812. Sketch of Hunt's overland trip. On dissolving of the 
 Pacific Fur Company, Cox joined the -Northwest Co. April 16, 1813. 
 He left for the East via the Columbia, crossed the mountains 
 January 1. down the Athabasca to Rocky Mountain House. Met 
 Peter Ogden at Fort Isle la Crosse, then to Cumberland House 
 on the Saskatchewan, then to the Winnipeg, then to Ft. William, 
 arriving there August 16. 
 
 The book gives a good account of the rivalry between the 
 Hudson Bay and Northwest Co. in the Northwest. 34 
 
 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
 STATES, In answer to a resolution of the Senate relative 
 to the British Establishments on the Columbia, and the 
 state of the fur trade, etc. 
 
 21 Cong. 2nd Sess. (Sen.) Doc. 39. Message dated Jan. 
 24, 1831. 
 
 8 36 pp. 
 
 Contains communications to J. H. Eaton by Ashley, Joshua 
 Pilcher, J. S. Smith, David E. Jackson and W. L. Sublette. 
 
 Pilcher gives an account of his expedition from Council Bluffs 
 September, 1827, to Bear Lake ; thence in July, 1828, to Lewis 
 River and Clark's Fork; wintered on Flathead Lake; February, 
 1829, went to Ft. Colville and returned with the Brigade via 
 Boat Encampment to the Athabasca; thence to Jasper's House, to 
 Ft. Assinaboine, to Edmonton, Ft. Pitt, Carlton House, Cumber- 
 land House and Red River Settlement; thence to Brandon House 
 and arrived at the Mandan Villages April 5, 1830. There met 
 Prince Paul of Wurtemberg. 
 
 Smith, Jackson and Sublette give an account of their trip 
 leaving St. Louis April 10, 1829, to the head of the Wind River 
 and return to St. Louis October 10. Also some account of 
 Smith's visit to Vancouver in 1828. This letter dated St. Louis, 
 October 30, 1830. 
 
 This is the most valuable account of movements in the Rocky 
 Mountains during this period. 35 
 
 PATTIE, JAMES OHIO 
 
 The Personal Narrative Of James O. Pattie, Of Ken- 
 tucky, During An Expedition From St. Louis, Through 
 The Vast Regions Between That Place And The Pacific 
 Ocean, And Thence Back Through The City Of Mexico To 
 Vera Cruz, During Juorneyings Of Six Years; In Which 
 
22 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 He And His Father, Who Accompanied Him, Suffered Un- 
 heard Of Hardships And Dangers, Had Various Conflicts 
 With The Indians, And Were Made Captives, In Which 
 Captivity His Father Died: Together With a Description 
 Of The Country, And The Various Nations Through 
 Which They Passed. Edited By Timothy Flint. 
 
 Cincinnati : Printed And Published by John H. Wood, 
 1831. 
 
 8 Title; III-VI (1), Editor's Preface; VII-XI (1) Int.; 
 13-300 pp. Plates (Copyrighted by Wood, Oct. 18, 1831). 
 
 Plates engraved by W. Woodruff, an early Western en- 
 graver, as follows: 
 
 Plates : 
 
 Rescue of an Indian Child. 
 
 Mr. Pattie Wounded by an Indian arrow. 
 
 Shooting Mr. Pattie's horse. 
 
 Messrs. Pattie and Stover rescued from famish. 
 
 Burial of Mr. Pattie. 
 
 The Pattie Narrative ends on page 253; on the reverse of this is 
 a note regarding Dr. Willard; 255-288 is an account of Willard's 
 tour entitled "Inland Trade with New Mexico"; and pp. 289-300 
 the "Downfall of the Fredonian Republic." Both these items were 
 reprinted from Flint's Western Monthly Review. From the ex- 
 tract from Willard's journal apparently his narrative was as inter- 
 esting as Pattie's, and more reliable. 
 
 Some doubt has been manifested as to the truth of the some- 
 what remarkable wanderings of Pattie through the mountains, but 
 probably in the main the story can be accepted as true, due al- 
 lowance being made for the lapse of time making occurrences 
 seem closer together than they really were. Possibly also some 
 allowance should be made for Flint's imagination. 
 
 Pattie really existed as Bancroft has demonstrated from the 
 California archives and, what is more, was in California at the 
 time, so it is fair to assume the rest of the narrative is at least 
 substantially true. 
 
 This book was copyrighted by Wood, who seems to have sold 
 very few copies, as only a few exist outside of the Cincinnati 
 Public Library and Cine. Hist. Society. In 1833 Flint's nephew, 
 who had started a bookstore in Cincinnati, evidently came into 
 possession of the unsold copies and printed a new title page and 
 for some unknown reason copyrighted the book again in his 
 own name. For this reason the 1833 imprint has been sup- 
 posed by most people to be first and is always quoted as the first 
 edition. In reality, as explained, it is not a new edition exactly, 
 but the same book with a different title page, bearing Flint's name 
 instead of that of Wood. 
 
 I have seen four variations of the copyright in the 1833 edition, 
 first copyrighted by Wood in 1831, second copyrighted by Wood in 
 1833, third copyrighted by Flint in 1831 and fourth copyrighted by 
 Flint in 1833. I have also seen a title printed in smaller letters 
 than the usual type employed, with the Wood 1833 copyright. 36 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 23 
 
 MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
 STATES In Compliance With a Resolution of the Senate 
 concerning the Fur Trade, and Inland Trade to Mexico. 
 
 Washington, Feb. 8, 1832. 22nd Cong. 1st Sess. Sen. 
 Ex. 90. 
 
 8 86 pp. 
 
 Contains Letter from Clark; Joshua Pilcher's Report, St. Louis, 
 Dec. 1, 1831, on the rise and present condition of the fur trade; 
 Communications from Andrew S. Hughes, and William Gordon of 
 Oct. 31, 1831, with an account of the Immel-Jones' outfit; Alphonso 
 Wetmore on the Santa Fe trade Oct. 11, 1831, with extracts from 
 his diary on the Santa Fe trail to New Mexico beginning May 28, 
 1828; Schoolcraft's Report, Oct. 24, 1831; John Dougherty's state- 
 ment; B. Riley's report on travelers killed on the Santa Fe trail 
 July 11, 1823 [1829?]; Thomas Forsyth's letter of Oct. 24, 1831, 
 with a slight history of the fur trade from 1800. *37 
 
 WYETH, JOHN B. 
 
 Oregon; Or A Short History Of A Long Journey From 
 The Atlantic Ocean To The Region Of The Pacific, By 
 Land; Drawn Up From The Notes And Oral Information 
 Of John B. Wyeth, One Of The Party Who Left Mr. 
 Nathaniel J. Wyeth, July 28th, 1832, Four Days' March 
 Beyond The Ridge Of The Rocky Mountains, And The 
 Only One Who Has Returned To New England. 
 
 Cambridge: Printed For John B. Wyeth, 1833. 
 
 12 Title and Half Title, 87 pp. 
 
 Cover Title: Wyeth's Oregon Expedition. 
 
 Left Boston March 1, 1832, and got back to Boston via St. 
 Louis and New Orleans Jan. 2, 1833. 
 
 The original journals of Capt. N. J. Wyeth, 1831-6, have been 
 printed by the Eugene, Or., University Press in 1899. 
 
 Mr. S. P. Sharpless printed an address on Capt. Wyeth in 
 Cambridge in 1907. 
 
 In Schoolcraft's Archives, Vol. I, pp. 205-228, N. J. Wyeth has 
 furnished a very valuable memoir on the Western Indians, char- 
 acter of country, etc. 
 
 The first account of the famous battle at Pierre's Hole, July 
 12, was brought back in the fall by Capt. Sublette and appeared 
 in the Mo. Intelligencer, copied in Niles Reg. for Oct. 27, 1832, 
 page 130. 38 
 
 EVERETT, H. 
 
 Regulating The Indian Department. (To accompany 
 bills H. R. Nos. 488, 489, & 490). May 20, 1834. Mr. H. 
 
24 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs made the 
 following Report: 
 
 23 Cong. 1st Sess. H. R. Rep. No. 474. 
 
 8 131 pp. Map of the Western Territory. 
 
 Contains copies of the bills and many documents including 
 protest of Mr. Stokes, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and copy 
 of treaty made by Ellsworth at Ft. Leavenworth in 1833. Full 
 Report by Commissioner Henry L. Ellsworth, J. T. Schemerhorn 
 and Mr. Stokes. Letter from Wm. P. May, Aug. 25, 1833, on the 
 fur trade. The map is almost certainly by Isaac McCoy. 39 
 
 WHEELOCK, T. B. 
 
 [Journal of Colonel Dodge's expedition from Fort Gib- 
 son to the Pawnee Pict village.] 
 
 Printed in the Rept. of the Secy, of War attached to 
 President's Message of Dec. 2, 1834. Occupies pp. 73-93, 
 Sen. Ex. Doc. 1, 23 Cong. 2 Sess. Also in Am. State Papers 
 Military Affairs, Vol. V, pp. 373-382. 
 
 Signed by T. B. Wheelock, First Lieut. Dragoons. Dated Fort 
 Gibson, August 27, 1834. Contains an account of the expedition 
 to the Toyash village, the council with the Indians, etc. 40 
 
 EDWARDS, P. L. 
 
 Rocky Mountains Correspondence, From the Missouri 
 Engineer [Liberty]. 
 
 In Niles Register, Oct. 11, 1834, Vol. 47, pp. 92. 
 
 Letter signed P. L. Edwards and dated Waters of the Colorado 
 of the West, June 23, 1834. Edwards went over with the Lees, 
 Nuttall & Townsend, the last two being mentioned. He says they 
 left Liberty April 25 and arrived at place of writing June 20. 
 Speaks well of Capt. Wyeth with whom they were traveling. 
 There is very little on the route, but an interesting description of 
 mountain men. The editor says Edwards was 21 or 22 years of 
 age and well known in Liberty. 41 
 
 PIKE, ALBERT 
 
 Prose Sketches And Poems, Written in the Western 
 Country, By Albert Pike. 
 
 Boston : Light & Horton. 1834. 
 12 VIII, pp. 9-200. 
 
 Preface is dated Ark. Territory 1 May, 1833. 
 
 Contains 80 pp. of a journey over the prairies to Santa Fe and 
 an account of Santa Fe and his residence there, the first published 
 account after Lieut. Pike's except that contained in the President's 
 Message of 1818. 
 
 Pike begins by recounting the experiences of one Aaron B. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 25 
 
 Lewis, who left Fort Towson in Sept., 1831, for Santa Fe, quoting 
 from Lewis' Journal. He passed over from the False Wichita to 
 the Canadian and up that stream and after terrible suffering from 
 cold and hunger reached the settlements in early December. Next 
 summer Lewis went on a trapping expedition to the Colorado 
 Mountains. In the fall Pike joined Lewis and Irwin and others 
 on a return trip. They went down the Pecos and crossed over to 
 one of the headwaters of the Brazos and then northeast to Red 
 River. Reached Ft. Smith Dec. 10th. Bill Williams accompanied 
 them part of the way. 
 
 Pike himself, it seems, went out to Santa Fe by the trail in the 
 fall of 1831. 42 
 
 ARMIJO, ANTONIO 
 
 Itineraire Du Nord-Mexico A La Haute Californie, 
 Parcouru en 1829, et 1830 par soixante Mexicains. 
 
 In Bulletin De la Societe De Geographic. Deuxieme 
 Serie, Tome III, pp. 316-23, Mai. 1835. 
 
 Account of an expedition under command of Antonio Armijo 
 which left Abiquiu Nov. 7. 1829, and arrived at San Gabriel Jan. 
 31, 1830. Went by Arroyo de Chelli and Canon de San Bernardino. 
 On return left March 1 and arrived in Xemes, 25 April. Possibly 
 the opening of this route. 
 
 Translated from "Registro Oficial del Gobierno de los Estados- 
 Unidos Mexicanos, 1830." 43 
 
 BALL, JOHN 
 
 Remarks upon the Geology, and physical features of the 
 Country west of the Rocky Mountains, with Miscellaneous 
 facts ; by John Ball, of Troy, N. Y. 
 
 In The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 
 XXVIII, No. 1, April, 1835. 
 
 Ball gives a short account of his trip to Oregon made in 1832. 
 He traveled from Lexington, Mo., along the Oregon trail via 
 South Pass to the Snake and then followed a course considerably 
 south of that river, but finally reached the river again to leave it 
 when the trail went west through the Grande Ronde to Walla 
 Walla. He traveled part of the way with Wm. Sublette but finally 
 reached Oregon with twelve companions. Ball spent the winter of 
 1832-3 teaching school at Ft. Vancouver and left on the H. B. Go's, 
 boat in Oct., 1833, for the Sandwich Islands via San Francisco 
 about which, however, he only says a few words. Finally reached 
 home in July, 1834, via Cape Horn. 
 
 In the same journal for January, 1834, Vol. XXV, No. 2, occurs 
 some preliminary remarks by Amos Eaton obtained from a letter 
 from Ball written at Ft. Vancouver, March 3, 1833. 
 
 See an interesting letter from John Ball dated Grand Rapids, 
 Mich., Oct. 14, 1874, in Contributions to the Historical Society 
 of Montana, Vol. I. 44 
 
26 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 DUNBAR, JOHN 
 
 Extracts from the journal of Mr. Dunbar. 
 
 In Missionary Herald for 1835, Vol. 31, pp. 343, 376, 417. 
 
 John Dunbar and Samuel Allis were appointed missionaries to 
 the Pawnee Indians in 1834 and arrived at Leavenworth June 26, 
 1834. The extract from Dunbar's journal commences here, but the 
 principal portion printed refers to the Pawnee Indians, their 
 customs, location, hunts, character, etc., together with an account 
 of his own movements. 
 
 Some extracts from Allis' journal published in the Herald for 
 1836, Vol. 32, pp. 68. See Herald for 1838, Vol. 34, pp. 383 for Dun- 
 bar's account of a human sacrifice by the Pawnees. Dr. Benedict 
 Satterlee communicated to the Board an account of his journey 
 from Bellevue to .the Pawnee villages with Dunbar in June 1836. 
 Miss. Herald for 1837, Vol. 33, pp. 74. Doctor Satterlee went on 
 an expedition to the Cheyenne Indians and was killed probably by 
 white men. See Miss. Herald, Vol. 33, pp. 348, and Vol. 34, pp. 385. 
 
 45 
 
 IRVING, JOHN T, JR. 
 
 Indian Sketches, Taken During- An Expedition To The 
 Pawnee Tribes. By John T. Irving, Jr. In Two Vol. 
 
 Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. 
 
 12 Title leaf, ded., 9-232 pp. ; Title, 5-296 pp. [No. con- 
 tents in this edition]. 
 
 A government party, under charge of Mr. Ellsworth as Com- 
 missioner, in 1833, made a trip to the Otoe Pawnee villages. Irv- 
 ing accompanied the party, also Major Dougherty from Fort 
 Leavenworth. He tells the story of the council at the Pawnee 
 village, the signing of peace and incidentally tells the tale of the 
 "human sacrifice" afterward so famous. 46 
 
 IRVING, WASHINGTON 
 
 The Crayon Miscellany. By The Author Of the Sketch 
 Book No. 1. Containing A Tour on the Prairies. 
 Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1835. 
 12 XV, 17-274 pp. 
 
 Accompanied Ellsworth, the Indian Commissioner, on his tour 
 in the fall of 1832. Went up the Missouri with Ellsworth, to the 
 Osage Agency at Ft. Gibson and then for a few weeks to the 
 Pawnee Hunting Grounds, returning to Ft. Gibson. Latrobe also 
 accompanied this party. See Irving's letter regarding the trip 
 Dec. 18, 1832, Washington, originally printed in the London 
 Athenaeum and reprinted in Missouri Hist. Rev. Oct., 1910. 47 
 
 LATROBE, CHAS. JOSEPH 
 
 The Rambler in North America; MDCCCXXXII-MDCC 
 CXXXIII. By Chas. Joseph Latrobe. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 27 
 
 Published By R. B. Seeley And W. Burnside ; London, 
 MDCCCXXXV. 
 
 12 pp. (6) inc. title and half title, VII-X1, 321 ; (4) and 
 title and half title, V-VIII, 326 pp. ; map. 
 
 My copy original bds. contains no map, nor have I seen a copy 
 with one. 
 
 Accompanied Washington Irving in his tour on the prairies. 
 
 A much fuller and more entertaining account of this trip with 
 Ellsworth in 1832 than Irving's. Colonel Chouteau, Ellsworth, 
 Irving and Count Pourtales comprised the party. After returning 
 from his trip to the Canadian, Latrobe went down the Arkansas 
 in a canoe and arrived at Little Rock Dec. 9, where he took a 
 steamboat. In 1833 Latrobe made an overland journey to Prairie 
 du Chien, thence to St. Peters, Ft. Snelling and back by river to 
 St. Louis. 48 
 
 PAUL WILHELM, HERZOG von WURTEMBURG 
 
 Erste Reise nach dem nordlichen Amerika in den Jahren 
 1822 bis 1824 von Paul Wilhelm, Herzog von Wurtemburg. 
 
 Stuttgart und Tubingen, J. G. Cotta .... 1835. 
 
 8 VI, 394 pp. Leaf Errata, Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Louisiana Verlag, J. G. Cotta. 
 
 Visited the Osages and made a trip up the Missouri to Council 
 Bluffs, afterward visiting the Pawnees and Otoes. A considerable 
 part of this book is devoted to this expedition and his remarks on 
 the Indians. 
 
 In 1830 Prince Paul made a second trip, this time to the Yel- 
 lowstone. Beyond a few notes referring to this second expedi- 
 tion in 1830 attached to the above, I have seen nothing published 
 about it. 49 
 
 HOOKER, W. J. 
 
 A Brief Memoir of the Life of Mr. David Douglas, with 
 Extracts from his Letters. 
 
 This occupies pages 79 to 182 of Vol. II of the Com- 
 panion to the Botanical Magazine and the frontispiece to 
 the Volume is a steel portrait of Douglas. The Companion 
 to the Botanical Magazine was published in London for 
 the proprietor, Samuel Curtis, 1835-6. 
 
 Douglas made two trips to the Pacific coast and the journal 
 of the first trip was in possession of the Horticultural Society of 
 London under whose auspices he was sent on the botanizing ex- 
 pedition. Hooker prints what he infers are extracts from this 
 journal, but it is the most extensive account of the Northwest 
 that has been published to that date. 
 
 Douglas reached the mouth of the Columbia April 7, 1825, in 
 
28 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 company with Dr. Scouler and made various journeys into the 
 Interior. He visited the upper Columbia and the Umpqua River in 
 Oregon. On March 27, 1828, he started overland with Dr. 
 McLaughlin, passed Boat Encampment April 27, Jasper, May 
 8 and Ft. Edmunton, May 21. He spent some time at the Red 
 River settlements and proceeded thence to England by York 
 Factory, arriving in Portsmouth on October 11. In the fall of 
 1829, Douglas again left England and arrived at Columbia on 
 January 3, 1830, leaving in December for California. He arrived 
 at Monterey on December 22 but no journal exists of his stay 
 in California, nor in the Northwest on this expedition. Supposed- 
 ly his journal was lost in an accident on the upper Fraser River 
 in 1833. He did, however, write two letters from Monterey to 
 Hooker, one in October and the other dated November 23, 1831. 
 The second one, which is almost entirely devoted to botany, was 
 printed by Hooker but the first, which Douglas states in a subse- 
 quent letter, details his travels in California and gave a brief 
 notice of the country, was not published. He left California in 
 August, 1832, and arrived at the Columbia about October 23, via 
 Sandwich Islands. In 1833 he made another trip into the Interior 
 after visiting Puget Sound. He left the Columbia October 18, 
 1834, and after touching at San Francisco arrived at the Sandwich 
 Islands December 23. His journal from October 18 to January 
 29 is printed. In July he was killed by falling into a cattle 
 pit, being trampled to death by a wild bull which had previously 
 fallen in. 
 
 Dr. W. J. Hooker, the author of the memoir, edited Douglas' 
 journals. 50 
 
 [HILDRETH, JAMES] 
 
 Dragoon Campaigns To The Rocky Mountains ; Being A 
 History Of The Enlistment, Organization, and First Cam- 
 paigns Of The Regiment Of United States Dragoons; To- 
 gether With Incidents Of A Soldier's Life And Sketches 
 Of Scenery And Indian Character, By A Dragoon. 
 
 New York: Wiley & Long, 1836. 
 
 8 pp. 288 inc. title. 
 
 Relates to Col. Dodge's Expedition to the Pawnee Villages in 
 1834. (See Dodge account annexed to Pres. Message, 28 Cong. 2 
 Sess. Senate Doc. 2, pp. 60.) 
 
 Expedition left Camp Burbees near Jefferson Barracks Nov. 20, 
 1833, for Fort Gibson, which they passed Dec. 16 or 17. April 
 26. 1834, orders came from Ft. Towson appointing Gen'l Leaven- 
 worth commander of all the troops on the frontier. C'apt. Whar- 
 ton's troops left Camp Jackson May 5, 1834, to escort the Santa 
 Fe traders to Santa Fe. Geo. Catlin accompanied the troops on 
 the Pawnee campaign and there is included a letter of his dated 
 Ft. Gibson, Jan. 12, 1834, about the time the expedition started. 
 Also another letter from Catlin, dated Ft. Gibson, September 8. 
 Page 236 gives a story about Mike Fink. 
 
 The Dragoons were organized in 1833 and headquarters estab- 
 lished at Jefferson Barracks. This was their first prairie cam- 
 paign. The headquarters during the winter of 1833 were at Ft. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 29 
 
 Gibson; for distribution see Niles Reg. Aug. 2, 1834, from army 
 and navy chronicle. 
 
 On this expedition Gen. Leavenworth died, as well as Lieut. 
 McClure. For notices see Niles Reg., Aug. 30, Sept. 3, Sept. 6, Oct. 
 4. This last consists of a long letter from S. C. Stambaugh to the 
 Arkansas Gazette of Sept. 9. The letter is dated Fort Gibson, 
 Aug. 26, the expedition having returned Aug 15. Stambaugh ob- 
 tained his information from the returned officers and it is very 
 full. Kearny only got back with the sick from the post on the 
 Washita Aug. 25. There is another interesting account of the 
 expedition by an officer of the expedition from the Illinois Reg- 
 ister, reprinted in Niles, Aug. 8, 1835. The documents attached to 
 the report of the Secretary of War of Nov. 27, 1834, also contain 
 an account. Another unfavorable newspaper account from the 
 Missouri Republican, in Niles, Feb. 7, 1835. Stambaugh mentions 
 the return of Capt. Wharton and his company who had accom- 
 panied the Santa Fe traders some four weeks before. For this 
 expedition see Wharton's letter of Aug. 4 from Ft. Gibson, in 
 Niles Reg. Sept. 20, 1834, page 38. 
 
 The movements of the Dragoons are chronicled in Louis 
 Pelzer's "Marches of the Dragoons in the Missippi Valley." Iowa 
 City, 1917. 51 
 
 IRVING, WASHINGTON 
 
 Astoria, Or Anecdotes Of An Enterprise Beyond The 
 Rocky Mountains. By Washington Irving. In Two 
 Volumes. 
 
 Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 
 
 8 pp. 6, VII-XII, 13-285; VIII, 9-279. Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Sketch of the Routes of Hunt & Stuart. 
 
 Vol. I, pp. 131 to Vol. II, pp. 77 contains an account of Hunt's 
 and Crooks' journey across the mountains from journals in the 
 possession of Mr. Astor, being part of Irving's history of Astor's 
 attempt to embark in the Northwest fur trade. Robt. Stuart 
 started back from Walla Walla July 31, 1812 and arrived next 
 year at St. Louis, April 30, by way of the Platte. Crooks and 
 McLellan in the party. (Occupies pp. 110-184 of Vol. II). 
 
 The Appendix to Vol. II, pp. 263-279 contains some documents 
 of great interest including some extracts from a manuscript by 
 Captain' Bonneville on the Western Indians, and notices of the 
 present state of the fur trade, chiefly extracted from an article 
 published in Silliman's Journal for January, 1834. See an able 
 review of this book by Caleb Gushing, N. A., Rev. Oct. 1837. 52 
 
 KING, RICHARD 
 
 Narratives of a Journey To the Shores of the Arctic 
 Ocean, in 1833, 1834 and 1835 ; under the command of Capt. 
 Back, R. N. By Richard King, R. N. 2 Vols. 
 
 London: Richard Bentley .... 1836. 
 
 8 pp. XV, 312, (1); VIII, 321, (1); 7 Plates. 
 
30 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 See Niles Reg. Aug. 22, 1835, for an account from the Montreal 
 Gazette of their trip, Back having but recently returned. 
 
 Not seen, collation from Sabin. *53 
 
 [KINGSBURY, LIEUT. G.] 
 
 Journal of the Expedition of Dragoons, under the Com- 
 mand of Col. Henry Dodge, to the Rocky Mountains during 
 the Summer of 1835. 
 
 Washington, 1836. (24 Cong. 1st Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 
 209). 
 
 8 pp. 38. 2 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 The maps which are of great rarity are : 
 
 Map showing Distribution of the Indians West of Mis- 
 souri and Arkansas and showing Dodge's route. 
 
 Map showing the lands assigned to the Emigrant Indians 
 West of Arkansas and Missouri. Prepared by the Bureau 
 Feb. 20, 1836. 
 
 This was reprinted with the maps in Am. State Papers, 
 Military Affairs, Vol. VI, pp. 130. 
 
 Left Ft. Leavenworth May 29, 1835, proceeded up the South 
 Platte to near the point where the river leaves the mountains; 
 thence to Fountain Creek up to Manitou, to Bent's Ft., returning 
 down the Arkansas to the Santa Fe Trail and thence to Ft. 
 Leavenworth, arriving there September 16. Lieut. Kingsbury kept 
 the journal. 
 
 See Niles Register Oct. 17, 1835, for extracts from letter from 
 R. B. Mason Sept. 6, from another Sept. 17 at Ft. Leavenworth 
 with some references to the expedition (Mason's letter in army 
 and navy chronicles). 54 
 
 PARKER, SAMUEL 
 
 Rocky Mountain Indians. Letter from Mr. Parker, Green 
 River, Aug. 17, 1835. 
 
 Missionary Herald for 1836, Vol. 32, pp. 70. 
 
 Some further communications from him in id. pp. 264, 445. Also 
 in Vol. 37 for 1837, pp. 123, 348, 369. 55 
 
 CORTAMBERT, LOUIS 
 
 Voyage Au Pays Des Osages. Un Tour En Sicile. Par 
 Louis Cortambert. 
 
 Paris, Chez Arthus Bertrand, MDCCCXXXVII. 
 
 8 94 pp. incl. half title and title. Colored wrappers, 
 same title. 
 
 Trip in 1835 to St. Louis, Independence, Osage Agency and 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 31 
 
 Union Mission where he said they had a press to print in 
 Cherokee and Greek, also Osage. 56 
 
 SPALDING, H. H. 
 
 Indians West of the Rocky Mountains. 
 Missionary Herald, Vol. 33, Boston, 1837. 
 
 In 1836 Dr. Whitman, Mr. Spalding and Mr. Gray went out to 
 Oregon. Several of Mr. Spalding's letters were printed in the 
 Missionary Herald of 1837 under the above caption. They give 
 an account of his experiences on his overland trip and they will 
 be found in the above volume, pp. 122, 421-428 and 497. A short 
 account of the return journey of W. H. Gray will be found on 
 page 476. 
 
 Vol. 34, pp. 92, same title, extracts from a letter by W. H. 
 Gray of January 10, 1838, with an extended account of the various 
 tribes of Indians in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon. 
 
 Mrs. Spalding kept a diary of this journey which has been 
 published in "Memoirs of the West. The Spaldings, By Eliza 
 Spalding Warren," Printed by the Marsh Printing Co., Portland, 
 Oregon, in 1917. 
 
 Spalding's original letters to the American Board of Commis- 
 sioners for Foreign Missions are still extant in their archives "and 
 extracts therefrom have been printed in Marshall's Acquisition of 
 Oregon. 57 
 
 IRVING, JOHN T. 
 
 The Hawk Chief. A Tale of the Indian Country. By 
 John T. Irving. 
 
 Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837. 
 2 Vols. 12 pp. VIII, 13-246; (2) 8-254. (Sab.) 
 
 Not seen. 55* 
 
 IRVING, WASHINGTON 
 
 The Rocky Mountains : Or, Scenes, Incidents, And Ad- 
 ventures In The Far West ; Digested From The Journal Of 
 Capt B. L. E. Bonneville, Of The Army Of The United 
 States, And Illustrated From Various Other Sources. By 
 Washington Irving. In Two Volumes. 
 
 Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard. 1837. 
 
 12 pp. 9, XI-XVI, 17-248, Map; VII, 9-248, Map. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of the Sources of the Colorado and Big Salt Lake, 
 Platte, Yellow-Stone, Muscle-Shell, Missouri ; and Salmon 
 and Snake Rivers, branches of the Columbia River. Eng. 
 by S. Stiles, N. Y. 
 
 Map of the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains. 
 Eng. by S. Stiles. 
 
32 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 This book contains an account of the famous Walker expedi- 
 tion, presumably furnished by Bonneville himself. The account 
 does not agree entirely with other independent sources of infor- 
 mation from participants therein. The original accounts of this 
 expedition besides Irving' s account are as follows: Leonard, 
 Narrative 1839. Meek, in Mrs. Victor's River of the West. 
 Ruxton, Life in the Far West (probably by Mark Head). 
 Article in the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Mar. 3, 1918, entitled 
 "Recollections of William Craig, written by Thomas J. Beale." 
 Stephen H. L. Meek, in the Jonesborough, Tennessee, Sentinel of 
 March 8, 1837, re-printed in Niles Register, same year, vol. 52, 
 page 50 (March 25). Life and Adventures of George Nidever 
 Manuscript in Bancroft Library. Walker's own account, Sonoma 
 Democrat, November 25, 1876, and San Jose Pioneer, Sept. 1. 1877. 
 
 Niles Reg., Sept. 3, 1836, contains an extract from the St. Louis 
 Observer, announcing the return of Bonneville from the Rocky 
 Mountains and what he contemplated in conjunction with Irving 
 compiling a narration of his travels. 
 
 Lieut. Warren's Memoir to accompany the map of the territory 
 of the U. S., published in 1859, as part of an exploration of rail- 
 road routes to the Pacific, on page 33, gives a letter from Col. 
 Bonneville, in which he refers to the discovery of Salt Lake, 
 Walker's expedition and 3 maps, which he claims were the orig- 
 inals of those printed by Mr. Irving. On page 35 of the same 
 Memoir accurs a letter from Robert Campbell, dated St. Louis, 
 April 4, 1857, in which he tells the story of the discovery of Salt 
 Lake by James Bridger. 59 
 
 WETMORE, ALPHONSO 
 
 Gazetteer of the State of Missouri, With A Map of the 
 State, From the Office of the Surveyor-General, Including 
 the Latest Addition and Surveys To Which is Added An 
 Appendix, Containing Frontier Sketches, and Illustrations 
 of Indian Character. With a Frontispiece, Engraved on 
 Steel. Compiled By Alphonso Wetmore, of Missouri. 
 . St. Louis: Published By C. Keemle. 1837. 
 
 8 Front. XVI, 17-382 pp. Map of Missouri. 
 
 The appendix, pp. 307-334, contains Sketch of Mountain Life By 
 A Trapper. Also The Pawnee Sacrifice, pp. 341-350, probably 
 written by Major Dougherty. 60 
 
 PARKER, SAMUEL 
 
 Journal Of An Exploring Tour Beyond The Rocky 
 Mountains, Under The Direction Of The A. B. C. F. M. 
 Performed In The Years 1835, '36 and '37; Containing A 
 Description Of The Geography, Geology, Climate, And 
 Productions ; And The Number, Manners, And Customs Of 
 The Natives. With A Map Of Oregon Territory. By Rev. 
 Samuel Parker, A. M. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 33 
 
 Ithaca, N. Y. Published By The Author. Mack, An- 
 drus & Woodruff, Printers. 1838. 
 
 12 XII, 13-371. 1 map, 1 plate. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of Oregon Territory, By Samuel Parker. 1838. Eng. 
 by M. Peabody, Utica, N. Y. 
 Plate: 
 
 Basaltic Formations on the Columbia River. Drawn by 
 H. W. Parker. (Page 208). 
 
 Many later editions of this common book, which is one of the 
 best of the early books. 
 
 Parker went out in 1835 with Fontennelle's American Fur Go's, 
 party, starting- from Council Bluffs, but from the Black Hills 
 Fitzpatrick took charge. Dr. Whitman was with him but returned 
 from near the rendezvous on Green River. Arrived at Walla 
 Walla Oct. 6th. Returned via the Sandwich Islands in 1837. 
 
 The map was the earliest to obtain any circulation which con- 
 tains any reliable information as to the interior of the Oregon 
 Territory, Gallatin's map having apparently passed unnoticed. 
 
 Considerable extracts from Parker's journal appeared in the 
 Missionary Herald for 1837, p. 369, a previous notice of his itin- 
 erary having appeared in the August number of the same mag- 
 azine, p. 348. 
 
 See the North American Review for January, 1840, for an 
 article by Caleb Gushing containing an extended resume of 
 overland expeditions beginning with that of Carver and with 
 special reference to Parker's journal and Townsend's narrative. 
 
 Parker's map was republished in the Oregpnian and Indians' 
 Advocate for February, 1839, with a note that it was copied from 
 a copy of Vancouver's chart at Vancouver, The Middle part after 
 Parker's own observations, The North from sketches of a Mr. 
 Black and the south from those of Smith (Jed. S.). 61 
 
 PLUMMER, MRS. CLARISSA 
 
 Narrative Of The Captivity And Extreme Sufferings Of 
 Mrs. Clarissa Plummer, Wife of the late Mr. James Plum- 
 mer, of Franklin County, State of New York; who, with 
 Mrs. Caroline Harris, wife of the late Mr. Richard Harris, 
 were in the Spring of 1835, with their unfortunate families, 
 surprised and taken prisoners by a party of the Camanche 
 Indian tribe of Indians, while emigrating from said Frank- 
 lin County (N. Y.) to Texas; and after having been held 
 nearly two years in captivity, and witnessed the deaths of 
 their husbands, were fortunately redeemed from the hands 
 of the savages by an American Fur Trader, a native of 
 Georgia, (vignette) Mrs. Plummer was made prisoner and 
 held in bondage at the same time with the unfortunate 
 
34 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Mrs. Harris, with whose narrative the public have been 
 recently presented. 
 
 New York : Perry and Cooke 1838. 
 
 goFront Title, pp. 5-32 (1). 
 
 The last page contains a certificate from one Ebenezer C. 
 Elfort, a native of Georgia, that while in Santa Fe in the fall of 
 1837 he learned that the Indians had two white women as prison- 
 ers and went to the Indians and redeemed them. 
 
 Mrs. Plummer says they started for Texas overland from New 
 Orleans and were captured several days out. How she got to 
 New Mexico is not apparent from the narrative which is nothing 
 but a recital of her woes. However, she says she got back to 
 New Orleans in less than three weeks after leaving New Mexico, 
 which leads us to suppose the story is a romance. 
 
 Perry & Cooke, in 1838, also published the Harris narrative in 
 8, 24 pp. and Plate. The title is History of the Captivity and 
 Provident Release therefrom of Mrs. Caroline Harris, etc. (Sim- 
 ilar to the Plummer narrative) .... redeemed therefrom by two 
 of their countrymen attached to a company of Santa Fe Fur 
 Traders. This is the same narrative with a different title. 62 
 
 ROGERS, CORNELIUS 
 
 The Journey To The Rocky Mountains. 
 The Oregonian and Indians' Advocate for December, 
 1838. 
 
 Letter from C. Rogers, dated July 3, 1838, from Camp of the 
 American Fur Co., in rendezvous eastern base of Wind River 
 Mountains, and junction of Popo Agie and Wind River. 
 
 Rogers was one of the Missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M. He 
 left Westport April 23 with Capt. Drip's company of the Am. Fur 
 Co. Went up the Blue and crossed over to the Platte in one day 
 26 miles. Reached the forks about the middle of May, crossed 
 the South Fork and then crossed to the North Fork. Left Ft. 
 Laramie, then called Ft. Williams, June 2, up the Sweetwater to 
 within 50 miles of the Wind River Mountain and then crossed to 
 the Popo Agie and arrived at rendezvous June 21. Two of Gov. 
 Clarke's sons from St. Louis, Stewart and several fur trappers 
 with the party. Saw no Indians except Pawnees and Kansas. 
 No Indians at the rendezvous except trappers and a village of 
 Snakes some slight distance away. Gives an interesting account 
 of the rendezvous. One of the officers of the H. B. Co. came from 
 Ft. Hall to assist the party to best place. 63 
 
 DRAGOON EXPEDITION. Fort Leavenworth, Oct. 3, 
 1839. 
 
 Pages 285-6 of Army and Navy Chronicle, New Series, 
 Vol. 9, 1839. 
 
 A short account of an expedition of two squadrons of the 
 dragoons under command of Colonel Kearny from Fort Leaven- 
 worth to the Otoe village on the Platte. 64 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 35 
 
 [HOUSE, E.] 
 
 A narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Horn and her two 
 children, with Mrs. Harris, by the Commanche Indians, 
 after they had murdered their husbands and travelling 
 Companions; with a brief account of the Manners and 
 Customs of that nation of savages, of whom so little is 
 generally known. 
 
 St. Louis : C. Keemle, Printer 1839. 
 
 2 p. 1. [5] 60 p. Sig. in sixes. 
 
 I have not seen this edition, apparently the first, collation being 
 from Newberry Library list of Narratives of Captivity, etc., which 
 attributes the authorship to E. House. 
 
 Mrs. Horn was with a party of settlers proceeding to central 
 Texas in April, 1836, when the tragedy of capture took place. She 
 was ransomed in the New Mexican settlement in the' autumn of 
 1837, spending about five months with an American trader named 
 Smith, near San Miguel, and finally was sent to Independence by 
 Workman and Rowland, traders at Taos. 65 
 
 LEONARD, ZENAS 
 
 Narrative Of The Adventures Of Zenas Leonard, A 
 Native Of Clearfield County, Pa. Who Spent Five Years In 
 Trapping For Furs, Trading With The Indians, .... 
 Of The Rocky Mountains: Written By himself. 
 
 Printed and Published By D. W. Moore, Clearfield, Pa. 
 1839. 
 
 8 Title; Preface III-IV; pp. 5-87. 
 
 Reprinted in 1904 by Burrows, with notes by W. F. Wagner. 
 
 Leonard went out in the spring of 1831 as a member of Gant 
 and Blackwell's party. He afterward became an independent 
 trapper and as such joined Walker's famous expedition to Cali- 
 fornia of which he gives a long account. He came back to the 
 settlement in August, 1835. 
 
 One of the principal sources of reliable information regarding 
 this interesting period is : Journal Of A Trapper, Or Nine Years 
 In The Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843. Being a General Description 
 of the Country, Climate, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, etc. and a 
 View of the Life Led by a Hunter in Those Regions by Osborne 
 
 Russell Published by Syms-York Co., Inc., Boise, Idaho, 
 
 1914. From the Original Manuscript. 8 105 pp. 
 
 A limited edition of 100 copies, only, printed for private distri- 
 bution. I have seen the original manuscript of this journal which 
 belongs to L. A. York of Boise, Idaho. There is nothing to indi- 
 cate when it was written but it was apparently intended for pub- 
 lication as it is not the original journal but bears evidence of 
 having been written up. There is added an Appendix describ- 
 ing the various animals found in the mountains, which Mr. York 
 did not publish. 
 
 There has recently been unearthed another book bearing on this 
 period: Four Years In The Rockies; Or, The Adventures Of 
 
36 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Isaac P. Rose, Of Shenango Township, Lawrence County Penn- 
 sylvania; Giving His Experiences As A Hunter And Trapper In 
 That Remote Region, And Containing Numerous Interesting and 
 Thrilling Incidents Connected With His Calling. Also Including 
 His Skirmishes And Battles With The Indians His Capture, 
 Adoption and Escape Being One of The Most Thrilling Nar- 
 ratives Ever Published. By James B. Marsh. Printed by W. B. 
 Thomas, New Castle, Pa., 1884. Port. 262 pp., including title. 66 
 
 MAXMILIAN, PRINZ ZU WIED 
 
 Reise in das Innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 
 1834, von Prinz Zu Wied Maxmilian, Mit 48 Kupfern, 33 
 Vignetten, vielen Holzschnitten und einer Charte. 
 
 Coblentz, 1839 bei J. Holscher. 2 Vols. 
 
 4 pp. XVI, 653, (1) Vol. II (1841) pp. XXII (2) 
 687 (1). 
 
 33 small, 48 large Plates, Key-plate, Plan, Table and 
 Map. Also on large paper Drawings by Charles Bodmer. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Reise Charte des Prinzen Maximilian zu Wied im innern 
 Nord Amerika von Boston nach dem Obern Missouri, etc, 
 In 1832, 33 and 34. (Also in French and English.) 
 
 In English in 1843, by Ackerman & Co. 4 pp. X (2) 520, map 
 81 colored plates in folio. Also in French, 1840-3. Also issued 
 with black plates, and copies occur in which the costume plates 
 only are colored, those of scenery being left uncolored. One Atlas 
 was issued in Paris for the three editions, the plates bearing in- 
 scriptions in French, German and English. Collations from Sabin 
 as I have not seen any edition for some six years. 
 
 Maximilian spent the summer of 1833 on a trip up the Missouri 
 River on the American Fur Go's, steamer, Yellowstone, leaving St. 
 Louis April 10. At Ft. Pierre, he transferred to the Assiniboine. 
 June 18 he reached Ft. Union and on the 24th went on a keel 
 boat to Ft. Mackenzie on Maria's River, where he remained two 
 months. The party spent the winter at Ft. Clark among the Man- 
 dans whose peculiar customs very much attracted Maximilian's 
 attention. He returned to St. Louis in May, 1834. *67 
 
 MURRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS 
 
 Travels In North America During The Years, 1834, 
 1835 and 1836. Including A Summer Residence With the 
 Pawnee Tribe Of Indians, In The Remote Prairies Of Mis- 
 souri, And A Visit To Cuba And the Azore Islands. By 
 The Hon. Charles Augustus Murray 
 
 London: Richard Bentley 1839. 2 Vols. 
 
 8 pp. XVI, 473; X, 372, 2 Plates. 
 
 *6S 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 37 
 
 ASSOCIATION DE LA PROPOGATION DE LA FOI 
 
 Notice Sur Les Missions Du Diocese De Quebec, Qui 
 Sont Secourues Par L'Association De La Propogation De 
 La Foi. 
 
 Quebec: De LTmprimerie De Frechette & Cie. Irnpri- 
 meurs Et Libraires, No. 8, Rue LaMontagne. Avec Appro- 
 bation Des Superieurs. [1839-18741. 
 
 8 21 vols. 
 
 This association for the propagation of the faith was estab- 
 lished in the Diocese of Quebec in 1837 under a Brief of Pope 
 Gregory XVI, dated Feb. 28, 1836. The Association published an 
 annual report until June, 1843, subsequent to which it published 
 one every two years until No. 15, 1863. No. XVI was published in 
 March, 1864, and the following ones every two years until May, 
 1874, No. 21, the last. They contain an immense amount of infor- 
 mation regarding British Northwest America, British Columbia 
 and the old Oregon territory. In 1839 this Association organized 
 the Oregon Mission, sending out Francois Norbert Blanchet and 
 Modeste Demers. Blanchet became successively Bishop and 
 Archbishop of Oregon and Demers Bishop of Vancouver. The 
 Oregon Mission passed out of the hands of this Association later, 
 but it continued its work among the Indians in British North 
 America until 1874, although in later years its efforts were more 
 concentrated in the North and Northeast. The last report from 
 Vancouver appears in No. XVII of April, 1866. 
 
 After the first number, except number four, it is called Repport, 
 instead of Notice. 
 
 No. 1 contains a short history of the Red River Mission 
 founded in 1818 (pp. 1-21), and a notice of the establishment of the 
 Oregon Mission and the departures of Blanchet and, Demers. 69 
 
 TOWNSEND, JOHN K. 
 
 Narrative Of A Journey Across The Rocky Mountains, 
 To The Columbia River, And A Visit To The Sandwich 
 Islands, Chili, etc., With a Scientific Appendix. By John 
 K. Townsend. 
 
 Philadelphia : Henry Perkins, 1839. 
 
 8 VIII, 9-352. 
 
 Reprinted and more common as : 
 
 Sporting Excursion In The Rocky Mountians, etc. 
 
 London : Henry Colburn, 1840. 2 Vols. 
 
 12 XII, 310; XI (1), 312.. 2 plates. 
 
 Nuttall and Jason Lee went out with this expedition in 1834, 
 of which Capt. Wyeth was the leader ; Nuttall's Pacific Coast 
 researches being embodied in the North American Sylva. 
 
 Left Independence April 28, 1834; arrived Vancouver Sept. 16. 
 At the rendezvous on the Green, Capt. Stewart joined the 
 party, also Ashworth and another Englishman. Townsend says 
 Stewart had been in the mountains a year and accompanied the 
 
38 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 party to Oregon to take passage, probably for England. He gives 
 an account of the construction of Ft. Hall in July. Bonneville's 
 party was at the rendezvous and left for Oregon ahead of Wyeth, 
 but he caught up with them at Grande Ronde. 
 
 See Niles Reg. March 16, 1839. Audubon says Nuttall arrived at 
 Phila. August, 1836. Townsend returned in 1838. Each gave a re- 
 port to Audubon who finally embodied their researches in Vol. IV 
 of the Orinthological Biography. 70 
 
 McCOY, ISAAC 
 
 History of Baptist Indian Missions Embracing Remarks 
 on the former and present conditions of the Aboriginal 
 Tribes ; Their Settlement Within The Indian Territory and 
 their future prospects. By Isaac McCoy. 
 
 Washington : William M. Morrison ; New York, [etc.] 
 1840. 
 
 8 Title, Leaf Ded. 2 leaves of Testimonials, Leaf of 
 Preface dated Shawnoe Baptist Mission, Ind. Terr., Dec., 
 1839; pp. 3-8 contents; pp. 9-611. 
 
 McCoy made his first tour to the prairies in the summer of 
 1828, his second in 1829, a third in 1830, a fourth in 1831. In Dec., 
 
 1831, he settled at the Shawnee Mission, which had been founded 
 by Lykins that year. From that date to 1840 McCoy traveled ex- 
 tensively over the western country and made frequent trips to 
 Washington. 
 
 In the fall of 1833 Meeker brought a printing press to the Mis- 
 sion on which many books in Indian language were printed, be- 
 ginning in March, 1834. In the early part of January, 1835, McCoy 
 issued from this press the first number of "The Annual Register 
 of Indian Affairs in the Indian Territory." Four in all were pub- 
 lished as follows: No. 1, Shawanoe Mission, 1835, 48 pp. P. P. W. ; 
 No. 2 Shawanoe Mission (Jany. 1), 1836, 88 pp., P. P. W. ; No. 3, 
 Shawanoe Mission, (July 1), 1837, 81 pp. P. P. W.; No. 4, Wash- 
 ington, 1838, (about Jany. 1, 1839) 95 (1) pp. 
 
 In June, 1837, McCoy also published at the mission, Periodical 
 Account of Baptist Missions within the Indian Territory for the 
 year ending December 31, 1836, 52 pp. 8. My copy has only cap- 
 tion title. No other copy seen. Only one issue published* 
 
 McCoy also published Remarks on the Practicability of Indian 
 Reform Embracing their Colonization. Boston : 1827, 8 47 pp. 
 Same with an appendix, N. Y., 1829, 8 72 pp. [Report on Indian 
 Territory] January 30, 1829, (18 pp.) appended to the Report of the 
 Committee on Indian Affairs H. Rep., McLean's Committee. (Not 
 seen). Address to philanthropists in the United States generally 
 and to Christians in particular, on the Condition and prospects for 
 the American Indians. Wash. [1832] 8 8 pp. (Reprinted in His- 
 tory of Baptist Missions). Report to Secretary of War. Feb. 1, 
 
 1832, 8 14 pp. Map. (Not seen). Report to Commissioner of 
 Indian affairs [fall of 1832]. Indian Advocate, Louisville, 1846. 
 No. 1 probably Jan'y, 3 numbers printed by McCoy, who died in 
 June, 1846. 71 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 39 
 
 BLANCHET, [F. N.] 
 
 Mission De La Columbie. 
 
 Published in the Rapport Sur Les Missions Du Diocese 
 De Quebec, Propogation De La Foi. No. 2. Quebec, Jan- 
 uary, 1840. Pages 11-41. 
 
 This article contains an account of the journey of Blanchet and 
 Demers in 1838, with the annual brigade of the Hudson Bay Com- 
 pany. They left Red River July 10 and arrived at Vancouver 
 Nov. 24. An account is given of the drowning at the Dalles des 
 Morts of Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, LeBlanc and others, all 
 members of the same party as Blanchet and Demers. 72 
 
 WIZLIZENUS, F. A. 
 
 Ein Ausflung nach den Felsen-Gebirgen im Jahre 1839, 
 von F. A. Wizlizenus, M. D. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo., Gedruckt bei Wilh. Weber 1840. 
 
 12 122 pp., Postscript, 1 Contents and 1 Errata. Map. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map (without title), of the Rocky Mountain Region and 
 to the Pacific, engraved by Rassau & Michaud, St. Louis. 
 
 A very rare book and one covering a very interesting period of 
 western history. The author left Westport early in May with 
 some free traders and three Missourians and proceeded by the 
 Oregon roads via Ft. Laramie to the rendezvous on Green River 
 above Horse Creek. He arrived at Ft. Hall July 26 and started 
 on his return Aug. 10, in company with Paul Richardson. They 
 passed over to the Green at Ft. Crockett and Brown's Hole where 
 they found Oakley and four others of the Farnham's party. Oak- 
 ley and Wood joined them and thence they proceeded through 
 Northern Colorado to North Park, over the divide to the Cache 
 la Poudre, and down that stream to the Platte, meeting Capt. 
 Walker on the way. From here they proceeded south to Bent's 
 Fort and home by the ordinary road, arriving at Westport Oct. 
 14. 
 
 Copies in Bancroft Library, Mo. Hist. Soc., and'N. Y. Hist. Soc. 
 Translated by F. A. Wizlizenus, the doctor's son, and printed by 
 the Missouri Historical Society in 1912, with a portrait of the 
 author and reproduction of the map. 73 
 
 CATLIN, GEORGE 
 
 Letters And Notes On The Manners, Customs, And Con- 
 ditions Of The North American Indians. By George Catlin. 
 Written During Eight Years' Travel, Amongst The Wild- 
 est Tribes of Indians in North America. In 1832, 33, 34, 35, 
 36, 37, 38, And 39. In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : Published By The Author 1841. 
 
40 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Royal 8 VIII, 264; VIII, 266 pp., 312 Plates and 3 
 Maps. Small slip Errata Vol. I. 
 Maps: 
 
 Outline Map of Indian Localities in 1833. 
 
 U. States Indian Frontier in 1840. 
 
 Chart Showing the Moves of the Mandans & the place of 
 their Extinction. 
 
 All by G. Catlin and Engraved by Tosswill & Myers. 
 
 There are really not 312 plates in the book because some of 
 the plates have several scenes or figures on them with numbers; 
 I do not find any plate No. II and conclude that the map in Vol. 
 I was supposed to be Plate II. No plates Nos. 23, 137. 142, 149, 
 159, 246, 247, but three without numbers and Nos. 101^, 210^. The 
 plates not included are not described and therefore according to 
 Catlin's Preface were not published with the book. With eight 
 out and five extra, there are really only 309. 
 
 Some copies have imprint London Wiley & Putnam. In 1848 
 Bohn printed the 7th edition of this, the same, except with different 
 title. Some few of these were colored by hand. All editions have 
 the same plates as the original. 
 
 Catlin's initial experience in the west was his trip up the Mis- 
 souri to the Yellowstone in 1832, the whole of Vol. I being 
 devoted to his observations. He accompanied the Leavenworth- 
 Dodge expedition to the Pawnee Pict Village in 1834 and wrote 
 an extended account of the campaign. For Catlin's visit to the 
 Upper Missouri, see South Dakota Hist. Coll., Vol. I, page 344, a 
 bibliography of Catlin's works was made by W. H. Miner and 
 published in Geo. D. Smith's "Literary Collector." 74 
 
 FARNHAM, THOMAS J. 
 
 Travels In The Great Western Prairies, The Anahuac 
 And Rocky Mountains, And In The Oregon Territory. By 
 Thomas J. Farnham. 
 
 Poughkeepsie : Killey And Lossing, Printers. 1841. 
 
 12 197 pp. 
 
 Ordinarily this is seen with the date 1843. Preface dated Tre- 
 mont, 111., Oct. 1, 1840, and copyrighted in 1841. 
 
 The party left Peoria May 1, 1839, and Independence May 30, 
 following the Santa Fe trail to Ft. Bent, where they arrived July 
 5. Here the party divided, the larger number, 11 in all, pro- 
 ceeding up the Platte River, but Farnham, with four others, name- 
 ly Kelly as guide, Blair, Wood and Oakley, went up the Arkansas 
 to South Park. They then crossed over to the Grand River and 
 over the divide to the North Fork of the Platte. From there they 
 crossed over to Craig and Thompson's Fort in Brown's Hole. 
 This Fort was called Ft. Davy Crockett and was in charge of 
 St. Clair. August 17 Paul Richardson arrived from Ft. Hall, on 
 his return from guiding Munger and Griffith and some emigrants 
 to Ft. Hall. From here Oakley and Wood returned and Farnham 
 proceeded with Blair and Smith and a Snake Indian guide up the 
 Green River to Ham's Fork. On Bear River they met Meek. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 41 
 
 They arrived at Ft. Hall September 1 and found Joe Walker in 
 charge. From here they went on with a Walla Walla Indian as a 
 guide and reached Whitman's Mission September 23. Farnham 
 only remained a short time in Oregon, leaving December 3 for 
 the Sandwich Islands. 
 
 When Oakley got back to Peoria, he published his experiences 
 in the Peoria Register (about January, 1840). These have been re- 
 printed in New York, 1914, in 19 pp. as "The Oregon Expedition 
 of Obadiah Oakly." 
 
 Notice of the departure of this company in Niles Reg., May 
 25, 1839, from the Peoria Register of May 4. For Farnham see 
 Niles Register. June 20 and August 29, 1840. The latter is an extract 
 from the Louisiana Advertiser after his return there. Evidently 
 he wrote an article on arrival entitled "Oregon Bubble Burst." 
 The extract in June 20 is from the Peoria Register, letter from 
 Farnham from Sandwich Islands. 
 
 It seems that Farnham was an agent for the U. S. Government 
 and it appears that he afterwards returned to California, either in 
 1846 or early in 1847. In No. 4, Vol. II of the "Californian," San 
 Francisco, 1847, is an extract from the "El Noticioso Del Istmo 
 Americano, Panama" copying a petition of T. J. F. to the govern- 
 ment of New Granada for permission to colonize part of the 
 isthmus with American citizens. No. 26 of the same volume of 
 the "Californian" contains a notice of suit for defamation of char- 
 acter brought by W. R. Garner against Farnham who claimed to 
 be living at the time in San Jose. Farnham died in San Francisco 
 September, 1848. 75 
 
 SANTA FE AND THE FAR WEST 
 
 Niles National Register, Dec. 4, 1841, Vol. LXI, pp. 
 209. Extracted from the Evansville (Indiana) Journal. One 
 page letter dated Santa Fe, July 29, 1841, and unsigned. 
 
 The writer says he left Vincennes April 23 and went to 
 Independence via St. Louis. There he found three parties, Bartle- 
 son's with whom De Smet was going to travel; another of 100 
 men, 30 women and children, for California; and the Santa Fe 
 caravan. Boggs was to accompany him to California and they 
 decided to go via Santa Fe as they understood a party was to 
 leave there for California to join the one via the Columbia. 
 They raised a party of ten men to go to Santa Fe but Boggs' wife 
 was taken sick and he could not go. Finally after the main cara- 
 van had left between May 8 and 10, the writer, with 8 others 
 and 3 wagons, left May 19 and caught up with the Santa Fe 
 Caravan at the Arkansas. A short account of the trip to Santa 
 Fe where they arrived without accident, July 2, the quickest trip 
 ever made over the desert, he says, is followed by a considerable 
 account of the city itself. At the end he says he is leaving for 
 California in a few days with a party of about 200 Americans and 
 Spaniards to co-operate on January first, 1842 with the Columbian 
 caravan at Monterey. They expected the governor to concede 
 them lands for settlement. 
 
 I think this letter was probably written by B. Lyman, from the 
 fact that Lyman went out to Santa Fe this summer also from his 
 
42 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 communication to Farnham regarding the route from Santa Fe 
 to California. He undoubtedly accompanied this party to Cali- 
 fornia. 76 
 
 SMET, PIERRE JEAN DE 
 
 The Indian Missions In The United States of America, 
 Under The Care Of The Missouri Province Of The Society 
 of Jesus. 
 
 Philadelphia: King and Baird, Printers 1841. 
 
 12 pp. 34. 
 
 Letter dated Feb. 4, 1841, gives a brief account of Father De 
 Smet's trip to the Flathead Country in 1840, leaving Westport 
 April 30 and returning in the fall to St. Louis by way of the 
 Crow country, Ft. Union and the Missouri River country, going 
 by land via. the Mandan villages and Ft. Pierre, taking to a canoe 
 at Ft. Vermillion. Also contains a letter from him while mis- 
 sionary to the Pottowatomie Indians in 1838. 
 
 The Pottowatomie Mission and. the events to the spring of 
 1841, including the above letters are chronicled in the Annales de 
 la Propogation de la Foi, Lyons, Vol. XI. Pp. 467, Letter of F. 
 Verhaegen, St. Louis, June 20, 1838, with an account of his visit 
 with Father De Smet. Id. 479, Letter of De Smet from the Potto- 
 watomie village (fall of 1838). Another (extract) of Aug. 10, 
 1838, from same place. Vol. XII, Letter of Mgr. Rosate, St. Louis, 
 Oct. 20, 1839, with an account of the visits of Canadian Indians 
 from the Flatheads. Vol. XIII, pp. 50, Letter of De Smet, Council 
 Bluffs, Dec. 16, 1839, with an account of his voyage up the Mis- 
 souri in an Am. Fur Go's, steamer. Id. pp. 60, Letter of Father 
 Hoccken, Dec. 27, 1839, from the Pottowatomies. Id. pp. 487, Let- 
 ter of De Smet, Feb. 4, 1841 (the one reprinted in "Indian Mis- 
 sions). Vol. XIV, pp. 38, Letter of Feb. 7, from De Smet with 
 further details of his 1840 trip. 
 
 The Missionary activities of the Catholics to the Western In- 
 dians were undertaken by the Jesuits from the Missouri province 
 in 1827 and are described in various letters and, reports printed in 
 the Annales de la Propogation de la Foi, printed at Lyons. This 
 association was founded in Lyons. May 3, 1822, and 41 volumes 
 of "Annales" were published between 1823 and 1869. The first and 
 second numbers appeared in 1823, the third and fourth in 1824, 
 fifth and sixth in 1825. The early references to operations 
 west of the Missouri are as follows: Vol. Ill, 512, Letter of Van 
 Quickenborne, No. 16. 1827, relating a visit to the Osage Indians; 
 Id. 553, Letter from M. Lutz, missionary to the Kansas Indians, 
 Sept. 28, 1828 (mission founded same year) ; Vol. IV, 572, Letter 
 of Van Quickenbone, March 10, 1829, with an account of a second 
 visit to the Osage Indians; Vol. V, Letter from Mgr. Rosate, St. 
 Louis, Dec. 31, 1831, with an account of the arrival several months 
 before of four Indians from the other side of the Rocky Moun- 
 tains and what had happened to them; Vol. VII, 135, Letter signed 
 De S. (no doubt De Smet), Feb. 18. 1834, with an account of the 
 State of Catholic Missions to the U. S. (De Smet was in Europe 
 at the time) ; Vol. IX, Relation of a voyage among the Indian 
 tribes west of the Missouri by Father Van Quickenborne, Sept. 
 24, 1835. Extract of letter from Father De Theux from Missouri 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 43 
 
 with an account of the arrival of an Iroquois Indian with two 
 sons brought to be baptised. The Iroquois had lived sixteen years 
 with the Flatheads. Vol. X, Letter from Father Van Quicken- 
 borne from the Kickapoo Village, Oct. 14, 1836. 77 
 
 BIDWELL, JOHN 
 
 [Preface]. The publisher of this Journal, being aware, 
 that a great many persons, in Missouri, .... (not signed 
 nor dated). On Reverse (page 2) begins the Journal 
 headed A Journey To California. Bodega, Port of The Rus- 
 sians, Upper California, March 30th, 1842. 
 
 8 32 pp. in all. Signed John Bidwell. 
 
 From remarks made by Bidwell in "His Recollections," it 
 seems evident that in 1841 the only press north of the Missouri 
 was at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, and unless one was estab- 
 lished at Weston by 1842, this journal was probably printed at 
 Liberty, where a newspaper press was in existence at the time. 
 
 This is the earliest published account by an intending settler 
 of an overland trip to California, Bidwell being a member of 
 the Bartleson party. He refers to Williams, the Methodist 
 preacher, overtaking them on the 26th of May on his way to 
 Oregon. In his subsequent writings Bidwell never referred to the 
 letter, apparently not knowing that it had been printed. 
 
 General Bidwell also published some articles on this trip in the 
 Century of November, 1890, December, 1890, and February, 1891. 
 Since the General's death, this Journal, with some addresses of 
 his and other miscellaneous material has been published with the 
 Following title : "Addresses, Reminiscences, etc., of General John 
 Bidwell Compiled by C. C. Royce, Chico, California, 1907." It 
 is in octavo volume, consisting of the title and 146 leaves of text, 
 facsimiles, views, etc., and one leaf of contents, all without num- 
 ber. The Bidwell Journal of 1841 is reprinted from the only 
 known copy in the Bancroft Library, of the University of Cali- 
 fornia. At the end of this reprint and not contained in the con- 
 tents is an article entitled "Reminiscences of the Conquest Writ- 
 ten by General John Bidwell for the use of Dr. S. H. Willey for 
 his work on the Conquest of California." This is in the form of a 
 commentary on Henry L. Ford's account of the Conquest, which 
 Ford had written for Willey and is here printed for the first 
 time. This volume, which was gotten out by Mrs. Bidwell is of 
 extremely limited circulation, owing to the fact that it was only 
 given to a few institutions and personal friends. It was bound 
 up with the following which preceded it: John Bidwell, Pioneer, 
 Statesman, Philanthropist, A Biographical Sketch By C C. 
 Royce, Chico, California, 1906. Portrait of Bidwell and one of 
 General and Mrs. Bidwell. Title, pages 7-66, with illustrations in 
 the text. This was also printed in a limited number for private 
 distribution. The Century articles were reprinted in Chico about 
 1915 as "Echoes of the Past," in 91 pp. 
 
 In 1907 a beautifully printed memorial on Bidwell who died in 
 1900, was published by Marcus Benjamin in Washington in 12 pp. 
 with several portraits of the general and other illustrations. 
 
 78 
 
44 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 FALCONER, THOMAS 
 
 Expedition to Santa Fe. An account of its Journey from 
 Texas through Mexico, with Particulars of its capture. By 
 Thomas Falconer. 
 
 New Orleans. 1842. 
 
 8 12 pp. 
 
 Catalogue of London Geographical Society contains notice of 
 this book in their library, but I have never been able to locate 
 any other copy, nor even notice of it. 
 
 Falconer published "Notes of a Journey Through Texas and 
 New Mexico in the Years 1841 and 1842," in the Royal Geog. 
 Soc. Journal 1844, pp. 197-226. Possibly the same. 
 
 Niles Reg., Vol. 62, pp. 66 contains a letter from Falconer 
 dated Mexico City, Feb. 10, 1842 (from the New Orleans Bee of 
 March 17) giving an account of the march to the City of Mexico. 
 Falconer was liberated on the demand of Jackenham, the British 
 minister, and returned to N. O. early in the year 1842. *79 
 
 FOLSOM, CHARLES J. 
 
 Mexico in 1842: A Description Of The Country, Its 
 Natural And Political Features; With A Sketch Of Its 
 History, Brought Down To The Present Year To Which 
 is Added, An Account Of Texas And Yuccatan ; And Of 
 The Santa Fe Expedition. Illustrated With A Map. 
 
 New York: Charles J. Folsom 1842. 
 
 18 256 pp., Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Mexico and Texas in 1842. Published by C. J. Folsom, 
 New York. 
 
 Contains a narrative of the Texas Expedition by Franklin 
 Coombs, son of Gen. Leslie Coombs, which Folsom says had 
 appeared in the papers. According to Kendall, Coombs simply 
 went along as a guest for the benefit of his health. It is gen- 
 erally supposed that Folsom compiled the book. 
 
 Niles Reg. Vol. 62, page 2, March 5, 1842, contains a letter 
 from Franklin Coombs giving his account of the Texas-Santa Fe 
 expedition (same in Folsom). Pages 128-134 contains a reprint of 
 the letter entitled "Santa Fe and the Far West" reprinted in Niles 
 Reg. Dec. 4, 1841, from the Evansville Journal. 80 
 
 AUDUBON, J. J. 
 
 [Journey to the Yellowstone in 18431. 
 
 Letters from him dated Ft. Union, June 13, 1843, ad- 
 dressed to Gideon B. Smith of Baltimore, in New Orleans 
 Picayune, July 21, 1843. 
 
 From the introductory note to this it would seem that Audubon 
 was with Stewart, but this was not he fact; he went up the river 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 45 
 
 in one of the American Fur Go's, boats, the Omega, accompanied 
 by a Mr. Edward Harris of New Jersey, and Mr. Sprague and 
 Mr. Bell of N. Y., as assistants. (Niles Reg., July 15, 1853, page 
 312). 
 
 Further references in Niles Register are : May 13, his departure 
 for St. Louis April 25; June 10, letter to Dr. G. B. Smith, dated 
 Vermillion River, May 18; July 8, long letter to same of May 24, 
 150 miles below Ft. Pierre, and another later of May 29; July 29, 
 another letter to same, June 13, (same as that printed in the 
 Picayune). 81 
 
 FERRIS, W. A. 
 
 Life in the Rocky Mountains. 
 
 The title to a series of articles by W. A. Ferris published 
 in the Western Literary Messenger of Buffalo, beginning 
 Jan. 11, 1843, and apparently running continuously every 
 week to March 16, 1844, which is marked conclusion, but 
 there appeared appendices on March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 
 20, 27, and May 4. 
 
 Ferris was in the mountains in the employ of the Am. Fur Co. 
 from 1830-5. 
 
 Buffalo Hist. Soc. has following numbers: Jan. 11, 18; Feb. 22; 
 May 3, 17. 24; Jan. 7, 28; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 18, 25; Dec. 2, 
 9, 16, 23, 30, 1844; Jan. 6, 13, 27; Feb. 3, 10, 17; March 2, 9, 16; April 
 13 and 27. Grosvenor Library has Volume II. No. 40-51, i. e. April 
 12 to June 28, 1843 Chapters 14-25; Vol. Ill, No. 1-42, July 22, 1843 
 to May 4, 1844. (Information from Miss Drumm, Mo. Hist. Soc). 
 See Chittendon's Fur Trade, Vol. I, Page 395 for note on his life 
 obtained from Mr. O. D. Wheeler of St. Paul. *82 
 
 FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES 
 
 Report Of An Exploration Of The Country Lying Be- 
 tween The Missouri River And The Rocky Mountains, On 
 The Line Of The Kanzas And Great Platte Rivers. By 
 Lieut. J. C. Fremont, Of the Corps Of Topographical En- 
 gineers. 
 
 Washington: Printed By Order of the United States; 
 Senate. 1843. (27th Con., 3rd Sess. Sen. doc. 243). 
 
 8, pp. 207. Colored paper wrappers with same title. 
 Map, 3 tinted and 3 plain plates. 
 Map: 
 
 Map To Illustrate An Exploration Of The Country lying 
 between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on 
 the line of the Nebraska or Platte River. By Lieut. J. C. 
 Fremont, .... Lith. by E. Weber and Co. 
 
 Pages 7-76 Fremont's Report dated Wash., March 1, 1843; 77-94 
 Cat. plants by John Torrey; 95-207 Ast. & Met. Observations. 
 The plates were also lithographed by Weber, after sketches 
 
46 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 probably made by Charles Preuss who accompanied both ex- 
 peditions, and who certainly made the maps. I have seen a copy 
 with four of the plates tinted. 83 
 
 LANG, JOHN D., AND TAYLOR, SAMUEL, JR. 
 
 Report Of A Visit To Some Of The Tribes Of Indians 
 Located West Of The Mississippi River. By John D. 
 Lang and Samuel Taylor Jr. 
 
 Providence: Knowles and Vose. 1843. 
 
 8, 47 pp., including title. 
 
 Cover title same except imprint omitted. 
 
 Visited the Winnebagoes, Shawnees, Kickapos, Delawares, Kan- 
 sas, Osages, Cherokees, and Choctaws. Trip was made from 
 August to December, 1842. 
 
 There is an edition of this in New York, 1843, Press of M. Day 
 & Co. in 8, 34 pp. 84 
 
 MARRY AT, CAPT. [FREDERICK] 
 
 Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur 
 Violet, In' California, Sonora and Western Texas. Written 
 By Capt. Marryat. 
 
 London. 1843. 
 
 3 vols. post 8. 
 
 I have not at hand this original edition. It is a romance, em- 
 bodying as a basis the crude geographical knowledge of the thir- 
 ties of the far west. The author certainly read Kendall's sketches 
 in the Picayune of 1842, as he distinctly says so, but I do not 
 think he obtained any great portion of his incidents from Kendall, 
 still less from Gregg, whose book was not published until the 
 following year. 55 
 
 NICOLLET, I. N. 
 
 Report Intended To Illustrate A Map Of The Hydro- 
 graphical Basin Of The Upper Mississippi River Made By 
 I. N. Nicollet, While In Employ Under the Bureau Of the 
 Corps Of Topographical Engineers. Feb. 16, 1841. Ordered 
 printed. 
 
 Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1843. (26th 
 Cong., 2nd Sess. Senate doc. 237). 
 
 8, 170 pp., map. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River, 
 etc., etc., By J. N. Nicollet in the years 1836, '37, '38, '39 and 
 '40; assisted in 1838, '39 and '40, by Lieut. J. C. Fremont, 
 1843 by W. J. Stone. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 47 
 
 Nicollet gives many details regarding his trip to the upper 
 Missouri in 1839 with Fremont. They left St. Louis April 4th 
 and arrived at Fort Pierre June 12th. In his company he had 
 Etienne Provost, Wm. Dixon, and the son of Baptiste Dorion, 
 who was the interpreter at Ft. Pierre. The report also includes, 
 pp. 75-92, a Sketch of the Early History of St. Louis, 86 
 
 NOTICE SUR LA RIVIERE ROUGE DANS LE TERRI- 
 TOIRE DE LA BAIE-D'HUDSON. 
 
 Montreal: Bureau Des Melanges Religieux 1843. 
 
 8, 32 pp. 
 
 Probably written by Tache. 
 
 Contains a full account of the evangelisation of the North West 
 and a short account of Blanchet & Demers' trip to Oregon in 
 1838. 87 
 
 SIMPSON, THOMAS 
 
 Narrative Of The Discoveries On The North Coast of 
 America ; Effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay 
 Company during the Years 1836-39. By Thomas Simpson, 
 Esq. 
 
 London: Richard Bentley ... 1843. 
 
 8, XIX, 419 pp., 2 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of the Arctic Coast of America, etc., explored by 
 Messrs. P. W. Dease and T. Simpson .... 1837. 
 
 Discoveries of the Honble. Hudson's Bay Company's 
 Arctic Expedition in 1838 & 1839. 
 
 Contains a description of a winter journey from Red River to 
 Athabasca (1836-7) and the return in the winter of 1839-40. The 
 introduction consists of a Memoir of Simpson, who either was 
 killed by Indians or committed suicide, in the summer of 1840, 
 while en route to St. Paul, by his brother, Alex. Simpson. 
 
 Alex. Simpson also published a life of Thomas The Life and 
 Travels of Thomas Simpson, The Arctic Discoverer, by his 
 brother, Alexander Simpson. London : Richard Bentley. 1845. 
 8 VIII, 424 pp. Portrait and map. 88 
 
 SMET, P. J. d* 
 
 Letters And Sketches: With A Narrative Of A Year's 
 Residence Among The Indian Tribes Of The Rocky Moun- 
 tains. By P. J. de Smet, S. J. 
 
 Philadelphia: Published by M. Fithian . . . 1843. 
 
 [IV1-IX Title, IV, (3), 13-252; 12 plates and a folded 
 allegorical leaf. Plates lith. by P. S. Duval, Phila., pre- 
 sumably after sketches made by the author. 
 
48 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Published in French in 1844 with new material added as : 
 
 Voyages Aux Montagnes Rocheuses, Et Une Annee de 
 Sejour Chez Las Tribus Indiennes Du Vaste Territoire De 
 L'Oregon, Dependant Des Etats-Unis D'Amerique, Par Le 
 R. P. Pierre De Smet, Missionaire De La Compagnie De 
 Jesus. 
 
 Malines. P. J. Hanicq, Imprimieur, etc. 1844. 
 
 12 half title, title, pp. Ill- VI, 1-304 (printed covers.) 
 Port. De Smet, folded map, 19 plates. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map has no title but shows the west from about Long. 
 95-130 and Lat. 40-55. Published by Etab., Geographique 
 de Bruxelles and shows De Smets' route from Westport to 
 Ft. Hall, and thence to the Flatheads, Ft. Colville. 
 
 The Front, to the Malines edition is a good view of St. Louis, 
 lith. by Vandenbossche a Alost. All the plates except the Front, 
 and Allegorical table of the English edition were reproduced in 
 the Malines edition with eight new ones. 
 
 In the form of Letters. Letter I being a reprint of the Letter 
 published in 1841 on the Indian Missions. Letter II gives an 
 amplification of his trip in 1840. Letters III-VIII are an account 
 of the trip back to the Flatheads in 1841, leaving Westport May 
 10th, arriving at St. Mary's in October. Page 173 begins an account 
 of a trip to Ft. Colville in October and November, 1841, and a 
 trip to Ft. Vancouver in April, 1842. Letter XVI gives an account 
 of his return to St. Louis via the Missouri River, arriving there 
 about November first. 
 
 The French edition, besides the extra plates, contains a copy of 
 Blanchet's letter, dated Ft. Vancouver, September 28, 1841. 89 
 
 SNIVELY EXPEDITION 
 
 No contemporary full account of this land pirate expedition 
 was published, but I have collected the following references to it 
 from Niles Register for the year 1843: 
 
 June 3 (from the Galveston Civilian of May 16), an account of 
 the origin and aims of the expedition. 
 
 July 8, extract from Houston Telegraph, that Snively had left 
 Coffee's Creek April 25th, expecting to meet Warfield at the 
 source of Red River. 
 
 July 15, rumor in Texas, that they had captured Santa Fe. 
 
 July 22, extract from Western Missourian about Warfield's 
 movements on the Adkansas, also interview with St. Vrain on 
 Snively's plans. 
 
 Aug. 5 (from St. Louis Rep., July 21), account of a battle be- 
 tween U. S. Troops and Mexicans and capture of Snively's men 
 by Capt. Cooke. 
 
 Aug. 19, (from Mo. Reporter of July 31), extract from Cooke's 
 report to General Gaines on the affair; followed by Games' report 
 to Gen. Taylor. 
 
 Aug. 26, (from St. Louis Rep., Aug. 10), referring to an extra 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 49 
 
 of the Clarksville, Texas, Standard of Aug. 1, giving full account 
 of the expedition. 
 
 Aug. 26. another account from St. Louis New Era, in form of a 
 letter dated July 28th. 
 
 Sept. 16, Bocanezra's remonstrance to Thompson. 
 
 Sept. 23, Galveston papers announce return of Warfield, state 
 both he and Snively are preparing accounts of the expedition. 
 
 Further documents in 29 Cong. 1 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 43; Morn- 
 ing Star of Houston, Aug. 22, 1843; 28 Cong. 2 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 
 1, pp. 91-112, entitled Texas Documents, containing an account by 
 Van Zandt and a letter of Snively. For an interesting account 
 see Sage, "Scenes in the Rocky Mountains," 1846. 90 
 
 STEWART EXPEDITION OF 1843 
 
 This grand expedition of Sir William Drummond Stewart dur- 
 ing the summer of 1843, made a great stir in the mountain country 
 and Niles Register for this year contains numerous records of 
 their movements. 
 
 A short account of this memorable journey was written by M. 
 C. Field, one of the writers of the New Orleans Picayune, and 
 who accompanied the party, in a series of letters published by the 
 Picayune June 7, July 30, Sept. 6, Nov. 7 and 9. 
 
 After Field's return to New Orleans in November, he began a 
 series of articles entitled "Prairie and Mountain Life" and which 
 appeared in the Picayune Nov. 14, 17, 22, 25, 26, 28; Dec. 3. 7, 8, 9, 
 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 30; Jan. (1844), 6, 10, 13; Feb. 1, 29; March 14. 
 
 In July, 1844, Field, with his brother, and Charles Keemle 
 started the St. Louis Reveille and they began the republication 
 of these sketches which continued till Field's death in December. 
 (Aug. 19, 26; Sept. 9; Nov. 18; Dec. 2). 
 
 Field wrote at times under the pseudonym of Phazma. and 
 under this title he proposed to publish a book about his adven- 
 tures in the Rocky Mountains, presumably a reprint of the articles 
 in the New Orleans Picayune. 
 
 The references to the expedition in Niles Reg. occur on the 
 following dates, all 1843: April 1, 29, May 27, June 10 (re- 
 printed from the Savannah Republican, and valuable), another, 
 same issue, June 24, July 8, 15, 22, Sept. 30, Nov. 4, 18, 25, Dec. 
 2, 9. 
 
 Stewart departed for Europe during the winter, never to return. 
 He carried on a correspondence, however, with William L., Sub- 
 lette with whom he apparently had been joined in some business 
 venture. Some of these letters are preserved in the Mo. Hist. 
 Soc. (Information from Miss Drumm, librarian of the Society). 
 
 91 
 
 WILLIAMS, JOSEPH 
 
 Narrative Of A Tour From The State Of Indiana To The 
 Oregon Territory, In The Years 1841-2. By Joseph Wil- 
 liams. 
 
 Cincinnati : Printed For The Author. J. B. Wilson, 
 Printer. 1843. 
 
 8 Title with Preface on recto, pp. 3-48. 
 
 It was not copyrighted. 
 
SO THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 A copy in the N. Y. Hist. Society, probably the copy sold at 
 Henkel's in 1905. 
 
 Very rare book, not known to any writer on the Northwest, not 
 even Marshall. My copy belonged to Gov. Whitcomb of Indiana 
 and later to James Whitcomb Riley. 
 
 The author, a Methodist preacher, 63 years of age, left Na- 
 poleon, Indiana, April 26, 1841, with the evident intention of join- 
 ing some advertised party at Independence. Caught up with the 
 Bartleson party, with whom De Smet was traveling, a few days 
 out of Westport. Bartleson's party split on the Bear River, part 
 going to Oregon and part to California. Williams with the Ore- 
 gon party reached Oregon some time in September or October. 
 Left for return, April 3, 1842, and returned by Robidoux's Fort on 
 the Uintah River, Taos, and Bent's Fort and arrived at Indepen- 
 dence Oct. 25. 92 
 
 DUNN, JOHN 
 
 History Of The Oregon Territory And British North- 
 American Fur Trade; With An Account Of The Habits 
 And Customs Of The Principal Native Tribes On The 
 Northern Continent. By John Dunn, Late Of The Hudson's 
 Bay Company, Eight Years A Resident In The Country. 
 
 London: Edwards and Hughes. 1844. 
 
 8 pp. VIII, 359, Map. 
 Map: 
 
 A Map Of Oregon Territory Drawn on Stone by J. 
 Truxton. 
 
 Dunn gives only a few accounts of the happenings in Oregon 
 and contains no journal. The work is devoted largely to a history 
 of the Hudson's Bay Company and an account of the country, as 
 well as New Calendonia, derived from information gained on the 
 ground. Dunn was stationed at Ft. Vancouver in the early forties. 
 
 93 
 
 FARNHAM, THOMAS J. 
 
 Travels In The Californias, And Scenes In The Pacific 
 Ocean. By Thomas J. Farnham, Author of "Travels in the 
 Great Western Prairies, the Anhuac and Rocky Mountains, 
 and in the Oregon Territory." 
 
 New York : Published By Saxton & Miles .... 1844. 
 
 8, 416 pp. Map and Plate of an Indian. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of the Californians by T. J. Farnham. Copy, by 
 him in 1845). 
 
 This book is chiefly confined to Farnham's experiences in Cali- 
 fornia, a sketch of its history and account of its resources, etc. 
 It ends with a short account of his return via San Bias, Mexico 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 51 
 
 and Vera Cruz, reaching his home in Illinois some time in the 
 summer of 1840. 
 
 On page 324, Farnham refers to Captain Ewing Young's attempt 
 to reach California directly west from Salt Lake, across the desert. 
 On pages 312, et seq., 347, 371, et seq., occur some extended quo- 
 tations from what he says is a letter from one Dr. Lyman of 
 Buffalo, a friend of his. These consist of extracts from his 
 journal from Santa Fe to California in 1841 and observations on 
 the character of the country, Indians, etc. The route was from 
 Santa Fe up the Rip Grande, down the San Juan, as he calls it, 
 over the Green and into Southern Utah, thence via Las Vegas and 
 the Mohave to Los Angeles, the regular Spanish trail. 
 
 Lyman speaks of following the Colorado, whereas he simply 
 went more or less parallel to it over the regular route. He was 
 with the Workman-Rowland party but on account of a disagree- 
 ment about some Indian captives (p. 379), he and two others left 
 the main party and reached California after the others. He inti- 
 mates that he was three months on the trip from Santa Fe. 
 
 The book was issued in four parts, with printed paper titles. 
 The first part had no number on it and is frequently described as 
 a complete works in 96 pp. Parts two and three are numbered. 
 Number four I have not seen. Lyman could not be found by his 
 friends in later years and I have not been able to trace him, but 
 investigations at Buffalo make it probable that Farnham was mis- 
 taken about his being there or else he remained there only a short 
 time. He probably was from Massachusetts. Bancroft says he 
 was John H. or John L. 94 
 
 GREGG, JOSIAH 
 
 Commerce Of The Prairies: Or The Journal of a Santa 
 Fe Trader, During- Eight Expeditions Across The Great 
 Western Prairies, And A Residence Of Nearly Nine Years 
 In Northern Mexico. Illustrated with Maps and Engrav- 
 ings. By Josiah Gregg. In Two Volumes. 
 
 New York : Henry G. Langley .... MDCCCXLIV. 2 
 Vols. 
 
 12, XVI, 17-320, 3 Plates, map; VIII, 9-318, 3 Plates, 
 map. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map Of The Indian Territory, Northern Texas and New 
 Mexico Showing The Great Western Prairies, by Josiah 
 Gregg. (Folding map). 
 
 Map Of The Interior Of Northern Mexico. (Small one 
 page map). 
 
 The first and principal authority on the Santa Fe Trade. 
 Bradford Prena says this book was written by John Bigelow, a 
 reporter on the N. Y. Post, 1844, from Gregg's notes. 
 
 Gregg afterward went to California during the gold rush and 
 died of exposure near Humboldt Bay in the winter of 1849-50. 95 
 
52 
 
 JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN THE "INDIAN TERRI- 
 TORY," In The Spring Of 1844. 
 
 (Cover title; regular title follows): 
 
 Journal Of A Tour In The "Indian Territory" Performed 
 By Order Of The Domestic Committee Of The Board Of 
 Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, In The Spring 
 Of 1844, By Their Secretary and General Agent. 
 
 New York : Published For The Domestic Committee Of 
 The Board Of Missions. By Daniel Dana, Jr., 1844. 
 
 Title (2-Extract Minutes) 74 pp. 3 Maps. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Outline Map of Indian Localities in 1833. G. Catlin, 
 Tosswill & Co. 
 
 Aboriginal America East of the Mississippi. G Hayward, 
 Lith., N. Y. 
 
 United States Indian Frontier In 1840. G. Catlin, Toss- 
 will & Co. 
 
 Left New Orleans by steamer for the Red River Raft, March 
 8th, and on the 21st reached Ft. Towson, then visited Ft. Smith, 
 Ft. Gibson, Ft. Scott, Shawnee Mission and Ft. Leavenworth. 96 
 
 KENDALL, GEORGE WILKINS 
 
 Narrative Of The Texan Santa Fe Expedition, Compris- 
 ing A Description Of A Tour Through Texas, And Across 
 The Great Southwestern Prairies, The Comanche and 
 Caygiia Hunting-Grounds, With An Account Of The Suf- 
 fering From Want Of Food, Losses From Hostile Indians, 
 And Final Capture Of The Texans, And Their March, As 
 Prisoners, To The City of Mexico. With Illustrations And 
 A Map. By George Wilkins Kendall. 
 
 New York: Harper & Bros. 1844. 2 Vols. 
 
 12, Tit., XII, 13-405, Map, 2 Plates; XII, 11-406, 3 
 plates. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Texas and part of Mexico and the United States, showing 
 the Route of the First Santa Fe expedition. Harper & Bro., 
 N. Y. 
 Plates : 
 
 Plate by J. W. Casilear, J. G. Chapman, and 3 altered 
 from 3 in Ward's book. These last did duty in several 
 books of the time. 
 
 Kendall was owner of the New Orleans Picayune and was of 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 53 
 
 an adventurous disposition. Many years later he was a large 
 sheep owner in Texas. 
 
 In the preface he says the map is based partly on information 
 from Mr. Gregg and Albert Pike. 
 
 Some of the incidents in vol. I first appeared in sketches in the 
 N. O. Picayune of 1842. In 1843, Nov. 16th, at the Astor House, 
 New York, Kendall addressed a letter to J. Watson Webb (Niles 
 Register, vol. 65, pp. 214), in which he charges Capt. Marryat with 
 having stolen a lot of his incidents in Mons. Violet from these 
 articles in the Picaqune. 
 
 The correspondence between Mexico and the United States 
 respecting U. S. citizens captured on this expedition is contained 
 in Senate Ex. Doc. 325, 27th Cong. 2nd Sess. Wash., 1842, 104 pp. 
 
 97 
 
 LEE [DANIEL], AND FROST, J. H. 
 
 Ten Years In Oregon. By Lee and J. H. Frost. Late Of 
 The Oregon Mission Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 New York: Published For The Authors: J. Collord, 
 Printer. 1844. 
 8 344 pp., map. 
 Map: 
 
 A Sketch Of The Columbia River, And Adjacent Coun- 
 try. (Very crude, small folding map). 
 
 Gives an account of Hunt's trip across the plains. L,ee left In- 
 dependence April 28, 1834, with Wyeth, Townsend and Nuttall. 
 Arrived at Vancouver Sept. 15. There is no journal of the trip 
 and the account written by Frost occupies only pp. 114-124. Pages 
 339-344 contain speciments of Indian dialect. 98 
 
 MURRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS 
 
 The Prairie Bird. By the Hon. Charles Augustus Mur- 
 ray. 
 
 London : Adam Bentley . . . 1844. 3 vols. 
 12, IV, 336; (2) 352; (2) 372. 
 
 A Romance of Adventures on the prairies among the Osages, 
 Delawares, Sioux and Crow Indians. *99 
 
 PARKER, JAMES W. 
 
 Narrative Of The Perilous Adventures, Miraculous Es- 
 capes And Sufferings of Rev. James W. Parker, During a 
 Frontier Residence in Texas, of Fifteen Years ; With an 
 Impartial Geographical Description of the Climate, Soil, 
 Timber, Water, .... Of Texas; Written By Himself 
 To Which Is Appended A Narrative Of the Capture And 
 Subsequent Sufferings Of Mrs. Rachel Plummer, (His 
 Daughter,) During A Captivity of Twenty-one Months 
 
54 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Among The Cumanche Indians, With A Sketch Of Their 
 Manners, Customs, Laws, etc. ; With A Short Description 
 Of The Country Over Which She Travelled Whilst With 
 The Indians ; Written By Herself. 
 
 Printed At The Morning Courier Office, 4th Street, 
 Louisville, Ky. 1844. 
 
 16 95 pp., incl. title (page 95 errata), plus 35 (should 
 be 36). 
 
 My copy is enclosed in paper wrapper with following title: 
 Parker's Narrative And History of Texas; To Which Is Appended 
 Mrs. Plummer's Narrative Of Her Capticity Of twenty-one 
 months among the Cumanche Indians. . . . (Copyright). Louis- 
 ville, Ky., 1845. 
 
 This is a famous episode in Texas History, and one of the cap- 
 tives, Cynthia Ann Parker, adopted into the tribe, became a kind 
 of legendary character. The fort was captured May 19, 1836, and 
 wandered over the country, crossed the plains and, as she says, 
 went as far as the headwaters of the Arkansas, where a number of 
 tribes of Indians in March, 1837, held a big council to get up a 
 combined war against the Texans. 
 
 She talks of being on the headwaters of the Columbia and even 
 in Sonora (not quite certain of this, however). Finally a Mexican 
 trader ransomed her north of the Rocky Mountains and in seven- 
 teen days she arrived in Santa Fe, where she was delivered to Col. 
 William Donoho, an American trader, who finally took her to In- 
 dependence about the beginning of 1838. Mrs. Plummer's narrative 
 is dated January, 1839, and she died February 19. It has a separate 
 title: Narrative of the Capture And Subsequent Sufferings of 
 Mrs. Rachel Plummer, During A Captivity of Twenty-One 
 Months Among the Cumanche Indians; With a Sketch Of Their 
 Manners, Customs, Laws, etc. With a Short Description of the 
 Country Over Which She Traveled Whilst With The Indians. 
 Written by herself. 1839. 
 
 In the preface dated Houston, Dec. 3, 1839, this is called the 
 second edition. 100 
 
 TIXIER, VICTOR 
 
 Voyage Aux Prairies Osages, Louisiane Et Missouri, 
 1839-40. Par Victor Tixier. 
 
 Clermont-Ferrand, chez Perol, Libraire-Editeur, etc. Et 
 A Paris, chez Roret, etc. 1844. 
 
 8 260 pp. including title and half title, two of vocab- 
 ulary, two of index. 5 plates after designs by Tixier. 
 
 Left France Nov. 23, 1839, and arrived at New Orleans Jan. 27, 
 1840, where he received an invitation from Major Chouteau to 
 visit the Osages and hunt buffalo with him. Arrived at St. Louis 
 12th of May and from there went to Independence; left Indepen- 
 dence May 20th for Papins trading post, called Nion-Chou. Ac- 
 companied the Osages on a buffalo hunt to the Grand Saline. 
 
 101 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 55 
 
 FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES 
 
 Report Of The Exploring Expeditions To The Rocky 
 Mountains In The Year 1842, And To Oregon And North 
 California In The Years 1843-'44. By Brevet Captain J. C. 
 Fremont, Of The Topographical Engineers, Under The 
 Orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief Of The Topographical 
 Bureau. Printed By Order Of The Senate Of The United 
 States. 
 
 Washington : Gales And Seaton . . . 1845. 
 
 8 693 pp., 22 plates, 4 maps, and 1 large folding map in 
 pocket. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of Bear River. 
 
 Plan Great Salt Lake. 
 
 Map Rio de los Americanos. 
 
 Plan Beer Springs. 
 Plates : 
 
 13 plates scenery, 5 plates fossil shells, 4 plates botany. 
 
 Large Map: 
 
 Map of the Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Moun- 
 tains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon and California in the 
 Years 1843-4 by Capt. J. C. Fremont. . . . Lith. E. Weber 
 & Co., Bait. 
 
 (On top, Profile of the Route from the mouth of the 
 Kansas to the Pacific by Capt. J. C. Fremont in 1843). 
 Contents : 
 
 Pages 3-6, Notice to the Reader by Fremont; 7-79, Fre- 
 mont's Report 1842 expedition; 81-98, Cat. Plants; 99-101, 
 Ast. Obser. & Table of Lat. and Long. ; 103-294, Fremont's 
 Report, 1843-4 expedition dated Wash., March 1, 1845; 295- 
 310, Appendix A & B, Geology and fossils; 311-319, Appen- 
 dix C, Plants by John Torrey; 321-693, Observations and 
 Tables. 
 
 Same printed by order of the House of Representatives, by 
 Blair & Rives, in 583 pp. with same plates and maps, the astron- 
 omical observations being omitted. 
 
 The plates of the 1842 trip were probably re-engraved for this 
 edition, as the plates of Ft. Laramie and a view of the Wind 
 River Mountains, certainly were. 
 
 The maps were undoubtedly made by Charles Preuss who ac- 
 companied Fremont, and probably the sketches were made by him 
 also. 102 
 
 HASTINGS, LANSFORD W. 
 
 The Emigrants' Guide, to Oregon and California, Con- 
 taining Scenes and Incidents of a Party of Oregon Emi- 
 
56 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 grants; a description of Oregon; Scenes and Incidents of a 
 party of California Emigrants; and a Description of Cali- 
 fornia; With A Description of the Different Routes to 
 Those Countries ; and All Necessary Information Relative 
 To The Equipment, Supplies, And the Method of Travel- 
 ling. By Lansford W. Hastings, Leader of the California 
 Emigrants of 1842. 
 
 Cincinnati: Published By George Conclin . . . 1845. 
 
 8, Title 3-4, Preface, 5-152 pp. P. P. W. Ban. & McD. 
 Also by Conclin 1847 in 160 pp. Plate (Sab). Also by 
 Conclin 1849 in 168 pp. Front of an Eagle. Also by 
 Conclin 1848, Cine. (Lib. Cong.) 
 
 The 1849 edition same as first edition to page 152; 153-156 ac- 
 count of California by R. Semple. 157-160 The Oregon Treaty, 
 161-8 The Gold Region of California, which consists of Mason's 
 Letters. This Edition has a different title A New History of 
 Oregon and California. . . . Cincinnati : Geo. Conclin, 1849. Con- 
 tains a Front, of an Eagle with a Shield. 
 
 The party left Independence May 15, 1842 and Hastings was 
 elected Captain and Lovejoy 2nd Capt. Fitzpatrick guided the 
 party from Ft. Laramie to the Green River. Meek acted as guide 
 to Ft. Hall for the advance party with the wagons. Arrived at the 
 settlement in Lower Oregon October 5. This account occupies 
 pp. 5-22, then follows an account of Oregon (pp. 23-46). Hastings 
 left Oregon May 30, 1843, for California. Pages 64-69 contain an 
 account of the trip. Then follows a description of California, pp. 
 69-133. Pages 134-142 is an account of the different routes, and pp. 
 143-152 a sketch of the equipment, supplies needed, method of 
 traveling, Indians, etc., etc. *103 
 
 KEARNY, S. W. 
 
 Report of a summer campaign to the Rocky Mountains, 
 .... in 1845. Headquarters 1st Regiment Dragoons, St. 
 Louis, Mo., Sept. 15, 1845. Signed S. W. Kearny, Colonel 
 1st Dragoon. 
 
 Pages 210-220 of Sen. Ex. doc. No. 1, 29th Cong., 1st Ses- 
 sion. 
 Map: 
 
 Map Of The Route Pursued By The Late Expedition 
 under the command of Col. S. W. Kearny, U. S. 1st Dra- 
 goons. By W. B. Franklin, Lieut. Corps. Top. Eng 
 
 1845. Smith & McClelland Sc. Wash. 
 
 Pages 210-217 contain Journals (abstracts) kept by Lt. Turner, 
 adjutant, and Lt. Franklin, Top. Eng., during this expedition. The 
 expedition left Leavenworth May 1st; went up the North Fork 
 of the Platte to Ft. Laramie, and then over South Pass to Green 
 River returning via foothills in Colorado to Bent's Fort. Ar- 
 rived at Ft. Leavenworth August 24th. Fitzpatrick was the guide. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 57 
 
 Pages 217-220 occupied by a report of E. V. Sumner, Capt. 1st 
 Dragoons, of a trip from Ft. Atkinson May 7th, to Traverse des 
 S'ioux and Devil's lake. His object was to stop the animal hunt 
 of the Red River halfbreeds into U. S. territory. 
 
 Niles Reg., Oct. 25, 1845, has an article, Sketches of the Great 
 West, from the Union, as a letter from Capt. Cooke of the Regi- 
 ment giving a long and very interesting account of the expedition. 
 Kearny's report was published also in Niles Register Jan. 10, 
 1846. For other references to this expedition see Niles Register, 
 1845, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 2, and Sept. 6. Boston Atlas, 
 October 25 (copied in N. Y. Weekly Tribune, November 1), ac- 
 count by one of the party. St. Louis Rep., September 1 (N. Y. 
 Weekly Tribune, September 20), another account. 104 
 
 ST. JOHN, PERCY B. 
 
 The Trapper's Bride : A Tale Of The Rocky Mountains. 
 With The Rose Of Ouisconsin. By Percy B. St. John. 
 Second Edition. 
 
 London : Hayward And Adam . . . 1845. 
 
 12 Half tit., 'tit, Leaf ded. and adv., half title, pp. 1-71. 
 Trapper's Bride, new half title, pp. 75-166, the Rose of 
 Ouisconsin. 
 
 This is probably the first edition in book form, the stories 
 having evidently appeared in some magazine. In the advertise- 
 ment St. John says he had lived some years in the backwoods of 
 Texas. This is a tale of Fort Bent. 105 
 
 WILKES, GEORGE 
 
 The History Of Oreg-on, Geographical And Political With 
 An Examination Of The Project Of A National Railroad, 
 From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean. By George 
 Wilkes. Also An Account Of The Characteristics And 
 Present Conditions Of The Oregon Territory, By A Mem- 
 ber Of The Recently Organized Oregon Legislature. Ac- 
 companied By A Map. 
 
 New York: William H. Coyler .... 1845. 
 
 (Cover title; regular title follows): 
 
 The History Of Oregon, Geographical And Political. By 
 George Wilkes. Embracing An Analysis Of The Old 
 Spanish Claims, The British Pretensions, The United States 
 Title; An Account Of The Present Condition And Char- 
 acter Of The Country, And A Thorough Examination Of 
 The Project Of A National Railroad, From The Atlantic 
 To The Pacific Ocean. To Which Is Added A Journal Of 
 The Events Of The Celebrated Emigrating Expedition Of 
 1843 ; Containing An Account Of The Route From Missouri 
 To Astoria, A Table Of Distances, And The Physical And 
 
58 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Political Description Of The Territory, And Its Settlements, 
 By A Member Of The Recently Organized Oregon Legis- 
 lature. The Whole Concluding With An Appendix, Con- 
 taining The Treaties, Diplomatic Correspondence, And Ne- 
 gotiations Between Spain, Russia, Great Britain, And The 
 United States, In Relation To The North West Coast. 
 
 New York: William H. Colyer . . . 1845. 
 
 8 Title; pp. 3-4, Preface; 5-46, History of Oregon ; 47-62, 
 Wilkes' Proposal for a National Railroad; 63-114, Travels 
 across the Great Western Prairies and through Oregon; 
 115-127, Appendix; reverse 127, errata, Index (1). 
 Map: 
 
 Map has no title but embraces from 44 e to about 55 
 north latitude and 110 to 132 west latitude. In a note to 
 the preface Wilkes says the map is taken from an English 
 publication on the Oregon question. 
 
 The account of the 1843 expedition is by Peter Burnett and is 
 taken from letters by him published in the New York Herald, 
 with slight changes only, Dec. 28. 1844, Jan. 5, 6, 18, 1845. See also 
 Niles Register, Nov. 2, 1844. and St. Louis Reporter, Aug. 23, 1845, 
 for a letter by him dated Nov. 10, 1843. M. McCarver's letters on 
 same expedition, Ohio Statesman, Sept. 11, 1844, N. Y. Herald, 
 June 3, 1844, N. Y. Tribune, Aug. 5, 1844, also Niles Register, 
 April 19, 1844, from Peoria Register. 
 
 Doctored and republished in London as: 
 
 An Account And History of the Oregon Territory; To- 
 gether With A Journal of The Emigrating Party Across 
 The Western Prairies of America, And to The Mouth of 
 The Columbia River. 
 
 London: Printed and Published By William Lott . . . 
 1846. 
 
 16 Tit., 160 pp. (160 marked 169). 
 
 P. P. W. with same title. 
 
 The Burnett Journal appears in an abridged form except where 
 praise of the H. B. Co. appears. In place of Wilkes' Proposal for 
 a Nat'l R. R. appears a chapter, "The Capabilities and Prospects 
 of Oregon By a Three Years' Resident" [an Englishman]. 
 
 The Introductory History is entirely distinct from Wilkes and 
 written to support the British pretentipns. A few of Wilkes' 
 documents were reprinted in the appendix. 
 
 The copy I saw in the N. Y. Hist Soc. had no map. 106 
 
 ABERT, J. W. 
 
 Message From The President Of The United States, In 
 Compliance With A Resolution Of The Senate, Communi- 
 cating a report of an expedition led by Lieutenant Abert, on 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 59 
 
 the Upper Arkansas and through the country of the Caman- 
 che Indians, in the fall of the year 1845, June 16, 1846. 
 Read and referred, July 11, ordered printed. 
 
 Journal of Lieutenant J. W. Abert from Bent's Fort to 
 St. Louis in 1845. 
 
 Washington: 1846. 29th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate doc. 
 438. 
 
 8, 75 pp. Map, 11 plates of scenery and 1 of a Day's 
 March (Colored plates in my copy). 
 Map: 
 
 Map Showing the Route pursued by the Exploring Ex- 
 pedition to New Mexico And The Southern Rocky Moun- 
 tains Made under the orders of Capt. J. C. Fremont, U. S. 
 Topographical Engineers, and reduced by Lieut. J. W. 
 Abert assisted by Lieut. W. G. Peck, U. S. T. E. during the 
 year 1845. 
 
 Abert's report begins Aug. 9, 1845, for the Survey of Purgatory- 
 Creek, Canadian and False Washita acting on orders received 
 from Col. Fremont. Started Aug. 12th with Fitzpatrick as guide, 
 who had just returned from South Pass, where he had guided 
 Col. Kearny and the Dragoons. Went West to Raton Mountains 
 and thence down the Canadian. Refers to a trip of a Mr. Stan- 
 ley, probably from Gregg, made in 1825. Returned through the 
 Creek Nation in the Indian Territory and arrived at Ft. Gibson 
 Oct. 21st. 
 
 Contains beautiful colored plates. Abert made the first astron- 
 omical observations through this unknown country and therefore 
 his map is of great importance. 107 
 
 JAMES, THOMAS 
 
 Three Years Among The Indians And Mexicans. By 
 General Thomas James of Monroe County, Illinois. 
 
 Waterloo, 111. Printed In The Office Of the "War 
 Eagle." 1846. 
 
 8, 130 pp. 
 
 James gives an account of his experiences on the Upper Mis- 
 souri, 1809-10, his expedition to Santa Fe in 1821-2, and his ex- 
 periences on the prairies in 1823-4. 
 
 The only copies I know of are in possession of the N. Y. State 
 Library, Albany, and the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. 
 
 Reprinted in 1916 by the Mo. Hist. Society, with notes by 
 Walter B. Douglas. The notes give location of various later 
 printed journals, etc. 
 
 Journal of J. B. Trudeau among the Arikara Indians in 1795. 
 Am. Hist. Review, Vol. 19, First Part; Mo. Hist. Soc. Coll. Vol. 
 IV, No. 1, Second Part; Bradley's Journal Mont. Hist. Soc. Coll. 
 II, p. 152; Capt. Wm. Becknell's Journal, Mo. Hist. Soc. Coll. 
 Vol. II, No. 6; Col. Marmaduke's Journal Mo. Hist. Review, VI, 
 Columbia, 1911. 
 
60 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 For another early trip to Santa Fe (in 1822) see Journal of 
 Jacob Fowler, edited with notes by Elliot Coues, N. Y., 1898. 
 also the appendix to the reprint of James. *108 
 
 JOHNSON, OVERTON, AND WINTER, WM. H. 
 
 Route Across The Rocky Mountains, With A Description 
 Of Oregon And California ; Their Geographical Features, 
 Their Resources, Soil, Climate, Productions, etc., etc. By 
 Overton Johnson And Wm. H. Winter, Of The Emigration 
 of 1843. 
 
 Lafayette, Ind. John B. Semans, Printer. 1846. 
 
 8 Title; pp. III-V (1), preface; VII-VIII, contents, 
 9-152, text. 
 
 Very rare book, not seen by Bancroft. 
 
 Preface states that the route to California, descriptive of that 
 country, and the return to Ft. Hall are from the notes of Winter. 
 
 Left Independence in the latter part of May (25th) and arrived 
 at Oregon City Nov. 13th. Johnson left Oregon City to return, 
 19th of April, 1845. Refers to Colonel Karney's trip to the South 
 Pass that year with 200 Dragoons. Reached Westport Aug. 29th. 
 
 109 
 
 [SAGE, RUFUS B.] 
 
 Scenes In The Rocky Mountains, And In Oregon, Cali- 
 fornia, New Mexico, Texas, And The Grand Prairies ; Or 
 Notes By The Way, During An Excursion Of Three Years, 
 With A Description Of The Countries Passed Through, 
 Including Their Geography, Geology, Resources, Present 
 Condition, And The Different Nations Inhabiting Them. 
 By A New Englander. 
 
 Philadelphia : Published by Carey & Hart. 1846. 
 
 12 XII, 13-303. Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of Oregon, California, New Mexico, N. W. Texas, 
 and the proposed Territory of Ne-Bras-Ka. By Rufus B. 
 Sage, 1846. F. Michelin's lith., N. Y. 
 
 Arrived in Westport in May, 1841, too late to accompany a 
 party to Oregon. Finally left Sept. 2nd with one of the return 
 fur trade parties. Returned to Independence July 21, 1842. 
 Started out again in early August for Ft. Lancaster and thence 
 to the Arkansas and while on Fountain Creek was passed by 
 Fitzpatrick and Van Dusen on their way to the States. Stopped 
 at the Pueblo & Taos and made an excursion to Uintah River 
 with Roubideau. After a short stay, continued to Ft. Hall and 
 arrived there Nov. 9th, returned in December by North Park and 
 Middle Park on the Platte River and wintered on the Platte be- 
 low Cherry Creek. 
 
 He says Captain Warfield, a Texan, came to Ft. Lancaster for 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 61 
 
 recruits for some expedition. Sage found the Texans on the 
 Arkansas River below the old Fort. He finally joined Warfield 
 between the Cimaron and the Arkansas. This was the Snively 
 expedition of which he gives a long account, including the sur- 
 render to Crook. He then returned to the Platte. He met Fre- 
 mont at Fort Lancaster in July, 1843. On the 17th of March, 
 1844, he started from Ft. Lancaster to the U. S. via Bent's Fort, 
 thence down to Van Buren, Arkansas, which he reached July 4th. 
 The second edition, revised and published by Carey & Hart, in 
 1847, contains the name of the author on the title page, but the 
 map was apparently not issued with it, and, in fact, very few 
 copies of the 1846 edition are found with the map. 110 
 
 SHIVELY, J. M. 
 
 Route And Distances To Oregon And California, With 
 A Description Of Watering-Places, Crossings, Dangerous 
 Indians, etc., etc. By J. M. Shively. 
 
 Washington, D. C. : Wm. Greer, Printer. 1846. 
 
 8, pp. 15 incl. title. P. P. W. with same title. 
 
 Shively was an Oregon pioneer and described the route from 
 personal experience. 
 
 At the end Shively says : In Preparation by the Author a Con- 
 cise Description of the Oregon and California Countries, climate, 
 soil, natural production, together with a Map of the same. 
 
 Query: Ever Published? 
 
 Shively left Oregon April 19, 1845 and arrived at Independence 
 just before August 14th. Niles Register, Aug. 30, 1845, page 416. 
 He afterward returned to Oregon in the government service. 
 
 Copy in Library of Congress. Ill 
 
 [STEWART, WILLIAM DRUMMOND] 
 
 Altowan ; Or Incidents Of Life And Adventure In The 
 Rocky Mountains. By An Amateur Traveller. Edited by 
 J. Watson Webb. In Two Volumes. 
 
 Harper & Brothers, Publishers . . . New York. 1846. 
 
 12 Tit. XXIX, 25-255 ; 240 pp. 
 
 Recently again catalogued as by Sir William Stuart, that is to 
 say, William Drummond Stewart, a noted character of the plains 
 in the 30*s. I see no resemblance between these tales and those in 
 Edward Warren undoubtedly written by Stewart. 
 
 Mr. Webb in the introduction gives some of his own personal 
 experiences in the army, including a trip from Chicago to Ft. 
 Armstrong on the Mississippi in the winter of 1821-2. He also 
 says the book itself was written by a half-pay officer of the 
 British army who first came to New York in 1832, and then went 
 to St. Louis and with General Ashley to the Rendezvous. He 
 then remained in the mountains, went to the Pacific, returned to- 
 the mountains and after 3% years in the mountains returned to- 
 St. Louis. After spending the winter of 1836-7 on Long Island 
 with Webb, he returned to the mountains, where he spent two 
 
62 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 more summers and a winter. Then he went to Scotland, but re- 
 turned again in 1842. This of course indicates nobody but Stewart 
 as the author. 
 
 A. J. Miller accompanied Stewart on the 1837 expedition. 
 Stewart, according to Rose, returned to the river in the fall of 
 1837 and returned to the mountains in the summer of 1838. Rose 
 returned with him in the fall, arriving about November. See 
 Journal and Enquirer, N. Y., May 7, 1839, announcing opening of 
 an exhibit of pictures at the Apollo Gallery, painted at New Or- 
 leans by Miller, from sketches made in the Rocky Mountains, the 
 property of a baronet who had spent nearly seven years in the 
 mountains, and announcing a full description the following day, 
 but this did not appear on the 8th. The N. Y. Commercial Ad- 
 vertiser, May 14, 1839, says the paintings, 18 in all, belonged to 
 Stewart who was shortly leaving for England. Exhibit adver- 
 tised May 15-23. 
 
 Mr. Harry Walters has in hs possesson at Baltimore four large 
 portfolios filled with sketches by Miller of events, scenery, etc., 
 made on his expedition with Stewart. Four of these paintings by 
 Miller were last summer in the possession of a dealer in Edin- 
 burgh. 112 
 
 BARNUM, JAMES H. 
 
 The Traveller's Guide, Or The Life of James H. Barnum. 
 Written By Himself. 
 
 Gt. Barrington: 1847. 
 
 8, 52 pp., including title. Green paper covers with 
 same title. 
 
 Green paper covers with same title. 
 
 This entertaining and very little known work of travel and ad- 
 venture is confined to wanderings about the Mississippi Valley. 
 Barnum makes one or two remarks about a journey to Oregon, 
 but I think this journey only existed in his imagination, as there 
 is absolutely nothing in the book to bear out any such claim. 113 
 
 BLANCHET, F. N. 
 
 Memoire Presente A La S. Congregation De La Propa- 
 gande Sur Le Territoire De L'Oregon, Par Mgr. F. N. 
 Blanchet, Eveque De Drasa. (In Rapport Sur Les Missions 
 Du Diocese De Quebec Et Autres Que En Ont Ci-Devant 
 Fait Partie. Juillet 1847, No. 7). 
 
 Quebec . . .1847. 
 
 This report occupies pp. 2-24 of this number and contains a 
 condensed account of the evangelization of both Californias and 
 Oregon, together with a brief account of the early colonization 
 and voyages, both by land and sea. This is followed by some 
 extracts of letters from Demers and Bolduc from Oregon City 
 and Willamette. Demers speaks of Warre and Vancouver, picking 
 out a site for a fortification on Cape Disappointment. 114 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 63 
 
 THE CONQUEST OF SANTA FE And Subjugation of New 
 Mexico, By The Military Forces Of The United States ; 
 With Documents Embracing The Opinion Of The Honro- 
 able Thomas H. Benton, Gen. Sam Houston, And Others, 
 In Reference To Annexation ; And A History of Colonel 
 Doniphan's Campaign in Chihuahua. By A. Captain of 
 Volunteers. 
 
 Philadelphia : A. Packer & Co. ... 1847. 
 8, 48 pp. including cover title and title. Cover title same 
 except omitting paragraph beginning "With Documents". 
 
 The Captain of Volunteers worked with the scissors only, most- 
 ly on government documents, but a few interesting ones from 
 newspapers and other sources are included. I understand there 
 were several issues of this with differences. 115 
 
 COYNER, DAVID H. 
 
 The Lost Trappers ; A Collection Of Interesting Scenes 
 And Events In The Rocky Mountains ; Together With A 
 Short Description Of California: Also, Some Account Of 
 The Fur Trade, Especially As Carried On About The 
 Sources Of The Missouri, Yellow Stone, And On The 
 Waters Of The Columbia, In The Rocky Mountains. By 
 David H. Coyner. 
 
 Cincinnati : J. A. & U. P. James . . . 1847. 
 
 12 XV, 17-255. 
 
 This contains an account of the trip of Capt. Ezekiel Williams 
 to the Mountains in 1807 to return the Mandan Chief. Also 
 the further adventures of Williams , Workman and Spencer. At 
 end is a lot of information about Astor's Co. and Oregon; none 
 original. 
 
 There has been much speculation regarding this book, but it 
 appears to me that the adventures of Williams, Workman and 
 Spencer are in the main authentic, although the years may be in- 
 correctly stated. For the true story of Williams, see Mo. Hist. 
 Soc. Coll., Vol IV, No. 2. 116 
 
 CUTTS, JAMES MADISON 
 
 The Conquest Of California And New Mexico, By The 
 Forces Of The United States, In The Years 1846 & 1847. 
 By James Madison Cutts. With Engravings, Plans Of 
 Battle, etc. * 
 
 Philadelphia: Published by Carey and Hart, 1847. 
 
 12, Port. Kearny, Eng. Title with Port, of Fremont, 
 264 pp. 1 Map and 3 Plans included in the pagination. 
 Pub. both in cloth and paper wrappers. 
 
 This contains Capt. Johnston's notes afterward published with 
 
64 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 the Emory Report. Also some communications from Kearny in 
 California, together with a short account of the return of Kearny 
 and his party June to August, 1847, over the mountains, from the 
 notes of an officer, (Swords?), one of the party. Swords wrote a 
 journal of this expedition which I have occasionally seen quoted, 
 but which apparently was never published. The book was pub- 
 lished in the fall after the return of the Doniphan regiment to St. 
 Louis. 117 
 
 EDWARDS, FRANK S. 
 
 A Campaign in New Mexico With Colonel Doniphan. By 
 Frank S. Edwards, A Volunteer. With a Map of The 
 Route, And A Table Of the Distances Traversed. 
 
 Philadelphia : Carey And Hart. 1847. 
 
 12, XVI, inc. title & half title 17-184 pp. Map. [Table of 
 Distances pp. 180-184]. 
 Map: 
 
 Map showing Col. A. W. Doniphan's Route through the 
 States of New Mexico, Chihuahua and Coahuila. (Eng. 
 by Thos. Sinclair, Phila. : Copy, by Carey & Hart). 
 
 This is the most entertaining account of the expedition. 
 London edition of 1848 in 134 pp. 12 is the commonest. 118 
 
 FITZPATRICK, THOMAS 
 
 Letter by Thomas Fitzpatrick dated Bent's Fork, Arkan- 
 sas River, Sept. 18, 1847. 30th Cong. 1 Session, Sen. Ex. 
 Doc. 1, App. to the Report of the Commissioner of Indian 
 Affairs, pp. 238-249. 
 
 A very valuable and interesting report to the Indian Commis- 
 sioner in which he recounts his experiences with Capt. Love's 
 party from June 10th, the attack on Hayden's train and his meet- 
 ing with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe chiefs. He wanted a com- 
 pany of 250 riflemen to handle the Indians. 
 
 See Schoolcraft's Archives, Vol. 1, page 257 for an article by 
 Fitzpatrick on the Comanche Indians. In the same volume will 
 be found an article by R. S. Neighbors on the Comanches of 
 Texas. 
 
 March 1, 1847, John S. Robb, under the pseudonym of "Solitaire" 
 published in the St. Louis Reveille (Vol. Ill, No. 34) an account 
 of the life and adventures of Fitzpatrick. 119 
 
 HUGHES, JOHN T. 
 
 Doniphan's Expedition [Vignette] By John T. Hughes. 
 Of The First Regiment Of Missouri Cavalry. Illustrated. 
 Cincinnati : Published By U. P. James. .... 
 (Cover title, regular title follows): 
 
 Doniphan's Expedition ; Containing An Account Of The 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 65 
 
 Conquest Of New Mexico; General Kearney's Overland 
 Expedition To California; Doniphan's Campaign Against 
 The Navajos ; His Unparalleled March Upon Chihuahua 
 And Durango ; And The Operations Of General Price At 
 . Santa Fe: With A Sketch Of The Life of Col. Doniphan. 
 Illustrated With Plans of Battle-Fields And Fine Engrav- 
 ings. By John T. Hughes, A. B., Of The First Regiment 
 Of Missouri Cavalry. 
 
 Cincinnati: U. P. James .... [18471. 
 
 8, Tit., VIII, 9-144 pp. Front, the Volunteer, Illus. in 
 text. 
 Map: 
 
 A New Map of Mexico, California and Oregon. Pub. by 
 J. A. and U. P. James. Cin. 1848. 
 
 Woodcut of "The Volunteer" and 3 Plans included in the 
 pagination. 
 
 Doniphan's Report from El Paso to Chihuahua published in 
 Niles Reg. May 15, 1847, in full, and a letter from him in same, 
 July 3, 1847. This last number also contains list of casualties 
 after leaving Chihuahua. News from the expedition will be found 
 in Niles Reg., Vol. 71, pp. 241, 401 and Vol. 72, pp. 71, 102, 192, 224, 
 252, 266, 316. 120 
 
 PALMER, JOEL 
 
 Journal Of Travels Over The Rocky Mountains, To The 
 Mouth Of The Columbia River; Made During The Years 
 1845 And 1846. By Joel Palmer. 
 
 Cincinnati : J. A. and U. P. James .... 1847. 
 
 (Cover title, regular title follows) : 
 
 Journal of Travels Over The Rocky Mountains, To The 
 Mouth Of The Columbia River, Made During The Years 
 1845 and 1846: Containing Minute Descriptions Of The 
 Valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua, And Clamath ; A Gen- 
 .eral Description Of Oregon Territory; Its Inhabitants, Cli- 
 mate, Soil, Productions, etc., etc. ; A List Of Necessary 
 Outfit For Emigrants ; And A Table of Distances From 
 Camp to Camp on the Route; Also A Letter for the Rev. 
 H. H. Spalding, Resident Missionary, for the last ten years, 
 among the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians, on the Koos-Koos- 
 Kee River ; the Organic Laws of Oregon Territory ; Tables 
 of about 300 words of the Chinooc Jagon, and about 200 
 words of the Nez Perce Language; A Description of 
 Mount Hood ; Incidents of Travel, etc. By Joel Palmer. 
 
 Cincinnati : J. H. & U. P. James .... 1847. 
 
 12 Title, Leaf of dedication to Pioneers of the West, 
 
66 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Leaf of Pub. adv., Leaf of Contents, pp. 9-145 Journal, 147- 
 161 dist. and tables, 163-4 new title, appendix, 165-77. 
 Spalding's letter, 179-189, Organic Laws of Oregon (189 pp. 
 in all). Slip of Corrections. 
 
 This is collated from a copy in the N. Y. Hist. Soc. The only 
 copy with all the preliminary leaves that I have seen, except an 
 imperfect copy with the following: Leaf of dedication, leaf of 
 preface marked V on lower right hand corner, leaf of contents, 
 with 7 on lower right hand corner. My copy has only leaf of 
 Pub. adv. marked (III) IV, and the copy Thwaites used only the 
 leaf of dedication and leaf of Pub. adv. All these four copies 
 therefore differ, even the two which have all three leaves have 
 one different. 
 
 Palmer's home was in Laurel, Indiana, and he wrote this after 
 his return, July 23, 1846. Thwaites says it did not come from the 
 press till late in the spring of 1847. 
 
 For Palmer's return trip, see Niles Reg., Aug. 1, 1846, (from 
 St. Louis Rep., July 18). 
 
 Thwaites pronounces this book the best account of the Oregon 
 trail, so full that it could be and was, used as a "Guide" by the 
 following emigrants. 121 
 
 ROBE, JOHN S. 
 
 Great American Prize Romance. Kaam ; Or, Daylight. 
 The Arapahoe Half-Breed, A Tale Of The Rocky Moun- 
 tains. By John S. Robb, Esq 
 
 Boston : "Star Spangled Banner" office .... 1847. 
 
 8, 42 pp. incl. title and cover with same title, except im- 
 print. Jones, Publisher [Boston]. 1847. pp. 38-42 adv. 
 
 A note on the title page says a premium of $150 was paid for 
 this lurid tale by the Dollar Newspaper of Philadelphia. 122 
 
 RUXTON, GEORGE F. 
 
 Adventures In Mexico And The Rocky Mountains. By 
 George F. Ruxton, Esq. Member of the Royal Geographical 
 Society, the Ethnological Society, etc., etc. 
 
 London : John Murray .... 1847. 
 
 8 VIII, 332 pp. 
 
 Left Southampton, Eng., July 2, 1845, and left Mexico City 
 Sept. 14th, 1846, and traveled via Queretaro, Silao, Leon, Lagos, 
 Aguascalientes, Zacatecas to Durango, arriving there October 4th 
 and left the 10th for Chihuahua. He met Lieut. Abert at Valverde 
 and proceeded to Santa Fe with him. Arrived at Santa Fe De- 
 cember 22nd. Spent the winter at the Pueblo on the Arkansas 
 and in March went to Manitou. Mentions going to the river with 
 Garrard, but not by name. Garrard, in Wah-To-Yah, mentions 
 meeting Ruxton in Buffalo in August, 1848, on his return to the 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 67 
 
 mountains from England, and says he died shortly after in St. 
 Louis. 
 
 A remarkable journey by a remarkable man, told in a most 
 interesting manner. Nothing seems to be known of the object of 
 Ruxton's trip to Mexico. 123 
 
 SIMPSON, SIR GEORGE 
 
 Narrative Of A Journey Round The World, During The 
 Years 1841 And 1842. By Sir George Simpson, Governor 
 In-Chief Of The Hudson's Bay Company's Territories In 
 North America. In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : Henry Colburn, Publisher. 1847. 
 
 8 XI (1), 438 pp. Fold. map. Port. Simpson; VII, 
 469 pp. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map Showing the Author's Route, (J. Netherclift & Son, 
 Lithog). 
 
 Embraces his trip across the Hudson's Bay territory to the 
 Pacific. 124 
 
 SMET, P. J. de 
 
 Oregon Missions And Travels Over The Rocky Moun- 
 tains, In 1845-46. By Father P. J. de Smet, Of the Society 
 of Jesus. 
 
 New York: Published By Edward Dunigan . . . . 
 MDCCCXLVII. 
 
 12 half tit, eng. tit., printed tit., pp. (2) XI-XII, 13- 
 408 (4), map and 13 plates (tinted). Plates after drawings 
 by F. Point. Introduction reprinted from the Catholic Al- 
 manac. 
 
 Map: 
 Oregon Terr. 1846. 
 
 Translated, probably by de Smet himself, or, at least prepared 
 by him, and, with new material and new maps and plates, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Missions de L'Oregon Et Voyages Aux Montagnes- 
 Rocheuses, Aux Sources De la Colombie, de 1'Athabasca et 
 du Sascatshawain ; pendant 1'annee 1845-46. Par Le Pere 
 P. J. De Smet, de la Compagnie de Jesus .... 
 
 Gand, Chez VeVander Schelden. 
 
 12 Eng. title, pp. (4) IX, (3) 9-389 and Printed Covers. 
 3 Folded Maps and 15 Plates (those of the N. Y. edition 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 except the Portrait of Insula, with 3 new ones added and 
 one other changed). 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Nouvelle Carte du Territoire de L'Oregon, dressee par le 
 R. P. De Smet, de la Compagnie de Jesus, 1846. 
 
 Nouvelle Carte Des Sources Du Fleuve Colombie, dressee 
 par le R. P. De Smet, etc. 1846. 
 
 Nouvelle Carte Des Sources De La Riviere Tete-Plate, 
 dressee par le R. P. De Smet, etc. 1846. 
 
 All lith, by Vander Schelden as well as the plates. 
 
 Also a translation with same plates as N. Y. ed., Traduit 
 de 1'Anglais, Par M. Bourlez, Paris, Libraire De Poussielgue- 
 Rusand, .... 1848. 12 half titl., eng. and printed titles, pp. 
 II, 7-408, 13 tinted plates, no map. Printed covers. 
 
 Contains a letter by F. Joset and one by F. Accolti, not in the 
 Eng. ed., also Origin Des Americains, 376-98. The plates have 
 French titles, otherwise appear to be the American originals. 
 
 In this volume De Smet details various trips through eastern 
 Washington and a trip via the source of the Columbia to the 
 Athabasca, the Assiniboine Country and the Fort of the Moun- 
 tains, arriving at Ft. Augusta about Jan. 1, 1846. He returned 
 via Boat Encampment and Colville, thence to Vancouver 
 Left in July for the Upper Mission and arrived at St. Mary's in 
 August. August 16th left for Ft. Lewis and on the 28th of Sep- 
 tember went down the Missouri River to St. Louis, arriving at 
 Westport October 28th, passing the Mormon hosts below Council 
 Bluffs where he met Brigham Young. 
 
 I have in my possession the manuscript from which this book 
 was printed, including De Smet's original manuscript map. Much 
 consists of printed clippings from which it appears that a portion 
 of these letters had previously appeared in print, in some Catholic 
 newspaper or probably the Catholic almanac. 125 
 
 ABERT, J. W. 
 
 Report Of The Secretary Of War, Communicating In 
 Answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report and map of 
 the examination of New Mexico, made by Lieutenant J. 
 W. Abert, of the topographical corps. Feb. 10, 1848. Ord- 
 ered printed. 
 
 Washington, 1848. (30 Cong. 1st Ses. Senate Ex. doc. 
 23). 
 
 8, 132 pp., 21 plates of scenery and portraits and 3 of 
 fossils, map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of the Territory of New Mexico, made by order of 
 Brig. Gen. S. W. Kearny, under instruction from Lieut. W. 
 H. Emory, U. S. T. E., By Lieuts. J. W. Abert and W. G. 
 Peck, U. S. T. E. 1846-7. C. B. Graham lith. Wash. 
 (Scale 10 miles to the inch). 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 69 
 
 The map bears a notation that it is connected with the map of 
 Senate Doc. 438, 29 Cong., 2 Sess. 
 
 Evidently this is the first edition of this report, the plates 
 being bound together at the back, having been finished after the 
 report had been printed and sewed. The plates were lithographed 
 by C. B. Graham. 
 
 This also appeared in the House of Rep. edition of Emory with 
 the same plates re-engraved and a somewhat improved map. 
 
 J. M. Stanley accompanied this expedition and I suspect made 
 the sketches from which the plates were made. 
 
 For Abert's return to Missouri, see Niles Reg., March 20, 1847. 
 
 126 
 
 ALLEN, A. J. 
 
 Ten Years In Oregon. Travels And Adventures Of 
 Doctor E. White And Lady West Of The Rocky Moun- 
 tains; With Incidents Of Two Sea Voyages Via Sandwich 
 Islands Around Cape Horn ; Containing Also A Brief 
 History Of The Missions And Settlements Of The Country 
 Origin Of The Provisional Government Number And 
 Customs Of The Indians Incidents Witnessed While 
 Traversing And Residing In The Territory Description 
 Of The Soil, Production And Climate Of The Country. 
 Compiled by Miss A. J. Allen. 
 
 Ithaca, N. Y. : Mack, Andrus & Co., Printers. 1848. 
 
 12 pp. XVI, 17-399, Port. White & Mrs. White. 
 
 A second edition of this was published in 1850 by the same 
 publishers in 430 pp. 
 
 White, after a trip out and back to N. Y. by water, started from 
 Independence May 14, 1842, with Medprem Crawford and L. H. 
 Hastings. At Ft. Laramie secured Fitzpatrick as guide to Ft. 
 Hall. July 12, 1845, started back again, J. C. Saxton in the party. 
 Speaks of meeting near Ft. Hall a Dr. Burke, collecting botanical 
 and minerological specimens for the British Government. 
 
 White's party reached Independence Nov. 15. (See Niles Reg., 
 Dec. 6, 1845, for a short account of the return trip). On Nov. 17th 
 the Independence Express published an extra (reprinted in N. Y. 
 Weekly Tribune, Dec. 6th) a long account of this trip. 
 
 White, besides making a claim for robbery by the Pawnees 
 while on his return, immediately set up a propaganda in favor of 
 Oregon. He published in the Washington Union six letters on the 
 subject (reprinted in N. Y. Weekly Tribune, Dec. 20 and 27, 1845), 
 and later two more letters in the Tribune of Feb. 21, 1846, dated 
 Feb. 2 and 9, also probably from the Union. 
 
 He brought the Oregon Memorial which was presented to the 
 Senate Dec. 8th by Benton and to the House by Ingersoll. 
 
 Charles S'axton returned with White. He addressed a letter 
 from Cincinnati, Dec. 1 to the Ohio Statesman (Niles Reg., Dec. 
 20, 1845). 
 
 The N. Y. Weekly Tribune, March 14, 1846, has an account of a 
 lecture in N. Y. City, March 8, by Saxton largely devoted, to 
 abuse of the Hudson's Bay Co. 
 
 After their return, both White and Saxton published books, 
 
70 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 both of excessive rarity: The Oregonian, Or History of the Ore- 
 gon Territory, etc., By Charles Saxton. Washington : Oregon 
 City .... 1846. 12 48 pp. and leaf for certificate and copyright. 
 Title calls for a map, but the copy in the Wisconsin Hist. Soc., 
 from which this collation is taken, apparently has none. 
 
 A Concise View of Oregon Territory, etc., By Elijah White, 
 Wash., 1846, 8 72 (1) pp. This is nothing but a reprint of White's 
 letters to the departments in Washington from Oregon, previously 
 printed in the Govt. reports. 127 
 
 BRYANT, EDWIN 
 
 What I Saw In California: Being The Journal Of A 
 Tour, By The Emigrant Route And South Pass Of The 
 Rocky Mountains, Across The Continent Of North Amer- 
 ica, The Great Desert Basin, And Through California, In 
 
 The Years 1846, 1847 By Edwin Bryant, Late Alcalde 
 
 Of St. Francisco. 
 
 New York : D. Appleton & Co MDCCCXLVIII. 
 
 12 455 pp. 
 
 The 3rd ed. in 1849 with a map, 480 pp., and tinted wrappers. 
 [Map surcharged Appleton & Co. 1849]. 
 
 Left Independence May 5, 1846; arrived Sutter's Fort Septem- 
 ber 5th with Colonel Russell's party. Bryant returned overland 
 via the Truckee with Col. Kearny's party in June, 1847. 128 
 
 CLAYTON, W. 
 
 The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide: Being A 
 Table of Distances, Showing All The Springs, Creeks, 
 Rivers, Hills, Mountains, Camping Places, And All Other 
 Notable Places, From Council Bluffs, To The Valley Of 
 The Great Salt Lake. Also, The Latitudes, Longitudes 
 And Altitudes Of The Prominent Points On The Route. 
 Together With Remarks On The Nature Of The Land, 
 Timber, Grass, etc. The Whole Route Having Been 
 Measured By A Roadometer, And The Distance From 
 Point To Point, In English Miles, Accurately Shown. By 
 W. Clayton. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. : Republican Steam Power Press 
 Chambers and Knapp. 1848. 
 
 12, Title; 3-4 Preface; 5-21 Guide; 22-4 Notes. 
 
 Preface dated St. Louis, Mo., 13th March, 1848. Clayton had 
 evidently been over the road and make the guide from personal 
 experience. 
 
 I have not seen any other copy than mine of this guide, written 
 by a Mormon who went out to Salt Lake with the advanced 
 Mormon emigration and invented an odometer to measure the 
 distance. Afterward Clayton was a very prominent citizen of 
 Utah. 129 
 
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 EMORY, W. H. 
 
 Notes Of A Military Reconnaisance From Fort Leaven- 
 worth, In Missouri, to San Diego, In California, Including 
 Parts Of The Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. By 
 W. H. Emory, Brevet Major, Corps Topographical Engi- 
 neers, Made in 1846-7, With The Advanced Guard Of The 
 "Army Of The West." 
 
 Washington : Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers. 
 1848. (30 Cong. 1st Sess. Senate Ex. Doc. 7). 
 
 8, 416 pp. 26 Plates of Scenery and Portraits. 3 Plans, 
 14 Plates Botany. Map in Pocket. 
 Map: 
 
 Military Reconnaisance of the Arkansas; Rio del Norte 
 and Rio Gila, By W. H. Emory, Lieut., Top. Eng., .... 
 Constructed under the orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Ch. Corps, 
 Top. Eng., 1847. Drawn by Joseph Welch & Co. C. B. 
 Graham, Lith., Wash. 
 Contents : 
 
 Title and preface, pp. 1-6; Report of Emory dated Sept. 
 1, 1847, pp. 7-14; Journal from Bent's Fort to the Pacific, 
 pp. 15-126; Appendix I: Some ethographical notes by A. 
 Gallatin and letter to Gallatin by Emory, 3 plans, 26 plates 
 scenery, pp. 127-134; Appendix II: Botany by John Torey, 
 with 14 plates, pp. 135-159; Appendix III-V; tables, pp. 
 160-385 ; Appendix VI : J. W. Abert's notes, from Ft. Leav- 
 enworth to Bent's Fort, pp. 386-414 ; Appendix VII ; 
 Cooke's Detour, pp. 411-416; Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert 
 of His Examination of New Mexico In the Years 1846-47, 
 pp. 417-546, 21 plates of scenery, 3 of fossils, map New Mex. 
 by W. G. Peck ; Notes concerning fossils by J. W. Bailey, 
 pp. 547-8; Report of Lieut. Col. P. St. George Cooke of his 
 march from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, Upper 
 California, pp. 549-563, map (Sketch of the Route) ; Jour- 
 nal of Captain A. R. Johnston, First Dragoon, pp. 565-614. 
 
 The plates in the Emory narrative are from sketches by J. M. 
 Stanley, lithographed by C. B. Graham, Wash., and those in the 
 Abert narrative by Abert himself, or possibly Stanley. 
 
 Abert's second narrative also contains an account of his jour- 
 ney back to Ft. Leavenworth Dec. 28, 1846, to March 1, 1847. 
 
 Emory's report is the same as in the previous Senate edition 
 down to the end of Gallatin's letters on page 130; the rest seems 
 to have been reprinted on some pages but without any or only 
 verbal differences. 
 
 This, the first appearance of this report, contains Emory's 
 Report in full, also Lieut. Abert's and Cooke's report limited to 
 two pages, being dated Wash., Dec. 6th, 1847. 
 
 The Abert Report is devoted to a description of the route from 
 
72 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Ft. Leavenworth to the date of his being taken ill, July 21st, near 
 Bent's Fort. 
 
 The plates of scenery were lithographed by E. Weber & Co., 
 Bait. The Botany Plates by G. & W. Endicott, N. Y. 
 
 The H. R. also printed this report with additions and with the 
 same title. e 30 Cong. 1 Sess., Ex. Doc., No. 41, Feb. 9. 1848, ordered 
 printed. 8 614 pp., 64 plates, 3 plans, 3 folding maps. 
 
 Emory's Journal from Ft. Bent Aug. 3 to Sept. 7 just before 
 departure from Santa Fe to California was printed in Niles Reg- 
 ister, Vol. 71, pp. 138, 154. 174 (Oct. and Nov., 1846) reprinted from 
 the Wash. Union. The diary differs somewhat from that published 
 in this book, having many more details of a personal character 
 and therefore more interesting, but in the main is the same. Niles 
 Register for last half of 1846 and first half of 1847 contains many 
 scattered notices of New Mexico and the campaign there. Niles 
 Register for June 12, 1847 contains an extract of letter from 
 Stanley on the rivers in the Gila Valley. See also Niles Reg- 
 ister, May 29, 1847, for Lieut. Peck's return trip from Santa Fe 
 with Lieuts. Talbot and Beale, Kit Carson and Robert E. Russell 
 from California. See also same number for a letter from Emory 
 dated Panama, March 15 (on his return) in regard to the Kearny- 
 Stockton dispute. 130 
 
 FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES 
 
 Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California, In Illus- 
 tration Of His Map Of Oregon And California, By John 
 Charles Fremont ; Addressed To The Senate Of The United 
 States. 
 
 Washington : Wendell and Van Benthuysen. 1848. (30 
 Cong. 1 Sess. Sen. Misc. Doc. 148). 
 
 8 67 pp, map. P. P. W. with same title. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys 
 of John Charles Fremont, etc., drawn by Charles Preuss. 
 Scale of one to 3,000,000. 
 
 Very few copies issued with the map. I have seen many copies 
 in the original wrappers, only one with the map. I found it once 
 sewed in with Sen. Ex. Doc. 23 of the same Congress. 
 
 A letter from Fremont, dated S. F., Jan. 24, 1846, giving a short 
 description of his journey to California, was published in Niles 
 Reg. May 16, 1846 (page 161). (Appears to have been addressed 
 to his wife). 131 
 
 HOLMES, CAPTAIN REUBEN 
 
 The Five Scalps, a Mountain Story by the late Capt. R. 
 Holmes, U. S. Army. 
 
 St. Louis Reveille, July 17, 24, 1848, and first published 
 in the St. Louis Beacon in 1828. 
 
 Capt. Holmes, while stationed at Council Bluffs in 1823-26, be- 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 73 
 
 came acquainted with Edward Rose and obtained from him the 
 facts concerning his career which are embodied in this story, 
 "Five Scalps" being one of Rose's Indian names. (Information 
 from Miss Drumm, librarian of the Mo. Hist. Soc). 
 
 For a later account of Rose see Montana Hist. Soc., Cont, Vol. 
 VIII, pp. 156, for an article by Lieut. Bradley. 132 
 
 RICHARDSON, WILLIAM H. 
 
 Journal of William H. Richardson, A Private Soldier In 
 the Campaign Of New and Old Mexico. (Vignette en- 
 titled A Camp Mess). 
 
 New York : Published By William H. Riohardson. 1848. 
 
 (Cover title; regular title same, except vignette is omit- 
 ted and "Under The Command Of Colonel Doniphan, Of 
 Missouri" is added. Same imprint). 
 
 12 Front. 1 Sheet with facsimile letter from Doniphan, 
 96 pp. 2 plates. 
 
 From a daily journal. 
 
 I think this was first printed in Baltimore, probably in 1847, 
 but I have not seen a copy. 133 
 
 ROBINSON, JACOB S. 
 
 Sketches of the Great West. A Journal of The Santa-Fe 
 Expedition, Kept By Jacob S. Robinson. 
 
 Portsmouth: Published by Wm. B. Lowd. 1848. 
 
 (Cover title, regular title as follows): 
 
 Sketches of the Great West. A journal Of The Santa- 
 Fe Expedition Under Col. Doniphan, Which Left St. 
 Louis in June, 1846. Kept By Jacob S. Robinson Of 
 Portsmouth, N. H., a Member of the Expedition. 
 
 Portsmouth : Portsmouth Journal Press. 1848. 
 
 18 Title; leaf of introduction; pp. 5-71. 
 
 Went on the Navajo expedition of which he gives a very inter- 
 esting account, as well as of the journey from Ft. Leavenworth -to 
 Santa Fe. 134 
 
 SCHMOLDER, CAPTAIN B. 
 
 Neuer Praktischer Wegweiser fur Auswandered nach 
 Nord-Amerika in drei Abtheilungen mit Karten, Planen und 
 Ansichten. Erste Abtheilung enthalt: Oregon und Cali- 
 fornien und Allgemenes iiber das Mississippi und Missouri 
 Thai, ferner: Anweisungen mit Zeitgewinn die besten und 
 billigsten Landereien und Pachtungen von Furman, wie 
 auch verschiedene Gewerbszweige in Stadten aiisfindig zu 
 machen, Klima, Boden, Produkte, Agrikultur und Handels 
 
74 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 verhaltnisse, Kosten-Ueberschlag der vortheilhaftesten 
 Reise-Routen zu Wasser und zu Land nach alien neuen 
 Staaten und Gebieten bis an die West-Kiiste. Von Capitan 
 B. Schmolder, Landereinen-agent der vereingten Staaten 
 von Nord-Amerika. 
 
 Mainz. 1848. 
 
 8 Port. Sutter facing title ; title ; leaf introduction dated 
 Mainz, December, 1847 and signed by Schmoelder; leaf 
 contents, 120 pp. 
 
 I have not seen the edition with 1848 on the title page, but my 
 copy of 1849 has exactly the same title except for the difference in 
 date, (1849). 
 
 The above collation is taken from my copy, so, also is the list 
 of maps and plates which follows : 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Map Die vereininten Staaten von Nord-America und 
 
 Mexico M. Landrath Capt. B. Schmolder 
 
 Plates: 
 
 View of San Francisco harbor, page 17; Buffalo Chase 
 on the Platte, page 51; View Fort Helvetia, page 73; Plan 
 of Sutterville, page 79. 
 
 The map was drawn and lithographed in Mainz after Schmoeld- 
 er's notes. 
 
 From, a note at the top of this map the work was circulated in 
 America by German newspapers, but Schmoelder already had 
 agents in San Francisco Franksen and Wosselhof. 
 
 Schmoelder went overland from, the Missouri, probably in 1845- 
 46, and seems to have worked up a colonization scheme with 
 Sutter. He evidently returned to Germany before December, 1847, 
 (date of the introduction), and published this book to boost his 
 colonization scheme. It seems likely that the gold discovery 
 killed the plan. 
 
 Some time after the discovery of gold, probably about January, 
 1849, this book was made the basis of an "Emigrant's Guide To 
 California, Describing Its Geography, Agricultural and Commer- 
 cial Resources. Containing A Well-Arranged List of the Com- 
 modities most Desirable For Exporting To That Country, etc.. 
 etc., Together With A Valuable Map, etc., and an Authentic 
 Sketch of San Francisco, etc. By A Traveller Recently Returned 
 From California "(i-e. Schmoelder). London: Pelham Richardson 
 (n. d.). Front, map 65 pp., XII, app., 1, index. All of this except 
 the introduction and the appendix and the part beginning on page 
 60, "How to reach California," is a translation from Schmoelder. 
 
 The most interesting part of Schmoelder's book, the trip to 
 Oregon and California, pp. 45-57, the scheme for founding a trad- 
 ing station in San Francisco, pp. 89-96, and the route from Santa 
 Fe to California and his scheme for a communal settlement, pp. 
 96-102 were not translated. Pp. 102-120 gives routes, distances, etc., 
 etc. The translated portions consist of a description of California. 
 The account of Capt. Schmoelder says he had a land grant of 
 50 square stunden (2 l / 2 miles square) from the sea coast northwest. 
 
 135 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 75 
 
 WARRE, H. 
 
 Sketches In North America And The Oregon Territory. 
 By Captain H. Warre, (A. D. C. to the late Commander of 
 the Forces). 
 
 [London] : Lithographed, Printed and Published by 
 Dickinson & Co., 114 New Bond Street. 1848. 
 
 4 Title, leaf ded., 5 pp. text, 20 views on 16 plates, 
 map. 
 
 Map shows author's route across the continent by the Hudson's 
 Bay Go's, brigade route, although from Edmonton they went far 
 south and crossed to Kootenay Lake, probably by what is now 
 known as the Crow's Nest Pass. 
 
 Lieut. Vavassour accompanied Warre who was no doubt sent 
 out by the Government to obtain some information regarding 
 Oregon. The party left Montreal May 5, 1845, reaching Vancouver 
 Aug. 25. After visiting, during the winter, the Willamette coun- 
 try, Vancouver's Island and the Puget Sound, the party left on 
 return March 25 and proceeding rapidly via Boat Encampment, 
 arrived at Montreal July 20 arid Liverpool August 12. 
 
 The plates were issued in two forms, black and tinted, and it 
 is possible some were even issued colored by hand, but it is more 
 likely that the colored copies which exist were colored by the pur- 
 chasers, a common practice at that time. 
 
 From references in correspondence of the times it seems these 
 officers were sent out by the British government with the intention 
 of fortifying the mouth of the Columbia River. See reports of 
 documents regarding their mission in Washington Hist. Quarterly 
 for April, 1912. 136 
 
 WEBBER, CHARLES W. 
 
 Old Hicks The Guide: Or, Adventures in the Camanche 
 Country In Search Of A Gold Mine. By Charles W. Web- 
 ber. 
 
 New York : Harper & Bros. 1848. 
 
 12, 356 pp. 
 
 This is a wonderful love story embelished with adventures 
 among the Indians on the western borders of Texas. The last 
 part of the book is devoted to a search for the famous Gold 
 Mountain which the author places somewhere between the north 
 Canadian River and the Guadalupe Mountains. 137 
 
 WIZLIZENUS, [F.] A. 
 
 Memoir Of A Tour To Northern Mexico, Connected 
 With Col. Doniphan's Expedition, In 1846 And 1847. By 
 A. Wizlizenus, M. D 
 
 Washington : Tippin & Streeper, Printers. 1848. (30 
 Cong. 1 Sess. Sen. Misc. Doc. 26). 
 
 8 86 pp. of text, Botanical Appendix by Dr. George 
 
76 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Engleman pp. 87-116; Meteorological Tables pp. 117-33. 
 Geol. Sketch and Misc., pp. 135-141, three maps. 
 
 Maps : 
 
 [Profiles of his route] : 
 
 Geological Sketch. 
 
 Map of a Tour from Independence to Santa Fe, Chihua- 
 hua, Monterey and Matamoros By A. Wislizinus in 1846 
 and 1847. Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore. 
 
 My copy has a special title A Tour in Northern Mexico 
 Connected With Colonel Doniphan's Expedition in 1846-47. By A. 
 Wizlizenus. Washington : Tippin and Streeper, 1848. 
 
 Started from Independence May 14, 1846, on a private trip and 
 reached Chihuahua Aug. 24. Went with Speyer's train. After 
 an exile of six months at Cusihuiriachic he joined Doniphan and 
 continued with him on the march back. 138 
 
 BLANCHET, F. N. 
 
 Missions De Walla-Walla. (Published in "Rapport Sur 
 Les Missions Du Diocese De Quebec Avril 1849, No. 8. 
 pp. 1-33. Quebec: 1849). 
 
 Contains a short account of the journey of Bishop Blanchet in 
 1847 from Westport to Oregon, together with the account by 
 Brouillet of the Whitman massacre. This account contains copies 
 of correspondence with Colonel Gilliam, Governor Abernathy and 
 letters of Blanchet regarding the massacre. This account of 
 Brouillet was taken from the Melanges Religieux, (published in 
 Belgium), and the accounts of the journey are extracts from the 
 same journal. 139 
 
 COOKE, P. ST. GEORGE 
 
 Reports From The Secretary Of War, Communicating, In 
 Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 25th of 
 February 1849, a copy of the official journal of Lieut. Col. 
 P. St. George Cooke from Santa Fe to San Diego, etc. 
 March 19, 1849. Read and ordered to be printed. 
 
 Washington, 1849. (30th Cong. Special Session, Senate 
 doc. 2). 
 
 8, 85 pp. 
 
 This is the first publication in full of this journal, short ex- 
 tracts only being appended to Emory's Reconnaisance in 1847. 
 Col. Cooke commanded the Mormon Battalion on this march. 
 
 The History of the Mormon Battalion and this march was 
 written by Sergeant Daniel Tyler, one of them. A Concise His- 
 tory of the Mormon Battalion In the Mexican War, 1846-1847. By 
 Sergeant Daniel Tyler. 1881. [Probably at Salt Lake]. 8 VIII, 
 9-376 pp. 140 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 77 
 
 CREUZBAUR, ROBERT 
 
 Route from the Gulf of Mexico and the Lower Mississippi 
 Valley to California and the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated By 
 A General Map And Sectional Maps; With directions to 
 travelers. Compiled by Robert Creuzbaur, 1849. 
 
 Published By H. Long & Brother, New York. Robert 
 Creuzbaur, Austin, Texas. 1849. 
 
 16, 40 pp. plus 1 adv. 5 maps. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 No. 1 General Map. 
 
 No. 2 Ford's Route from Austin to El Paso. 
 
 No. 3 Sketch of Part of the March and Wagon road of 
 Lt. Col. Cooke in 1846-7. 
 
 No. 4 Copied from W. H. Emory's Map of 1847. 
 
 No. 5 Copied from Fremont's Maps of 1845-8. 
 
 Contains 1 large and 4 other small maps numbered. The large 
 map is important and rare, one of the smaller ones being new 
 and the other three being copies from Emory, etc. Cloth cover 
 with title, Guide To California And The Pacific Ocean, etc., etc. 
 
 Maps 2-5 show the route from Austin, Texas, through to Nueva 
 Helvetia via El Paso, the Gila and Los Angeles. 
 
 Of the text the only part of any value is the letter of Ford, 
 dated Austin, June 18, 1849, addressed to the editor of the Texas 
 Democrat and giving a condensed report on the route from Austin 
 to El Paso, obtained on an expedition made by Ford with Major 
 Neighbors in 1849. The rest of the text is compiled from Fre- 
 mont, Emory and Cooke and the Records of the General Land 
 Office of the State of Texas. 
 
 A complete copy in the Library of the University of Texas. 
 
 *141 
 
 DEMERS, MODESTE 
 
 Mission De Vancouver. Latre de Monseigneur de Van- 
 couver a un pretre de 1'Archeveche. (In Rapport Sur Les 
 Missions Du Diocese De Quebec. Avril 1849. No. 8. 
 Quebec: 1849). 
 
 This contains an account by Demers of his journey from Van- 
 couver Island to St. Paul from March 20, 1846, to August 15, 
 passing by the H. B. Go's, route through Ft. Jasper, Ft. Carleton 
 and Red River. 14Z 
 
 McLEAN, JOHN 
 
 Notes Of A Twenty-Five Years' Service In The Hudson's 
 Bay Territory. By John M'Lean. In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : Richard Bentley, West Burlington Street. 1849. 
 
 12 XII (Including tit. & hlf. tit.) 13-308; VII, (Inch, 
 title), 9-328 pp. Sometimes found as issued 2 vols. in 1. 
 
 In Vol. I, after services in Central Canada, he was sent to< 
 
78 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 New Calendonia via Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan and put in 
 charge of Ft. George. In Vol. II he returned via Norway House 
 to Labrador, thence later to Ft. Simpson. Apparently McLean 
 was never in Oregon except for a short trip to Ft. Colville and 
 Okanagan. McLean entered the services of the company in the 
 winter of 1820-1. 143 
 
 PARKMAN, FRANCIS 
 
 The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches Of 
 Prairie And Rocky Mountain Life. By Francis Parkman, 
 Jr. 
 
 New York: Geo. P. Putnam 1849. 
 
 12 Front.; eng. tit.; title; preface dated Boston, Feb. 
 15, 1849; pp. 7-8 contents; pp. 9-448 text. Also issued in 2 
 parts. 
 
 Left St. Louis with Quincy A. Shaw April 28, 1846, and West- 
 port some time later, going as far as Ft. Laramie. Traveled with 
 his brother and three Englishmen. On the return from Ft. Bent r 
 passed the Mormon Batallion. The Englishmen went on to Ore- 
 gon and returned to New York via the Sandwich Islands and 
 Panama. 
 
 The plains were full of white men and Indians in the summer 
 of 1846, and Parkman had plenty of company. He mentions finding 
 Bissonette encamped 100 miles south of Ft. Laramie with a half- 
 breed family, possibly Long's Bissonette. 
 
 Originally published in the Knickerbocker Magazine, N. Y., 
 1848, Vols. 31 and 32. 144 
 
 PRATT, ORSON 
 
 Interesting Items Concerning the Journeying of the Lat- 
 ter-Day Saints from the City of Nauvoo, until their location 
 in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. (In Millenial Star, 
 v. XI and XII, Liverpool, 1849-50). 
 
 Extracted from the private journal of Orson Pratt. 145 
 
 ROSS, ALEXANDER 
 
 Adventures Of The First Settlers On The Oregon Or 
 Columbia River: Being A Narrative Of The Expedition 
 Fitted Out By John Jacob Astor, To Establish The "Pacific 
 Fur Company" ; With' An Account Of Some Indian Tribes 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 79 
 
 On The Coast Of The Pacific. By Alexander Ross, One of 
 the Adventurers. 
 
 London : Smith, Elder & Co 1849. 
 
 8, pp. XV (1), 352. Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map Of The Columbia to Illustrate Ross's Adventures. 
 George & Co., Lithog. 
 
 Gives a detailed account of the overland expeditions of Hunt 
 and Stuart, pp. 169-184 and 227-243. 146 
 
 RUXTON, GEORGE FREDERIC 
 
 Life In The Far West. By George Frederic Ruxton, 
 Author of "Adventures In Mexico and the Rocky Moun- 
 tains" etc. 
 
 New York : Harper & Bros 1849. 
 
 12 XII, 13-235 pp. 
 
 First printed in Blackwood's Magazine Nos. 63 and 64. (1848). 
 I have not seen a copy in book form with 1848 on the title page, 
 although I believe it was first published as a book in that year. 
 
 Ruxton went to England in 1847, wrote his first book and also 
 this series of sketches. In these sketches occurs an account of 
 Walker's expedition to California in 1833-4, possibly told him by 
 Mark Head who was one of the party, probably of the indepen- 
 dent trappers to which Leonard belonged. This account is some- 
 what fanciful. It plainly states that the party returned by the 
 Spanish trail as no doubt a part of the party did. 
 
 The preface contains a sketch of Capt. Ruxton who died in 
 St. Louis in September, 1848, on his way to the Rocky Mts. on a 
 second trip, having outlined a trip to Colorado, South Park and 
 then to Salt Lake. 147 
 
 THORNTON, J. QUINN 
 
 Oregon And California In 1848: By J. Quinn Thornton, 
 Late Judge Of The Supreme Court Of Oregon, And Cor- 
 responding Member Of The American Institute. With An 
 Appendix, Including Recent And Authentic Information On 
 The Subject Of The Gold Mines Of California, And Other 
 Valuable Matter Of Interest To The Emigrant .... With 
 Illustrations and a Map. In two volumes. 
 
 New York : Harper & Bros 1849. 
 
 12 IX (1), 13-393 pp., fold, map, 6 plates; V-IX (3), 13- 
 379, 6 plates. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of California, Oregon, Texas, etc. J. H. Colton, N. 
 Y. 1849. (Harper and Brothers). 
 
 With Col. Russell, leader, left Westport May 12, 1846, with the 
 
80 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 California Donner party behind them. The Donners, however, 
 caught up on Soldier Creek. Arrived Ft. Hall August 7. Here 
 they met Jesse Applegate who had come out from Oregon on his 
 new road which road the company now took. On Ogden's River 
 Ex-Gov. Boggs left the party and went to California. Arrived at 
 Forest Grove, Oregon, Nov. 29, after very harrowing experiences. 
 Vol. II contains a long account of the Donner party, with full 
 accounts of the various relief expeditions. On page 17 of Vol. II, 
 Thornton, in speaking of Hall J. Kelley's emigration scheme which 
 had been abandoned, says that John Ball and Calvin Tibbits who 
 went out with him in 1832, were members of Kelley's society. 
 
 148 
 
 WARE, JOSEPH E. 
 
 The Emigrants' Guide To California, Containing Every 
 Point Of Information For The Emigrant Including 
 Routes, Distances, Water, Grass, Timber, Crossing of 
 Rivers, Passes, Altitudes, With A Large Map Of Routes, 
 And Profile Of Country .... With Full Directions For 
 Testing And Assaying Gold And Silver Ores. By Joseph 
 E. Ware. (Vignette). 
 
 St. Louis, Mo.: Published By J. Halsall. 
 
 On reverse of title St. Louis, Mo. Printed at the Union 
 Office: 1849. 
 
 16 Title, leaf dedication to Benton, leaf int., pp. 7-56. 
 Map 47^x15 inches on very thin paper. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of the Route To California, Compiled From Accu- 
 rate Observations and Surveys by Government. Engraved 
 By Joseph E. Ware, No. 31 Locust St., St. Louis. (Copy- 
 right secured according to law). At the top is a Profile of 
 the Route from the Mouth of the Kansas to San Francisco. 
 
 On reverse of title: We are authorized by Major S. P. Sub- 
 lette, the celebrated mountaineer, to say that the "Emigrant's 
 Guide to California" is accurate and complete in its description, 
 routes, etc. 
 
 The route described was via the South Pass, Sublette Cut-off, 
 Salt Lake City and the Humbold,t River. 
 
 I had a copy of this with a Colton, 1849, map in it, but I 
 finally located the proper map in a copy belonging to N. Y. Hist. 
 Soc. 149 
 
 WEBBER, CHARLES W. 
 
 The Gold Mines of the Gila. A Sequel to Old Hicks The 
 Guide. By Charles W. Webber. Vol. I. 
 
 New York : Dewitt & Davenport, Publishers. 1849. 
 
 12 Title, 3 leaves of dedication, preface and contents, pp. 
 1-134; new title, leaf of contents, pp. 135-263. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 81 
 
 This lurid tale of Texas life on the border was written with a 
 distinct object of getting up what the author calls the Centralia 
 Exploring Expedition to California via the valleys of the Pecos, 
 the Gila and the Colorado of the West. 
 
 Webber, who had been a member of the Rangers in Texas, had 
 heard numerous tales about the existence of a gold and quicksilver 
 region north of the Gila River and he wanted to get up an expe- 
 dition to explore what he calls the unknown and unconquered 
 land. Pages 188 to the end of this book contain extracts from 
 nearly all the authors known to him who had written on New 
 Mexico and who had anything to say about mines. He also 
 quotes from the New Orleans Picayune an article by Mr. Peebles 
 on the Corpus Christi route to California via El Paso. 150 
 
 ABBEY, JAMES 
 
 California. A Trip Across The Plains In The 
 Spring Of 1850, Being A Daily Record Of Incidents Of 
 The Trip Over The Plains, The Desert, And The Moun- 
 tains, Sketches Of The Country. Distances From Camp To 
 Camp &c, And Containing Valuable Information To Emi- 
 grants, As To Where They Will Find Wood, Water, And 
 Grass At Almost Every Step Of The Journey. By James 
 Abbey. 
 
 New Albany, Ind. : Published by Jno. Nunmacher, City 
 Book Store, Kent and Norman, Ledger Building. 1850. 
 
 (Cover title; regular title same except imprint). 
 
 New Albany, Ind. : Published by Kent & Norman And 
 J. R. Nunemacher. 1850. 
 
 12 Title, leaf of int., pp. 5-64. 
 
 In the form of a diary from St. Joe, April 13, 1849, to arrival 
 at Weaverville August 19 and in the diggings to September. Went 
 by the Sweetwater and Salt Lake. A very circumstantial diary, 
 the first part of which had been printed in the New Albany 
 Ledger. 151 
 
 BENNETT, EMERSON 
 
 The Prairie Flower; Or, Adventures In The Far West. 
 
 By Emerson Bennett New Edition, Revised and 
 
 Corrected By the Author. 
 
 Cincinnati : Published By U. P. James [n. d.l 
 
 8 VI, 7-120. P. P. W. same title. 
 
 1st edition, Cine., 1849, 120 pp. (Not seen). 
 
 The note to the introduction says this first appeared in 1849, and 
 although a large edition was printed, the edition was exhausted in 
 three months. The work is a romance based on a trip to Califor- 
 nia in which Kit Carson figures. The route was via Brown's Hole 
 and Utah Lake, arriving at Sutler's Fort. The journey was sup- 
 posed to have taken place in 1840. From there they were supposed 
 
82 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 to have gone to Mexico and a year later, in the spring of 1842, ar- 
 rived at Los Angeles. Thence returned part way to the Wind 
 River Mts. and then to Oregon. 
 
 This and the sequel were undoubtedly either written by some- 
 one familiar with the western country, or from a tale told by 
 some such person. Sidney W. Moss who went with the Hastings 
 party in 1842 said he wrote the "Prairie Flower" and gave it to 
 Overton Johnson who went back in 1844, and that Bennett got 
 hold of it and published it as his own. 152 
 
 BENNETT, EMERSON 
 
 Leni Leoti ; Or Adventures In The Far West. 
 Sequel To "Prairie Flower." By Emerson Bennett. . . , 
 New Edition, Revised and Corrected By The Author. 
 
 Cincinnati: Published By U. P. James [1850?] 
 
 P. P. W. same title. 
 
 8 Tit. 7-1 10 pp. 
 
 1st edition Cine., 1849, 108 pp. (Not seen). 
 
 A romance of Oregon in 1843 also hunting and trapping at Ft. 
 Uintah and thence to Taos, South Park, Ft. St. Vrain, the Black 
 Hills and thence returned to Oregon in Nov., 1843. In 1844 re- 
 turned to the States. 153 
 
 BESCHKE, WM. 
 
 The Dreadful Sufferings And Thrilling- Adventures Of 
 An Overland Party of Emigrants To California. Their 
 Terrific Conflicts ! With Savage Tribes Of Indians ! ! And 
 Mexican Bands Of Robbers ! ! ! With Marriage, Funeral, 
 And Other Interesting Ceremonies And Customs Of Indian 
 Life In The Far West. Compiled From The Journal Of 
 Mr. George Adam, One Of The Adventurers, By Prof. Wm. 
 Beschke. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. : Published By Barclay & Co. 1850. 
 
 (Cover title, regular title same, except slight change 
 in punctuation). 
 
 8 Front., title, plate, VI-X pp., plate (both sides). 13-71 
 pp. with cut on the back of p. 71, also on back cover. 
 
 This has all the appearance of being a romance. 154 
 
 CARLETON, [JAMES HENRY] 
 
 The Overland Route To California. Major Carleton's 
 Tables of Distances. (In Stryker's Am. Reg. and Maga- 
 zine for July, 1850, pp. 246-52.) 
 
 In a letter from Ft. Leavenworth, Feb. 1, 1850 to the editors of 
 the Intelligencer. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 83 
 
 The routes described are from Ft. Leavenworth to El Paso via 
 Santa Fe, Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Laramie, Ft. Laramie to Ft. 
 Pierre. Carleton says the information is from Col. Aeneas 
 Mackay and Capt. Alexander B. Dyer. 155 
 
 CROSS, OSBORNE 
 
 A Report, In The Form Of A Journal, To The Quarter- 
 master General, Of The March Of The Regiment Of 
 Mounted Riflemen To Oregon, From May 10 To October 
 5, 1849. By Major O. Cross, Quartermaster United States 
 Army. 
 
 Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer. 1850. 
 
 8 Tit., IV, 5-228; Map, 37 plates. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map of North America, by J. Calvin Smith, [with small 
 map of the Gold Regions of California as inset]. 
 
 Contains all of the plates published by the Government in its 
 publication of this march, in the Report of the Quartermaster 
 General for 1850. As this well printed copy seems to be the only 
 one known; Query: Did Cross have it printed for his own use? 
 
 List calls for 35 plates, but there are 36, and one extra of the 
 Dalles. Same extra plate occurs in the Government report. This 
 report occupies pages 126-240 of Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1, 31 Cong., 
 2nd Session and has 36 plates, although the list only calls for 
 35. 156 
 
 CULBERTSON, THADDEUS A. 
 
 Journal Of An Expedition To The Mauvaises Terres And 
 The Upper Missouri In 1850. By Thaddeus A. Culbertson. 
 
 Smith. Inst. Ann. Report, 1850, App. IV, also 32 Cong., 
 Spec. Sess. Senate, Doc. No. 1. 
 
 8 pp. 84-145. 
 
 Started from Ft. Pierre May 7. Gives a very interesting ac- 
 count of the forts and Indians on the Missouri River. 
 
 For a long account of Culbertson and, in fact, the history of 
 the Upper Missouri country, see Lieut. James H. Brady's "Affairs 
 At Fort Benton" in Contributions to the Historical Society of 
 Montana, Vol. III. 157 
 
 GARRARD, LEWIS H. 
 
 Wah-To-Wah, And The Taos Trail; Or Prairie Travel 
 and Scalp Dances, With A Look At Los Rancheros From 
 Muleback And The Rocky Mountain Campfire. By Lewis 
 H. Garrard. 
 
84 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Cincinnati: Published By H. W. Derby & Co.; New 
 York. A. S. Barnes & Co. 1850. 
 
 12 pp. VI (2), 349. 
 
 Left camp near Westport Sept. 12, 1846, with a Santa Fe train 
 under St. Vrain and went to Ft. William. Gives an account of 
 the Taos massacre and the subsequent trials of the prisoners at 
 which he was present. Met Jim Beckworth and gives some ac- 
 count of him. Also met Carson and Beale on their way east. Mr. 
 Ruxton also joined the party on the Purgatoire on their return to 
 St. Louis in the summer of 1847. 
 
 In a footnote on page 299 he tells of meeting Ruxton again in 
 Buffalo in Aug., 1848. Ruxton admitted being the author of Life 
 in the Far West, then in course of publication in Blackwood's 
 Magazine. Ruxton was on his way to the mountains and left the 
 same day but died in St. Louis. 15S 
 
 JOHNSTONE, J. E., AND OTHERS 
 
 Reports Of The Secretary Of War, With Reconnaisances 
 of Routes From San Antonio To El Paso, By Brevet. Lt. 
 Col. J. E. Johnston ; Lieut. W. F. Smith ; Lieut. F. T. Bry- 
 an ; Lieut. N. H. Michler ; and Captain S. G. French, of 
 Q'master's Dep't. Also, The Report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's 
 Route From Fort Smith To Santa Fe ; and The Report of 
 Lieut. J. H. Simpson Of An Expedition Into the Navaio 
 Country ; and the Report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting's 
 Reconnaisances of the Western Frontier Of Texas. July 
 24, 1850. Ordered Printed. 
 
 Washington: Printed At The Union Office. 1850. (31st 
 Cong., 1st Sess. Sen. Ex. doc. 64). 
 
 8 Title, Letters, Anderson & Abert, pp. 3-4; Smith's Re- 
 port, pp. 4-7, 13-14; Michler's Report, pp. 7-13, 29-39; Bry- 
 an's Report, pp. 14-25; French's Report, pp. 40-54, map; 
 Simpson's Report, pp. 55-168, map; Marcy's Report, pp. 
 169-233 ; Whiting's Report, pp. 235-250. 72 plates (nos. 2, 
 21 and 39 never published). 
 Maps: 
 
 Map Reconnaisances of routes from San Antonio to El 
 Paso of Johnston, [etc.] including Whiting's, 1849. 
 
 Map of the Route pursued by Lieut. Col. Washington in 
 the expedition against the Navajos. By J. H. Simpson, 
 assisted by E. M. Kern. 
 
 The plates belong to the Simpson Report and were made by R. 
 H. a.nd E. M. Kern, mostly by the latter, and were lithographed 
 by P. S. Duval, Philadelphia. 159 
 
__ THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 85 
 
 KANE, THOMAS 
 
 The Mormans, A Discourse Delivered Before The His- 
 torical Society of Pennsylvania: March 26, 1850. By 
 Thomas L. Kane. 
 
 Philadelphia: King & Baird. . . . 1850. 
 
 8 84 pp. including title. 
 
 An account of the Morman migration to Utah in 1846-7. 160 
 
 MCNEIL, SAMUEL 
 
 McNeil's Travels In 1849, To, Through And From The 
 Gold Region, In California. By Samuel McNeil, A Shoe- 
 maker. 
 
 Columbus: Scott & Bascom, Printer. 1850. 
 
 8 40 pp. 
 
 Left New Orleans Feb. 28, 1849, via Brazos, Monterey, Parras, 
 Durango and Mazatlan and arrived in San Francisco May 30. 
 Very short account of his journey across Mexico. 
 
 A copy of this very rare book in the Bancroft Library. 161 
 
 RAE, JOHN 
 
 Narratives Of An Expedition To The Shores Of The 
 Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847. By John Rae, Hudson Bay 
 Company's Service, Commander of the Expedition. With 
 Maps. 
 
 London : T. & W. Boone. 1850. 
 
 8 pp. VIII, 247 (1) 2 Maps. 
 
 Rae passed over the Ft. William Norway House trail in 1845. 
 Not seen; collation from Sabin. *162 
 
 ROBINSON, J. H. 
 
 Kosato, The Blackfoot Renegade. By J. H. Robinson, 
 Author of "Silver Knife," Etc. 
 
 Boston: Published at the Yankee Notion Office. . .-.. . 
 1850. 
 
 8 48 pp. P. P. W. with same title except imprint is, 
 Boston : Published By Hotchkiss & Co 
 
 The "Kosato" occupies the first 38 pp. and is followed by 
 "Clemence De La Faille," by Thomas Williams, Esq. 163 
 
 SALAZAR YLARREGUI, JOSE 
 
 Datos De Los Trabajos Astronomicos Y Topograficas, 
 Dispuestos En Forma De Diario. Practicados Durante El 
 
86 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Ano De 1849 Y Principios De 1850 For La Comision De 
 Limites Mexicana En La Linea Que Divide Esta Republica 
 De La De Los Estados-Unidos, Por El Geometra De 
 Dicha Comision, Jose Salazar Ylarregui 
 
 Mexico. Imprenta De Juan R. Navarro 1850. 
 
 8 Title, V, 7-123, pp. 2 maps. Pp. 7-16, Introduction; 
 17-38, Resumen (of the work) ; 39-123. Tables and Astron- 
 omical Data. 
 Maps: 
 
 Piano de la parte austral del puerto de S. Diego, etc., Ano 
 de 1850. 
 
 Piano de la Confluencia de los rios Gila Y Colorado .... 
 Ano de 1850. 
 
 A very rare book, even in Mexico. 164 
 
 SAWYER, LORENZO 
 
 Way Sketches. Containing Incidents of travel across the 
 Plains from St. Joseph, to California. 
 
 These sketches appeared in the Family Visitor of Cleveland, 
 probably copied from the Ohio Statesman, during the fall of 1850 
 and winter of 1850-1. They were written by Lorenzo Sawyer, 
 afterward Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, in 
 the form of a day by day journal and forms one of the most 
 readable of all the overland narratives of gold rush days that I 
 have read. 165 
 
 SIMPSON, [J. H.] 
 
 Report From The Secretary Of War, Communicating, In 
 Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the report and 
 map of the route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, 
 New Mexico, made by Lieutenant Simpson. Jan. 14, 1850. 
 Ordered printed. 
 
 31st Cong. 1st Sess. Senate, Ex. doc. 12. 
 
 8 25 pp. 4 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of route pursued by U. S. Troops from Fort Smith, 
 Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, via South Side of 
 Canadian River in the year 1849. Lt. Simpson, assisted by 
 E. M. Kern and Mr. Champlin. 
 
 Map No. 2 Showing A Continuation of Details by Simp- 
 son. 
 
 Map No. 3 Showing A Continuation of Details by Simp- 
 son. 
 
 Map No. 4 Showing A Continuation from Tucumcari 
 Creek to Santa Fe. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 87 
 
 Simpson's report is dated Santa Fe, Aug. 13, 1849. Capt. R. B. 
 Marcy was in command of 25 of the First Dragoons, 50 of the 
 Fifth Infantry. See Johnston's Reconnaisance for Marcy's ac- 
 count of this expedition. 166 
 
 THURSTON, SAMUEL R. 
 
 Geographical Statistics. Oregon, Its Climate, Soil Pro- 
 duction, Etc. (In Stryker's American Register and Maga- 
 zine for July, 1850, pp. 210-226, from the National Intelli- 
 gencer). 
 
 This contains a description of the overland route from St. 
 Joseph from Thurston's own experience, together with a statement 
 of the necessary outfit. 167 
 
 ALDRICH, LORENZO D. 
 
 A Journal Of The Overland Route To California! And 
 The Gold Mines, By Lorenzo D. Aldrich Of Lansingburgh, 
 Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
 
 Lansingburgh, N. Y. : Alexr. Kirkpatrick, Printer 
 
 1851. 
 
 8 Title, leaf of preface, pp. 5-46. (Imperfect, lacking one 
 or two leaves at end). 
 
 Stevens, in 1872, had a copy of this rare book, but did not give 
 collation and I have not located a copy to ascertain whether the 
 book should have 48 or 50 pages. 
 
 Left Albany April 18th, Ft. Smith May 23rd, Santa Fe 
 July 31st and then via the Rio Grande Mountains, Santa Cruz, 
 Tucson and the Gila, arriving at San Diego December 3rd. 168 
 
 BLANCHET, F. N. 
 
 Voyage De L'Eveque De Walla-Walla. (In Rapport Sur 
 Les Missions Du Diocese De Quebec, .... Mars, 1851. 
 
 No. 9, pp. 1-28 and map. Quebec: 1851). 
 
 Map: 
 
 Trace De La Route De Westport, Etal De Missouri, A 
 Walla Walla, Oregon. Lithographed by Lakeland, Mont- 
 real. 
 
 This journey by Bishop Blanchet began at Montreal April 3, 
 1849. The Bishop proceeded by way of Pittsburgh to St. Louis 
 and thence by steamer to Kansas Landing. The party left West- 
 port May 8 with Wiggins as guide and proceeded by the ordin- 
 ary Oregon road, arriving at Walla Walla Sept. 5. 169 
 
 t 
 
 KELLER, GEORGE 
 
 A Trip Across the Plains and Life in California; Em- 
 
88 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 bracing a Description of the Overland Route; Its Natural 
 Curiosities ; the Gold Mines of California ; Its Climate, etc. 
 By George Keller. 
 
 Massillon (Ind.): 1851. 
 
 8 58 pp. 
 
 Collation from Cowan's Bibl. of California, who states the only 
 copy he ever saw was in MacDonald's collection, now belonging 
 to Mr. H. E. Huntington. A typewritten copy recently turned up 
 in the auction room and I believe the purchaser has some inten- 
 tion of reprinting it. 170 
 
 KELLY, WILLIAM 
 
 An Excursion To California Over The Prairie, Rocky 
 Mountains, And Great Sierra Nevada. With A Stroll 
 Through The Diggings And Ranches Of That Country. 
 By William Kelly, J. P. In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : Chapman and Hall, .... MDCCCLI. 
 
 8 X, 342 pp.; VIII, 334 pp. 
 
 Started from Westport April 6th ,1849 with Col. Russell's party. 
 Landed on Webber Creek, near Pleasant Valley, July 26th. 171 
 
 McCALL, COLONEL 
 
 Report Of The Secretary Of War, Communicating. In 
 compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Colonel McCall's 
 reports in relation to New Mexico. Feb. 11, 1851. Ordered 
 printed. 
 
 31st Cong. 2nd Sess. (Sen.) Ex. doc. 26 
 
 8 23 pp. 
 
 McCall's Report, dated Santa Fe, July 15, 1850. A very good de- 
 scription of the territory. 172 
 
 MILES, WILLIAM 
 
 Journal Of The Sufferings And Hardships Of Capt. 
 Parker H. French's Overland Expedition To California, 
 Which Left New York City, May 13th, 1850, By Way Of 
 New Orleans, Lavacca And San Antonia, Texas, El Paso, 
 On The Rio Grande, The River Gila To San Diego On The 
 Pacific, And Landed at San Francisco, December 14. By 
 William Miles, of Carlisle, Pa. Copyright secured. 
 
 Chambersburg, Pa. : 1851. 
 
 (Cover title on green paper wrappers). 
 
 8 Title, leaf of preface, (on reverse Journal begins), pp. 
 5-24. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 89 
 
 Regular Title same to May 13th, 1850, then: And Arrived At 
 San Francisco. Dec. 14. By William Miles. Copyright secured. 
 Chambersburg: Printed at the Valley Spirit Office. 1851. 
 
 The preface, written at Carlisle, Pa., is signed by Wesley Miles, 
 a brother, acting on the suggestion contained in a letter dated 
 San Francisco, Dec. 20th. 
 
 Charles Cardinell, whose name appears as one of the enlisted 
 men in Miles' account, published in the California Chronicle, (S. 
 F.) Jan. 21, Feb. 5 and 16, 1856, extracts from his diary of more 
 dreadful sufferings still. 
 
 Recently reprinted from the copy now in my possession. 173 
 
 RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN 
 
 Arctic Searching- Expedition : A Journal Of a Boat- 
 Voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in 
 search of the Discovery Ships under Command of Sir John 
 Franklin. With an Appendix on the Physical Geography of 
 North America. By Sir John Richardson, C. S. F. R. S., 
 .... In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : Longman, Brown 1851. 
 
 8 pp. VIII, 413 ; VII, 426. 10 col. plates, map. Plates 
 lithographed by M. & N. Hashart after sketches by A. H. 
 Murray (9) and E. N. Kendall (1). 
 Map: 
 
 British North America. S. Hall, sclup. London, Long- 
 man & Co. 
 
 Dr. Rae and Sir John Richardson made this journey in 1848-49, 
 crossing the Hudson's Bay Territory to the Athabasca and Great 
 Slaves Lake by the usual route. 
 
 Appendix No. 1 is devoted to the Physical Geography of the 
 Country. 174 
 
 SLATER, N. 
 
 Fruits Of Mormonism, Or, A Fair And Candid Statement 
 Of Facts Illustrative Of Mormon Principles, Mormon 
 Policy, And Mormon Character, By More Than Forty Eye- 
 Witnesses. Compiled By N. Slater, A. M. 
 
 Coloma, Cal. : Harmon and Springer. 1851. 
 
 12 Title, pp. 3-93 (1). 
 
 Slater came by Salt Lake in the fall of 1850 and spent the 
 winter in Salt Lake City. When the party which had spent the 
 winter there reached Carson Valley in the spring, there was a 
 meeting and 200 signed a set of resolutions and later a number 
 drew up a memorial to Congress, both of which are printed by 
 Slater, setting forth bitter complaints against the Mormons and 
 charging them with treason, murder, larceny and all kinds of 
 crime. Urged Congress to abolish Territorial government in 
 Utah and establish a military government. 
 
 The book, which is rare, is made up of accounts of these crimes. 
 
 175 
 
90 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 STREET, FRANKLIN 
 
 California in 1850, Compared With What It Was In 1849, 
 With A Glimpse At Its Future Destiny. Also A Concise 
 Description Of The Overland Route, From the Missouri 
 River, by the South Pass, to Sacramento City, including A 
 Table of Distances, From point to point. With notes on 
 the facilities along the route for Constructing A Railroad. 
 And Also A Brief Notice Of The Water Route, By the 
 Isthmts (sic) of Panama. By Franklin Street. 
 
 Cincinnati: R. E. Edwards & Co. . . . Louisville. . . . 
 1851. 
 
 12 Front., Title, 5-88. P. P. Wrappers with same title. 
 
 This embodies a guid.e from the Missouri River to California 
 via the Central Emigrant route and the book was so issued. 
 Copy in Lib. Congress. 176 
 
 AUDUBON, J. W. 
 
 Illustrated Notes Of The Expedition Through Mexico 
 And California, In 1849-50. 
 
 New York: Published by J. W. Audubon, 24 Liberty 
 Street. 1852. 
 
 4 Title, leaf of preface, pp. 1-47, 4 colored plates 
 engraved on stone by C. Gildemeister, printed by Nagel & 
 Weingartner. 
 Plates: 
 
 The plates of great beauty are as follows: 
 
 Fourth of July Camp, The Night Watch, Canon of Jesus 
 Maria, Mexican Village of Jesus Maria. 
 
 There is a copy in N. Y. Pub. Lib. which formerly belonged 
 to Evert Duyckink, also with colored plates. It has a front wrap- 
 per in brown paper with the above title except it bears the in- 
 scription No. 1, Price $1.00 plain, $1.50 colored, and at bottom H. 
 Ludwig, Printer, No. 53 Vesey S't. 
 
 The party of nearly 100 left N. Y. Feb. 8, 1849. Col. Webb in 
 command, with Audubon as second. They went by the Ohio and 
 Mississippi to New Orleans, by steamer, to Brazos and thence 
 overland by Saltella, Parras, Mapimi, Parral to Jesus Maria where 
 Part I ends. They were detained on the Rio Grande a long time 
 by the cholera which carried off a number of the party. 
 
 No more than this number was published, at least no more has 
 survived, but the journal was kept in his family and in 1906 it was 
 published in Cleveland, edited 'by F. H. Hodder. Part I was 
 reprinted in Tarrytown in 1915 by W. Abbott in 83 pp. and with 
 the four plates, much reduced from this copy now in my posses- 
 sion, 177 
 
 CHILD, ANDREW 
 
 Overland Route To California, Description Of The Route, 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 91 
 
 via Council Bluffs, Iowa: Keeping- The North Side Of The 
 Platte River, For The Whole Of The Distance, Lying 
 Near That Stream ; Thence Over the South Pass, via The 
 Great Sublette And Bear River Cut-Offs, And The Truckie 
 River Road, Over The Sierra Nevada, to Sacramento Val- 
 ley. By Andrew Child, Of Wisconsin. 
 
 Milwaukee: Daily Sentinel Steam Power Press. 1852. 
 (At end): Pub. by Cyrus, Field. 
 
 Printed Bds. with label: New Guide For The Overland 
 Route To California. By Andrew Child. 1852. 
 
 24 Title III-VIII, 9-61 pp. 
 
 Child sent this from Nevada City, with a letter published as 
 Preface, dated Dec. 10, 1850, in which he says the route is copied 
 from a daily journal kept by him on the road. States that the 
 1849 emigration suffered from lack of a reliable guide book. 178 
 
 CLARKE, A. B. 
 
 Travels In Mexico And California; Comprising a Jour- 
 nal of a Tour from Brazos Santiago, through Central 
 Mexico, by way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the country of 
 the Apaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of 
 California. By A. B. Clarke. 
 
 Boston : Wright & Hasty's Steam Press, 8 Water Street. 
 1852. 
 
 Cover title; regular title same wording, but different 
 type and Wright & Hasty, Printers. 
 
 12 Title, Leaf of Note ; pp. 5-138. 
 
 Preface dated Westfield, July 2, 1852, 
 
 Left N. Y. Jan. 29, 1849, as a member of the Hampden Mining 
 Company of 46 persons. Left Brazos, Santiago, Feb. 21st, Monte- 
 rey March 16th, Chihuahua April 15th, Janos April 28th, Santa 
 Cruz May 25th, Tucson May 30th, then via the Gila. Mentions 
 meeting Dr. Field of North Adams who had been with Fannin's 
 party in Texas, the author of "Three Years in Texas," and thence 
 traveled with him as messmate. June 20th reached the Colorado, 
 thence to Los Angeles, arriving there July 9th, thence overland via 
 Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and San Juan. Returned in 
 March, 1851. 179 
 
 COKE, HENRY J. 
 
 A Ride Over The Rocky Mountains To Oregon And 
 California With A Glance At Some Of The Tropical Is- 
 lands, Including The West Indies And The Sandwich Isles. 
 By the Hon. Henry J. Coke, etc. 
 
 London : Richard Bentley 1852. 
 
 8 pp. X, 388, (2). Portrait Coke. 
 
92 
 
 Left England Dec. 18, 1849, passed to the West Indies and Cuba 
 and thence to Charleston. Left St. Louis May 28, 1850, by river 
 to St. Joe which they left June 3rd, following the River to Council 
 Bluffs. July 25th at Ft. Laramie. Passed Kit Carson on his way 
 east on the Sweetwater. Arrived at the Dalles Oct. 12th. Nov. 
 14th embarked for the Sandwich Islands. Most of the book is de- 
 voted to Coke's diary of his experiences crossing the plains. 180 
 
 GRAHAM, J. D. 
 
 Report Of The Secretary Of War, Communicating, In 
 Compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of 
 Lieutenant Colonel Graham on the subject of the boundary 
 line between the United States and Mexico. Ordered 
 printed Aug. 31, 1852. 
 
 32 Cong. 1 Sess. Senate Ex. doc. 121. 
 
 8 250 pp., 2 maps and barometic profile. 
 Maps: 
 
 Mexican Boundary, Sketch A. 
 
 Mexican Boundary, Sketch B. Extract from the Treaty 
 Map of Disturnett of 1847. 
 
 Barometric Profile of the Route from San Antonio .... 
 to the Copper Mines of Santa Rita in 1851. 
 
 Graham's report is dated Washington, Jan. 18, 1852, and is 
 largely filled with his troubles with Bartlett. Contains, however, 
 much interesting information about southern New Mexico, with 
 several partial journals of his various trips. Including also 
 Whipple's reports on his survey of the Gila River. 181 
 
 GUNNISON, J. W. 
 
 The Mormons, Or, Latter-Day Saints, In The Valley Of 
 The Great Salt Lake: A History Of Their Rise and Pro- 
 gress, Peculiar Doctrines, Present Condition, And Pros- 
 pects, Derived From Personal Observation, During A Resi- 
 dence Among Them. By Lieut. J. W. Gunnicon, Of The 
 Topographical Engineers. 
 
 Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 18$2. 
 
 12 pp. IX, 13-168; Plate (Nauvoo). 
 
 Slight sketch of Jim Bridger and his description of the Yellow- 
 stone Park, page 151, but the book is mainly devoted to the Mor- 
 mon doctrine and history. 182 
 
 HORN, HOSEA B. 
 
 Horn's Overland Guide, From The U. S. Indian Sub- 
 Agency, Council Bluffs, On The Missouri River, To The 
 City Of Sacramento, In California ; Containing A Table Of 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 93 
 
 Distances, And Showing All The Rivers .... With a 
 Complete and Accurate Map. By Hosea B. Horn. 
 
 New York: J. H. Colton 1852. 
 
 16 pp. IV, (2), 7-83; (1), 18 (adv.) Fold. map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map To Illustrate Horn's Overland Guide To California 
 And Oregon. Pub. By J. H. Colton 1852. 
 
 Really only 67 pages of Guide; the rest advertisements. This 
 and Child's, published the same year, are the first real guides, ex- 
 cept Ware's, founded on the traveled routes that appeared. Horn 
 says Clayton's Guide to Salt Lake was the only previous one of 
 any value. 183 
 
 INGALLS, E. S. 
 
 Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route 
 across the Plains in 1850-51. 
 
 Waukegan, (Ills.): Tobey & Co. 1852. 
 8 51 pp. and 3 of advertisements. 
 
 The only copy I have seen was one sold at the Hubbard sale at 
 Merwin's, May 5th, 1914, probably bought by him at a Lobbie sale 
 some years previously. *184 
 
 MONTAIGNES, FRANCOIS DES [PSEUD] 
 
 The Plains, Being a Collection of Veracious Memoranda, 
 taken during the Expedition of Exploration in the year 
 1845, from the Western Settlements of Missouri to the 
 Mexican Border, and from Bent's Fort on the Arkansas to 
 Fort Gibson via South Fork of Canadian North Mexico 
 and North Western Texas. By Francois Des Montaignes 
 of St. Louis. (In The Western Journal & Civilian, vol. 9, 
 no. 1 to vol. 10, no. 6. St. Louis, 1852-53). 
 
 An amusing account of Fremont's expedition from the stand- 
 point of an amateur. He says Fremont forbade anyone to keep a 
 journal or memoranda. 
 
 Chapter 6 refers to the killing of James White of Independence 
 at Point of Rivers by Apaches and the captivity of Mrs. White. 
 
 Miss Drumm of the Mo. Hist. Soc. tells me that they never 
 have been able to discover the real name of the author. 185, 
 
 SIMPSON, JAMES H. 
 
 Journal Of A Military Reconnaisance From Santa Fe,. 
 New Mexico, To The Navajo Country, Made With The 
 Troops Under Command of Brevet. Lieutenant Colonel 
 John M. Washington, Chief Of The Ninth Military De- 
 partment, And Governor Of New Mexico, In 1849. By 
 
94 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 James H. Simpson, A. M., First Lieutenant, Corps of 
 Topographical Engineers. 
 
 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo And Co 1852. 
 
 8 140 pp. map, 72 plates, of which 34 are colored. Plates 
 by R. H. Kern and lithographed by P. S. Duval's Steam 
 Lith. Press, Philadelphia. 
 
 Some of the plates of scenery are after sketches by E. M. Kern. 
 Plates No. 2, 21 and 39 were not published either in the Govt. 
 ed. of 1850 or in this. Plates 66 and 67 which were long sheets in 
 the Govt. ed. are cut here into 2 and 3 respectively. Plate 65, 
 which was a large folding plate in the Govt. ed., is reduced in 
 this to less than half size and plates 66 and 67 to half the original 
 size. 186 
 
 STANSBURY, HOWARD 
 
 An Expedition To The Valley Of The Great Salt Lake 
 Of Utah : Including A Description Of Its Geography, 
 Natural History, And Minerals, And An Analysis Of Its 
 Waters : With An Authentic Account Of The Mormon 
 Settlement. Illustrated By Numerous Beautiful Plates, 
 From Drawings Taken On The Spot. Also A Reconnais- 
 ance Of A New Route Through The Rocky Mountains, 
 And Two Large And Accurate Maps Of That Region. By 
 Howard Stansbury, Captain Corps Topographical Engi- 
 neers, United States Army. 
 
 Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 1852. 
 
 8 487 pp. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Pages 1-267, Report (35 plates of scenery and La Hon- 
 tan's map); pp. 269-294, Appendix A: Table of Distances; 
 pp. 295-303, Appendix B : Table Lat. & Long. ; pp. 305-379, 
 Appendix C: Zoology by S. P. Baird (10 plates); pp. 381- 
 397, Appendix D: Botany by John Torrey (9 plates); pp. 
 399-414, Appendix E: Geol. & Paleon., James Hall (4 
 plates); pp. 415-421, Appendix F; Analysis Water by L. D. 
 Gale; pp. 423-478, Appendix G: Meteorological Table; pp. 
 479-487, Index. 
 
 2 Maps in Separate case. Drawings from views made by 
 F. C. Grist, and engraved by Ackerman. Maps drawn by 
 J. W. Gunnison and Chas. Preuss and engraved by Acker- 
 man. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of Great Salt Lake and adjacent country. 
 Map of Reconnaisance between Salt Lake Valley and Ft. 
 Leavenworth. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 95 
 
 Expedition left Leavenworth May 31, 1849, with J. W. Gtmni- 
 son as assistant. Albert Carrington, a Mormon, was also engaged 
 in Salt Lake as assistant. All the scientific portions were written 
 in the east from speciments. 
 
 This was issued in 1852 by the government as Sen. Ex. Doc. 2, 
 32d Cong. Spec. Sess., March, 1851, printed by Lippincott, Grambo 
 & Co., Phila., in fact exactly the same book with only a different 
 title, preceded by the usual government document title. The title 
 of this edition reads : Exploration And Survey Of The Valley Of 
 The Great Salt Lake Of Utah, Including A Reconnaisance Of A 
 New Route Through The Rocky Mountains. By [then the same as 
 the other]. 187 
 
 BREWERTON, GEORGE D. 
 
 A Ride With Kit Carson Through The Great American 
 Desert And The Rocky Mountains. By George D. Brew- 
 erton. (In Harper's New Monthly Magazine: Aug., 1853). 
 
 Incidents Of Travel In New Mexico by G. Douglass 
 Brewerton, (In ibid. April, 1854). 
 
 In The Buffalo Country (In ibid., Sept., 1862). 
 
 These three articles, published at intervals, detail Brewerton's 
 trip from San Francisco via Los Angeles to Santa Fe and Inde- 
 pendence in the summer of 1848. The party left Los Angeles May 
 4th and proceeded by the Mohave and the old Spanish trail to 
 Taos. 
 
 Parts of this were reprinted in Van Tramp's Rocky Mountain 
 Adventures but I do not think were ever compiled in book form, 
 although forming one of the most interesting accounts of all 
 overland expeditions. 
 
 Brewerton in the first number gives an account of Aubry's 
 famous ride from Santa Fe to Independence, having met him on 
 his return. He also gives an account of the death of Bill Wil- 
 liams. 188 
 
 LAFLECHE, RICHER 
 
 Lettre de M. Richer Lafleche, Missionaire, a un de ses 
 amis. Saint-Francois de la Prairie du Cheval-Blanc, le 4 
 Septembre, 1851. (Published in Rapport Sur Les Missions 
 Du Diocese de Quebec, Mars. 1853. No. 10, pp. 44-70. 
 Quebec: .... 1853). 
 
 This report contains a most entertaining account of a trip which 
 Father Lafleche made in the summer of 1851 with the Red River 
 half-breeds on the annual buffalo hunt to the Grand-Couteau. 
 
 189 
 
 LEROUX, ANTOINE 
 
 Extracts From A Letter By Antoine Leroux To The 
 Missouri Democrat In 1853. 
 
 St. Louis Journal and Civilian for April, 1853. 
 
96 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Leroux describes and advocates the central route, that is, Fre- 
 mont's and Benton's. Leroux was, perhaps, after Carson, the most 
 famous guide in the Southwest during the fifties. Joseph Tasse 
 in "Les Canadiens de L'Ouest," Montreal, 1878, gives a consider- 
 able account of Leroux. but taken almost entirely from Govern- 
 ment reports and Mollhausen's book. Apparently Tasse neither 
 mentions the date of his birth or his death. 190 
 
 MARCY, RANDOLPH B. 
 
 Exploration Of The Red River Of Louisiana, In The 
 Year 1852: By Randolph B. Marcy, Captain Fifth Infantry 
 U. S. Army, Assisted By George B. McClellan, Brevet 
 Captain U. S. Engineers. With Reports On The Natural 
 History Of The Country, And Numerous Illustrations. 
 
 Washington: Robt. Armstrong, Public Printer. 1853. 
 (32 Cong., 2nd Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 54). 
 
 8 XV, 320 pp., 2 maps in separate volume., 12 plates of 
 scenery (4 tinted), lith. by Ackerman ; 10 geological sec- 
 tions by Dr. Geo. G. Shumard ; 6 plates fossils ; 18 plates 
 reptiles; 19 plates botany (No. 18 not published). 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Journal, pp. 10-82; Remarks, 83-108; Pacific Rwy., 109- 
 117. Appendix A & B, Tables 119-152; Appendix C, Min- 
 erology by C. U. Shepard, 153-9; Appendix D, Geology, Ed. 
 Hitchcock and Geo. G. Shumard, 161-195 ; Appendix E, 
 Palaentology, B. F. Shumard, 197-211; Appendix F, Zoo- 
 logy (various), 213-275; Appendix G, Botany, John Torrey, 
 277-304; Appendix H, Ethnology, Marcy and Prof. Turner, 
 305-311; Index 313-320. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of the country between the frontiers of Arkansas 
 and New Mexico ; embracing the section explored in 1849, 
 '50, '51 and '52, by Captain R. B. Marcy, etc. 
 
 Map of the country embraced within the basin of the 
 Upper Red River, explored in 1852 by Capt. R. B. Marcy, 
 etc. 
 
 J. R. Suydam of N. Y., a civilian friend, of Marcy, accompanied 
 the expedition. Dr. Geo. G. Shumard was surgeon. 
 
 Plates do not show by whom drawn. 
 
 In 1866 Marcy published Thirty Years Of Army Life On The 
 Border. By Colonel R. B. Marcy, .... New York: Harper & 
 Brothers, .... 1866. 8 XVI, 17-442 pp. 13 plates. 
 
 Marcy knew the plains, and all his books are filled with most 
 interesting and. valuable information. 191 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 97 
 
 PALLISER, JOHN 
 
 Solitary Rambles And Adventures Of A Hunter In The 
 Prairies. By John Palliser, Esq. With Illustrations. 
 London : John Murray, .... 1853. 
 8 Front, eng. title, XIV, (2), 326 pp., 6 other plates. 
 
 Left England 1847 and N. Y. March 25th. Crossed the moun- 
 tains and took the steamer for New Orleans. On Sept. 2nd left 
 Independence with Mr. Kipp's party of the American Fur Co., 
 thence overland to Ft. Pierre, thence to Ft. Union. After a visit 
 to Ft. Berthold in the spring, returned to Ft. Union. Hunted 
 the Yellowstone and again returned to Ft. Union. In the fall 
 descended the river, and after a stay at Ft. Berthold went to St. 
 Louis in the Steamer Martha, thence to New Orleans and home. 
 
 192 
 
 PERRY, J. A. 
 
 Thrilling Adventures of a New Englander. Travels, 
 Scenes and Sufferings, In Cuba, Mexico, & California. Il- 
 lustrated With Engravings. By Elder J. A. Perry. 
 
 Boston: Redding & Co., .... 1853. Printed At The 
 Yankee Privateer Office. 
 
 Cover title with vignette of miners washing gold, regular 
 title, same wording, but with vignette of a ship, and print- 
 ers omitted. 
 
 8 Title, leaf preface, pp. 5-96; illus. in text. 
 
 Left New York Feb. 3, 1849, for Vera Cruz via Havana. Trav- 
 eled via Jalapa, Perote, Mexico, Queretaro, Celaya, Guadalajara, 
 Tepic, San Bias, S. F. to Mormon Island. 
 
 A very interesting account of the journey through Mexico 
 with a few pages at the end descriptive of life at the mines. 193 
 
 SITGREAVES, L. 
 
 Report Of An Expedition Down The Zuni And Colo- 
 rado Rivers By Captain L. Sitgreaves, Corps Topographical 
 Engineers. Accompanied By Maps, Sketches, Views, And 
 Illustrations. 
 
 Washington : Robert Armstrong, 1853. (32 Cong., 2d 
 Sess. Senate, Ex. Doc. 59). 
 
 8 198 pp. Map. 23 Plates of Scenery; 6 Plates of 
 Mammals; 5 Plates of Birds (no No. 2); 21 Plates of 
 Reptiles; 3 Plates of Fishes; 21 Plates of Plants (1 over 
 list). 
 Map: 
 
 Reconnaisance of the Zuni, Little Colorado, and Colorado 
 Rivers, made in 1851, under the direction of J. J. Abert, 
 etc. Drawn by R. H. Kern. 
 
 The scenery plates were drawn by Kern and engraved by Ack- 
 
98 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 erman. Many of the plates of animals, birds, etc., are also after 
 sketches by Kern. 
 
 Party organized in Santa Fe and besides Sitgreaves consisted 
 of J. G. Parke, Dr. S. W. Woodhouse, R. H. Kern and Antoine 
 Leroux as guide ; Major H. L. Kendrick in command of the escort. 
 Expedition left Santo Domingo August 1, 1851, and stopped at 
 Zuni from September 1st to 24th. Diary from Sept. 24th to Nov. 
 9th. Party arrived at Fort Yuma Nov. 30th. 194 
 
 SMET, PIERRE JEAN DE 
 
 Voyage Au Grand-Desert En 1851. Par Le R. P. Pierre 
 De Smet, Missionaire de la Compagnie de Jesus. 
 
 Bruxelles, Imprimerie De J. Vandereydt, .... 1853. 
 18 pp. 36; 71. 2 Parts in I Vol. 
 
 Second part has a title similar to the first, with the addition of 
 the words Lettres inedites. Extracted from "Collection de precis 
 historiques," par Ed. Terwecoren, S. J. Contains the voyage au 
 Grand Desert reprinted in Cinquante Nouvelles Lettres. 
 
 In a list of De Smet's Works in the Cinquante Nouvelles Let- 
 tres this is given with the same imprint. 18 436 pp. 
 
 Not seen. 195 
 
 TRAITS OF AMERICAN-INDIAN LIFE AND CHAR- 
 ACTER. By A Fur Trader. 
 
 London : Smith, Elder And Co., .... 1853. 
 12 XIV, (2), 218 pp. 
 
 Disconnected sketches about one of the principal Hudson Bay 
 traders in Oregon, said to be by Peter Skeene Ogden. Relates 
 Smith's (Jed.) story of his travels in Oregon in 1828. 
 
 Father Morice in his history of the Northern Interior of Brit- 
 ish Columbia has a long appendix on the authorship of this and 
 denies emphatically that Ogden wrote it, although it contains a 
 number of Ogden's adventures. He concludes that the book was 
 written by Duncan Finlayson. The publishers informed Father 
 Morice in 1904 that the book was received, from the Hudson Bay 
 Co. on account of Finlayson and was edited by Mr. Rich. 196 
 
 AUB"RY, F. x. 
 
 Aubry's Journey from California to New Mexico. Notes 
 By F. X. Aubry. In Western Journal & Civilian: St. 
 Louis. 1854). 
 
 This contains a journal of Aubry from Tejon Pass July 10th, 
 1853, to Sept. 10th, day of arrival at Albuquerque, by way of Cen- 
 tral Arizona and Zuni. 
 
 I have the following note of what seems to refer to the same 
 journey, but have not seen it: Notes on a route from near Tejon 
 Pass through Western New Mexico and the Colorado to Santa 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 99 
 
 Fe in the fall of 1853. Wash., 1854, about 12 pp. (Possibly part 
 of some government document). 
 
 Joseph Tasse in his "Les Canadiens De L'Ouest," Montreal, 
 1878, Vol. II, gives a long account of Aubry, with a portrait. In 
 the appendix will be found a French version of the above journal 
 and also "Second Voyage De La Californie Au Nouveau-Mexique." 
 This embraces a journal of a trip leaving San Jose 6th of July, 
 1854, but is only partial, containing July 22nd to Aug. 16th, in- 
 clusive. 197 
 
 BARTLETT, JOHN RUSSELL 
 
 Personal Narrative Of Exploration And Incidents In 
 Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora And Chihuahua, 
 Connected With The United States And Mexican Boundary 
 Commission, During The Years 1850, '51, '52 And '53. By 
 John Russell Bartlett, United States Commissioner During 
 That Period. In Two Volumes With Map And Illustra- 
 tions. 
 
 New York: D. Appleton & Co. MDCCCLIV. 
 
 8 Half Title, pp. XXII, 506; Half Title, XVII, 624, 
 Map: 
 
 General Map Showing the Countries Explored and Sur- 
 veyed By The United States and Mexican Boundary Com- 
 mission In the Years 1850, 51, 52 & 53. Under the direction 
 of John R. Bartlett, U. S. Commissioner. D. McLellan, 
 Printer. 
 
 The Front, in Vol. I belongs in Vol. II and in Vol. II there is 
 a Lith. of Tucson in place of one of the 2 Geyser Plates, called 
 for in list. The woodcuts, pp. 98 and 254, in Vol. I are usually 
 found in Vol. II. 
 
 Vol. I has Front, 6 other Lith., 4 full page woodcuts; Vol. II 
 9 colored Lith., 24 woodcuts (full page). Plates lithographed by 
 Sarony. 
 
 Bartlett's Despatches, Correspondence, etc., are to be found in 
 32 Cong. 1 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 119. Washington, 1852, in 515 pp. 
 with 7 maps. Also a Letter to A. H. H. Stuart, Secy, of Interior. 
 Special Sess., 1853, Senate Ex. Doc. 6, Wash., 1853, 173 pp. Also 
 Report on the Subject of the Boundary Line, 32 Cong. 2 Sess., 
 Sen. Ex. Doc. 41 ; Wash., 1852. 31, (1) pp., 5 maps. 
 
 This expedition left Indianola Sept. 5, 1850, with A. W. 
 Whipple, Dr. T. H. Webb, Secretary, Mr. Thurber, Botanist, J. C. 
 Cremony, Interpreter. Arrived El Paso Nov. 13th. Major Bryan 
 of the Topographical Corps traveled this road by the Hueco 
 Tanks in the summer of 1849, i.e., the road by Fredericksburg and 
 Delaware Creek. 
 
 This is a very interesting book of travels in the Southwest, as 
 Bartlett went everywhere from Mazatlan to San Francisco and 
 spent about three years on a regular junket. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett's troubles with Colonel Graham were thoroughly 
 ventilated. Also Mr. Emory, Col. Graham's successor and ulti- 
 mately Mr. Bartlett's, also, had his troubles with Bartlett. 
 
100 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Dr. J. M. Bigelow, Dr. C. C. Perry, L H. Clark and Arthur 
 Schott were also at times associated with the commission. Mr. 
 Henry C. Pratt was the artist ; he came put with Graham in the 
 summer of 1851 as draughtsman and artist. Bartlett says Pratt 
 made the sketches, but in spite of this, all the lithographs but 
 three were marked J. R. B., only one of the 3 by Pratt, another 
 by R. Hillyard and one with no name. Some of the woodcuts are 
 by Lappan, Baker & Zabriskie, none of whose names appear on 
 the roster. 198 
 
 BEALE, E. R, AND HEAP, GWINN HARRIS 
 
 Central Route To The Pacific, From The Valley Of The 
 Mississippi To California: Journal Of the Expedition Of E. 
 F. Beale, Superintendent Of Indian Affairs In California, 
 and Gwinn Harris Heap, From Missouri to California, In 
 1853. By Gwin Harris Heap. 
 
 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., .... 1854. 
 
 8 136 pp., 13 tinted lithograph plates, map. Plates after 
 sketches by Mr. Heap. 
 Map: 
 
 Map Of The Central Routes From The Valley of The 
 Mississippi to California, Compiled and Drawn By G. H. 
 Heap, Engraved By P. S. Duval & Co., Phila. 
 
 Left Westport May 15, 1853. Went by Ft. Massachusetts, the 
 Rio Grande Valley and the Uncompahgre to the Grand. Returned 
 to Taos for supplies and then continued via Las Vegas. Utah. 
 
 Quotes an extract from Rev. J. W. Brier, who published an ac- 
 count of his trip from Salt Lake via Owens Lake and Walker's 
 Pass, in the Christian Advocate of S. F. 
 
 Very beautiful plates. 199 
 
 BELISLE, D. W. 
 
 The American Family Robinson ; Or, The Adventures of 
 a Family Lost In The Great Desert Of The West. By D. 
 W. Belisle. 
 
 Phila., 1854. 
 
 I have not seen this, probably the original edition. In the 
 seventies it rivaled Robinson Crusoe in the affections of boys 
 and immense numbers of the later Porter & Coates edition were 
 sold. 2O? 
 
 BENTON, T. H. 
 
 Letter From Col. Benton To The People Of Missouri. 
 Central National Highway From The Mississippi River To 
 The Pacific. 
 
 8 24 pp. Running title only, dated at end Wash., March 
 4,1853. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 101 
 
 In this Benton refers to Fremont's winter trip of 1848-9. Re- 
 prints Fremont's letter to the Phila. Railroad Convention April, 
 1850, also Leroux's statement made to Benton, dated March 1, 
 1853, in which he states he joined Ashley & Henry in 1830 and in 
 1832 went to New Mexico, married and lived there ever since in 
 Taos. For about 15 years trapped beaver, generally in the waters 
 of the Colorado. Had made four trips to California as guide. 
 
 201 
 
 DELANO, A. 
 
 Life On The Plains And Among The Diggings ; Being 
 Scenes And Adventures Of An Overland Journey To Cali- 
 fornia: With Particular Incidents Of The Route, Mistakes 
 And Sufferings Of The Emigrants, The Indian Tribes, The 
 Present And The Future Of The Great West. By A. 
 Delano. 
 
 Auburn And Buffalo: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. 1854. 
 
 12 Front. XI, 13-384 pp., 3 other plates. 
 
 Left St. Joe about April 20, 1849, arrived at Feather River 
 Sept. 9th. Long account of an interesting journey. Went by Ft. 
 Hall. This is one of the most interesting of all California books, 
 having been written in 1852. 
 
 Delano came originally from Auburn, New York, but was living 
 at Ottawa, Illinois, when the gold boom broke out. He became a 
 well known and prosperous banker in Grass Valley, where he final- 
 ly made his home and became locally famous as "Old Block," the 
 writer of many characteristic mining stories, illustrated by the 
 noted California artist, Charles Nahl. 202 
 
 FREMONT, J. C. 
 
 Central Railroad Route To The Pacific. Letter Of J. C. 
 Fremont To The Editors Of The National Intelligencer, 
 Communicating Some general results of a recent winter 
 expedition across the Rocky Mountains, for the survey of a 
 route for a railroad to the Pacific. 
 
 Dec. 27, 1854. Ordered Printed. 33 Cong. 2nd Sess. 
 H. R. Mis. Doc. 8. 
 
 8 7 pp. 
 
 This route followed his 1848 expedition as far as the San Luis 
 Valley, Colorado, then up this river, the Sah-watch and over the 
 Coochatope Pass, thence to the Colorado River and over the 
 Wahsatch Mountains to Parowan and Cedar City and thence West 
 to the Sierra Nevadas. As this was in March and. the mountains 
 were covered with snow, Fremont went south to a low pass and 
 crossed over to the headwaters of Kern River. Speaks of having 
 passed the southern route from Cedar City via the Rio Virgen 
 and the Cajon Pass, both in 1849 and 1851. 
 
 Read Carvalho's book for this expedition where you get the 
 real truth about this trip in the winter of 1853-4. 203 
 
102 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 NOBLES, WM. H. 
 
 Speech Of The Hon. Wm. H. Nobles, Together With 
 Other Documents, Relative To An Emigrant Route To 
 California And Oregon, Through Minnesota Territory. 
 Printed by order of the Council. 
 
 Saint Paul : Olmstead & Brown, .... 1854. 
 
 8 13 pp. 
 
 Nobles was the advocate of the Nobles Pass route into Hum- 
 boldt County, having been over the route ; in 1852 was advocating 
 the route in Shasta County, California. *204 
 
 [RICHARDS, R.] 
 
 The California Crusoe ; Or The Lost Treasure Found. A 
 Tale of Mormonism. By [R. Richards.] 
 
 London : John Henry Parker 
 
 New York: Stanford and Swords. MDCCCLIV. 
 18 IV-162 pp., 1 Plate. 
 
 Gives an account of the Saints' journey to Salt Lake, leaving 
 Nauvoo Feb. 3, 1846. Richards remained at Nauvoo until May. 
 Fled from Salt Lake as an apostate and went to California. 205 
 
 [STEWART, WM. DRUMMOND] 
 
 Edward Warren. 
 
 London : G. Walker, 26 Maddox Street. 1854. 
 
 8 Title, II, 3-724 pp. Some copies are divided into two 
 volumes by having a new title page, the same as the first, 
 except Vol. II, inserted between pages 370 and 371. 
 
 This book, remarkable both for interest and rarity, was private- 
 ly printed by an out-of-the-way printer and badly printed at that. 
 My copy, bound in vellum, contains many corrections made with a 
 pen and is a presentation copy from Stewart himself. It is a Mid- 
 Victorian novel, the scenes of which are laid in London and the 
 Rocky Mountains in the 3ffs. Many of Stewart's personal experi- 
 ences are related. About one-half is devoted to the hero's adven- 
 tures in the Rocky Mountains, in which he introduces the well- 
 known mountain characters of the Thirties. The footnotes are 
 few, some are valuable. He speaks of himself in the third person 
 by name in a note to page 162, in which he says Captain Stewart 
 brought out an ounce balled rifle in 1833 and a double barreled 
 rifle and fowling piece in 1837, the first in the mountains. His 
 first year was, as he says, the year Campbell's Company so com- 
 pletely beat Fontenelle. At. Capt. Bonneville's Trading Camp on 
 Horse Creek also, another year, with the Whitman first party out. 
 
 Copies in the Lib. Cong., Mo., Hist. Soc. and the collection of 
 Mr. Charles Sheldon. 206 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 103 
 
 WALTER, GEORGE 
 
 History of Kansas, Also Information regarding Routes, 
 Laws, .... By George Walter, Agent and Master of 
 Emigration for the N. Y. Kanzas League. For Sale at 
 the office of the N. Y. Kanzas League. [N. Y. 18541. 
 
 12 59 pp. Map. P. P. W. with same title. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of the Great Central Route Between the Atlantic 
 and the Mississippi, 1854. Lith. by Endicott & Co., N. Y. 
 
 This map shows the projected routes to the South Pass and the 
 Central Route via the Arkansas. 
 
 It may be that this George Walter was the noted plainsman 
 and trapper, as he says he had passed several years in the vicinity 
 of Kansas, whatever that may mean, but he gives an extremely 
 condensed summary of the territory. 207 
 
 [WEBB, T. W.] 
 
 Organization, Objects, And Plan Of Operations, Of The 
 Emigrant Aid Company: Also A Description Of Kansas. 
 For The Information Of Emigrants. 
 
 Boston: Mudge & Son, .... 1854. 
 
 8 22 pp. incl. title. 
 
 Pages 9-19 contain "Notes Of A Trip Up Kansas River, Includ- 
 ing Observations On The Soil, Climate, Scenery, Etc." By Geo. 
 S. Park. 
 
 This is an extremely interesting account of a trip by a small 
 steamer, the "Excel," up Kansas River to Fort Riley and forty 
 miles up the Smoky Hill in June, 1854. I think this must have 
 been the first steamer to ascend the river to Riley. The pamphlet 
 was written by the secretary, Thos. W. Webb. 208 
 
 BOYNTON, C. B. AND MASON, T. B. 
 
 A Journey Through Kansas ; With Sketches Of Ne- 
 braska: Describing The Country, Climate, Soil, Mineral, 
 Manufacturing, And Other Resources. The Results Of A 
 Tour Made In The Autumn of 1854. By Rev. C. B. Boyn- 
 ton and T. B. Mason, Committee From The "Kansas Lea- 
 gue" of Cincinnati. With a New and Authentic Map from 
 Official Sources. 
 
 Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., .... 1855. 
 
 12 X, 216 pp. Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of Kansas with portions of Nebraska, .... Re- 
 drawn, .... by H. V. Boynton. Eng. by Middleton, Wal- 
 lace & Co., Cine. 209 
 
104 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 CARLETON, JAMES HENRY 
 
 Diary Of An Excursion To The Rivers Of Abo, Quarra, 
 and Gran Quivira, in New Mexico, Under the Command of 
 Major James Henry Carleton, U. S. A. 
 
 Ninth annual report of Smith Inst., Wash., 1855 ; pp. 296- 
 316. 
 
 The excursion was made from Albuquerque Dec. 14-24, 1853. 
 
 210 
 
 GRAY, A. B. 
 
 Report of the Secretary of the Interior, In Compliance 
 With A Resolution of the Senate, of Jan. 22, communicating 
 a report and map of A. B. Gray, relative to the Mexican 
 boundary, (Feb. 8, 1855). 
 
 [Washington, 1855.] (33rd Cong., 2 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 
 55). 
 
 8 50 pp., sheet errata, 2 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 That Part of Disturnell's Treaty Map in the Vicinity of 
 the Rio Grande and Southern Boundary of New Mexico. 
 
 Map of That Portion of the Boundary between the United 
 States and Mexico From the Pacific Coast To The Junction 
 of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. Surveyed Under the Di- 
 rection of Hon. John B. Weller, U. S. Commissioner, .... 
 
 Both maps lith. by Ackerman, N. Y. 
 
 Letter dated Feb. 8th and Gray's report dated Washington, May 
 1853. Pages 1-35, Gray's remarks, consisting largely of his defense 
 in his troubles with Bartlett. Pages 35-50, copies of letters, and 
 page 46, copy of report of Committee in the Senate, Aug. 20, 1852. 
 
 211 
 
 GRAY, A. B. 
 
 Texas Western Railroad. Survey Of Route, Its Cost And 
 Probable Revenue, In Connection With The Pacific Rail- 
 way ; Nature of Country, Climate, Mineral and Agricultural 
 Resources, .... By A. B. Gray. 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio: Porter, Thrall & Chapman. 1855. 
 
 8 108 pp., slip errata. 
 
 First edition without maps or plates. Printed during the sum- 
 mer. 212 
 
 INGALLS, RUFUS 
 
 Report of the Quartermaster General. (Attached to Re- 
 port of Secretary of War, pages 152-168 and map. 34 Cong., 
 1st Sess. House, Ex. Doc. I, Part II). 
 Map: 
 
 [Showing the routes from Salt Lake City westl. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 105 
 
 I have not seen this map. 
 
 This contains a report by Rufus Ingalls of the Quartermaster's 
 Department of a trip with Colonel Steptoe from Ft. Leavenworth 
 to Salt Lake, Jan. 1st to Aug. 31st, 1854. In 1855 Colonel Steptoe 
 went on to California by the emigrant route but Ingalls with a de- 
 tachment of cavalry left the command at Lassen's Meadows on 
 the Humboldt June 14, 1855, and proceeded by way of Goose Lake 
 on Fremont trail, and then through Applegate Pass to Fort Lane. 
 
 Detailed in two letters to the Quartermaster General. *213 
 
 JOURNEY FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CALIFORNIA. 
 
 (In Chambers Journal of Popular Literature, .... Lon- 
 don: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1855). 
 
 This seems to be an entirely veracious narrative of a journey 
 by persons with fictitious names from New Orleans via St. Louis, 
 Kansas City and the overland trail to California in the summer of 
 1849. 214 
 
 LANGWORTHY, FRANKLIN 
 
 Scenery Of The Plains, Mountains And Mines ; Or A 
 Diary Kept Upon The Overland Route To California, By 
 Way Of The Great Salt Lake: Travels In The Cities, 
 Mines, And Agricultural Districts Embracing The Return 
 By The Pacific Ocean And Central America, In the Years 
 1850, '51, '52 and '53. By Franklin Langworthy 
 
 Ogdensburgh : Published By J. C. Sprague, .... 1855. 
 
 12 VI, 7-342. 
 
 Left home April 1, 1850, crossed Iowa to Kanesville ; left the 
 Missouri River May 15th and traveled via the Platte, Ft. Laramie, 
 Salt Lake. After a short stay there, left, Aug. 29th, via Humboldt 
 and Carson Valley, and 21st Oct. reached Ringgold on Weaver 
 Creek, near Weaverville. 
 
 Diary occupies pages 7-180. Balance of the book is devoted to 
 a description of California and life there and the return trip via 
 Nicaragua. 215 
 
 LINFORTH, JAMES 
 
 Route From Liverpool To Great Salt Lake Valley Illus- 
 trated With Steel Engravings And Wood Cuts From 
 Sketches Made By Frederick Piercy, Including Views of 
 Nuavoo Together With A Geographical and His- 
 torical Discription of Utah, and a Map of the Overland 
 Routes to that Territory, from the Missouri River, Also, An 
 Authentic History of The Latter Day Saints' Emigration 
 From Europe From The Commencement Up To The Close 
 of 1855, With Statistics. Edited by James Linforth. 
 
106 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Liverpool: Published By Franklin D. Richards, etc., 
 MDCCCLV. 
 
 4 pp. VIII, 120. Map, 30 Plates of Portraits and Scen- 
 ery, all beautiful steel engravings, after design by an art- 
 ist (Piercy). 
 Map: 
 
 Utah and the Overland Routes to it from the Missouri 
 River. Published .... by F. D. Richards, Liverpool, 1855. 
 
 The narrative, as well as the sketches, is by Piercy. Piercy 
 left Liverpool Feb. 5, 1853, arrived New Orleans March 21 ; after 
 visiting Keokuk and Nauvoo, he returned to St. Louis and went 
 to St. Joe by boat, thence to Kanesville by land, leaving then for 
 Salt Lake June 9th, where he arrived Aug. 9th. 216 
 
 PACIFIC RAILROAD EXPLORATIONS 
 AND SURVEYS 
 
 In the early spring of 1853, Congress passed a bill auth- 
 orizing the Government to send out various expeditions to the 
 Pacific Coast with the object of selecting the best route for 
 a railway. It was at first intended only to make a reconnais- 
 ance of the southern route and the one through South Pass, 
 but later the Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, added the 
 northern route. Davis made a report Dec. 1, 1853, explaining 
 four routes to be examined and added copies of the instruc- 
 tions to the various engineers selected. The actual routes 
 reconnoitered were known as those of the 32nd, 35th, 38th and 
 47th parallels. The various expeditions were made during 
 the years 1853 and 1854 and Davis presented his report, sum- 
 marizing the results Feb. 27, 1855. This report, to which 
 were added the various reports made by the engineers ap- 
 peared as 
 
 33rd Cong., 1st Sess., House Ex. Doc. 129. 
 
 and is usually bound in 3 volumes of reports and 1 volume of 
 maps, no illustrations appearing in this edition. 
 
 The whole report consists of : Report of the Secretary of 
 War on the Several Pacific Explorations. Washington, 1855, 
 43 pp. (No map was issued with the first report, but there 
 was issued later a large general map and profile). Examina- 
 tion of reports by Humphreys & Warren ; Memorandum of 
 Capt. Geo. B. McClellan ; Report of General Jessup ; Stevens' 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 107 
 
 Report ; Beckwith's two Reports ; Whipple's Report ; John 
 Pope's Report; Parke's Report; Extract from Emory's Re- 
 port ; Williamson's Report and later a report by F. W. Lander 
 was printed and included as part of doc. 129. 
 
 The following- eight items belong to this report: 
 
 HUMPHREYS, A. A., AND WARREN, G. K. 
 
 An Examination By Direction Of The Hon. Jefferson 
 Davis, Secretary Of War, Of The Reports Of Explorations 
 For Railroad Routes From The Mississippi To The Pacific, 
 Made Under The Orders Of The War Department In 1853- 
 54. And Of The Explorations Made Previous To That 
 Time, Which Have A Bearing- Upon the Subject. By Capt. 
 A. A. Humphreys and G. K. Warren, Corps Topographical 
 Engineers. 
 
 Washington: Nicholson, 1855. (In 33rd Cong., 1st Sess., 
 House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 8 116 pp. Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of Routes for a Pacific Railroad, compiled to accom- 
 pany the report of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of 
 War, in the offices of P. R. R. Survey, 1855. Lith. by J. 
 Bien, N. Y. Scale, 1 to 6,000,000. [A note on this map, 
 signed G. K. Warren, says it is only a hurried compilation 
 to exhibit the relations of the different routes]. 
 
 The examination of the routes gives a full resume of the re- 
 sults of each expedition, but the report does not contain any ac- 
 count of previous explorations, except some notes from Wizliz- 
 enus' Report on the Santa Fe road from Independence. This was 
 reprinted in the 4 edition, vol. I, pp. 35-111 of Davis' Report. 
 The resume of previous explorations was printed in 1859 and 
 forms the first part of vol. XI of the 4 edition as: Memoir To 
 Accompany The Map Of The Territory Of The United States 
 From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean, Giving A 
 Brief Account Of Each Of The Exploring Expeditions Since A. 
 D. 1800, With A Detailed Description Of The Method Adopted In 
 Compiling The General Map. By Lieut. Gouverneur K. Warren, 
 Corps of Topographical Engineers, U. S. A- 1859. 4 115 pp., 
 117-120 Index. 4 Maps (all reduced copies). 
 
 Map of Territory west of the Mississippi, from Winter- 
 bottom's History of 1796. 
 
 Rector and Roberdeau's map of the territory west of the 
 Mississippi, 1818. 
 
 Map of the territory west of the Mississippi from Finley's 
 map of North America, published 1826. 
 
 Captain Bonneville's map of the region of the Rocky 
 Mountains and the Pacific, published in 1837 (in Irving's 
 Capt. Bonneville). 
 
108 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 The large map, not ready when the Secretary's report was 
 printed, in 1855, was finally issued with the 4 edition, vol. XI, 
 with the title: Map of the Territory Of The United States From 
 The Mississippi To The Pacific Ocean Ordered By The Hon. 
 Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, To Accompany The Reports 
 Of The Exploration For A Railroad Route, .... Compiled .... 
 by Lieut. G. K. Warren, Topi. Engrs., under direction of Bvt. Maj. 
 W. A. Emory .... in 1854 and of Capt. A. A. Humphreys .... 
 1854-5-6-7. Eng. by Selmar Siebert (up to May 1, 1857). 
 
 A large sheet of Profiles of the Main Routes Surveyed, Com- 
 piled in 1855 by Warren & Abbott, 1856, also appeared in the 4* 
 edition, vol. XL 217 
 
 STEVENS, ISAAC I. 
 
 Report of Exploration Of A Route For The Pacific Rail- 
 road Near the Forty-Seventh And Forty-Ninth Parallels, 
 From St. Paul To Puget Sound. By I. I. Stevens, Govern- 
 or of Washington Territory. 
 
 [Washington: Nicholson, 1855.] (In 33rd Cong., 1st 
 Sess., House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 8 XII, 599 pp., XV Index. Map in 3 sheets, usually ap- 
 pearing as 3 maps, showing route and profile from St. Paul 
 to the Pacific. 
 
 Instructions to Stevens were given April 8. 1853, and the re- 
 port is dated Wash., June 30, 1854. A brief report of progress was 
 published as 33 Cong., 1st Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 29, with a map from 
 St. Paul to Ft. Union. 
 
 The report was reprinted in quarto, more complete, in Vol. I of 
 the Series of Pacific R. R. Explorations in 1855 with same title. 
 VII, 651 pp., 4 maps, 3 of route and 1 of profiles. No plates 
 issued with this report. (Maps in Vol. XI). 
 
 Governor Stevens had a distinguished party including Dr. 
 George Suckley, Surgeon and Naturalist, J. M. Stanley, Artist, F. 
 W. Lander, Lieut. John Mullan, Elwood Evans and Max Strobel. 
 The party in the Western Division consisted of Capt. George B. 
 McClellan, Dr. J. G. Cooper, George Gibbs, Lieut. Sylvester 
 Mowry and others. A very interesting account of this expedition 
 is to be found in the life of General Stevens by his son Hazard, 
 who as a boy accompanied his father. 
 
 On Feb. 7, 1859, Stevens presented his final report, rewriting 
 the journals and adding the observations made during his various 
 expeditions after 1854 in connection with the Indian treaties. It 
 also contains the various scientific reports and a beautiful set of 
 plates of scenery by J. M. Stanley. The Government published 
 it in 1860 as Vol. XII-XIII of the Pacific R. R. Exploration, 36 
 Cong., 1st Sess. House, Ex. Doc. 56, Part I, 358 pp., app. 
 A and B and index, 41 pp. There are 70 colored lithographs, of 
 these 56 are by Stanley after his own sketches. One (No. 69) is a 
 view of Mt. Rainer by him from sketch of Dr. Cooper, three by 
 him from sketches of Gustavus Sohon. a member of the expedi- 
 tion, and nine by Gustavus Sohon. One plate has no name (no. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 109 
 
 63), one is profiles, 2 maps. The plates were lithographed by 
 Sarony, Major & Knapp, N. Y., and are fine examples. 
 
 Pages 31-195 contain his report of the expedition in 1853. Pages 
 196-225, Narrative of the 1855 Exp.; pp. 226-306, Geographical 
 Memoir of very great value, pp. 261-306, by Dr. J. G. Kohl; pp. 
 307-331, Meteorology; pp. 332-351, Railroad Report and Estimate; 
 pp. 352-358, Computation of Altitudes ; 41 pp. Appendix A, Height 
 and Distances, Appendix B, Meterological Register, Index. 
 
 Gustavus Sohon, who drew some of the sketches in the report, 
 was a private soldier of the 4th Infantry who accompanied the 
 expedition of Lieut. Mullan to the Bitter Root in 1854. Stevens 
 says he had shown great taste as an artist as well as an ability to 
 learn the Indian language. Stevens took him with him in 1855 to 
 the Blackfoot Council. 
 
 Vol. XII, Book II usually marked Vol. XIII, contains the 
 Scientific Reports. Part II, Botanical Report, J. G. Cooper, 1860, 
 76 pp., 6 plates. Part III, Zoological Report, 1860, Leconte, 
 Suckley, Cooper & Gibbs, VIII, (2), 399 pp., 46 plates (2 insects, 
 5 mammals. 8 birds, 11 reptiles, 20 fishes; all the list calls for, but 
 some different numbers from the list). 
 
 The collation of plates in the Govt. edition agrees with Hasse 
 except that she includes plate 43 of fishes, which Suckley & Coop- 
 er say was not published in this edition, nor does the list call 
 for it. 
 
 In 1860 this material was printed in New York by Bailliere 
 Bros, as the "Natural History of Washington Territory and Ore- 
 gon; Edited By Geo. Suckley, M. D., and J. G. Cooper, M. D., 
 Naturalists of the Late N. P. Railroad Exploration, .... In 
 Quarto. Some plates published in this were not included in the 
 Government edition. 218 
 
 BECKWITH, E. G. 
 
 Report of Exploration Of A Route For The Pacific Rail- 
 road, Near The 38th And 39th Parallels of Latitude, From 
 The Mouth Of The Kansas To Sevier River, In The Great 
 Basin. By Lieut. E. G. Beckwith, Third Artillery. 
 
 [Washington: Nicholson, 1855.] (In 33rd Cong., 1st 
 Sess., House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 8 Title, Cont. 2 pp., 149 pp. Map (from Westport to 
 Sacramento Valley) and sheet Profile (from Westport to 
 Salt Lake Valley). 
 Contents : 
 
 Pp. 1-87, Journal; pp. 88-98, Summary; pp. 98-103, Note 
 on Methods ; pp. 105-149, Barometric and Meteorological 
 Observations. 
 
 Report dated Washington, Nov. 25, 1854. This is a revised re- 
 port, the first one having been sent by Beckwith from Salt Lake 
 Feb. 1, 1854. The party set out June 23rd from the mouth of Kan- 
 sas River, under command of Capt. J. W. Gunnison who was after- 
 wards killed in Utah (Oct. 26th). Besides Gunnison, the party 
 consisted of Beckwith, R. H. Kern, topographer and artist, Shep- 
 
110 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 part Homans, astronomer, Dr. James Schiel, surgeon and geologist, 
 F. Creutzfeldt, botanist, J. A. Snyder, assistant topographer. Es- 
 cort under command of Capt. R, M. Morris and Lieut. L- S. 
 Baker, John Moses, an Indian as guide and James Sanders, inter- 
 preter. The journal was kept by Beckwith. The party proceeded 
 via Bent's Fort, Fort Massachusetts (at Taos they obtained An- 
 toine Leroux as guide), up San Luis Valley, Sawatch Valley, 
 Coochetopa Pass, the Uncompahgre Valley, to the Grand (Gunni- 
 son) River (Roubidou's old fort at the junction) and through 
 Wahsatch Pass. Struck the old Spanish trail near Green River. 
 Crossed the river at the ford and followed the trail a short dis- 
 tance. Later followed it through Wahsatch Pass over the moun- 
 tains to near Seven Lakes and back to Cedar Springs. Gunnison, 
 Kern and Creutzfeldt were killed by Indians near there. The 
 party arrived at Salt Lake Nov. 8th. 
 
 Homans made a map from Kern's sketches but the map accom- 
 panying the report was made from the same notes by F. W. 
 Egloffstein in Washington. The report was reprinted in the 4 
 edition of the Pacific Railroad Report, vol. II, 1855, 118 pp., to 
 which were added: Appendix A, pp. 119-124, Letters from Gun- 
 nison and Beckwith to Secretary of War during the expedition; 
 Appendix B, pp. 125-128, Explanation of the map and illustrations; 
 map (in Vol. XI) in 4 sections, 13 colored lith. plates, 3 by Kern, 
 1 by Egloffstein and 9 by J. M. Stanley, after sketches by Kern. 
 The profiles are on the same sheet as those of the other Beckwith 
 expeditions. 
 
 The 1857 edition of Capt. Gunnison's book on the Mormons con- 
 tains a letter from W. W. Drummond, dated Chicago, April 27, 
 1857, purporting to be a narrative of the death of Gunnison. 
 
 A sketch of the portion between the 104th and 110th Meridian 
 appeared in Report of Secretary of War, 29th Cong., 1st Sess. Sen. 
 Ex. Doc. 29. 219 
 
 BECKWITH, E. G. 
 
 Report of Explorations For The Pacific Railroad, On The 
 Line Of The Forty-First Parallel Of North Latitude. By 
 Lt. E. G. Beckwith, Third Artillery. 1854. 
 
 [Washington: Nicholson, 1855.] (In 33rd Cong., 1st 
 Sess., House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 8 136 pp. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Pages 5-67, Journal; 67-77, Summary; 77-81, Tables dis- 
 tances; 82, Geographical positions; 83-119, Meterological 
 data; 120-136, Geology by J. Schiel. This geological article 
 covers both expeditions beginning at Westport, Mo. 
 
 Map in four sections in vol. XI of the 4 edition. The 
 profiles are combined with those of the other expedition on 
 one sheet. 
 
 This geological article covers both expeditions beginning at 
 Westport, Mo. 
 
 According to Warren's Memoir (Pacific Railroad Report, Vol. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 111 
 
 XI, pp. 75) this report was accompanied by a preliminary map, 
 but I conclude that only one map was published at the time cov- 
 ering both the Beckwith expeditions. The only map covering 
 these routes published in this edition covers the entire territory 
 to the Pacific and was made by Egloffstein, as Beckwith states in 
 his letter of transmittal to Secretary of War of Dec. 30, 1854. 
 Apparently no profiles were made, as Warren does not mention 
 them. 
 
 This was reprinted in the quarto edition Pacific R. R. Surveys, 
 vol. II, in 132 pp., sheet errata, 4 plates of geology and 10 of 
 botany and 13 fine engravings of scenery issued in vol. XI. These 
 plates were after sketches of F. W. Egloffstein. There were added 
 to this edition, pp. 115-132, a Botanical Report on both expeditions 
 by John Torrey and Asa Gray on plants collected by F. Creutz- 
 feldt in the first expedition and J. A. Snyder in the second. Schiel's 
 Geology, pp. 96-112. 
 
 The party left Salt Lake April 4, 1854, for Fort Bridger and re- 
 turned to Salt Lake by Weber River. Left Salt Lake May 5th, 
 on orders from Secretary of War, to proceed to the coast. Went 
 via Fish Springs, Valley of the Humboldt, over the Medelin Pass 
 to Fort Reading. They also reconnoitered Noble Pass. Dr. 
 Schiel accompanied the party and the same escort and others, ex- 
 cept the ones killed. Egloffstein apparently joined the party at 
 Salt Lake. 
 
 S. F. Baird, Chas. Girard, and J. L. Leconte made a report on 
 the zoology of both the Beckwith expedition (vol. X of the 4 
 edition) in 27 pp. plus 1 of Index, 3 plates mammals, 7 birds, 4 
 reptiles, 6 fishes, (article on insects omitted). According to Hasse 
 only 4 of birds, although list calls for 5. My copy contains 7 
 which are all described, and no more. 220 
 
 WHIPPLE, A. W. 
 
 Report of Explorations For A Railway Route, Near The 
 Thirty-Fifth Parallel Of Latitude, From The Mississippi 
 River To The Pacific Ocean. By Lieut. A. W. Whipple, 
 Corps of Topographical Engineers. 
 
 [Washington : Nicholson, 1855.] (In 33rd Cong., 1st 
 Sess., House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 8 154 pp., VI Index, II Errata, 1 map in 2 sheets, sheet 
 profiles (2). 
 
 This report dated Washington, July 31, 1854, contains no journal, 
 but a condensed statement by Whipple in first 87 pages, Appendix 
 A, pp. 87-100, and tables and Appendix B and C (tables), pp. 
 101-154. 
 
 The party started from Napoleon, at the mouth of the Arkansas 
 River, and proceeded via Little Rock, Fort Smith, crossed the 
 Canadian, Cross Timbers, Anton Chico, past Tucumcari to Albu- 
 querque, Central New Mexico, Mojave Villages, up the Mojave 
 River, over the Cajon Pass to Los Angeles and concluded at San 
 Pedro. The party consisted of Lieut. J. C. Ives, Asst.; A. H. 
 Campbell, Asst. R. R. Engineer; Jules Marcou, geologist; H. B. 
 Mollhausen, topg. and artist; Dr. C. B. R. Kennerly, doctor and 
 
112 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 naturalist; Dr. J. M. Bigelow, surgeon and botanist, and several 
 assistants. 
 
 There are chapters written by Campbell, Marcou, Kennerly and 
 Bigelow. D. S. Stanley of the 2nd Dragoons commanded the 
 escort. According to Whipple, L. Blod,get in Washington com- 
 piled a climatological map from observations made during the 
 survey, which accompanied the report but was not printed. 
 
 Antoine Leroux was the guide from Albuquerque to the coast. 
 As this route was to be the government route in case the territory 
 south of the Gila could not be obtained from the Mexican govern- 
 ment, it received a large share of official attention. The report 
 was republished in vol. Ill of the 4 edition of the Pacific R. R. 
 Surveys. 
 
 The contents of the revised report follows: X VII, (1) pp. 
 Part I, Journal not previously printed, 136 pp., 10 plates of scen- 
 ery (five by Mollhausen, 1 by Campbell, 3 by J. C. Tidbale, and 1 
 without name, probably by Mollhausen), colored and lithographed 
 by Sarony. Part II, Report of Topographical Features. Wash., 
 1856. 77 pp., 2 colored plates and 8 plates of diagrams (not pre- 
 viously published, probably by Campbell). Part III, Report on 
 the Indian Tribes by Whipple, Thomas Ewbank, and Prof. W. W. 
 Turner, 1855. Front, colored view of Colorado near Mojave 
 Village, by Campbell, (probably belongs in Part II), 127 pp., 7 
 colored plates by Mollhausen. Part IV, Report of the Geology of 
 the Route, by W. P. Blake, 1856. VII (1) pp., 2 sheets errata, 
 general report (2), 164 pp., resume of a geological reconnaisance 
 from Napoleon to Los Angeles, by Jules Marcou, pp. 165-175, 3 
 plates, (1 scenery, 2 fossls), 3 geological maps. In vol. XI are the 
 2 general maps and sheet of profiles. Part V (vol. IV), Botany 
 of the Expedition, Wash., 1856, by Dr. J. M. Bigelow, John Tor- 
 rey, Dr. Gep. Engelmann and W. S. Sullivant. VII, 193 pp., large 
 sheet botanical profile (colored), by Dr. Bigelow. 24 sheets cact- 
 aceae, 25 plates plants (no. X, should be XI), 10 plates mosses, by 
 Ackerman. Part VI (in vol. IV), Report on The Zoology of the 
 Expedition. Washington, 1856. Field notes and explanation by 
 C. B. R. Kennerly. 17 pp. Appendices Observations, 288 pp. 
 Part VI, No. 2 (in vol. X), Zoological Report. Washington, 1859. 
 64 pp. 6 plates mammals, 11 colored birds, 3 reptiles, 14 fishes. 
 (All called for and described in list; no. XIII of mammals in 
 place of VIII, probably misprint in the list). 
 
 It will be seen that Marcou did not write the geological report. 
 The reason for this he gives in his Geology of North America. 
 Zurich, 1858. 4 VI (2), 144 pp., Geological map U. S., Geological 
 map New Mexico. 7 plates, map of United States (copy of one 
 by Maclure, printed in Paris in 1811). In this Marcou reprints his 
 preliminary report in the 8 edition with extensive notes : A Report 
 on Pope's Exploration made at the request of Pope from observa- 
 tions, and a general description of fossils and geology in the 
 West from his observations while with Lieut. Whipple. The book 
 also contains an exhaustive history of American geology with a 
 bibliography. 
 
 Mr. Mollhausen also published a book on this expedition after 
 his return to Germany. 221 
 
 POPE, JOHN 
 
 Report Of Exploration Of A Route For The Pacific 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 113 
 
 Railroad, Near The Thirty-Second Parallel Of Latitude, 
 From The Red River To The Rio Grande. By Brevet Cap- 
 tain John Pope, Corps of Topographical Engineers. 
 
 [Washington: Nicholson, 1855.] (In 33rd Cong., 1st 
 Sess., House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 8 324 pp. General map with profile on same sheet. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Pages 1-4, Title and Contents; 5-64, Report by Pope; 
 66-122, Diary by J. H. Byrne ; 123-4, Tables of Camps ; 
 125-8, Letters by Jules Marcou with Geology; 129-31, Let- 
 ters by Baird & Booth; 132-306, Tables; 307-324, Cata- 
 logues of Plants by Dr. Torrey. 
 
 Report dated Wash., Oct. 17, 1854. 
 
 The expedition left Dona Ana Feb. 12, 1854, consisting of Cap- 
 tain Pope, Lieut. K. Garrard, assistant engineer, Capt. C. S. Tap- 
 lin, mineralogist, Dr. W. S. Diffendorfer, surgeon and naturalist, 
 John Byrne, computer, and Lieut. L. H. Marshall in command of 
 the escort. Reached Preston, Texas, May 15. Byrne says they 
 could obtain no one as guide who had been over the route. 
 
 Reprinted in Vol. II of the 4 edition of the Pacific R- R. Sur- 
 veys. IV, (2), 185 pp., 10 plates botany. (Report by Torrey & 
 Gray, pp. 157-178, index 179-185). Geology of the route by W. P. 
 Blake. Leaf explanation, 44 pp., index 45-50, geological map and 
 geological section. In vol. XI, large map with profile at the 
 bottom. 
 
 No extended scientific reports on this expedition seem to have 
 been made, at least none were printed^. Probably what notes were 
 made were used in the compilaton of the general scentific re- 
 ports on the whole explorations. 222 
 
 PARKE, JOHN G. 
 
 Report of Explorations For That Portion Of A Railway 
 Route, Near The Thirty-Second Parallel Of Latitude, Lying 
 Between Dona Ana, On The Rio Grande, And Pimas Val- 
 lages, On The Gila. By Lieut. Jno. G. Parke, U. S. A., 
 Corps Topographical Engineers. 
 
 [Washington: Nicholson, 1855.] (In 33rd Cong., 1st 
 Sess., House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 8 Title, 53 pp. Map of survey and sheet of profiles. 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Pages 3-24, Journal ; 24-32, Barometric measurements ; 
 33-53, Extracts from Report of Lt. Col. Emory of a Military 
 Reconnaisance made in 1846 and 1847. 
 
 Party started from San Diego January 24, 1854, consisting of 
 Parke, Henry Custer, assistant and topographer, Dr. A. Heermann, 
 physician and naturalist, Lieut. George Stoneman, in command of 
 the escort. Went by Warner's Ranch to Fort Yuma and up the 
 
114 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Gila. From the Pimas Villages to Tucson and thence over the 
 southern route to Ft. Fillmore. 
 
 Republished in the quarto edition, Pacific R. R. Surveys, vol. 
 II in 28 pp. and the Emory extract separately in 22 pp. No maps 
 published in this edition with this report. 
 
 Drs. Heermann and Hallowell submitted a report on birds and 
 reptiles, printed in 1859 in vol. X of the 4 edition in 24 pp. with 
 3 colored plates of birds and 1 of reptiles. Bird plates No. 1, IV, 
 VI; reptiles No. II. According to Hasse, however, there should 
 be 6 of birds, although the list only calls for 3, which are all that 
 are described 
 
 In 1854 Parke made another survey from San Jose, Calif., via 
 the coast route to Los Angeles. Started again from San Diego 
 May 26th and followed the emigrant road to Ft. Yuma and went 
 over most of the ground of the 1854 survey to Ft. Fillmore. No 
 journal with this report, which occurs in the 4 edition, vol. VII. 
 22 (2), 42 pp. (Part I), 8 colored plates of scenery by A. H. 
 Campbell. (Lith. by A. Hoen, Baltimore, Wash., 1856). 
 
 Part II, Geology by Dr. Thomas Antisell, 204 pp. Antisell's 
 report to page 188; T. A. Conrad on palaeontology, 189-196; 10 
 plates fossils. Order of strata and explanation of plate, 197-204; 
 14 plates geological sections. (Colored) geological map San 
 Francisco to Los Angeles, along route of Parke to accompany 
 Thos. Antisell's Report. (Colored) geological plan and section 
 from Rio Grande to Pimas Villages, route of Parke. Part III, 
 Botany by John Torrey, Wash., 1856. 28 pp., 8 plates. Appendix 
 A, Meteorology Remarks on meteorology by A. H. Compbell ; 
 14 pp., 11 plates. Appendix B, Engineer Charles H. Poole's Re- 
 port, pp. 15-28. Appendix C, pp. 29-30, Trans, of a Document from 
 the Spanish archives. Appendix D, pp. 31-116, tables. 2 maps and 
 sheet of profile (vol. XI). This last report of Parke's was printed 
 in 1857. 223 
 
 LANDER, FRED W. 
 
 Synopsis Of A Report Of The Reconnaisance Of A Rail- 
 road Route From Puget Sound Via South Pass To The 
 Mississippi River. By Fred W. Lander, Civil Engineer. 
 
 Washington, D. C., 1856. (In 33rd Cong., 1st Sess., 
 House Ex. Doc. 129). 
 
 Vol. II of the Pacific R. R. Surveys 4 edition. 
 
 4 45 pp. 
 
 This expedition was a volunteer enterprise of Lander who after 
 going to 'the coast with the Stevens expedition evidently wished 
 the government to pay his expenses back. He got the Washington 
 legislature to endorse him and tried to get Congress to pay the 
 bill. This report is stated to be revised since first transmitted to 
 the War Department. It was first printed as a part of House 
 Doc. 129, 33rd Cong., 1st Sess. 
 
 Lander took 24 pages to expound his views of how best to con- 
 struct a transcontinental railroad from both a financial and engi- 
 neering standpoint ; then follow pp. 25-28 as to why the northern 
 route is not acceptable, and finally pp. 29-45 mentions briefly his 
 movements, but on the whole in reading this which purports to 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 115 
 
 be a reconnaisance, one gains the impression that Lander re- 
 turned to the East by water. His maps were never published. 
 
 I have never seen the original Lander report published in 
 octavo as part of Doc. 129, the bound volume of documents con- 
 taining it being missing in the public institutions here. 
 
 Feb. 13, 1858 Lander addressed a letter to the Secretary of 
 the Interior, enclosing a report on the "Practicability of Railroads 
 Through The South Pass," published, as a letter of the Secretary 
 of the Interior, 35th Cong., 1st Sess. House Ex. Doc. No. 70. 8" 
 20 pp. Lander also published, Remarks on the Construction of a 
 Firt-Class, Double Track Railway to the Pacific and the Diffi- 
 culties attending its Solution, etc. Washington, 1854. 8 14 pp., 
 including title. P. P. W. 224 
 
 ROSS, ALEXANDER 
 
 The Fur Hunters Of The Far West ; A Narrative Of Ad- 
 ventures In The Oregon And Rocky Mountains. By Alex- 
 ander Ross, .... In 2 Volumes. 
 
 London : Smith, Elder & Co., .... 1855. 
 
 8 pp. XV, 333 ; VIII, 262 ; Port. Ross, Plate and Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map Of The Oregon to illustrate Ross's Fur Hunters Of 
 the Far West. Eng. by Ford & West. 
 
 Ross was with the Astor Company but joined the Northwest 
 Co. on the breaking up of the Astor enterprise. 
 
 Left the Pacific in 1825 and went to Red River Settlement, hav- 
 ing received the grant of 100 acres there from Gov. Simpson. 
 Gives a good account of his overland journey. 
 
 In 1856 Ross Published: The Red River Settlement; Its Rise, 
 Progress, And Present State. With Some Account of The Native 
 Races And Its General History, To The Present Day. By Alex- 
 ander Ross, .... London : Smith, Elder & Co., .... 1856. 8 
 Front. (Upper Ft. Garry) XVI, 416 pp. 
 
 This brings the history down to about 1850. 225 
 
 RYERSON, JOHN 
 
 Hudson's Bay; Or, A Missionary Tour In The Territory 
 Of The Hon. Hudson's Bay Company, By The Rev. John 
 Ryerson, Co-Delegate, and Deputation To The Wesleyan 
 Missions In Hudson's Bay : With Brief Missionary Mem- 
 orials and Illustrations. 
 
 Toronto: Published By G. R. Sanderson 1855. 
 
 18 XXIV (incl. title); 190 pp. Port, of Ryerson and 9 
 other plates. 
 
 Ryerson went in from Ft. William to Red River and thence to 
 Norway House and Rossville, thence to York Factory on his way 
 to England. Occupied the summer of 1854. 226 
 
H6 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 BONNER, T. D. 
 
 The Life And Adventures Of James P. Beckwourth, 
 Mountaineer, Scout, And Pioneer, And Chief Of The Crow 
 Nation Of Indians. With Illustrations. Written From His 
 Own Dictation, By T. D. Bonner. 
 
 New York: Harpers, .... 1856. 
 
 12 XII, 13-537 pp., Port. Beckwourth, 12 other plates. 
 
 The essential truth of this narrative is corroborated by refer- 
 ence to other writers who frequently mention Beckwourth and his 
 exploits. He embarked on mountain life in 1822 with Ashley's 
 company. Party left St. Louis Oct. llth but this time he did not 
 reach the mountains, haying to return with Harris. Next May, 
 however, he started again with Ashley, was on the Green River 
 with him and returned with him via the Yellowstone in 1825. 
 Found Major Pilcher in charge at Ft. Lookout. Speaks of Stewart 
 visiting him with Harrison and Fitzpatrick and a Mr. Brotherton. 
 Relates an experience with Stewart, pp. 278-282. 
 
 In 1840 went to New Mexico and began trading on his own 
 account and in 1842 settled at Pueblo, which with some other fur 
 trappers, he built. 
 
 Claimed to have arrived in Los Angeles, Calif., in January. 1844, 
 but returned to Pueblo in 1846. Afterward lived in California in 
 Beckwourth Valley. Bancroft says he died in the North Platte 
 country in 1867, aged about 70. 227 
 
 CARVALHO, S. N. 
 
 Incidents Of Travel And Adventure In The Far West: 
 With Col. Fremont's Last Expedition Across The Rocky 
 Mountains : Including Three Months' Residence In Utah, 
 And A Perilous Trip Across The Great American Desert, 
 To The Pacific. By S. N. Carvalho, Artist to the Expedi- 
 tion. 
 
 New York: Derby & Jackson. London: Sampson 
 Low, Son & Co. 1856. 
 
 12 Title and half title, VII-XV, 17-380 pp. 
 
 I think this should have a front, as all the American printed 
 copies I have seen which bear date of 1857 have a plate. 
 
 Went as artist with Fremont's expedition of 1853. Left N. Y. 
 Sept. 5th and Westport about the 23rd. Traveled by Bent's Fort 
 at Big Timber and arrived at Parowan, Salt Lake Valley Feb. 
 8th, having traveled principally over Beale's and Gunnison's track. 
 At Parowan Carvalho and Egloffstein left Fremont, who continued 
 to California. May 5, 1854, via the southern route. Crossed Cajon 
 Pass to San Bernardino, where he arrived June 9th and thence to 
 Los Angeles. 
 
 Carvalho was an artist, but I have not seen any sketches made 
 by him on this expedition. 228 
 
 COOKE, P. ST. G. 
 
 Scenes And Adventures In The Army; Or, Romance Of 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 117 
 
 Military Life. By P. St. G. Cooke, Colonel Second 
 Dragoons, U. S. A. 
 
 Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. 1856. 
 
 12 XII, 13-342 pp. 
 
 Cooke started his prairie life in 1829 as lieutenant in the expe- 
 dition to the boundary to escort the Santa Fe traders. In 1831 
 he made a trip overland to the Platte and to the Missouri at 
 Cabanne's a few miles below old Ft. Atkinson at Council Bluffs. 
 Gives a long account of Hugh Glass's adventures. 
 
 In 1843 was on a western trip to escort caravan to Santa Fe. 
 
 In 1845 (May 23rd), started from Ft. Leavenworth to escort the 
 Oregon emigrants. Arrived at Ft. Laramie June 14th, Colonel 
 Kearny in command. Crossed the South Pass and on July 1st 
 started to return, Fitzpatrick as guide. July 8th met Walker on 
 his way to California. Says he was married to a squaw or squaws, 
 but of much natural ability. July 29th arrived at Bent's Fort and 
 Aug. 24th at Ft. Leavenworth. Book ends with his arrival there. 
 
 In spite of the copyright of 1856, I have seen this book cata- 
 logued as of 1847, but have never seen any edition earlier than 
 1857. 229 
 
 DAVIS, J. 
 
 Mormonism Unveiled : Or a Peep into the Practices of 
 the Latter Day Saints, by a Deluded Brother of the Sect, 
 .... By J. Davis. 
 
 Bristol [Eng.] 1856. 
 
 12 48 pp. 
 
 Gives an account of his trip to Louisiana and across the plains 
 to Utah. (Not seen). *230 
 
 FERRIS, MRS. B. G. 
 
 The Mormons At Home ; With some Incidents of Travel 
 from Missouri To California, 1852-3. In a Series Of Letters. 
 By Mrs. B. G. Ferris (wife of the late U. S. Secretary for 
 Utah). 
 
 New York: Dix & Edwards, .... 1856. 
 12 VIII, 299 pp. 
 
 Left Independence Aug. 23, 1852, and arrived at Salt Lake be- 
 fore Oct. 30th. May 5th, 1853, left for California via the Hum- 
 boldt and Carson Valley and apparently Lassen Pass. 231 
 
 GRAY, A. B. 
 
 Survey Of A Route For The Southern Pacific R. R. On 
 the 32nd Parallel, By A. B. Gray, For The Texas Western 
 R. R. Company. 
 
 Cincinnati, O. : Wrightson & Co 1856. 
 
118 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 8 110 pp. slip errata, 3 maps, 32 views of scenery. 
 Maps: 
 
 Preliminary Map to accompany Report of A. B. Gray of 
 the Route of the Texas Western Railroad In Connection 
 With The Line Of The Southern Pacific, 1856. Lith. by 
 Middleton, Wallace & Co., Cine., who also lithographed 
 the Plates and the Map of the World. 
 
 The World, Illustrating the Courses of Trade. 
 
 Port of San Diego. Lith. by J. Bien, N. Y. 
 
 Plates after drawings by Chas. Schuchard, a Texan. They are 
 very good. 
 
 Gray's report is dated N. Y., Feb., 1855, but it was not printed 
 until after May 10th (see R. R. Record, Oct. 18). 
 
 The views of Ft. Yuma and ruins of Mission of Tumacacari 
 and Calabazas appeared also in the Report of the Sonora Explor- 
 ing and Mining Co., Cine., 1856. The mining company was backed 
 by the same interests as the railroad. Major Heintzelman, Poston, 
 Ehrenberg, Brunckow being the active operators of the mining 
 operations and indeed -the promoters thereof. (See the Sonora 
 Go's, report for 1856 for Charles D. Poston's account of his jour- 
 ney in the summer of 1856 from Ft. Thorn to Tubac). 232 
 
 GREENE, MAX 
 
 The Kansas Region : Forest, Prairie, Desert, Mountain, 
 Vale, and River. Descriptions Of Scenery, Climate, Wild 
 Productions, Capabilities of Soil, And Commercial Re- 
 sources ; Interspersed With Incidents Of Travel, And Anec- 
 dotes Illustrative of the Character of the Traders and Red 
 Men ; To Which Are Added Directions As To Routes, Out- 
 fit For The Pioneer, and Sketches of Desirable Localities 
 for Present Settlement. By Max Greene. 
 
 New York : Fowler and Wells, .... 1856. 
 
 12 VIII, 9-192. 2 maps. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 [As front.] [Map of Kansas and adjacent regions] (HO 
 title). Marked: Aerography. J. H. Colton & Co., New 
 York. 
 
 East Kansas (occupies pages 169-70 in the pagination). 
 
 This well written book contains a very good account of the 
 prairie and mountain region with many accounts of the author's 
 own experiences from 1850 to 1855, as well as a history of the 
 Santa Fe trade and descriptions of the Santa Fe trail. 233 
 
 MARCY, CAPT. R. B. 
 
 Report on an exploration of the Big Wichita and the 
 headwaters of the Brazos River, made in 1854. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES H9 
 
 [Washington: 1856.] (34 Cong., 1 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 
 60). 
 
 8 48 pp. Map. 
 
 Not seen. *234 
 
 MOFFETTE, JpSEPH F. 
 
 The Territories of Kansas And Nebraska: Being An Ac- 
 count Of Their Geography, Resources, And Settlements, 
 .... By Joseph F. Moffette, Late of Governor Stevens' 
 Overland Expedition. Accompanied By Elaborate Maps. 
 
 New York: J. H. Colton & Co., .... 1856. 
 
 18 84 pp., 24 pp. adv., 2 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Nebraska and Kansas, Pub. By J. A. Colton & Co 
 
 1856. (Eastern part only showing counties). 
 
 [Another with same title showing territory and the 
 Rocky Mountains.] 
 
 Moffette gives a good description of the upper Missouri coun- 
 try, no doubt from personal knowledge. 235 
 
 PARKER, W. B. 
 
 Notes Taken During The Expedition Commanded By 
 Capt. R. B. Marcy, U. S. A., Through Unexplored Texas, 
 In the Summer and Fall of 1854. By W. B. Parker, At- 
 tached to the Expedition. 
 
 Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, .... 1856. 
 
 12 XII, 9-242 pp. 
 
 Parker was a civilian friend of Marcy's and went for the ad- 
 venture. The object of the expedition was to locate an Indian 
 reserve in N. W. Texas for the Indians in the State of Texas. 
 Party left Ft. Smith June 1st, Dr. G. G. Shumard of Ft. Smith 
 accompanying them. They proceeded via Ft. Washita to the 
 Little Wichita, and the headwaters of the Brazos, where the sur- 
 vey was made on Cleav Fork. Returned to Ft. Smith Oct. 15th. 
 
 236 
 
 
 SONORA EXPLORING AND MINING CO. 
 
 Report Of The Sonora Exploring and Mining Co., Made 
 To The Stockholders, December, 1856. 
 
 Cincinnati: Railroad Record Print. 1856. 
 8- 43, (1) pp., 4 views, 4 maps. 
 
 The company occupied as headquarters in Arizona the old pre- 
 sidio of Tubac which had been occupied up to the transfer of the 
 territory. Herman Ehrenberg, the engineer and surveyor of the 
 
120 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 company, was the most active explorer in the Southwest. He drew 
 three of the above mentioned maps, the other being reduced from 
 the western part of Gray's map attached to the "Survey of a 
 Route for the Southern Pacific R, R." The report contains extracts 
 from C. D. Poston's report of a trip from El Paso to Tubac. 
 
 Same September, 1857. Cincinnati : Railroad Record Print. 
 1857. 8 24 pp., 3 views, same general map as in the 1856 report. 
 
 Same, Second Annual Report Cine.. 1858. 8 16 pp. Gives 
 
 some account of the Crabb filibustering expedition. 
 
 Same, Third Annual Report, made in March, 1859. New York : 
 W. Minns & Co. 1859. 8 30 pp. 
 
 Same, Fourth Annual Report March. 1860. New York : 
 
 W. Minns & Co. 1860. 8 18 pp. 
 
 Same, Report of Frederic Brunckow .... also a letter from 
 Herman Ehrenberg, etc. Cine. Railroad Record .... 8 Front., 
 47 pp. 
 
 Same, Small map of Arizona or the Gadsden Purchase, with the 
 Position of its Silver mines 1859. 
 
 During these operations the first newspaper in Arizona, the 
 Arizonian, was started at Tubac. In this pamphlet Brunckow who 
 was killed by the Apaches later, in 1859, gives an historical account 
 of his career and this mining enterprise, the first American mining 
 enterprise in the Southwest. 
 
 Elliott's History of Arizona gives a few details of Ehrenberg' s 
 career obtained from C. D. Poston who says Ehrenberg came with 
 him to Arizona first in 1854 from Sonora. Bancroft, in his Pioneer 
 Register to his History of California, says Ehrenberg went over- 
 land to Oregon in 1844. In 1847 he arrived at the Sandwich 
 Islands from California, and according to Bancroft came to Cali- 
 fornia just before or during the gold rush in 1848. He was killed 
 by an Indian at Dos Palos in the Mojave Desert in 1866. But 
 little is known of his early career except that he took part in the 
 Texas revolution in 1836 and wrote a book about it. See Raine's 
 Bibl. of Texas for a note about him. He was a great map maker. 
 I have several published by him in San Francisco before 1860. 
 
 237 
 
 UDELL, JOHN 
 
 Incidents Of Travel To California, Across The Great 
 Plains ; Together With The Return Trips Through Central 
 America and Jamaica ; To Which Are Added Sketches Of 
 The Author's Life. By John Udell. 
 
 Jefferson, Ohio: Printed For The Author At The Sen- 
 tinel Office, 1856. 
 
 12 VIII, 9-302 pp., 1 leaf errata. Port. Udell. 
 
 Started May 1, 1850, from Davis Co., Iowa, and went by Coun- 
 cil Bluffs, Ft. Laramie, Ft. Bridger, Salt Lake, Humboldt River, 
 Carson Valley and arrived at Placerville August 29th. Went 
 home in 1851 via the Nicaragua route. May 5, 1852, started again 
 for California from Missouri. Crossed the Missouri at Trader's 
 Point at the Plattsville Ferry. Went up the Platte, passed Ft. 
 Laramie, Ft. Bridger, Salt Lake, the Humboldt, Carson Valley 
 and arrived at Placerville Sept. 20. In 1853 returned via Panama. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 121 
 
 April 24, 1854, started again for California from Missouri via 
 Council Bluffs, followed practically the same road as the former 
 trip and arrived at Placerville October 3rd. In 1855 returned to 
 the States again. 
 
 Udell was a Baptist clergyman, born June 22, 1775, in James 
 St., New York City. The family kept moving West and finally 
 landed in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and Udell lived at Jefferson and 
 after various moves landed in Missouri and then back to Ohio 
 again. 
 
 The book, besides a long account of his restless wanderings, 
 contains articles on California, the Constitution of the U. S., 
 Central America, etc., Salt Lake and the Mormons and the Pacific 
 Railroad. 
 
 Udell made another trip in 1858-9 of which he published an 
 extended account: 
 
 Journal Of John Udell, Kept During A Trip Across The 
 Plains, Containing An Account Of The Massacre Of A 
 Portion Of His Party By The Mohave Indians, In 1859. 
 [Entered Accounting to Act of Congress]. 
 
 Jefferson : Ashtabula Sentinel Steam Press Print. 1868. 
 
 8 47 pp. incl. title and a portrait of Udell on reverse of 
 47. P. P. W., with same title. 
 
 This time he went by the Santa Fe Trail and was obliged to 
 spend the winter of 1858-9 at Albuquerque. In the spring he went 
 by Beale's road through the Mohave to Los Angeles. 
 
 Very rare pamphlet. 238 
 
 UPHAM, CHARLES WENTWORTH 
 
 Life, Explorations And Public Service of John Charles 
 Fremont. By Charles Wentworth Upham. With Illus- 
 trations. 
 
 Boston: Ticknor and Fields. MDCCCLVI. 
 
 12 Port. Fremont, Title V-VII, 9-355 (1) pp. 13 other 
 Plates, including Portrait of Carson. 
 
 Pages 273-300 contain an account of Fremont's fourth expedi- 
 tion, mostly contained in letters from Fremont: To Benton, 
 Bent's Fort, Nov. 17, 1848; to Mrs. Fremont, Taos, Jan. 27, 1849; 
 to Mrs. Fremont, Taos, Feb. 6, 1849; to Benton, Socorro, Feb. 24, 
 1849. Pages 327-332 contain short account of the fifth expedition 
 of 1853-4, including a letter from Fremont to Benton, dated 
 Parawan (Utah) Feb. 9, 1854. 
 
 Also a life by John Bigelow. New York, 1856. 8 X, 11-480, 
 Port, of Fremont and 111. In the Century for March, 1891, will 
 be found several articles on the Fremont explorations, including 
 one entitled "Rough Times In Rough Places. A Personal Nar- 
 rative of the terrible experiences of Fremont's fourth Expedition." 
 This is made up of the records and diary of Micajah McGehee, a 
 member of the expedition. The part printed records only the ex- 
 periences of the party after entering the mountains Nov. 26, 1848. 
 
122 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 McGehee gives a long account of Bill Williams, who he says 
 was killed in the spring, together with Dr. Kern, while searching 
 for lost property. 239 
 
 WARREN, G. K. 
 
 Explorations In The Dakota Country, In The Year 1855. 
 By Lieut. G. K. Warren, Topographical Engineer of the 
 "Sioux Expedition." 
 
 Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer. 1856. (34th 
 Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Ex. Doc. 76). 
 
 8 Title, 79 pp., VI index and errata. 3 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Section of map compiled in P. R. R. office .... designed 
 to illustrate Lt. Warren's Report of Military Reconnaisance 
 of the Dakota Country. Shows routes of Long, Nicolet, 
 Fremont & Capt. Stansbury. 
 
 Map giving location of different bands of Indians, etc., 
 and Barometric Profile Fort Pierre to Fort Kearny. 
 
 Sketch of the Blue Water Creek, .... made by Warren. 
 
 No journal ; only general description of the route. The Sioux 
 expedition was under the orders of Gen. Harney, and took place 
 in the summer of 1855. 240 
 
 BRYAN, F. T. 
 
 [Exploration for a road from Ft. Riley to Bridger's Pass, 
 .in 18561. 
 
 Letter of Francis T. Bryan, St. Louis, Feb. 19, 1857. 
 
 Report on the topography of the country between Lodge 
 Pole Creek, Cache la Poudre, and the South Platte, in Con- 
 nection with an exploration for a road from Fort Riley to 
 Bridger's Pass. By John Lambert. St. Louis, March 21, 
 1857. 
 
 Report of a Geological expedition from Fort Leaven- 
 worth to Bryan's Pass .... By H. Englemann, geologist 
 and mining engineer. 
 
 The last two papers are attached to the report of Bryan's who 
 was in charge of the party and together they form Appendix H, 
 pp. 455-520, of the Senate Ex. Doc. 11, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., or House 
 Doc. 2, same pagination. 
 
 This exploration occupied the summer of 1856 and Bryan's 
 diary is printed. Map not published. Appendix L, pp. 525, con- 
 sists of a letter from Capt. John H. Dickerson who located a road 
 from Omaha to new Ft. Kearney. The map was not published 
 with the report. 241 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 123 
 
 CHANDLESS, WILLIAM 
 
 A Visit To Salt Lake; Being A Journey Across The 
 Plains And A Residence In The Mormon Settlements at 
 Utah. By William Chadnless. 
 
 London : Smith, Elder & Co., .... 1857. 
 
 12 XII, 346 pp. Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map Showing The Author's Route. Standridge & Co., 
 Lith., London. 
 
 Left Atchison as wagon driver in July, 1855, via Ft. Bridget 
 and arrived at Salt Lake about Nov. 1st. First 133 pp. devoted to 
 the trip. Part II gives an account of Salt Lake and the Mormons. 
 Jan., 1856, started for California via Fillmore, Cedar City, Las 
 Vegas, San Bernardino and Los Angeles, arriving in San Fran- 
 cisco by water Feb. 8th. 
 
 A very entertaining book. 242 
 
 DAVIS, W. W. H. 
 
 El Gringo ; Or, New Mexico And Her People. By W. W. 
 H. Davis, Late United States Attorney. 
 
 New York : Harper & Brothers, .... 1857. 
 
 12 XII, 13-432 pp. Front; 12 other plates included in 
 the pagination. Plates by Col. Eaton & F. A. Percy of El 
 Paso. 
 
 Davis left Independence Nov. 1st, 1853, by the Santa Fe trail. 
 He also made an excursion into the Navajo country in the sum- 
 mer of 1855. Besides a sketch of the history of New Mexico and 
 the first written by one who had access to the archives, it con- 
 tains practically a diary of Davis' stay. 243 
 
 EMORY, WILLIAM H. 
 
 United States And Mexican Boundary Survey. Report 
 Of William H. Emory Major First Cavalry and U. S. Com- 
 missioner. Volume I. 
 
 Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer. 1857. (34th 
 Cong., 1st Sess. House Ex. Doc. 135). 
 
 4 XVI, 258 pp., 2 maps, meteorological chart, profile 
 and geological section. 
 
 Part II Geological Reports of Doctor C. C. Parry and 
 Asst. Arthur Schott. Notes By W. H. Emory. Palaeon- 
 tology and Geology of the Boundary, By James Hall of 
 Albany, New York. Description of Cretaceous And Ter- 
 tiary Fossils, By T. A. Conrad, Esq. 
 
 VIII, 174 pp., 21 plates, eng. by J. E. Gavit & Dougal, 
 map. 
 
124 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Maps to Part I: 
 
 Map showing magnetic observations. 
 
 Map Of The U. S. And Their Territories Between the 
 Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico. 
 Compiled from Surveys made under the order of W. H. 
 Emory, etc. By Thomas Jekyll, 1857-8. 
 Plates to Part I : 
 
 12 colored lithographs by Sarony, Major & Knapp ; 9 
 steel engravings, from scenes by Arthur Schott, Weyss and 
 Vaudricourt, engraved by James D. Smille (contains an en- 
 graved view of Monument Mt., page 96, not given in list 
 of plates); 66 outline sketches on 33 plates. 
 
 Map to Part II: 
 
 Map illustrating General Geological Features .... West 
 of the Mississippi River By James Hall, etc. 
 
 Vol. II, in 2 parts, was published in Washington, 1859. Part I 
 contains the Botany in 270 pp. with 61 plates, and the Coctacea in 
 78 pp. and 75 plates. An introductory, "View along the Gila, 
 Cereus Giganteus," not numbered nor included in the description. 
 Part II contains: Mammals, in 62 pp. with 27 plates; Birds in 32, 
 (1) pp. with 25 colored plates; Reptiles, in 35 pp. with 41 plates; 
 Ichthyology, in 85, II pp. with 41 plates. 
 
 The reports of Lieut. N. Michler and Dr. C. C. Parry embrace 
 most of the journal contained in this report as Emory does not 
 give his own but confines himself to observations on the business 
 of the Commission, the state of the country, Indians, etc. 244 
 
 FROEBEL, JULIUS 
 
 Aus America, Erfahrungen, Reisen und Studien. Von 
 Julius Froebel. 2 Vols. 
 Leipzig: 1857-58. 
 8 XVI (1) 550; XVI, 616 pp. 
 
 Translated as : Seven Years' Travel In Central America, 
 Northern Mexico And The Far West Of The United States. 
 By Julius Von Froebel. With Numerous Illustrations. 
 
 London: Richard Bentley, .... MDCCCLIX. 
 
 8 XIV (2), 587 pp., 8 plates. 
 
 Went to Chihuahua in 1852 via Santa Fe trail, returning in 
 1853 via Presidio del Norte and San Antonio, Texas. Left Inde- 
 pendence Aug. 17th, arriving Chihuahua Nov. 23rd, 1853. Oct. 10th 
 again left New York by steamer and arrived at Galveston on the 
 25th. Arrived El Paso March 23, 1854 and following June started 
 for California via Santa Cruz and Tucson, down the Gila, and 
 arrived at Los Angeles Sept. 6th. 
 
 One of the most interesting of all books of travel through the 
 country. 245 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 125 
 
 MOWRY, SYLVESTER 
 
 Memoir Of The Proposed Territory Of Arizona. By 
 Sylvester Mowry, U. S. A., Delegate Elect. 
 
 Washington : Henry Polkinhorn, Printer. 1857. 
 8 30 pp. inc. title. Map. 
 Cover title same. 
 
 This memoir is sometimes catalogued with a map but I see no 
 evidence in it that any map was issued with it and conclude that 
 where one occurs, it is inserted probably from one of the Sonora 
 Exploring Go's, pamphlets. This is the most important work 
 dealing with the conditions in Arizona after the Gadsden Treaty 
 and before the Civil War. 
 
 Pages 29-30 embody a petition from residents to Congress pray- 
 ing for the erection of the Gadsden purchase into a territory. 
 
 A very valuable memoir by Mowry on the Indian tribes of 
 Arizona, dated Sept. 22, 1857, will be found on pp. 582-93 of the 
 Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 35 Cong., 1 Sess. Sen. Ex. 
 Doc. 11. 246 
 
 STRATTON, R. B. 
 
 Captivity of The Oatman Girls Being An Interesting 
 Narrative of Life Among Apache and Mohave Indians : 
 Containing Also An Interesting account of the Massacre of 
 The Oatman Family, by the Apache Indians in 1851 ; the 
 narrow escape of Lorenzo D. Oatman ; the Capture of Olive 
 A. and Mary A. Oatman ; The Death by Starvation, of the 
 latter; the Five Years of Suffering and Captivity of Olive 
 A. Oatman; also her singular recapture in 1856; as given 
 by Lorenzo D. and Olive A. Oatman, the only survivors of 
 the family, to the author, R. B. Stratton. 
 
 San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., .... 1857. 
 
 Cover title, regular title as follows : 
 
 Life Among The Indians : Being an Interesting Narrative 
 of the Captivity of the Oatman Girls, Among the Apache 
 and Mohave Indians. Containing [then to the end the same 
 as cover title]. 
 
 12 IV, 5-138 pp. Illustrations including portrait of 
 Olive in the text. 
 
 The Oatman family formed part of a party organized in 1849 
 in Illinois to make a settlement near the junction of the Gila and 
 Colorado rivers. The expedition left Independence early in Aug- 
 ust, 1850, and traveled by the Santa Fe trail but did not go to- 
 Santa Fe ; instead they followed the Rio Grande to Socorro and 
 started over the Cook and Kearny route. Passed Tubac and 
 Tucson and arrived at the Pima Village February 16, 1851. The 
 massacre occurred about midway between here and Ft. Yuma, 
 
 This is the genuine original edition, only a few of which are in 
 existence in spite of the fact that in the preface to the second 
 
126 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 edition Stratton says 5,000 copies were sold. The second edition 
 was published a few mnoths later in 12" 231 pp. Port. Olive and 
 small map occupy two leaves after the title (both included in the 
 pagination). Issued both in cloth and paper covers. 247 
 
 BARTLESON, 
 
 Diary of a trip from Fort Bridger, Utah Territory, via 
 Bridger's Pass and Laramie Plains to Fort Laramie, Ne- 
 braska Territory, by Mr. John Bartleson. 
 
 Pages 52-6 of The Report of the Secretary of War of 
 Dec. 6, 1858. 35 Cong., 2 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 1. 
 
 The expedition took place in December, 1857. 248 
 
 BEALE, E. F. 
 
 Wagon Road From Fort Defiance To The Colorado 
 River. Letter From The Secretary of War Transmitting 
 The Report of the Superintendent, .... May 10, 1858. 
 
 [Washington: 1856.] (35th Cong., 1st Sess. House Ex. 
 Doc. 124). 
 
 8 87 pp. Map. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Preliminary Map of the Western 'Portion of the Recon- 
 naisance and Survey .... made by Capt. A. W. Whipple 
 in 1853-4. With additions, .... By E. F. Beale, Supt. 
 1857-8. 
 
 This is Scale's Report with Journal. Report dated Wash., 
 April 26, 1858. Left San Antonio, Texas, June 25th. 1857, and went 
 through to Los Angeles, and returned during the winter to a 
 point near Ft. Defiance. Beale had the famous camels with him 
 on this trip. The route was by Ft. Clarke, Ft. Lancaster, Ft. 
 Davis, El Paso, up the Rio Grande to Albuquerque, thence over 
 a new road by Zuni to the mouth of the Mohave River and Ft. 
 Tejon. 249 
 
 [CONWAY, CORNELIUS] 
 
 The Utah Expedition, Containing a General Account of 
 the Mormon Campaign, With Incidents of Travel on the 
 Plains, Account of Indian Tribes, .... From Its Com- 
 mencement to the Present Time. By a Wagon-master of 
 the Expedition. 
 
 Cine.: 1858. 
 
 8 48 pp. 
 
 Not seen. *250 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 127 
 
 CRAKES, SYLVESTER, JUN 
 
 Five Years A Captive Among The Black-Feet Indians : 
 Or, A Thrilling Narration Of the Adventures, Perils and 
 Suffering Endured By John Dixon And His Companions, 
 Among The Savages Of The Northwest Territory Of North 
 America. Never Before Published. By Sylvester Crakes, 
 Jun 
 
 Columbus: Osgood & Pearce, Printers. 1858. 
 
 12 Front. VI, 7-224 pp., 4 other plates. 
 
 This is a romance, possibly based on some real captivity at a 
 much later date than the one fixed by Crakes. 
 
 See Dunn's "Oregon Territory," page 156, for a strange story 
 of one, Bird. 251 
 
 MARCY, R. B. 
 
 [Account of R. B. Marcy's March from Camp Scott to 
 New Mexico and return]. 
 
 In Report of the Sec'y of War, pp. 187-201 of Sen. Ex. 
 Doc. 1, 35 Cong., 2 Sess. 
 
 This is a report of Marcy's, dated June 12, 1858, of the very in- 
 teresting expedition during the winter of 1857-8 to New Mexico 
 to procure animals. He crossed over to the Green River, taking 
 the southern route. On his return he passed up the east side of 
 the Rockies, by Fountain and Cherry creeks, and thence over to 
 the North Platte on the Laramie Plains. *252 
 
 MINNESOTA. LEGISLATURE. HOUSE. 
 
 Report From A Select Committee Of The House of Rep- 
 resentatives, On The Overland Emigration Route From 
 Minnesota To British Oregon. With An Appendix. 500 
 Copies Ordered Printed 
 
 Saint Paul : Earle S. Goodrich .... 1858. 
 
 8 100 pp., incl. title. 
 
 The report embraces pp. 3-6, the rest being appendices consist- 
 ing of various documents, including extracts from S'impson's 
 "Voyage Around The World, 1847." The object was to open a 
 route to the Frazer River mines. 
 
 Appendix No. II: Particulars of the gold discovery on Frazer 
 and Thompson rivers, and of emigration thither. 
 
 Appendix No. VII : Memoir of the Selkirk Settlement, by J. 
 A. Wheelock. 253 
 
 MOLLHAUSEN, BALDUIN 
 
 Tagebuch Einer Raise Vom Mississippi Nach Den Kiis- 
 ten Der Siidsee. Von Balduin Mollhausen. 
 
128 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Eingefiihrt Von Alexander Von Humboldt. (Vignette 
 Colorado River) Mit 13 Illustrationen .... 
 
 Leipzig: Herman Mendelssohn. 1858. 
 
 Large 4 Half title, leaf ded. to the King, 3 leaves list 
 subscribers, XIV of introduction, preface and contents; 
 new half title, 494 pp, 2 pp. explanation of map, 13 colored 
 plates, map, inscription on rock between 268-9, numerous 
 other illustrations in text. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Karte zu Balduin Mollhausen's Reise .... in lahre 
 1853-1854 .... Von Dr. Henry Lange. 
 
 A very beautiful book, translated into English by Mrs. Percy 
 Sinnett as: 
 
 Diary Of A Journey From The Mississippi To The 
 Coasts Of The Pacific With A United States Government 
 Expedition. By Baldwin Mollhausen, Topographical 
 Draughtsman And Naturalist To The Expedition. With 
 An Introduction By Alexander Von Humboldt And Illus- 
 trations In Chromo-Lithography. Translated by Mrs. 
 Percy Sinnett. In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : Longman, Brown, Green, .... 1858. 
 
 XXX (Incl. title and half title), (2) -pp., map of route, 
 352 pp., 6 colored plates; X pp. (incl. title and half title), 
 (2), 397 pp., 5 colored plates and 8 full woodcuts. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map Illustrating Maldwin Mollhausen's Travels From 
 The Mississippi To The Coast Of The Pacific In the Years 
 1853-54. Eng. by Weller. 
 
 The colored plates of the original are reproduced reduced; 
 two tree plates appearing, however, as woodcuts. 
 
 This is a very interesting account of the Whipple expedition, 
 much more interesting than the official journal printed in the 
 Govt. quarto edition. *254 
 
 
 
 PETERS, DE WITT C. 
 
 The Life And Adventures Of Kit Carson, The Nestor Of 
 The Rocky Mountains, From Facts Narrated By Himself. 
 By De Witt C. Peters, M. D., Late Assistant Surgeon, U. 
 S. A. With Original Illustrations, Drawn By Lumley, En- 
 graved by N. Orr & Co. 
 
 New York: W. R. C. Clark & Co MDCCCLVIII. 
 
 8 Title, leaf ded. to Col. St. Vrain, leaf letter endorse- 
 ment by St. Vrain & Beaubien, III-XII, 13-534 pp. Port. 
 Carson and nine other plates. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 129 
 
 Peters was stationed for some time at Fort Massachusetts in 
 the San Luis Valley and there became very well acquainted with 
 Carson, from whom he learned many of the facts regarding his 
 career, the rest being obtained from printed documents, largely 
 Fremont's reports. 
 
 The book was also put out in 1859 with the same title (except 
 change of date) illustrations, etc. The only other changes I have 
 discovered consist in the names of Carson, St. Vrain & Beaubien 
 in the leaves of Dedication, being printed in facsimile of their 
 hand writing instead of ordinary trpe as in 1858. 
 
 Some time later Beadle & Co. published: The Life and Times 
 of Christopher Carson, the Rocky Mountain Scout and Guide, . . . 
 N. Y. and London : Beadle & Co. 12 Front., 94 pp. Compiled 
 chiefly from Peters & Fremont, by Edward S. Ellis. 255 
 
 REID, JOHN C. 
 
 Reid's Tramp; Or, A Journal Of The Incidents Of Ten 
 Months Travel Through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, So- 
 nora, and California. Including- Topography, Climate, Soil, 
 Minerals, Metals And Inhabitants ; With A Notice Of The 
 Great Inter-Oceanic Railroad. By John C. Reid. 
 
 Selma, Alabama : John Hardy & Co. 1858. 
 
 12 Title; leaf copy, and ded. ; 2 leaves of int., 9-237 pp. 
 
 Left Marion, Alabama, Sept. 1, 1857, with a party known as the 
 Mesilla Valley Company, for the purpose of exploring the Gads- 
 den purchase. Arrived at Ft. Bliss Nov. 15. At Ft. Thorne joined 
 forces with Major Lane. Feb. 8 arrived at Rancho De las Cala- 
 basos, a military outpost, apparently their destination. Charles K. 
 Poston had just arrived as agent for a Cincinnati company. In 
 March, 1857, Crabb arrived and Reid gives an account of the 
 origin and results of the expedition. Reid, himself, and the 
 party enlisted. Went to Tucson, April 22, and left for California 
 April 24. Visited San Diego. Spent a short time only in S. F. 
 and returned via Panama. 256 
 
 SMET, P. J. De 
 
 Cinquante Nouvelles Lettres Du R. P. De Smet, De La 
 Compagnie De Jesus Et Missionnaire En Amerique, Pub- 
 liees Par Ed. Terwecoren, de La Meme Compagnie. 
 
 Paris, Tournai : H. Casterman Editeur. 1858. 
 . 12 IX (1) incl. title and half title, 502 pp. and leaf 
 errata. 
 
 Contains an account of his visit to the Sioux Indians and the 
 Bad Lands in September and October, 1848. Leaving St. Louis 
 June 7, he went to Ft. Union by steamer. From there to Ft. 
 Laramie overland, where he attended the Grand Council of the 
 Indians in September, of which he gives a long account. On Sept. 
 25 he left on his return, overland via Ft. Kearny with Major 
 Fitzpatrick and arrived at St. Louis Oct. 22 via Westport. 
 
 Pages 42-108 contain : Voyage au Grand Desert En 1851. 
 
130 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 The rest of the letters are largely biographical sketches of 
 various Jesuits of the West. 
 
 This was translated as: Western Missions and Missionaries. A 
 Series of Letters by Rev. P. J. de Smet, .... New York: James 
 B. Kirker, late Edward Dunnigan and Brothers. 1863. 12 (4), 
 7-532 pp. 
 
 Most of these letters had previously appeared either in. the 
 Annales de la Propogation de la Foi or in The Precis Historiques. 
 
 257 
 
 SPALDING, C. C. ' 
 
 Annals Of The City of Kansas : Embracing Full Details 
 Of The Trade And Commerce Of The Great Western 
 Plains, Together With Statistics Of The Agricultural, Min- 
 eral And Commercial Resources Of The Country West, 
 South And South-West, Embracing Western Missouri, 
 Kansas, The Indian Country, And New Mexico. By C. C. 
 Spalding. 
 
 Kansas City : Van Horn & Abeel's Printing House. 1858. 
 
 8 Title, leaf ded., leaf preface, leaf contents, pp. 9-111. 
 7 plates. 
 
 This book, a great rarity, of which only a few copies are 
 known, contains some short descriptions of the Santa Fe trade. 
 It is in cloth with "Annals Of The City Of Kansas And The 
 Great Western Plains," on the side. It is sometimes stated to be 
 the first book bound in Kansas City. 258 
 
 STEVENS, ISAAC I. 
 
 Address On The Northwest, Before The American 
 Geographical and Statistical Society, Delivered At New 
 York, December 2, 1858, By Isaac I. Stevens. 
 
 Washington : G. S. Gideon, Printer. 1858. 
 
 8 56 pp. incl. title. 
 
 This contains the conclusions of Stevens drawn from his ex- 
 plorations in the Northwest with comparison of distances by vari- 
 ous routes. 259 
 
 STEVENS, ISAAC I. 
 
 A Circular Letter to Emigrants Desirous Of Locating In 
 Washington Territory. By Isaac I. Stevens, Delegate in 
 Congress. 
 
 Washington: George S. Gideon, Printer. 1858. 
 
 8 21 pp. 
 
 Stevens' advice is limited to the choice of routes across the 
 country from the Missouri River, the advantages of Washington 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 131 
 
 being set forth in a letter of Governor McMullin, dated Olympia, 
 Nov. 17, 1857, which occupies most of the pamphlet. 250 
 
 WADSWORTH, W. 
 
 The National Wagon Road Guide, From St. Joseph And 
 Council Bluffs, on The Missouri River, via. South Pass of 
 the Rocky Mountains To California. Containing, .... 
 map of the Route, including the Salt Lake Country, With 
 An Appendix. By W. Wadsworth. 
 
 San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co. 1858. 
 Cover title: The National Wagon Road Guide, San Fran- 
 cisco .... 1858. 
 
 12 VIII (incl. title and cover title), front, 9-160 pp. 
 
 Copy in Bancroft Library. No map, but probably should have 
 one. 261 
 
 WARREN, G. K. 
 
 Preliminary report of Lieut. G. K. Warren, Topograph- 
 ical Engineer, to Captain A. A. Humphreys, Topographical 
 Engineer, in charge of Exploration and Surveys, War De- 
 partment. Dated Wash., Nov. 24, 1858. 
 
 Report of Secy, of War, 35 Cong, 2nd Sess. Sen. Ex. 
 Doc. 1. 
 
 8 pp. 620-747. 
 
 262 
 
 BLAKISTON, CAPTAIN 
 
 Report on the Expedition of the Kootanie and Boundary 
 Passes of the Rocky Mountains in 1858. By Captain Blak- 
 iston, Royal Artillery. 
 
 Occupies pp. 237-254 with map, of occasional papers of 
 the Royal Artillery Institution No. 12, May, 1859. 
 
 Printed at the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich. 
 
 Blakiston left Bow Fort Aug. 22, 1858. He was connected with 
 the Palliser party. 263 
 
 BYERS, WILLIAM N., AND KELLOM, JOHN H. 
 
 A Hand Book To The Gold Fields Of Nebraska And 
 Kansas ; Being A Complete Guide To The Gold Regions Of 
 The North And South Platte, And Cherry Creek, Embrac- 
 ing A Reliable Description Of The Country, Climate, 
 Streams, Scenery, Etc; Different Routes From The Missis- 
 sippi River To The Mines, The Best Camping Places On 
 Each Route, And A Reliable Map Of The Same ; And Valu- 
 
132 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 able Information As Regards A Complete Outfit For The 
 Journey : Containing Narratives of Trips to and from the 
 Gold Regions in the Years 1858-59. By William N. Byers, 
 Late Government Surveyor, And Jno. H. Kellom, Supt. of 
 Pub. Instruction of Nebraska 
 
 Chicago: Published By D. B. Cooke & Co 1859. 
 
 12 Map; leaf contents; title; leaf "To the Reader"; pp. 
 5-113; 15 advt. 
 
 Issued with printed covers, which I have not seen, either in 
 January or February, 1859. As my copy lacks covers, there may 
 have been more than 15 pages of advertisements at end. The 
 Guide is by Byers who was afterward for many years owner of 
 the Rocky Mountain News of Denver. 
 
 There is a long letter from M. D. Downs describing his trip to 
 the mines in Sept. and Oct., 1858. On page 43, Byers refers to 
 Pike's Peak pamphlets recently issued at Lawrence, Kansas, and 
 Pacific City, Iowa; also refers to Judge F. Street's California 
 guide, published some years before [Cine. 1851]. 
 
 The map is a single page affair entitled, Map of the Gold 
 Regions, With the Routes Thereto. 264 
 
 CAMPBELL, ALBERT H. 
 
 Pacific Wagon Roads. Letter From The Secretary Of 
 The Interior, Transmitting A report upon the several 
 wagon roads constructed under the direction of the Interior 
 Department, dated Feb. 19, 1859. Report by Albert H. 
 Campbell. 
 
 [Washington: 1859.] (35th Cong., 2nd Sess. House Ex. 
 Doc. 108). 
 
 8 125 pp. 6 maps. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of the Fort Ridgeley & South Pass Road. 
 
 Preliminary Map of the Central Section of the Ft. 
 Kearny, South Pass & Honey Lake Road, by F. W. Lander. 
 
 Map of the Western Division of the same, by F. A. 
 Bishop. 
 
 Map No. I of the El Paso-Ft. Yuma Road, by N. A. 
 Hutton. 
 
 Map No. II of the El Paso-Ft. Yuma Road, by N. A. 
 Hutton. 
 
 Map of the Wagon Road from Platte River to Running 
 Water River, by Sites. 
 
 Contains following reports from Supts. in the field : 
 W. H. Nobles, Ft. Ridgeley & South Pass Road, including Re- 
 port of Sam A. Medary, Engineer. 
 
 F. W. Lander, Ft. Kearney, South Pass, Honey Lake Road. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 133 
 
 John Kirk, Western Div. Kearney, South Pass, Honey Lake 
 Road. 
 
 Francis A. Bishop, Eng. West. Div. Ft. Kearney, S. Pass Road. 
 
 James B. Leach, Supt. El Paso & Ft. Yuma Road. 
 
 N. H. Hutton, Eng. El Paso & Ft. Yuma Road. 
 
 George L. Sites, Supt. Platte River, Dakota and 1'Eau qui 
 Court Road. 265 
 
 GOLD MINES IN KANSAS 
 
 A Complete Guide to the Gold Mines in Kansas and Ne- 
 braska, with a Description of the Shortest and only All 
 Railroad Route to Kansas, .... 
 
 Boston: George C. Rand and Avery. [18591. 
 
 4 11 pp. 
 
 Not seen. From Sabin 15054 who locates a copy in Harvard 
 Library. *266 
 
 DAWSON, S. J. 
 
 Report On The Exploration Of The Country Between 
 Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement, And Between 
 The Latter Place And The Assiniboine And Saskatchewan. 
 By S. J. Dawson, Esquire, C. E. 
 
 Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly. 
 
 Toronto: John Lovell, Printer 1859. 
 
 4 Title, 44 pp. (no pagination), 3 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map Showing the Route by Road & Navigation for con- 
 necting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 
 
 Profile of Route by Grand Portage, from Lake Superior 
 to Rainy Lake. 
 
 Plan showing the Region explored by Dawson and his 
 Party between the Lake and the Great Saskatchewan, Aug., 
 1857 to Nov. 1, 1858. 
 
 Dawson's letter of Feb. 22, 1859, says he is submitting six maps 
 but evidently only three were published. 267 
 
 DUNIWAY, MRS. ABIGAIL. 
 
 Captain Gray's Company; Or Crossing The Plains And 
 Living In Oregon. By Mrs. Abigail Duniway. 
 
 Portland, Oregon : Printed And Published By S. J. 
 McCormick. 1859. 
 
 12 IV (2) 7-342. 
 
 A noted romance with true picture of crossing the plains in the 
 5(fs, probably Mrs. Duniway's own experience. She crossed the 
 plains in 1852. Written in the form of extracts from, a journal. 
 
 268 
 
134 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 GOLD REGION OF KANSAS 
 
 Guide to the New Gold Region of Western Kansas and 
 Nebraska., With .... Map. 
 New York. 1859. 
 18 32 pp. 
 
 From Sabin 29210 who locates a copy in N. Y. State Library. 
 
 *269 
 
 GUNN, O. B. 
 
 New Map and Hand-Book of Kansas & the Gold Mines. 
 Containing Descriptions .... of the Indian Tribes .... 
 Soil .... with Descriptions of all the Routes to the New 
 Gold Mines By O. B. Gunn 
 
 Pittsburgh : Printed by W. S. Haven. 1859. 
 
 12 71 pp. 
 Map: 
 
 Gunn's new map of Kansas and the Gold Mines, embrac- 
 ing all the Public Surveys up to the 6th Principal Meridian. 
 Compiled from the original field notes by O. B. Gunn. 
 Wyandotte, K. T., 1859. Lith. by Wm. Schuchman, Pitts- 
 burg. 
 
 Sabin 29282 who locates a copy in Astor and Boston Public 
 Library. I formerly had a copy of the map. *270 
 
 HIND, HENRY YOULE 
 
 North-West Territory. Reports Of Progress ; Together 
 With A Preliminary And General Report On The Assini- 
 boine And Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition, Made 
 Under Instructions From The Provincial Secretary, Canada. 
 By Henry Youle Hind, M. A 
 
 Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly. 
 
 Toronto: John Lovell 1859. 
 
 4 210 pp. (no pagination); 2 plates with leaf each of ex- 
 planation. 
 Maps: 
 
 Cross Section. 
 
 Survey of the Saskatchewan between Cedar Lake and 
 Lake Winnipeg. 
 
 Survey of the Qu' Appele Valley. 
 
 Exposure on Deer Island (Woodcut). 
 
 Geological map of a Portion of Rupert's Land (Geological 
 sections, 3 on 1 sheet). 
 
 Map of Portion of Rupert's Land, (in four sections). 
 
 Map of Saskatchewan and Winnipeg Lake. 
 
 271 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 135 
 
 HORNER, W. B. 
 
 Hornet's Kansas And Nebraska Gold Regions, And New 
 Rail Road And Route Map, To The Gold Mines. Published 
 By W. B. Horner, No. 75 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Chicago : Wm. H. Tobey & Co., Printers, .... 1859. 
 
 (Cover title, regular title as follows) : 
 
 The Gold Regions of Kansas and Nebraska. Being A 
 Complete History of The First Year's Mining Operations. 
 Also, Geographical, Climatological, And Statistical Descrip- 
 tion of the Great Northwest, Showing an Unoccupied Ter- 
 ritory of over One Million Square Miles of Rich Country, 
 Being A Complete Guide to The Gold Mines. By W. H. 
 Horner. 
 
 Chicago: W. H. Tobey & Co., .... 1859. 
 
 8 67 pp., inc. title, 7 pp. ads (one long sheet). 
 Map: 
 
 W. B. Horner's Railway & Route Map to the Gold 
 Regions In Nebraska and Kansas. Copy, by Horner; 
 Engraved by Mr. Gemmell. 
 
 Preface dated Chicago, Jan'y 29, 1859. The information was 
 derived chiefly from T. C. Dickson, one of the Laurence Company 
 of 1858. Also quotes from Luke Tierney's account and an account 
 in the N. Y. Tribune, by W. W. Remmius. 
 
 The Smith of Oaks & Smith Guide was Stephen W. Smith, a 
 plainsman attached to Col. Sumner's expeditions, who, together 
 with N. Sargent, helped compile Horner's map and vouched for its 
 accuracy. 
 
 Pages 23-30 consist of extracts from newspapers from various 
 miners of 1858; pp. 42-61, the routes, the descripttions, equipment, 
 tables of distances, etc. 
 Copy in N. Y. Hist. Soc. *272 
 
 KANE, PAUL 
 
 Wanderings Of An Artist Among The Indians Of North 
 America From Canada To Vancouver's Island And Oregon 
 Through The Hudson's Bay Company's Territory And 
 Back Again. By Paul Kane. 
 
 London : Longman, .... 1859. 
 
 8 XVII, (1), 455, (8), pp., map and 8 colored plates. 
 Map: 
 
 Map to illustrate Mr. Kane's Travels In The Territory 
 of The Hudson's Bay Company. Engraved by Edward 
 Weller. 
 
 From a diary with little variation. 
 
 Left Toronto June 17, 1845, went by Sault St. Marie and after 
 
136 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 visiting Green Bay returned via Buffalo to Toronto. Again left 
 Toronto May 9, 1846, with Sir George Simpson, but he going 
 ahead, Kane got to Ft. William the day after the Brigade left, but 
 caught them 35 miles farther on. Then to Ft. Alexander, Red 
 River Settlement, to Norway House, up the Saskatchewan, past 
 Ft. Carltpn, thence via the trail to Edmonton. Oct. 10, was at 
 Ft. Assiniboine, thence to Jasper House Nov. 3, Boat Encampment 
 Nov. 16, and then fifteen days down the Columbia to Ft. Van- 
 couver, but with several stops; arrived at Vancouver Dec. 8. 
 
 After a trip to Oregon City, Nasqually, and Ft. Victoria, he 
 started for Walla Walla from Vancouver July 2. Visited Dr. 
 Whitman. Went to the Grand Coulee and Ft. Colville and arrived 
 at Boat Encampment Oct. 10, 1847. Returned to Sault St. Marie 
 Oct. 5, 1848. 
 
 Kane gives an account of the murder of Whitman which occur- 
 red while he was at Ft. Colville. 273 
 
 LEE, NELSON 
 
 Three Years Among The Camanches. 
 [Portrait with facsimile signature Nelson Lee]. 
 The Narrative of Nelson Lee, The Texan Ranger. 
 Albany : Baker Taylor .... 1859. 
 
 Second Title : Three Years Among The Camanches, The 
 Narrative of Nelson Lee, The Texan Ranger, Containing A 
 Detailed Account of His Captivity Among The Indians, 
 His Singular Escape Through the Instrumentality of his 
 Watch, And Fully Illustrating Indian Life As It Is On 
 The War Path And In The Camp. 
 
 Albany : Baker Taylor .... 1859. 
 
 12 first title, XII, inc. 2nd title, 13-224. 
 
 Appeared in cloth with "Three Years Among The Camanches" 
 on front cover. May also have been issued in paper wrappers as 
 the first title is on heavy paper and may have been a wrapper. 
 
 274 
 
 MARCY, RANDOLPH B. 
 
 The Prairie Traveller. A Hand-Book For Overland Ex- 
 peditions. With Maps, Illustrations, And Itineraries Of 
 The Principal Routes Between The Mississippi And The 
 Pacific. By Randolph B. Marcy, Captain U. S. Army. 
 Published By Authority Of The War Department. 
 
 New York : Harper & Brothers, .... 1859. 
 
 16 Front. XIII, 15-340 pp. map and 10 cuts on separate 
 leaves, but included in the pagination. 
 Map: 
 
 Sketch of the Different Roads Embraced in the Itin- 
 eraries. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 137 
 
 On page 296 is a small map of the Pike's Peak Gold Region. 
 Marcy was through this country in May, 1853. 
 
 Very few had a better knowledge of the Western plains and 
 mountains than Captain Marcy and his experience is here reduced 
 to a compendium of prairie life. The routes of overland travel 
 were well established by 1859 and the various itineraries are set 
 out in this volume, even the one to Pike's Peak Gold Region, only 
 recently discovered. In 1863 Capt. Richard F. Burton who had 
 just made a trip to Salt Lake, published in London a new edition 
 of this with his notes. 
 
 The itineraries, pages 255-334 include besides the well known 
 ones: Major Kendrick's published table of distances between the 
 Arkansas Crossing and Santa Fe ; from Fort Bridger to City of 
 Rocks, from Capt. Handcock's journal ; from Camp Floyd, Utah, 
 to Fort Union, N. M., by Col. W. W. Loring; Guaymus, Mexico, 
 to Tubac, Ariz., from Captain Stone's journal. 
 
 Marcy's Thirty Years of Army Life, New York, 1866, and his 
 Border Reminiscences, N. Y., 1871, give details concerning his 
 prairie and mountain life. 275 
 
 MOWRY, SYLVESTER 
 
 The Geography And Resources Of Arizona & Sonora: 
 An Address before the American Geographical & Statis- 
 tical Society, By Hon. Sylvester Mowry, Of Arizona. New 
 York, February 3, 1859. Published By The Society. 
 
 Washington : Henry Polkinhorn, .... 1859. 
 
 8 title, 3-48 pp. 
 
 *276 
 
 PALLISER, CAPTAIN 
 
 1. Exploration. British North America. Pappers Rela- 
 tive to the Exploration by Captain Palliser of that portion 
 of British North America which lies between the Northern 
 Branch of the River Saskatchewan and the Frontier of the 
 United States ; and between the Red River and Rocky 
 mountains. 
 
 London : 1859. 
 
 Folio, 64 pp. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of the Country between the Red River Settlement 
 and the Rocky Mountains. 
 
 Sketch of the lower portion of White Fish River. 
 
 Sketch of Lakes. 
 
 Eight small maps, plans and sketches by J. Hector, on 4 
 sheets. 
 
 Section of the Saskatchewan River, North Branch. Fort 
 Carlton to Mountain House. 
 
138 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 2. Further Papers relating to the Exploration by the 
 Expedition under Captain Palliser 
 
 London : 1860. 
 
 Folio, 75 pp. 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of Routes of the Expedition. 1858-9. 
 
 Sketch Map of Routes of Captain Palliser and Mr. Sul- 
 livan. 1859. 
 
 Map and Sections of the Kootanie and Boundary Passes 
 of the Rocky Mountains explored by Lieut. Blakiston in 
 1858. 
 
 3. The Journals, detailed Reports, and observations rela- 
 tive to the exploration by Captain Palliser of that portion 
 of British North America, which, in latitude, lies between 
 the British Boundary line and the height of land or water- 
 shed of the Northern or Frozen Ocean respectively, and in 
 longitude, between the Western Shore of Lake Superior 
 and the Pacific Ocean. During 1857-1860. 
 
 London : 1863. 
 
 Folio, 325 pages, plus index, 4 pages. 
 Maps: 
 
 General map of the routes in British North America ex- 
 plored by Capt. Palliser, 1857-1860. 
 
 Geological Sketch of the South East of Vancouver Island. 
 
 Geological Sketch, Map of Nanaimo in Vancouver Island. 
 
 Plan of Nanaimo showing the Coal Mines. 
 
 Sections of the Prairies Hudson Bay to Rocky Mts. 
 
 The index and maps to the "Journals" appeared as a separate 
 publication in 1865. The collation given, furnished by Henry 
 Stevens, Son & Stiles. 277 
 
 PARKER & HUYETT 
 
 The Illustrated Miners' Hand Book and Guide to Pike's 
 Peak, with a new and reliable map, showing all the routes, 
 and the gold region of Western Kansas and Nebraska. 
 Illustrated with appropriate engravings. By Parker & 
 Huyett 
 
 St. Louis: 1859. 
 
 8 75 pp. and 37 pp. adv., map, 6 engravings. 
 
 Not seen. Description from Bradford. *278 
 
 PARSONS, WM. B. 
 
 The New Gold Mines of Western Kansas: Being A 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 139 
 
 Complete Description of the newly Discovered Gold Mines, 
 The Different Routes, Camping Places, Tools And Outfit, 
 and Containing Everything Important For The Emigrant 
 and Miner To Know. By Wm. B. Parsons, Who passed 
 the Summer of 1858 on the Plains and in the Mines. 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio: Geo. S. Blanchard .... 1859. 
 
 12 Tit., leaf preface, 5-63 pp. 
 
 At head of title: New And Enlarged Edition. 
 
 The only copy I have seen is my own, which is imperfect, con- 
 taining 62 pp. only, but Sabin gives it with 63 pp. In the preface 
 which is dated Cincinnati, Feb., 1859, Parsons says the first edi- 
 tion was published in Dec., 1858, according to Sabin, in Lawrence, 
 Kansas. Byers, pp. 43 of his guid, also refers to Pike's Peak 
 pamphlet issued in Lawrence, Kansas. 279 
 
 PRATT & HUNT 
 
 A Guide to the Gold Mines of Kansas : Containing an 
 Accurate and Reliable Map of the most direct .... Routes 
 from the Atlantic Cities .... to the Gold Mines. .... 
 By Pratt & Hunt. 
 
 Chicago : C. Scott & Co 1859. 
 
 8 70 pp., map. 
 
 Not seen. Collation from Sabin, No. 64985, who locates a copy 
 in Boston Public Library. *280 
 
 REDPATH, JAMES AND HINTON, RICHARD J. 
 
 Hand-Book To Kansas Territory and The Rocky Moun- 
 tain Gold Region ; Accompanied By Reliable Maps and A 
 Preliminary Treatise on the Pre-emption Laws of The 
 United States. By James Redpath and Richard J. Hinton, 
 of Kansas. 
 
 New York : J. H. Colton, Publisher .... 1859. 
 
 18 VI, 7-177, (1) pp., 4 leaves adv., 2 maps. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Nebraska & Kansas Showing Pike's Peak and The Gold 
 Region. J. H. Colton, 1859. 
 
 Military Map of Parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota. 
 By Lt. G. K. Warren, . . . . J. H. Colton. 
 
 This book was issued early in 1859, having news from the gold 
 regions only up to the middle of November 1858. 281 
 
 SCHIEL, J. 
 
 Reise durch die Felsengebirge und die Humboldtgebirge 
 
140 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 nach dem stillen Ocean. Eine Skizze von Dr. J. Schiel. 
 Schaffhausen, .... 1859. 
 12 Title, leaf errata, 1-139 pp. P. P. W. with same title. 
 
 An account, with a diary, of Gunnison's and Beckwith's expedi- 
 tions of 1853 and 1854 by the geologist. Never translated into 
 English so far as I know. 282 
 
 SIMPSON, J. H. 
 
 Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating .... 
 Captain Simpson's Report and Map of Wagon road routes 
 in Utah Territory. Feb. 22, 1859. 
 
 [Washington: 1859.] (35 Cong., 2 Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 
 40). 
 
 8 84 pp. and maps. 
 
 Simpson's report dated Camp Floyd, Dec. 28, 1858. This was an 
 expedition to open a new road between Camp Floyd and Ft. 
 Bridger. Besides an account of the expedition it contains a Utah 
 and Shoshone vocabulary, and, in Appendix A., H. Englemann's 
 preliminary report on the geology of the country traversed. Map 
 not seen. *283 
 
 TIERNEY, LUKE 
 
 History of The Gold Discoveries on The South Platte 
 River. By Luke Tierney. To Which Is Appended A Guide 
 Of The Route, By Smith & Oaks. Published By The 
 Authors. 
 
 Pacific City, Iowa: Herald Office, A Thomson, Printer. 
 1859. 
 
 8 Title leaf int. ; pp. 5-18, Tierney Hist. ; pp. 19-27, Smith 
 & Oaks Guide; pp. 2-11, adv. P. P. W. with same title and 
 adv. on back wrapper. 
 
 Issued about January, 1859. Introduction signed by Tierney, 
 and dated South Platte, Nov., 1858. Tierney came from near Lay- 
 enworth, leaving May 13, 1858. Went by Bent's Fort up Fountain 
 Creek and camped at head of Cherry Creek. Accompanied Russell 
 to Rallston Creek. Went north along the foothills and south to 
 the Arkansas. 
 
 Bancroft Hist. Colo., page 373, refers to this guide evidently as 
 Pike's Peak Guide & Journal and says it contains W. Green Rus- 
 sell's journal, which is a mistake. Copy in Colo. Hist. Soc. 284 
 
 VAN TRAMP, JOHN C. 
 
 Prairie And Rocky Mountain Adventures Or Life In The 
 West, To Which Will Be Added A View Of The States 
 And Territorial Regions Of Our Western Empire: Em- 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 141 
 
 bracing History, Statistics And Geography, And Descrip- 
 tion Of The Chief Cities Of The West. By John C. Van 
 Tramp. 
 
 St. Louis: Published And Sold Exclusively By Sub- 
 scription By J. & H. Miller. 1859. 
 
 8 Front. (Steel engraving- by C. A. Jewell & Co., Cinn., 
 after a painting by Geo. Winter), title, III-VI, 7-640 pp. 
 16 leaves with cuts not included in the pagination, making 
 a total of 672 pp. instead of 670, as stated in a note at 
 bottom of page 640. 
 
 A book made up with scissors and containing amongst other 
 articles extracts from Brewerton's Ride with Kit Carson, Fre- 
 mont's 1st and 2nd expeditions, Spalding*s account of overland 
 journey (from the Missionary Herald), Army & Navy Chronicle, 
 Schoolcraft Article, Wells' Wild Life in Oregon. 
 
 The latest date in the book is 1855 which would indicate that 
 it was prepared in 1856, but I have never seen an edition before 
 this one of 1859. 
 
 Republished several times, usually from the same sheets except 
 with changes at the end, including the newer territories and drop- 
 ping Tennessee and Kentucky. The place of publication was 
 changed in the 60's to Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 E. L. Sabin, in his notes to Kit Carson Days, places the first 
 edition of this in Columbus in 1857. 255 
 
 WALLEN, H. D. 
 
 Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in 
 Compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the Report of 
 Capt. H. D. Wallen, of his expedition, in 1859, from Dalles 
 City to Great Salt Lake and back. April 12, referred. . . . 
 
 [Washington: I860.] (36 Cong., 1 Sess. Sen., Ex. Doc. 
 34). 
 
 8 51 pp. Map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of a Reconnaisance for a Military Road from the 
 "Dalles" of the Columbia River to Great Salt Lake, under 
 the Command of Capt. H. D. Wallen, 4th Inf. By Lieut. 
 Joseph Dixon, T. Engrs. 1859. 
 
 Wallen's report is dated Ft. Vancouver, Nov. 25, 1859. 286 
 
 ADAMS, J. C. 
 
 Life Of J. C. Adams, Known As Old Adams, Old Grizzly 
 Adams, Containing- A Truthful Account of His Bear Hunts, 
 Fights With Grizzly Bears, Hairbreadth Escapes, In the 
 
142 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Rocky and Nevada Mountains, and the Wilds Of The 
 Pacific Coast. Price Ten Cents. 
 
 New York, 1860. 
 
 16 53 pp., besides covers. 
 
 Above cover title with vignette of Adams and a grizzly bear. 
 Back wrapper contains an advertisement of Barnum's American 
 Museum. Page 1 contains a caption title underneath the copyright 
 which is at extreme top : Entered 1860 by J. C. Adams .... At 
 the bottom of page 53 occurs the printer's names : Wynkoop, Hal- 
 lenbeck & Thomas, 113 Fulton St., New York. 
 
 This little book has no connection whatever with the life of 
 Adams, published by Hittell the same year. It was undoubtedly 
 issued during the summer of 1860 as a part of the side show 
 which Adams was exhibiting with Barnum in New York. I un- 
 derstand one other copy of this is known, but without the pic- 
 torial covers. 
 
 See P. T. Barnum's "Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' 
 Recollections" for a most interesting account of Adams at the 
 American Museum and his last days. This was used by Hittell in 
 the introduction to his last edition of Adams' life. 237 
 
 ADAMS, JAMES CAPEN 
 
 The Adventures Of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer 
 And Grizzly Bear Hunter, Of California. By Theodore H. 
 Hittell. Illustrated. 
 
 San Francisco : Towne And Bacon 1860. 
 
 12 VI (incl. half title and title), (2), 9-378 pp., 12 plates. 
 
 In 1854 Adams made a hunting excursion to the Rocky Moun- 
 tains, through Walker's River and the Humboldt Mountains to 
 Salt Lake. After a short stay there he proceeded past Ft. Bridger 
 to Ham's Fork and Smith's Fork, returning to California in 
 August. 
 
 An edition was published in Boston in 1860 identical except for 
 the title page and being printed on somewhat smaller paper. This 
 was sterotyped and printed by Houghton & Co., Riverside Press, 
 Cambridge, and published by Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Co. and may 
 therefore be the first issue, the plates being sent to S. F. 
 
 The plates are after sketches by Nahl, the celebrated S. F. art- 
 ist and they bear the inscription in addition, of Eastman & 
 Loomis, S. F. 288 
 
 BEALE, E. F. 
 
 Wagon Road Fort Smith To Colorado River. Letter of 
 the Secretary of War, Transmitting the report of Mr. Beale 
 relating to the construction of a wagon road from Fort 
 Smith to the Colorado River. March 9, 1860. Ordered 
 printed. 
 
 [Washington: I860.] (36 Cong., 1st Sess. House Ex. 
 Doc. 42). 
 
 8 91 pp. Map. 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 143 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map Showing The Route Of E. F. Beale From Fort 
 Smith, Ark., To Albuquerque, N. M. 1858-9. Lith. J. Bien, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Contains Beale's diary Ft. Smith to Albuquerque and thence to 
 the Colorado and back to Albuquerque ; J. R. Crump's letter, with 
 a sketch of a journey from Albuquerque to North Fork Town on 
 the Canadian; F. E. Engle's diary of the march back from the 
 Colorado to Albuquerque. Pages 76-91 consist of a detailed itin- 
 erary from Ft. Smith to the Colorado River. Beale's Report 
 dated Chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 1859. 289 
 
 BRAYTON, MATHEW 
 
 The Indian Captive: A Narrative of the Adventures 
 and Sufferings of Mathew Brayton, in his thirty-four years 
 of Captivity among the Indians of North-western America. 
 
 Cleveland, O. 1860. 
 
 12 68 pp. 
 
 From the sale catalogue of the Field Library which is the only 
 reference that I have seen to it, nor have I been able to locate a 
 copy and therefore only conjecture that it belongs in this list. 
 
 290 
 
 DIXON, JOSEPH 
 
 Topographical Memoir of the Command against the 
 Snake Indians, under Major E. Steen, United States Dra- 
 goons, in the Summer of 1860. By Brevet Second Lieut. 
 Joseph Dixon, United States topographical Engineer. 
 
 In the Report of the Secretary of War, pages 528 et. seq., 
 37 Cong., 2 Sess. Sen. Doc. 1, vol. 2. 
 Map: 
 
 Map Showing the Routes traveled by the Command of 
 Maj. E. Steen, U. S. Dragoons, Against the Snake Indians 
 in 1860, by Lieut. Joseph Dixon, drawn under direction of 
 Capt. G. Thorn. 
 
 291 
 
 GILPIN, WILLIAM 
 
 The Central Gold Region. The Grain, Pastoral, And 
 Gold Regions of North America. With Some New Views 
 of Its Physical Geography ; And Observations on the Pacific 
 Railroad. By William Gilpin, Late of the United States 
 Army. Illustrated By Maps. 
 
 Philadelphia: Sower, Barnes & Co 1860. 
 
 8 XII, 13-194 pp., 6 maps. 
 Maps: 
 
 Gilpin Hydraulic Map of N. A. 
 
144 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Hydrographic Map of the Mountain Formation of N. A. 
 
 Map of the World Exhibiting the Isothermal Zodiac, etc. 
 
 Map of the Gold and Silver Region of Pike's Peak, Sierra 
 San Juan and La Plata. 
 
 Map of the South Pass of N. A. Proposed Great Conti- 
 nental R. R. 
 
 Map of the Basin of the Mississippi. 
 
 Gilpin first crossed the plains in 1843 to Oregon, returning in 
 Oct., 1844. (See Niles Reg. Nov. 16, 1844, for account of return 
 trip). 
 
 One of his characteristic speeches delivered in Independence, 
 Mo., in 1849, is on the Pacific Railway, in which he advocated 
 building via South Pass and Snake River to the mouth of the 
 Columbia. He says that 15 years before (1845?) he had published 
 his Hydrographic map. 
 
 This work of Gilpin's, reprinted in 1874 as Mission of the 
 North American People, rearranged and with some additions, is a 
 unique feature in American literature. In the appendix to the 
 1874 edition, he reprints a pamphlet he says he published in 1856: 
 "Geographical Memoranda on the Pacific Railroad." 
 
 In 1860 Gilpin was living in Independence, Mo. He was after- 
 wards Governor of Colorado Territory. He says he spent the 4th 
 of July, 1843, with Fremont on the site of Denver. 292 
 
 GREELEY, HORACE 
 
 An Overland Journey, From New York To San Fran- 
 cisco, In The Summer of 1859. By Horace Greeley. 
 
 New York: C. M. Saxton, Barker & Co 1860. 
 
 12 386 pp. 
 
 Republished from letters in the Tribune. 
 
 Greeley went up the Solomon Fork and Republican to Cherry 
 Creek, thence from Denver to the Gold Diggings, to Ft. Laramie 
 and Salt Lake, thence by Pleasant Valley and Carson River to 
 California. Left Leavenworth May 24th after a short visit in 
 Kansas and arrived at Sacramento early in August. At the end 
 argues earnestly for Government aid for a transcontinental R. R- 
 
 293 
 
 HIND, HENRY YOULE 
 
 Narrative Of The Canadian Red River Exploring Expe- 
 dition Of 1857 And Of The Assiniboine And Saskatchewan 
 Exploring Expedition of 1858. By Henry Youle Hind, M. 
 A. F. R. G. S In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : Longman, Green, .... 1860. 
 
 8 XX, 494 pp., 14 plates, map and 4 plans; XVI, 472 
 pp., 6 plates, 2 maps and profile. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Map To Illustrate A Narrative of the Canadian Red River 
 Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assiniboine and 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 145 
 
 Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858. By Henry 
 Youle Hind. 
 
 Map of the Country from Lake Superior to the Pacific 
 Ocean Across The Fertile Belt. 
 
 Geological Map of part of Rupert's Land. 
 
 The plates were executed by Spottiswoode & Co., London, 
 after sketches made by Fleming, or photographs taken by H. L. 
 Hime. 294 
 
 PIKE'S PEAK 
 
 Hints and Information for the use of Emigrants to Pike's 
 Peak, embracing a Concise and Comprehensive Sketch of 
 the Gold Region, the best Routes, Points of Outfit, .... 
 
 Leavenworth, Kansas. 1860. 
 
 8 15 pp. 
 
 Not seen. Description from Sabin 62842. Probably by George 
 W. Larimer. *29S 
 
 CHERRY CREEK SETTLEMENTS 
 
 History Of The Settlements on Cherry Creek. 
 
 [n. p., n. d.] 
 
 12 pp. 1-16, with a "Map of Denver, Auraria And High- 
 land." Theodore Schrader, Lithographer, No. 7 Chestnut 
 St., St. Louis 
 
 The history is dated Denver and Auraria, Jan. 1, 1860, and con- 
 tains a well written account of the early arrivals, with some per- 
 sonal reminiscences of Wm. Larimer. 
 
 From a reference to the map on page 13, it seems that it must 
 have formed part of a directory, printed early in 1860, but prob- 
 ably not in Denver. Perhaps it formed part of the Kansas Ga- 
 zeteer, advertised to be issued in 1860 by Sutherland & McEvoy 
 of St. Louis. 295 
 
 MOLLHAUSEN, BALDUIN 
 
 Reisen in die Felsengebirge Nord-Amerikas bis zum 
 Hoch-Plateau von Neu-Mexico, unternommen als Mitglied 
 der im Auftrage der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten aus- 
 gesandten Colorado-Expedition. Von Balduin Mollhausen. 
 Mit 12 vom Berfasser nach der Natur aufgenommenen 
 Landschaften und Abbildungen von Indianer-Stammen, 
 Thier-und Pflanzen-Bildern in Fardendruck, nebst 1 Karte. 
 Eingefiihrt durch zwei Briefe Alexander von Humboldt's in 
 facsimile. Erster Band. 
 
146 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Leipzig: Otto Burfurst [n. d., I860]. (Usually has the 
 imprint Leipzig or Jena: Gostenoble 1861). 
 
 8 XVI; (inc. half title and title), 455 pp., 6 plates, fac- 
 simile; IX (inc. half title and title), 406 pp., 6 plates, map. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Karte der Volkerwanderung im Colorado Gebiete nebst 
 Angabe der Route der Colorado Expedition Zu M611- 
 hausen's "Reisen . . . ." 
 
 The 12 plates are printed in colors. The preface is dated Pots- 
 dam, May, 1860, and the above undated edition probably appeared 
 in that year. The book contains an account of the Ives-New- 
 berry expedition of 1857 and 1858 and has never been translated 
 into English so far as I know. 297 
 
 REMY, JULES 
 
 Voyage Au Pays Des Mormons. Relation Geograph- 
 ique Hostoire Naturelle Histoire Theologie Moeurs Et 
 Costumes. Par Jules Remy. Tome Premier. Ouvrage 
 orne de 10 graveures sur acier et d'une carte. 
 
 Paris: E. Denut, .... 1860. 
 
 8 LXXXVIII (Incl. half title and title), 432 pp., 5 plates 
 and map; VI, (incl. half title and title), (2), 544 pp., 5 
 plates. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Carte dussee pour 1'intelligence du voyage au Pays des 
 Mormons de M. Jules Remy, Lemaitre Sculp. 
 Plates : 
 
 The Plates include one of the portraits of Joseph and 
 Hirum Smith, a View of Fillmore, a View of the Salt Lake 
 Temple, and Portrait of Brigham Young. 
 
 Translated into English as: 
 
 A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City, By Jules Remy, and 
 Julius Brenchley, M. A. ; With A Sketch Of The History, 
 Religion, And Customs Of The Mormons, And An Intro- 
 duction On The Religious Movement In The United States. 
 By Jules Remy. In Two Volumes. 
 
 London : W. Jeffs, .... MDCCCLXI. 
 
 8 CXXXI (incl. half title and title), 508 pp., 5 plates, 
 map; VIII, (1) (incl. half title and title), 605 pp., 5 plates. 
 
 The plates and map are the original French plates with an Eng- 
 lish translation added under the titles. 
 
 Remy & Brenchley started from San Francisco July 18, 1855, 
 and proceeded to Salt Lake via Carson Valley. They remained 
 in Salt Lake only 31 days and then left, Oct. 26 for Los Ange- 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 147 
 
 les via Las Vegas and arrived Nov. 29. After a short stay they 
 proceeded to San Francisco. Pages 499-512 consists of extracts 
 from Brenchley's Journal of a journey from the Missouri River 
 to Oregon in the summer of 1853, leaving in June. The notes, pp. 
 512-16, also contain a "Word of Truth about California" and pp. 
 516-21, account of the Big Trees. 298 
 
 VILLARD, HENRY 
 
 [Trip to Pike's Peak]. By Henry Villard. 
 112 pp. 
 
 I have not seen this nor can I give the exact title. Descrip- 
 tion from F. W. Cragin of Colorado Springs who had a copy in 
 1912 
 
 Villard in his Memoirs refers to writing and printing this. 
 Probably printed in St. Louis, and finished in May, 1860. He says 
 owing to delays, the guide was not gotten out on time for the 
 emigration in the spring of I860, consequently but few copies 
 were sold. In his Memoirs he gives an account of his Colorado 
 experiences during the summer of 1859, as correspondent for a 
 Cincinnati newspaper. *299 
 
 BERKELEY, GRANTLEY F. 
 
 The English Sportsman In The Western Prairies. By the 
 Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley. 
 
 London: Hurst and Blackett. 1861. 
 Royal 8 430 pp. Plates. [List]. 
 
 *300 
 
 BURT, S. W. AND BERTHOUD, E. L. 
 
 The Rocky Mountain Gold Region, Containing Sketches 
 of Its History, Geography, Botany, Geology, Minerology 
 
 and Gold Mining Illustrated by two maps. By S. 
 
 W. Burt and E. L. Berthoud. 
 
 Denver City: Rocky Mountain News Co. 1861. 
 
 8 66 pp. 67-132 pp. adv. 
 
 This should have two maps. Both are lacking in the Bancroft 
 Library copy. From the text I judge one was entitled Map of the 
 Quartz Mining Region and the other a Map Showing the Routes 
 to and The Locality of Colorado City, 1860. Published by I. N. 
 Tappan. This last map of what I have a copy may not belong to 
 this book, as the routes only begin at the Missouri and from re- 
 marks on the supplementary leaf it would appear as if the route 
 maps showed the railroads east of the Missouri as well. 
 
 The preface, dated Gold/en City, J. T., January, 1861, refers to a 
 map published the year before from the drawings and observa- 
 tions of A. D. Richardson and widely circulated. The supple- 
 mentary leaf begins : "Since the publication of our first edition 
 
 of this book, a bill has passed the House of Representatives 
 
 Feb., 1861 organizing Colorado Territory. *301 
 
148 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS 
 
 The City Of The Saints And Across The Rocky Moun- 
 tains to California. By Richard F. Burton. 
 
 London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts. 1861. 
 
 8 X (incl. title and half title), (2, contents), 707 pp., 3 
 maps (on one sheet), plan, 8 plates. 
 Maps: 
 
 The Wahsatch Mountains & Great Salt Lakes [from 
 Capt. Stansbury]. 
 
 Route from the Missouri River to the Pacific [route of 
 Capt. Burton]. 
 
 North America. 
 
 *302 
 
 CLARK, C. M. 
 
 A Trip To Pike's Peak And Notes By The Way, With 
 Numerous Illustrations : Being Descriptive Of Incidents 
 And Accidents That Attended The Pilgrimage ; Of The 
 Country Through Kansas And Nebraska ; Rocky Moun- 
 tains ; Mining Regions ; Mining Operations, .... By C. 
 M. Clark, M. D 
 
 Chicago: S. P. Rounds' Steam Book And Job Printing 
 House, .... 1861. 
 
 8 Front., title, leaf preface, leaf contents, leaf list of 
 illustrations, woodcut, 1-134 pp., leaf errata, 15 other wood- 
 cuts. 
 
 One of the very few books giving a contemporary account of 
 the Pike's Peak gold rush. Clark went out in the spring of 1860 
 from St. Joe, via Fort Kearney. 303 
 
 GEARY, E. R. 
 
 Depredations And Massacre By The Snade River In- 
 dians. Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior 
 
 Jan. 28, 1861. Referred 
 
 [Washington: 1861.] (36 Cong., 2 Sess House, Ex. Doc. 
 46). 
 
 8 16 pp. 
 
 Contains communications from E. R. Geary, H. I. Wallen, G. 
 M. Abbott, etc., relating to this affair, Sept. 9, 1860. 304 
 
 IVES, JOSEPH C. 
 
 Report Upon The Colorado River Of The West, Ex- 
 plored In 1857 And 1858. By Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, 
 Corps Of Topographical Engineers, Under The Direction 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 149 
 
 Of The Officer Of Explorations And Surveys, A. A. Hum- 
 phreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, In Charge. By 
 Order Of The Secretary Of War. 
 
 Washington: Gov't Print. Office. 1861. (36 Cong., 1 
 Sess. House Ex. Doc. 90). 
 
 4 Part I, 131 pp., 7 colored plates of Indians, 10 plain 
 plates of scenery, 8 panoramic views in rough outline, by 
 Egloffstein, 2 maps and a profile. List of all, pp. 17-18. 
 
 Part II, Hydographic Report, 14 pp. 
 
 Part III, Geological Report by J. S. Newberry, 154 pp., 3 
 plain plates of scenery, 3 plates of fossils, with leaf of ex- 
 planation to each. 
 
 Part IV, Botany, by Profs. Gray, Torrey, etc., 30 pp. 
 
 Part V. Zoology, by S. F. Baird, 6 pp. 
 
 Appendices, 31 (1). 
 
 The plates of portraits and scenery were lithographed by 
 Sarony, Major & Knapp, N. Y., after sketches of H. B. Mollhausen 
 and F. W. Egloffstein who both accompanied the expedition. *305 
 
 LANDER, F. W. 
 
 Maps And Reports Of The Fort Kearney, South Pass, 
 And Honey Lake Wagon Road. Letter From The Acting 
 Secretary Of The Interior, .... Feb. 11, 1861. Laid on 
 the table. 
 
 [Washington: 1861.] (36 Cong., 2 Sess. House, Ex. Doc. 
 64). 
 
 8 39 pp. 
 
 Lander's report dated Wash., March 1, 1860. Largely devoted to 
 a defence of Lander's Cutoff. 
 
 Lander says that A. Bierstadt of Boston, and S. F. Frost of 
 N. Y. accompanied the expedition with a full corps of artists at 
 their own expense.. They have taken sketches of the most re- 
 markable of the views along the route and a set of stereopticon 
 views of emigrant trains, Indians, camp scenes, etc., which are 
 highly valuable. A map of the western division, by John R. Rey, 
 was appended to the report. 
 
 The principal part is devoted to a report of W. H. Wagner, 
 engineer in charge. 250 copies printed. 306 
 
 MACOMB, CAPT. J. N. 
 
 Annual Report Chief Topographical Engineer, 1860 and 
 1861. His Expedition from Santa Fe to the portion of the 
 Grand and Green Basin of the Colorado of the West, In 
 1859. 
 
 Also in 36 Cong., 2nd Sess. Sen., Ex. Doc. 1. 
 
150 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 4 152 pp. Map. 13 colored plates, 3 uncolored, and 8 
 plates of fossils. 
 
 Reprinted with J. S. Newberry's Geological Report. Washing- 
 ton, 1876. *307 
 
 BURDETT, CHARLES 
 
 Life Of Kit Carson: The Great Western Hunter And 
 Guide. Comprising Wild And Romantic Exploits As A 
 Hunter And Trapper In The Rocky Mountains ; Thrilling 
 Adventures And Hair-Breadth Escapes Among The In- 
 dians And Mexicans ; His Daring And Invaluable Services 
 
 As A Guide To Scouting And Other Parties With 
 
 An Account Of Various Government Expeditions To The 
 Far West. By Charles Burdett. Illustrated. 
 
 Philadelphia: J. Edwin Potter, .... 1862. 
 
 12 374 pp. Portrait of Carson, and 5 other plates. 
 
 The original edition of this work. Later editions bring the 
 story to Carson's death, May 23, 1868, at Ft. Lyon, Colorado. 
 
 308 
 
 FOX, JESSE W. 
 
 General Courses And Distance From G. S. L. City To 
 Fort Limhi And Gold Diggings On Salmon River. By 
 Jesse W. Fox, Territorial Surveyor-General. 
 
 Great Salt Lake City : Deseret News Print. 1862. (Price 
 Fifty Cents). 
 
 16 8pp., on brown paper. Adv. on reverse of title, and 
 on page 8. 
 
 309 
 
 CRAWFORD, MEDOREM 
 
 Journal Of The Expedition Organized For The Protec- 
 tion Of Emigrants To Oregon, .... Under the Command 
 Of Medorem Crawford, Captain, Assistant Quartermaster 
 United States Army. 
 
 "Letter of the Secretary of War, Jan. 8, 1863. 
 
 37th Cong., 3rd Sess. Sen. Ex. Doc. 17. 
 
 8 14 pp. 
 
 Party left Camp Lincoln, near Omaha, June 5, 1862, for Fort 
 Stanton, four miles from Omaha, and finally left there June 16, 
 1862. Route via Ft. Kearney, Ft. Laramie, Horse Creek, the 
 Sweetwater, the Portneuf, and down the Owyhee River, the Grand 
 Ronde, and Walla Walla, arriving there October 14. 
 
 Most of the emigrants were for the Salmon River mines. A 
 guide had been published which represented these mines to be 180 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 151 
 
 miles from Ft. Hall and hence the wagons of the emigrants were 
 loaded too heavily. From South Pass they traveled by Lander's 
 Road. 
 
 Crawford had charge of the expeditions of emigrants across the 
 plains in 1861, '62 and '63, but this is the only printed record I 
 have seen of them. Crawford crossed the plains first in 1842 and 
 his journal has been printed in 1897 as volume one, number one, 
 of the "Sources of the History of Oregon," Eugene, Oregon. 310 
 
 FERGUSSON, D. 
 
 Letter Of The Secretary Of War, Communicating-, .... 
 A Copy of the report of Major D. Fergusson on the Coun- 
 try, its resources, and the route between Tucson and Lobos 
 Bay. March 14, 1863. Read .... 
 
 [Washington: 1863.] (37 Cong-., Spec. Sess. Sen., Ex. 
 Doc. 1). 
 
 8 22 pp., map. 
 Map: 
 
 [A copy of a Mexican Map made about 1861. Shows the 
 Ensenada de Lobos with Sitio de la Villa]. 
 
 Fergusson covered Father Kino's territory, the dry belt. *311 
 
 FISK, J [AMES] L. 
 
 Expedition From Fort Abercrombie To Fort Benton. 
 Letter From The Secretary of War, In Answer To Resolu- 
 tion of 19th instant, transmitting report of Captain J. L. 
 Fisk, of the Expedition to escort emigrants from Fort 
 Abercrombie to Fort Benton, .... March 2, 1863. Ord- 
 ered printed. 
 
 [Washington: 1863.] (37th Cong., 3rd Sess. H. Rep., 
 Ex. Doc. 30). 
 
 8 36 pp. 
 
 Contains a condensed diary, by Samuel R. Bond, who accom- 
 panied Fisk as Clerk and Journalist. Actually this expedition did 
 not stop at Fort Benton but continued on over Mullan's road. The 
 emigrants were left on the Prickly Pear, and, Sept. 23, Fisk and 
 his party continued on via Deer Lodge Valley, the Coeur d'Alenes 
 to Walla Walla and Portland. Bond's diary is dated Washington, 
 Feb. 10, 1863. An itinerary occupies pp. 30-36. N. P. Langford 
 accompanied this expedition. 312 
 
 FISK, JAMES L. 
 
 Idaho : her Gold Fields, and the Routes to them. A Hand 
 Book for Emigrants. By Capt. Jas. L. Fisk, A. Q. M. 
 New York: John A. Geary. 1863. 
 18 99 pp., map. *3i3 
 
152 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 GOODE, WILLIAM H. 
 
 Outposts of Zion, With Limnings of Mission Life. By 
 Rev. William H. Goode, Ten Years a Member of Frontier 
 Conferences. 
 
 Cincinnati : Published by Poe & Hitchcock, .... 1863. 
 
 12 Port. Goode, 464 pp. 
 
 Early scenes in Kansas and Nebraska, 1854-59; exploring tour 
 to the Rocky Mountains (Colorado) 1859. Contains a very inter- 
 esting account of a trip across the plains in the spring of 1859 and 
 travels in the new gold region, with residence later in Denver. 
 
 314 
 
 HEWITT, R. H. 
 
 Notes By The Way. Memoranda Of A Journey Across 
 The Plains, From Dundee, 111., To Olympia, W. T. May 7, 
 to November 3, 1862. By R. H. Hewitt. 
 
 Olympia: Printed At The Office Of The Washington 
 Standard, .... 1863. 
 
 12 Title, (2) preface, 5-58 pp. Printed colored wrap- 
 pers with same title. 
 
 Traveled from St. Joe to Omaha via Ft. Kearney, Ft. Laramie 
 and the Lander Cut Off; then north through Deer Lodge and 
 Bitter Root Valleys over the Mullan Military Road. 
 
 Only copy located is in Bancroft Collection. 
 
 This journal was expanded into a book of 521 pp. as: "Across 
 the Plains And Over The Divide; A Mule Train Journey from 
 East To West in 1862, and Incidents Connected Therewith. With 
 Map And Illustrations. By Randall H. Hewitt. New York: 
 Broadway Pub. Co., (1906). Title, (2), III, 521 pp., map, 56 illus., 
 and port. 
 
 The preface, signed Randall H. Hewitt, is dated Los Angeles, 
 Calif., 1906. He does not mention in this preface the previous 
 Olympia edition. Capt. Hewitt was the son of Judge Hewitt, 
 afterwards Chief Justice of Washington Territory. 315 
 
 HOLLISTER, O. J. 
 
 History of the First Regiment of Colorado Volunteers. 
 By O. J. Hollister. 
 Denver : 1863. 
 12 175, (1) pp. 
 
 The above is the manuscript title to an imperfect book (lack- 
 ing all before page 15) in the Bancroft Library, and which is 
 cited in Bancroft's list of authorities prefixed to his History of 
 Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming. 
 
 The regiment saw service in New Mexico and against the 
 prairie Indians. *3l6 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 153 
 
 MOWRY, SYLVESTER 
 
 The Geography And Resources of Arizona and Sonora: 
 An Address Before The American Geographical And Sta- 
 tistical Society. By Sylvester Mowry, Of Arizona, Gradu- 
 ate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, Late 
 Lieutenant Third Artillery, U. S. A., Corresponding Mem- 
 ber of the American Institute, Late U. S. Boundary Com- 
 missioner, .... 
 
 New York: February 3, 1859. A New Edition, With 
 An Appendix, San Francisco and New York: A. Roman 
 & Co. 1863. [Issued and Printed in S. F.]. 
 
 8 Title, map, 4 pp., preface, 3^124 pp. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Outline map of Sonora and Arizona, Including the "Sier- 
 ra Madre," Compiled from Authentic Sources and personal 
 Observation for. the Geography and Resources of "Arizona 
 and Sonora." By Sylvester Mowry of Arizona. 1863. J. 
 B. Mills. Lith. by Fishbourne, S. F. 
 
 317 
 
 MULLAN, JOHN 
 
 Letter Of The Secretary Of War, Transmitting, In 
 Answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, the 
 report and maps of Captain John Mullan, United States 
 Army, of his operations while engaged in the construction 
 of a military road from Fort Walla- Walla, on the Columbia 
 River to Fort Benton, on the Missouri River. Feb. 19, 
 1863, (Ordered Printed). 
 
 [Washington: 1863.] (37th Cong., 3rd Sess. Senate, Ex. 
 Doc. 43). 
 
 Also printed at Washington, Govt. Printing Office, 1863, 
 with following title: 
 
 Report On The Construction Of A Military Road From 
 Fort Walla- Walla To Fort Benton. By Capt. John Mullan, 
 U. S. A. 
 
 8 Title, 363 pp. plus 1 leaf errata, 4 maps, 10 plates (9 
 colored), by G. Sohon. 
 
 Maps: 
 
 Map of Military Road From Walla-Walla to Fort Benton 
 on the Missouri made under the direction of Capt. John 
 Mullan. 
 
 Map Military Reconnaisance from Fort Dalles, Oregon, 
 to Fort Walla- Walla, made under direction of Capt. John 
 Humphreys. 
 
 Map of Military Reconnaisance From Fort Taylor To 
 
154 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 The Coeur d'Alene Mission under direction of Copt. John 
 Humphreys. 
 
 Map, Mountain Section of the Ft. Walla-Walla and Ft. 
 Benton, .... From Coeur d'Alene Mission to the Dear- 
 born River. By John Mullan, drawn by Theo. Kolecki. 
 1859-1863. 
 
 Pages 1-84, Mullan's report, proper, with itinerary, pp. 37-40; 
 pp. 85-127, Reports of Engineers, etc.; pp. 128-133, Tables of 
 heights ; pp. 133-183, other reports and meterological and astron- 
 omical data; pp. 185-363, Tables. Maps by J. Bien, N. Y. Plates 
 by Bowen & Co., Phila. Letter of Mullan transmitting report, 
 Feb. 18, 1863, calls for only 8 plates. 
 
 Comprises the period from March, 1858, to Sept., 1862. 318 
 
 A PILGRIMAGE OVER THE PRAIRIES In Two Vol- 
 umes. By the Author of "The Fortune of a Colonist." 
 London : T. Cauttey Newby, .... 1863. 
 12 Title, 298 pp. ; title, 261 pp. 6 plates. 
 
 A romance of the prairies and the Blackfoot Indians. 319 
 
 SMET, P. J. De 
 
 New Indian Sketches. By Rev. P. J. De Smet, S. J. 
 New York : D. & J. Sadler, .... 1863. 
 18 Title, (5)-175 pp.; 2 plates. 
 
 Contains some interesting letters between Gen. Harney and De 
 Smet in 1859. 
 
 An account of De Smet's journey, leaving St. Louis May 20, 
 1858, as Chaplain, with the army against the Mormons and In- 
 dians. Left Leavenworth June 1 with the 7th Regiment, under 
 Col. Morrison. Traveled via Ft. Kearney to the crossing of the 
 south branch of the Platte, where the expedition dissolved, De 
 Smet returning with Harney to Leavenworth. Went to N. Y. and 
 left Sept. 20 with Gen. Harney and his staff via Panama, Oct. 29. 
 Left Vancouver for a trip to the mountains, Coeur d'Alenes, St. 
 Ignatius, St. Mary's. Returned to Vancouver April 16, 1859, and 
 on June 15 left again for the mountains with the chiefs he had 
 brought to Vancouver. July 22, left St. Ignatius overland for Ft. 
 Benton, which he reached on the 29th, and arrived at St. Louis 
 by steamer Sept. 23. In one of his letters he quotes Father 
 Hoecker as saying the missions had been ruined by the mines. 
 
 320 
 
 THOMPSON, FRANCIS M. 
 
 The New Gold Reg-ions Of The North-West. Price One 
 Dollar. For Sale By H. M. Thompson, .... St. Louis, 
 Mo. 
 
 (Cover title; regular title as follows): 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 155 
 
 Thompson's Complete Guide To The New Gold Regions 
 Of Upper Missouri, Deer Lodge, Beaver Head, Nez Per- 
 ces, Salmon River, Boise River, Powder River, John Day, 
 Cariboo, .... Containing Tables Of Distances, Camping 
 Places, Many Words Of The Blackfoot And Flat Head 
 Languages, And The Complete Chinook Jargon. By Fran- 
 cis M. Thompson, Late Secretary Of The Exploring Party 
 Of The American Exploring And Mineral Company. 
 
 St. Louis: Published By R. P. Studley & Co. For H. 
 M. Thompson, .... 1863. 
 
 16 Title; pp. 3-4, Preface; pp. 5-11, Guide; pp. 12, Table 
 of Distances ; pp. 13-16, Indian Vocabularies. 
 
 This party explored the Deer Lodge, located the town of Deer 
 Lodge, and discovered gold on the Beaverhead in 1862. 321 
 
 BLISS, EDWARD 
 
 A Brief History Of The New Gold Regions Of Colorado 
 Territory ; Together With Hints And Suggestions To In- 
 tending 1 Emigrants. By Edward Bliss (Late Editor of the 
 Rocky Mountain News), Agent of Colorado Emigration 
 Office. 
 
 New York: John W. Amerman, .... 1864. 
 
 8 Title, 3-30 pp., map. Printed Paper Wrappers. 
 
 Copy in Colo. Hist. Soc. *322 
 
 BROWNE, J. ROSS 
 
 A Tour Through Arizona. (In Harper's New Monthly 
 Magazine. Oct., Nov., Dec., 1864. Jany., Feb. and March, 
 1865. Written by J. Ross Browne). 
 
 A very well written article giving an account of his trip with 
 Poston, with numerous interesting illustrations. The number 
 for February contains a portrait of Sylvester Mowry, with a 
 sketch of his career in Arizona. The same number contains a 
 long account of the adventures in Arizona of S. F. Butterworth. 
 The November number is largely filled with the Oatman family 
 adventures, derived from Stratton's book and information obtained 
 from Henry Grinnell of Ft. Yuma, who was instrumental in ob- 
 taining the release of Olive Oatman. 
 
 Reprinted in Browne's "Adventures in the Apache Country," 
 1869. 323 
 
 CAMPBELL, J. L. 
 
 Idaho: Six Months In The New Gold Diggings. The 
 Emigrant's Guide Overland. Itinerary Of the Routes, 
 
156 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Features Of The Country, Journal of Residence, .... By 
 J. L. Campbell. 
 
 Chicago: Pub. by John R. Walsh. 1864. 
 
 Map; 52 pp. plus 53-62 (2) pp. adv. Wrappers with pic- 
 torial title Idaho. Six months in the New Gold Regions. 
 The Emigrants' Guide. N. Y. Sinclair. Tousey, 1864. 
 
 Left Omaha April 28, 1863, by the South Pass and Lander Cut 
 Off to Bannock City. 
 
 This edition sometimes appears with the imprint, New York : 
 Published By J. L. Campbell. 1864. The map is a small, single 
 page crude map before the title without any inscription, showing 
 the routes from St. Paul and Mo. River points to the Pacific. 
 
 324 
 
 COLORADO: Its Mineral And Agricultural Resources. 
 [n. p., n. d. but New York. 1864]. 
 
 8 20 pp., enclosed in colored paper wrappers with above 
 title. At end, signed Wm. S. Rockwell, Chairman. N. Y. 
 Feb. 25, 1864. 
 
 This is a statement of the discovery and development of gold 
 mining in Colorado, prepared by a committee of Coloradoans 
 then in New York City. 325 
 
 FISK, JAMES L. 
 
 Expedition of Captain Fisk To The Rocky Mountains. 
 Letter From The Secretary of War In Answer To A Reso- 
 lution of the House of Feb. 26th transmitting report of 
 Captain Fisk of his late expedition to the Rocky Mountains 
 and Idaho. [Report dated St. Paul, Jan. 28, 18641. 
 
 38th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate, Ex. Doc. 
 
 8 38 pp. 
 
 Also printed as House Doc. 45, in 39 pp. 
 
 Left St. Cloud June 15, 1863, as escort to an emigrant party to 
 Idaho. Traveled overland south of Ft. Union and Ft. Benton, but 
 went there and then followed Mullan's road to Sun River and 
 over the divide to Deer Lodge River at Bannock City. Met N. P. 
 Langford there, his assistant on the 1862 trip. Also visited Vir- 
 ginia. Returned from there via Salt Lake. 
 
 Says he met Sir George Gore in 1858, returning from his fa- 
 mous buffalo slaughtering expedition. Apparently Fisk made 
 another expedition in 1864, as he published the following in 1866: 
 Capt. Fisk's Fourth Expedition from Saint Cloud, Minnesota, to 
 the Great Gold Fields of Montana .... 3rd Edition. St. Paul : 
 Press Printing Co. 1866. 12 12 pp. (Not seen. Noted in Bibl. 
 of Minn, in Minn. Hist. Coll., Vol. Ill, 1880). 
 
 Not seen. Noted in Bibl. of Minn, in Minn. Hist. Coll., Vol. 
 Ill, 1880. 
 
 Fisk was mistaken about meeting Gore in 1858, as he had al- 
 ready left the country. The only account I have seen of this 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 157 
 
 famous hunting expedition from 1854-56 was written -by F. Geo. 
 Hildt from information derived from Henry Bostwick, one of the 
 party, and printed in the Contribution to the Historical Society 
 of Montana, Vol. 2. 326 
 
 HALL, EDWARD H. 
 
 The Great West: Emigrants/ Settlers', & Travellers' 
 Guide and Hand-Book To The States of California And 
 Oregon, And The Territories of Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, 
 Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Washington, And Arizona. With 
 A Full And Accurate Account Of Their Climate, Soil, Re- 
 sources, And Products. Accompanied by a Map Showing 
 The Several Routes To The Gold Fields, And A Complete 
 Table Of Distances. By Edward H. Hall, Author of "Ho 
 For The West." 
 
 New York: Published And For Sale At The Tribune 
 Office. 1864. 
 
 12 89 pp. Map. Cover title and regular title the same. 
 Map: 
 
 [Map showing railroads and routes to the Pacific from 
 
 Lat. 38 N.]. 
 
 Articles originally appeared in the Tribune. Mentions a yearly 
 publication from 1855 to 1860 by him and called "Ho for the 
 West." This book seems to have been compiled with the scis- 
 sors. 327 
 
 MORGAN, MRS. MARTHA M. 
 
 A Trip Across The Plains In The Year 1849. With 
 notes of a voyage to California, by way of Panama. By 
 Mrs. Martha M. Morgan. 
 
 San Francisco : 1864. 
 
 12 Title, 31 pp. 
 
 The above title is prefixed in manuscript to the 31 pages of 
 text in the copy in the California State Library. 
 
 The party left St. Joe May 24, 1849, and by the usual Ft, 
 Laramie route reached Salt Lake Oct. 12, where they spent the 
 winter. They left there April 22, 1850, and arrived at Pleasant 
 Valley July 4. 
 
 Page 22 to the end comprise the account of the Panama voyage. 
 
 The only copy located is in the California State Library. 
 
 *328 
 
 MORRIS, MAURICE O'CONNOR 
 
 Rambles In The Rocky Mountains : With A Visit To 
 The Gold Fields Of Colorado. By Maurice O'Connor 
 Morris, Late Deputy Postmaster General of Jamaica. 
 
 London : Smith, Elder & Co, .... 1864. 
 
 8 VIII (inch half title and title), 264 pp. 
 
158 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 A most entertaining journal of a trip from St. Louis to Denver, 
 leaving May 19, 1863. Started via the river for Ft. Benton and 
 the Montana gold fields but the steamer gave out at St. Joe, so 
 he went to Denver. Spent the summer and fall in Denver and 
 Central City, and hunding in Middle Park. Returned to the east 
 in the winter. 329 
 
 NICAISE, AUGUSTE 
 
 Une Annee An Desert Scenes et Recits de Far-West 
 Americain. 
 
 Chalons, Imprimerie De T. Martin, Place Du Marche- 
 Au-Ble. 1864. 
 
 8 Title, half title, 115 pp. (unpaged). P. P. W. same as 
 regular title. 
 
 Left Jefferson City May 4, 1858, with Wyde, Sheppard and 
 Butter. Traveled via Independence, Ft. Kearney, Ft. Laramie, 
 Salt Lake, Ft. Hall, and arrived at Ft. Walla Walla Aug. 15. 
 Went by land to Portland and San Francisco. Remained in S. F. 
 during the winter of 1858-59. In the spring visited Sonora and the 
 northern mines and later visited Frazer River. 330 
 
 MERRILL, D. D. 
 
 The Northern Route To Idaho : And The Pacific Ocean. 
 Saint Paul, Minn.: Published by D. D. Merrill, [n. d. 
 but probably 1864]. 
 16 8 pp. Map. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Minnesota Route, the shortest and best to the Idaho 
 Gold Mines. Compiled by C. A. F. Morris. Lith. by 
 Louis Buechner, St. Paul. 
 
 331 
 
 WRAXALL, SIR C. F. LASCELLES 
 
 The Backwoodsman Or Life on the Indian Frontier. 
 Edited By Sir C. F. Lascelles Wraxall, Bart. 
 
 London: John Maxwell & Co, .... MDCCCLXIV. 
 12 IV, 428 pp., 11 plates and pictorial title. (Cloth). 
 
 Adventures mostly in Texas, but includes visit to the Rocky 
 Mountains, South Park, and Middle Park. In Middle Park he met 
 Lord Stewart (on the famous 1843 expedition) whom he says he 
 knew. Crossed over the Medicine range onto the north branch 
 of the Platte and arrived at Ft. St. Vrain. Probably this story is 
 based on some real adventures of Wraxall. 
 
 Eames had a copy in paper wrappers dated 1864. 332 
 
159 
 
 ANGELO, C. AUBREY 
 
 Idaho: A Descriptive Tour And Review Of Its Re- 
 sources And Route. By C. Aubrey Angelo. (Chaos). 
 
 San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Co. 1865. 
 
 12 52 pp. (incl. title), blue slip of errata and notice, 
 2-11 pp. adv. No map, although Angelo states one by 
 William H. Knight will shortly be published. 
 
 Copy in California State Library. 
 
 Revised and made more elaborate and issued in 1866 as : 
 
 Sketches of Travel in Oregon and Idaho, With Map of 
 South Boise. By C. Aubrey Angelo (Chaos.) Author of 
 "Idaho" and "Eastern Asia." 
 
 New York: L. D. Robertson, .... 1866. 
 
 8 181 pp., 7 pp. adv., map. 
 Map: 
 
 Map of the South Boise Gold Mines. Lith. by Henry 
 Seibert & Bros. 
 
 Preface dated N. Y., May 31, 1866. 333 
 
 CAMPBELL, J. L. 
 
 Idaho And Montana Gold Region: The Emigrant's 
 Guide Overland. Itinerary Of The Routes, Features Of 
 The Country, Journal Of Residence . . . .New Discoveries 
 and Developments of the Country in 1864. By J. L. Camp- 
 bell. [Copyright notice 1865 at bottom]. 
 
 8 Title with map on reverse, leaf adv., leaf preface, 5-52, 
 16 pp. 
 
 The first 52 pages are the same as the 1864 edition, but the last 
 16 pages have a caption title : Organization of Montana, Discov- 
 eries and Developments of 1864. The map is only a very small 
 one of the U. S., showing the railroads then built. First edition 
 was published in 1864. In 1866 it appeared rewritten except the 
 journal and with matter on Iowa and Nebraska as: The Great 
 Agricultural And Mineral West. A Handbook and Guide .... 
 With Journal of Residence in Idaho and Montana .... By J. L. 
 
 Campbell. Chicago: Church 1866. 8 11 leaves adv., title, 
 
 leaf preface, 15-77, (1) pp.; 11 leaves adv. P. P. W. with title: 
 Campbell's Western Guide. Chicago, 111. Published by John R. 
 Walsh. Price 25 cents. The map, printed on a folded sheet, is 
 entitled Campbell's Western Map. *334 
 
 CHIVINGTON, COL. J. M. 
 
 To The People Of Colorado. Synopsis of the Sand 
 Creek Investigation. [By Col. J. M. Chivington]. 
 Denver Colorado: June, 1865. 
 8 17 pp. 
 
160 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Chivington's defense of his actions when in command of the 
 Colorado troops at the battle, or rather massacre, at Sand Creek 
 in 1864. 335 
 
 EVANS, JOHN 
 
 Reply of Governor Evans, Of The Territory of Colorado. 
 To That Part Referring To Him, Of The Report Of "The 
 Committee On The Conduct Of The War," Headed "Mas- 
 sacre of Cheyenne Indians." Executive Department, and 
 Superintendent of Indian Affairs, C. T. 
 
 Denver: Aug. 6, 1865. 
 
 8 16, 4 pp., 1 pp. appendix. 
 
 The 16 pages are Evans' reply, then 4 pages of "Report of 
 Council with Cheyenne And Arapahoe Chiefs Brought to Denver 
 By Major Wynkoop ; Taken Down By U. S. Indian Agent 
 S'imeon Whiteley as It Progressed." Dated Camp Weld, Sept. 28, 
 1864. 
 
 The appendix of 1 page is the statement of Mrs. Ewbanks, 
 dated Julesburg, C. T., June 22, 1865, giving an account of her 
 captivity among the Indians. She was taken by the Cheyennes. 
 
 336 
 
 FRY, F. 
 
 Fry's Traveler's Guide, And Descriptive Journal Of The 
 Great North-Western Territories Of The United States Of 
 America; Comprising The Territories Of Idaho, Washing- 
 ton, Montana, And The State Of Oregon, With Sketches 
 Of Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, And British America. The 
 Grain, Pastural, And Gold Regions Defined, With Some 
 New Views Of Their Future Greatness. By F. Fry. 
 
 Cincinnati : Published For The Author By Applegate 
 & Co. 1865. 
 
 16 VI, 7-264 pp., 12 leaves of adv. 
 
 The author set out from Council Bluffs May 15, 1862, to South 
 Pass, Early Alder Gulch, Ft. Hall, and Ft. Boise. He gives an 
 account of the Boise Placers. In Sept. he was at the Dalles and 
 went from there to Olympia. In 1864 he was traveling through 
 Montana and descended Clark's Fork. 337 
 
 HALL, EDWARD H. 
 
 Hall's Guide to the Great West. 
 
 New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1865. 
 
 (Cover title, regular title as follows) : 
 
 The Great West: Travelers', Miners', And Emigrants' 
 Guide And Hand-Book To The Western, North-western 
 And Pacific States And Territories. With a Map Of The 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 161 
 
 Best Routes to the Gold and Silver Mines, And Complete 
 Tables Of Distances : Also The United States Homestead 
 Law, Mining Laws Of The Respective States, .... By 
 Edward H. Hall, Author of "Ho! For The West," "West- 
 ern Gazateer," .... 
 
 New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1865. 
 
 12 198 pp., map, 2 leaves of adv. before title and 5 
 after pp. 198. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map Of The Great West. 
 
 An entirely different book from the "Great West" of 1864. 
 Across the Plains, with tables of distances, pp. 150-170. 
 
 Hall's "Ho! For the West" seems to have disappeared. 338 
 
 MULLAN, JOHN 
 
 Miners And Travelers' Guide To Oregon, Washington, 
 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, Via The Mis- 
 souri And Columbia Rivers. Accompanied By A General 
 Map Of The Mineral Region Of The Northern Sections Of 
 The Rocky Mountains. Prepared By Captain John Mullan, 
 Late Superintendent Of The Northern Overland Wagon 
 Road, And Commissioner Of Northern Pacific Railroad. 
 
 New York: Published By Wm. M. Franklin, (For The 
 Author) .... 1865. 
 
 12 153 pp. Folding map. 
 Map: 
 
 General Map of the North Pacific States and Territories 
 belonging to the United States and British Columbia Ex- 
 tending From Lake Superior To The Pacific Ocean 
 
 Prepared By Capt. John Mullan. Lith. by J. Bien, N. Y. 
 
 The book contains an excellent account of the mountain region 
 of the Northwest with particulars of the first discoveries of gold 
 in Idaho and Montana. 339 
 
 McCORMICK, RICHARD C. 
 
 Arizona: Its Resources And Prospects. A Letter To 
 The Editor of The New York Tribune, (Reprinted from 
 that Journal of June 26, 1865.) By The Hon. Richard C. 
 McCormick, Secretary of the Territory. 
 
 New York: D. Van Nostrand, .... 1865. 
 
 8 22 pp. Map. Cover title same. 
 
 Map: 
 
 General Outline Map of Arizona. Brown & Co., N. Y. 
 
 340 
 
162 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 MILTON, VISCOUNT, AND CHEADLE, W. B. 
 
 The North-West Passage By Land. Being the Narrative 
 of an Expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific, under- 
 taken with the View of Exploring a Route across the Con- 
 tinent to British Columbia through British Territory, by 
 one of the Northern Passes In the Rocky Mountains. By 
 Viscount Milton, .... and W. B. Cheadle. 
 
 London: Cassell, Petter & Caplin, .... [1865]. 
 
 8 XVIII, 397 pp. 2 maps and 22 engravings. 
 Maps: 
 
 The Western Portion of British North America, Showing 
 the Route followed by Lord Milton and Dr. Cheadle, from 
 the Saskatchewan to British Columbia, 1863-4. 
 
 General Map of British North America, Showing the 
 Route of Lord Milton and Dr. Cheadle in 1862-3. 
 
 The authors also published a preliminary report of 65 pp. in 
 1865, which I have not seen. 341 
 
 OWEN, RICHARD E. 
 
 Report On The Mines Of New Mexico, By Prof. Richard 
 E. Owen, Geologist, and E. T. Cox, Geologist And Chemist. 
 Published By John S. Watts. 
 
 Washington : Gibson & Pearson, .... 1865. 
 
 8 Cover title only, 59 pp. 
 
 Contains results of a four months' trip through New Mexico 
 by Owen. 342 
 
 PALMER, H. E. 
 
 The Powder River Expedition. 
 
 Omaha : 1865. 
 
 Nebraska State His. Socty., Trans. Vol. 2. Lincoln, 1887. 
 
 Pages 197-229. 
 
 This may have been printed in Omaha in 1865, but it seems 
 unlikely. 343 
 
 ROLLINS, JOHN R. 
 
 Notes on Colorado Territory. By John R. Rollins, 
 [n. p., 1865?] 19 pp. 
 
 Not seen, but I think it was printed in London. *344 
 
 SIMPSON, JAMES H. 
 
 Report on the Change of Route west from Omaha, Ne- 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 163 
 
 braska Territory, proposed by the Union Pacific Railroad 
 Company. 
 
 Washington : Government Printing Office, 1865. 
 
 8 70, (2) pp. 2 maps. 
 
 Not seen. Collation from Sabin. *345 
 
 STUART, GRANVILLE 
 
 Montana As It Is ; Being A General Description Of Its 
 Resources, Both Mineral And Agricultural, Including A 
 Complete Description Of The Face Of The Country, Its 
 Climate, .... Illustrated With A Map Of The Territory, 
 Drawn By Capt. W. W. De Lacy, Showing The Different 
 Roads And The Location Of The Different Mining Dis- 
 tricts. To Which Is Appended A Complete Dictionary Of 
 The Snake Language And Also Of The Famous Chinnook 
 Jargon, With Numerous Critical And Explanatory Notes, 
 Concerning The Habits, Superstitions, .... Of Those In- 
 dians, With Itineraries Of All The Routes Across The 
 Plains. By Granville Stuart. 
 
 New York : C. S. Westcott & Co., Printers, .... 1865. 
 
 8 175 pp., map. Printed tinted wrappers with same title. 
 
 Map: 
 
 Map Of The Territory Of Montana With Portion Of The 
 Adjoining Territories Showing The Gulch or Placer Dig- 
 gings and District where Quartz .... Lodes have been 
 discovered to January 1, 1865. Drawn by W. W. de Lacy 
 for the use of the First Legislature of Montana. [At 
 bottom, small inset map showing the route from the Mis- 
 souri River to Fort Laramie]. Lith. by Rae Smith, New 
 York. Copyrighted by S. T. Hauser. New York, 1865. 
 
 The itineraries occupy pp. 130-175. The notes contain a vast 
 amount of both useful and entertainng information regarding 
 place names, Indians, gold, legends, old trappers, etc. Stuart, who, 
 by the way, still lives in Montana, (Sept., 1918), went to California 
 overland in 1852. On his return in 1859, while on Malade Creek, 
 he met some men who said they had found gold prospects in 1856 
 on what is now Gold Creek, a branch of Hellgate. So Stuart, his 
 brother James, and some others wintered on Big Hole and went 
 to Deer Lodge River in the Spring of 1858. Not finding encourag- 
 ing prospects, they returned to the Emigrant Road and remained 
 there until the fall of 1860, when they returned, to Gold Creek. In 
 1861 they found some good prospects and through letters to 
 Thomas Stuart, then in Colorado, they started the exodus from 
 there to Montana in 1862. 
 
 Mr. Stuart has written a letter to Mr. C. N. Kessler of Helena, 
 giving an account of what became of this book, from which it 
 appears only some 300 copies out of 1500 had maps. A parcel 
 
164 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 sent to Montana by river and bull team got wet and spoiled and 
 all but a few of the remainder were burned in the big fire in New 
 York in July, 1865, which destroyed Barnum's American Museum. 
 A few copies were saved which finally passed into the hands of 
 D. Van Nostrand. 
 
 There is some question as to just which De Lacy map was is- 
 sued with this pamphlet. Four varieties of this map, practically 
 all alike, have been discovered ; the one above described, another 
 the same without the copyright notice, another lithographed by 
 Friedenwald, and another engraved by J. Hutawa in St. Louis. 
 None of them bear any date, but it is reasonably supposed that 
 the one with the copyright notice was the first issued. De Lacy 
 was paid $625 by the first territorial legislature of Montana for 
 the map, and probably Hauser, a prominent Montana pioneer, took 
 the map to New York to have it published. I think it quite pos- 
 sible that he also took the manuscript of Stuart's book. I think 
 it probable that Stuart succeeded in getting three hundred copies 
 of this map for issue with his book. A copy of this map also 
 exists in cloth covers. No copy of the book is known to me or 
 Mr. C. N. Kessler. the well known Montana collector, in the 
 original paper wrappers as issued with the map sewn in, and un- 
 til one is found there will always be a question as to whether the 
 map with the copyright notice on it was issued with it or another 
 impression without the notice. I purchased the copy above de- 
 scribed from Van Nostrand iri 1892. It is in its original wrappers 
 in a half Morocco binding, and has a pocket in the back cover in 
 which the map is inserted. As Van Nostrand held all the unsold 
 copies of the book, I always presumed that he had inserted the 
 proper map. Mr. Kessler thinks that the Hutawa map, which I 
 have not seen, was engraved from the original Rae Smith map and 
 I have some reason to believe that it was also issued in 1865, 
 probably in a cloth cover, like most of Hutawa's maps. 346 
 
 [STEVENS, W. H.] 
 
 Field Notes, Crossing the Prairies and plains from Atchi- 
 son, Kans., to Denver, through the Mineral Region of Colo- 
 rado Territory. By [W. H. Stevens]. 
 
 8 21 pp. P. P. W. 
 
 A short description of his trip across the plains with more ex- 
 tended notice of the South Park mining districts. 347 
 
 TUFTS, JAMES 
 
 A Tract Description Of Montana Territory; With A 
 Sketch Of Its Mineral And Agricultural Resources. 
 
 New York: Robert Craighead, Printer, .... 1865. 
 
 8 15 pp. Signed James Tufts, Virginia City, Montana 
 Territory, 1865. 
 
 My copy conains on reverse of title: "Twenty-four copies on 
 Fine Paper, with a map." No map is contained, but it probably 
 had or was intended to have De Lacy's map, same as in Gran- 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 165 
 
 ville Smart's book. Contains a short description of the mineral 
 resources, largely quoted from, Stuart. 348 
 
 WRIGHT 
 
 Chivington's Massacre Of The Cheyenne Indians. 
 [Denver: 1864 or 1865?]. 
 8 8 pp. 
 
 Not seen. 
 
 See Colorado Council Journals of 1865 for an account of the 
 affair; Indian Affairs Report, 1865, app. pp. 515, 517; Indian Affairs 
 Report, 1867. *349 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 167 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Names are indexed by item, not by page. 
 
 A 
 
 Abbey, James 151 
 
 Abbott, G. M 304 
 
 Abernathy 139 
 
 Abert, J. W 107, 126, 130 
 
 Accolti, F 125 
 
 Adam, George 154 
 
 Adams, J. C 287, 288 
 
 Aldrich, Lorenzo D 168 
 
 Allen, A. J 127 
 
 Allis, Samuel 45 
 
 Altowan 112 
 
 Angelo, C. Aubrey 333 
 
 Antisell, Thomas 223 
 
 Applegate, Jesse 148 
 
 Aricara Campaign 19 
 
 Armijo, Antonio 43 
 
 Ashley, W. H 
 
 19, 23, 29, 30, 35, 112, 227 
 
 Ashworth 70 
 
 Association de la Propagation 
 
 de la Foi 69 
 
 Astor, J. J 30 
 
 Atkinson, H 26 
 
 Aubry, F. X 188, 197 
 
 Audubon, J. J ... 81 
 
 Audubon, J. W 177 
 
 B 
 
 Baird, James 13 
 
 Baird 222 
 
 Baird, S. F 220, 305 
 
 Baird, S. P 187 
 
 Baker, L. S 219 
 
 Ball, John 44, 148 
 
 Banks 72 
 
 Barnum, James H 113 
 
 Barnum, P. T 287 
 
 Bartleson, John 76, 92 
 
 Bartleson, John 248 
 
 Bartlett, John Russell....l81, 198 
 
 Baylies, Francis 25 
 
 Beale, E. F 
 
 130, 158, 199, 249, 289 
 
 Becknell, William 108 
 
 Beckwith, E. G 219, 220, 282 
 
 Beckworth, Jim (i.e. James P.) 
 
 158, 227 
 
 Belisle, D. W 200 
 
 Bell, 81 
 
 Bell, John R 22 
 
 Bennett, Emerson 152, 153 
 
 Benton, T. H 23, 30, 201 
 
 Berkeley, Grantley F 300 
 
 Berthond, E. L 301 
 
 Beschke, Wm 154 
 
 Bidwell, John 78 
 
 Bierstadt, A 306 
 
 Bigelow, J. M 198, 221 
 
 Bigelow, John 95 
 
 Bigelow, John 239 
 
 Bishop, Francis A 265 
 
 Bissonet, Joseph 13 
 
 Bissonette 144 
 
 Blackwell 66 
 
 Blair 75 
 
 Blakiston, (Captain) 263 
 
 Blanchet, F. N 
 
 69, 72, 87, 89, 114, 139, 169 
 
 Bliss, Edward 322 
 
 Boggs, L. W 76, 148 
 
 Bolduc, J. B. Z 114 
 
 Bond, Samuel R 312 
 
 Bonner, T. D 227 
 
 Bonneville, B. L. E 52, 59, 70 
 
 Booth 222 
 
 Boynton, C. B 209 
 
 Brackenridge, H. M 11, 14 
 
 Bradbury, John 14 
 
 Bradley 108 
 
 Brady, James H 157 
 
 Brayton, Mathew 290 
 
 Brenchley, Julius 298 
 
 Brewerton, George D 188, 285 
 
 Bridger, James 27, 182 
 
 Brier, J. W 199 
 
 Brouillet 139 
 
 Browne, J. Ross 323 
 
 Bryan, F. T 159, 198, 241 
 
 Bryant, Edwin 128 
 
 Burdett, Charles 308 
 
 Burnett, Peter H 106 
 
 Burt, S. W 301 
 
 Burton, Richard F 275, 302 
 
 Butter 330 
 
 Butterworth, S. F 323 
 
 Byers, William N 264 
 
 Byrne, J. H ,.-. -22? 
 
168 
 
 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Calhoun, J. C 23 
 
 The California Crusoe 205 
 
 Cambreling, C. C 30 
 
 Campbell, Albert H 221, 265 
 
 Campbell, J. L 324, 334 
 
 Campbell, Robert 59 
 
 Cardinell, Charles 173 
 
 Carleton, James Henry ....155, 210 
 
 Carrington, Albert 187 
 
 Carson, Kit, i.e. Christopher.... 
 130, 152, 158, 180, 188, 255, 285, 
 308 
 
 Carvalho, S. N 203, 228 
 
 Catlin, George 51, 74 
 
 Chambers, Wm 13 
 
 Chandless, William 242 
 
 Cheadle, W. B 341 
 
 Cherry Creek settlements 296 
 
 Child, Andrew 178, 183 
 
 Chivington, Col. J. M 335 
 
 Chouteau, Auguste P 13, 48 
 
 Chouteau, (Major) 101 
 
 Clark, C. M 303 
 
 Clark, J. H 198 
 
 Clark, William 4, 5, 7, 12, 37 
 
 Clarke, A. B 179 
 
 Clayton, W 129, 183 
 
 Coke, Henry J 180 
 
 Colorado; its mineral and agri- 
 cultural resources 325 
 
 Colter, John 14 
 
 The Conquest of Santa Fe....ll5 
 
 Conrad, T. A 223, 244 
 
 Conway, Cornelius 250 
 
 Cooke, P. St. G 
 
 104, 130, 140, 229 
 
 Coombs, Franklin 80 
 
 Cooper, J. G 218 
 
 Cortambert, Louis 56 
 
 Cox, E. T 342 
 
 Cox, Ross 34 
 
 Coyner, David H 116 
 
 Craig, William 59 
 
 Crakes, Sylvester 251 
 
 Crawford, Medorem 127, 310 
 
 Cremony, J. C 198 
 
 Creutzfeldt, F 219 
 
 Creuzbaur, Robert 141 
 
 Crooks, Ramsey 10, 11, 14, 52 
 
 Cross, Osborne 1 56 
 
 Crump, J. R 289 
 
 Culbertson, Thaddeus A 157 
 
 Gushing, Caleb 52, 61 
 
 Custer, Henry 223 
 
 Cutler, Jervase 9 
 
 Cutts, James Madison 117 
 
 D 
 
 Davis, J ....230 
 
 Davis, W. W. H 243 
 
 Dawson, S. J 267 
 
 Dease, P. W 88 
 
 De Lacy, W. W 346 
 
 Delano, A , 202 
 
 Demers, Modeste 
 
 69, 72, 87, 114, 142 
 
 De Mun, Jules 13 
 
 De Smet, see Smet, P. J. de 
 
 De Theux 77 
 
 Dickerson, John H 241 
 
 Dickson, T. C 272 
 
 Diffendorfer, W. S 222 
 
 Dixon, John 251 
 
 Dixon, Joseph 291 
 
 Dixon, Wm 86 
 
 Dodge, Henry........40, 51, 54, 74 
 
 Domestic Committee, Board of 
 Missions, Protestant Episco- 
 pal Church 96 
 
 Doniphan, A. W 
 
 115, 118, 120, 133, 138 
 
 Donner Party 148 
 
 Dougherty, John 37, 46, 60 
 
 Douglas, David 31, 50 
 
 Downs, M. D 264 
 
 Drips, Andrew 63 
 
 Drummond, Thomas 28, 31 
 
 Drummond, W. W 219 
 
 Dunbar, John 45 
 
 Dunbar, William 4 
 
 Duinway, Mrs. Abigail 268 
 
 Dunn, John 93 
 
 Dyer, Alexander B 155 
 
 E 
 
 Edwards, Frank S 118 
 
 Edwards, P. L 41 
 
 Egloffstein, F. W 228, 305 
 
 Ehrenberg, Herman 237 
 
 Ellis, Edward S 255 
 
 Ellsworth, H. L 39. 46. 47, 48 
 
 Emory, W. H 130, 198, 223, 244 
 
 Engle, F. E 289 
 
 Englemann, H 241, 283 
 
 Evans, Elwood 218 
 
 Evans, John 336 
 
 Everett, H 39 
 
 Ewbanks, Mrs 336 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 169 
 
 F 
 
 Falconer, Thomas 79 
 
 Farnham, Thomas J 73, 75, 94 
 
 Ferguson, D 311 
 
 Ferris, Mrs. B. G 231 
 
 Ferris, W. A 82 
 
 Field, M. C 91 
 
 Finlayson, Duncan 196 
 
 Fisk, James L 312, 313, 326 
 
 Fitzpatrick, Thomas.... 61, 103, 
 
 104, 107, 119, 127, 227, 229, 257 
 
 Floyd 12 
 
 Folsom, Charles J 80 
 
 Fontennelle 61 
 
 Ford, Henry L 78 
 
 Ford 141 
 
 Forsyth, Thomas 37 
 
 Fowler, Jacob 108 
 
 Fox, Jesse W 309 
 
 Franchere, Gabriel 15 
 
 Franklin, John 20, 28 
 
 Franklin, (Lt.) W. B 104 
 
 Fraser, Simon 6, 16 
 
 Fremont, J. C 83, 86, 102, 131, 
 
 185, 201, 203, 228, 239, 255, 285 
 
 French, Parker H 173 
 
 French, S. C 159 
 
 Froebel, Julius 245 
 
 Frost, J. H 98 
 
 Frost, S. F 306 
 
 Fry, F 337 
 
 G 
 
 Gale, L. D 187 
 
 Gant 66 
 
 Garrard, K 222 
 
 Garrard, Lewis H 123, 158 
 
 Gass, Patrick 5 
 
 Geary, E. R 304 
 
 Gibbs, George 218 
 
 Gilliam 139 
 
 Gilpin, William 292 
 
 Girard, Charles 220 
 
 Glass, Hugh 229 
 
 Gold mines in Kansas 266 
 
 Goode, William H 314 
 
 Gordon, William 19, 37 
 
 Gore, (Sir) George 326 
 
 Graham, J. D 181 
 
 Graham, R 23 
 
 Gray 305 
 
 Gray, A. B 211, 212, 232 
 
 Gray, (Captain) 268 
 
 Gray, W. H 57 
 
 Greeley, Horace 293 
 
 Greene, Max _ 233 
 
 Gregg, Josiah 95 
 
 Grinnell, Henry 323 
 
 Grist, F. C. 187 
 
 Guide to the new gold region of 
 Western Kansas and Nebras- 
 ka 269 
 
 Gunn, O. B 270 
 
 Gunnison, J. W., 182, 187, 219, 282 
 
 H 
 
 Hall, Edward H 327, 338 
 
 Hall, James 187, 244 
 
 Hallowell 223 
 
 Handcock, (Capt.) 275 
 
 Harmon, Daniel Williams 16 
 
 Harney, (Gen.) 240, 320 
 
 Harris 227 
 
 Harris, Caroline 62, 65 
 
 Harris, Edward 81 
 
 Harrison 227 
 
 Hastings, L. W 103, 127 
 
 Hayden 1 19 
 
 Head, Mark 59, 147 
 
 Heap, Gwinn Harris L..199 
 
 Heermann, A 223 
 
 Henry, Alexander 6, 33 
 
 Hewitt, R. H 315 
 
 Hildreth, James 51 
 
 Hildt, F. George 326 
 
 Hime, H. L 294 
 
 Hind, Henry Youle 271, 294 
 
 Hinton, Richard J 281 
 
 Hints and information for the 
 
 use of emigrants to Pike's 
 
 Peak 295 
 
 History of the settlements on 
 
 Cherry Creek 296 
 
 Hittell, Theodore H 288 
 
 Holliday, R. T 23 
 
 Hollister, O. J 316 
 
 Holmes, Reuben 132 
 
 Homans, Sheppart 219 
 
 Hooker, W. J 50 
 
 Horn, Mrs 65 
 
 Horn, Hosea B 183 
 
 Horner, W. B 272 
 
 Houghes, John T 120 
 
 House, E 65 
 
 Hughes, Andrew S 37 
 
 Humboldt, Alexander von 254 
 
 Humphreys, A. A 217, 305 
 
 Hunt, Wilson Price 
 
 10, 11, 14, 34, 52, 98, 146 
 
 Hunt (i.e. Pratt and Hunt) 280 
 Hunter, John Dunn 21 
 
170 
 
 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Hutton, N. H 265 
 
 Huyett 278 
 
 Kosato, the Blackfoot renegade 
 
 ....163 
 
 Immel and Jones 19, 37 
 
 Ingalls, E. S 184 
 
 Ingalls, Rufus 213 
 
 Irving, John T 46, 58 
 
 Irving, Washington 
 
 47, 48, 52, 59 
 
 Ives-Newberry expedition 297 
 
 Ives, J. C 221, 305 
 
 Jackson, David E 35 
 
 Jacob, J. G _ 5 
 
 James, Edwin 22, 33 
 
 James, Thomas 108 
 
 Jessup, Thomas S 23 
 
 Johnson, Overton 109 
 
 Johnston, A. R 117 
 
 Johnston, J. E.... 159 
 
 Jones, Robert and ImmeL19, 37 
 
 Joset, F 125 
 
 Journal of a tour in the Indian 
 
 Territory 96 
 
 Journey from New Orleans to 
 
 California 214 
 
 K 
 
 Kane, Paul 273 
 
 Kane, Thomas 160 
 
 Karney 109 
 
 Kearny, S. W 
 
 ....51, 64, 104, 117, 128, 130, 229 
 
 Keemle, Charles 91 
 
 Keith, George 6 
 
 Keller, George 170 
 
 Kelley, Hall J 148 
 
 Kelly 75 
 
 Kelly, William .' 171 
 
 Kellom, John H 264 
 
 Kendall, G. W 85, 97 
 
 Kendrick, H. L 194 
 
 Kennedy, C. B. R 221 
 
 Kern, R. H 194, 219 
 
 King, Nicholas 12 
 
 King, Richard 53 
 
 Kingsbury, Lieut. G 54 
 
 Kipp, [James] 192 
 
 Kirk, John ....265 
 
 Lafleche, Richer 189 
 
 Lambert, John 241 
 
 Lander, F. W...218, 224, 265, 306 
 
 Lane, (Major) 256 
 
 Lang, John D 84 
 
 Langford, N. P 312 
 
 Langworthy, Franklin 215 
 
 Larimer, George W 295 
 
 Larocque, F. A 6 
 
 Latrobe, Charles Joseph....47, 48 
 
 The Laurence company 272 
 
 Leavenworth, (Gen.) Henry 
 
 51 , 74 
 
 Le Blanc 72 
 
 Leconte, J. L 220 
 
 Lee, Daniel 98 
 
 Lee, Jason 70 
 
 Lee, Jason and Daniel 41 
 
 Lee, Nelson 274 
 
 Leni Leoti 1 53 
 
 Leonard, Zenas 66, 147 
 
 Le Raye, Charles 9 
 
 Leroux, Antoine 
 
 190, 194, 201, 219, 221 
 
 Lewis, Aaron B 42 
 
 Lewis, Meriwether 4, 5, 7, 12 
 
 Linforth, James 216 
 
 Lisa, Manuel 11, 14 
 
 Long, Stephen H 22 
 
 Loring, W. W 275 
 
 Love, (Capt.) 119 
 
 Love joy 103 
 
 Lyman, B 76 
 
 Lyman, Dr 94 
 
 McCall, (Col.) 172 
 
 McCarver, M 106 
 
 McClellan, George B 191, 218 
 
 McClellan, Robert 
 
 10, 11, 14, 52 
 
 McClure 51 
 
 McCormick, Richard C 340 
 
 McCoy, Isaac 39, 71 
 
 McDonald, John 6 
 
 McGehee, Micajah 239 
 
 Mackay, Aeneas 155 
 
 Mackenzie, Alexander 1 
 
 Mackenzie, Charles 6 
 
 McKenzie, James 6 
 
 McKenzie, Roderic 6 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 171 
 
 McKnight, Robert 13 
 
 McLaughlin, Dr. John 50 
 
 Maclaurie 2 
 
 McLean, John 143 
 
 McMullin, Fayette 260 
 
 McNeil, Samuel 161 
 
 Macomb, J. N 32, 307 
 
 McTavish, J. G 16 
 
 Marcou, Jules 221, 222 
 
 Marcy, R. B 
 
 159, 166, 191, 234, 236, 252, 275 
 
 Marmaduke, M. M 108 
 
 Marryat, Frederick 85, 97 
 
 Marshall, L. H 222 
 
 Mason 103 
 
 Mason, R. B 54 
 
 Mason, T. B 209 
 
 Maxmiliam, Prinz zu VVied.... 67 
 
 May, William P 39 
 
 Meek, Joseph L 59, 103 
 
 Meek, Stephen H. L 59 
 
 Meeker 71 
 
 Merrill, D. D 331 
 
 Mesilla Valley Company 256 
 
 Michler, N. H 159 
 
 Michler, N 244 
 
 Miles, William 173 
 
 Miller, A. J 112 
 
 Milton, (Viscount) 341 
 
 Minnesota Legislature 253 
 
 Mollhausen, Baldwin 254, 297 
 
 Mollhausen, H. B 221, 305 
 
 Moffette, Joseph F 235 
 
 Montaignes, Francois des 
 
 [pseud.] 185 
 
 Morgan, Mrs. Martha M 328 
 
 Mormon Battalion 140 
 
 Morris, Maurice O'Connor....329 
 
 Morris, R. M 219 
 
 Morrison, (Col.) 320 
 
 Moses, John 219 
 
 Moss, Sidney W 152 
 
 Mowry, Sylvester 
 
 218, 246, 276, 317, 323 
 
 Mullan, John 218, 318, 339 
 
 Murray, Charles Augustus 
 
 68,99 
 
 N 
 
 Neale, J 21 
 
 Nedever, George 59 
 
 Neighbors, R. S 119, 141 
 
 Newberry, J. S 297, 305, 307 
 
 Nicaise, Auguste 330 
 
 Nicollet, I. N - 86 
 
 Nobles, W. H 204, 265 
 
 Norgate, E 21 
 
 Notes on the Missouri River 17 
 Notice sur la Riviere Rouge.. 87 
 Nuttall, Thomas 14, 41, 70, 98 
 
 o 
 
 Oakley 73, 75 
 
 Oatman family 247, 323 
 
 O'Fallon 19, 26 
 
 Ogden, Peter Skeene 34, 1% 
 
 Owen, Richard E 342 
 
 Pacific Railroad explorations.... 
 
 217-224 
 
 Palliser, John 192 
 
 Palliser, (Captain) 277 
 
 The Pallister party 263 
 
 Palmer, H. E 343 
 
 Palmer, Joel 121 
 
 Park, George S 208 
 
 Parke, John G 194, 223 
 
 Parker, Cynthia Ann 100 
 
 Parker, James W 100 
 
 Parker, Samuel 55, 61 
 
 Parker, W. B 236 
 
 Parker and Huyett 278 
 
 Parkman, Francis 144 
 
 Parry 20 
 
 Parry, C. C 244 
 
 Parsons, Wm. B 279 
 
 Pattie, James Ohio 36 
 
 Paul Wilhelm, Herzog von 
 
 Wurtemburg 49 
 
 Peck, Lieut 130 
 
 Peebles 1 50 
 
 Perrin du Lac, M 3 
 
 Perry, C. C 198 
 
 Perry, J. A 193 
 
 Peters, DeWitt C 255 
 
 Phazma, pseud. Field, M. C. 91 
 
 Philebert, Joseph 13 
 
 Piercy, Frederick 216 
 
 Uike, Albert 42 
 
 Pike, Z. M 8 
 
 Pilcher, Joshua 
 
 19, 23, 35, 37, 227 
 
 A pilgrimage over the prairies 
 
 319 
 
 Plummer, Clarissa 62 
 
 Plummer, Rachel 100 
 
 Poole, Charles H 223 
 
 Pope, John _ 222 
 
 Poston, C. D 232, 237, 256, 323 
 
 Pourtales .. 48 
 
172 
 
 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Prairie and Mountain Life 91 
 
 Prairie Flower 152 
 
 Pratt, Henry C 198 
 
 Prass, Orson 145 
 
 Pratt and Hunt 280 
 
 Pruess, Charles 83, 102, 187 
 
 Provost, Etienne 13, 86 
 
 R 
 
 Rae, John 162 
 
 Rae, (Dr.) 174 
 
 Redpath, James 281 
 
 Reid, John C 256 
 
 Remmius, W. W 272 
 
 Remny, Jules 298 
 
 Rey, John R 306 
 
 Richards, R 205 
 
 Richardson, A. D 301 
 
 Richardson, John....20, 28, 31, 174 
 
 Richardson, Paul 73, 75 
 
 Richardson, William H 133 
 
 Riley, B 32, 37 
 
 Robb, John S 119, 122 
 
 Robinson, J. H 163 
 
 Robinson, Jacob S 134 
 
 Robinson, William Davis 18 
 
 Rogers, Cornelius 63 
 
 Rollins, John R 344 
 
 Rose, 112 
 
 Rose, Edward 132 
 
 Rose, Isaac P 66 
 
 Ross, Alexander 146, 225 
 
 Ross 20 
 
 Roubideau 110 
 
 Rowland 65, 94 
 
 Ruddock, Samuel Adams 25 
 
 Russell, (Col.) 128, 148, 171 
 
 Russell, Osborne 66 
 
 Russell, Robert E 130 
 
 Russell, W. Green 284 
 
 Ruxton, Geo. F 59, 123, 147, 158 
 
 Ryerson, John 226 
 
 St. John, Percy B 105 
 
 St. Vrain, Cerean 13, 158 
 
 Sage, Rufus B 110 
 
 Salazar Ylarregui, Jose 164 
 
 Sanders, James 219 
 
 Santa Fe and the Far West.... 76 
 
 Sargent, N 272 
 
 Satterlee, Benedict 45 
 
 Sawyer, Lorenzo 165 
 
 Saxton, Charles 127 
 
 Saxton, J. C 127 
 
 Say, T 22 
 
 Schemerhorn, J. T 39 
 
 Schiel, J 219, 282 
 
 Schmolder, Captain B 135 
 
 Schoolcraft 37, 285 
 
 Schott, Arthur 198, 244 
 
 Scouler, Dr 50 
 
 Semple, R 103 
 
 Sheppard 330 
 
 Shively, J. M Ill 
 
 Shumard, G. G 191, 236 
 
 Sibley 4, 11 
 
 Simpson, Sir George 124, 273 
 
 Simpson, James H 
 
 159, 166, 186, 283, 345 
 
 Simpson, Thomas 88 
 
 Sites, George L 265 
 
 Sitgreaves, L 194 
 
 Slater, N 175 
 
 Smet, Pierre Jean de 
 
 76, 77, 89, 92, 125, 195, 257, 320 
 
 Smith, J. Calvin 156 
 
 Smith, Jedediah S...27, 29, 35, 196 
 
 Smith 75 
 
 Smith, Stephen W 272 
 
 Smith, W. F 159 
 
 Snively 90, 110 
 
 Snyder, J. A 219 
 
 Sohon, Gustavus 218 
 
 Solitaire pseud. Robb, John S. 
 
 119 
 
 Sonora Exploring and Mining 
 
 Co 232, 237 
 
 Spalding, C C 258 
 
 Spalding, H. H 57, 285 
 
 Spalding, Mrs. H. H 57 
 
 Spencer 1 16 
 
 Speyer _ 138 
 
 Sprague 81 
 
 Stambaugh, S. C 51 
 
 Stanley, D. S 221 
 
 Stanley, J. M 126, 130, 218 
 
 Stansburg, Howard 187 
 
 Steen, E 291 
 
 Steptoe, E. J 213 
 
 Stevens, Hazard 218 
 
 Stevens, Isaac 1 218, 259, 260 
 
 Stevens, W. H 347 
 
 Stewart, see also Stuart 
 Stewart, William Drummond 
 
 63, 70, 91, 112, 206 
 
 Stewart 227 
 
 Stewart 332 
 
 Stewart, Robert 
 
 10, 11, 14, 52, 146 
 
 Stokes, Mr 39 
 
 Stone, (Capt.) 275 
 
 Stone, W. J 86 
 
THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 173 
 
 Stoneman, George 223 
 
 Storrs, Augustus 24 
 
 Stratton, R. B * 247 
 
 Street, F 264 
 
 Street, Franklin 176 
 
 Stroebel, Max 218 
 
 Stuart, Granville 346 
 
 Stuart, John 16 
 
 Sublette, S. P 149 
 
 Sublette, W. L 35, 38, 44 
 
 Suckley, George 218 
 
 Sullivan 277 
 
 Sumner, E. V ;..104 
 
 Sutter, John A 135 
 
 Suydman, J. R 191 
 
 Swords ....117 
 
 Tache 87 
 
 Talbot 130 
 
 Tanner, John 33 
 
 Taplin, C. S 222 
 
 Tasse, Joseph 190, 197 
 
 Taylor, Sampel, Jr 84 
 
 Thompson, David 1, 6 
 
 Thompson, Francis M 321 
 
 Thompson, H. M 321 
 
 Thornton, J. Quinn 148 
 
 Thurber 198 
 
 Thurston, Samuel R 167 
 
 Tibbits, Calvin 148 
 
 Tierney, Luke 272, 284 
 
 Tixier, Victor 101 
 
 A Topographical description of 
 
 the state of Ohio 9 
 
 Torrey, John 
 
 83, 102, 187, 222, 305 
 
 Townsend, John K 41, 70, 98 
 
 Traits of American-Indian life 
 
 and character 196 
 
 Trudeau, J. B 108 
 
 Truxton, J 93 
 
 Tufts, James 348 
 
 Turner, (Lt.) 104 
 
 Tyler, Daniel 140 
 
 u 
 
 Udell, John 238 
 
 Upham, Charles Wentworth 239 
 The Utah expedition 250 
 
 Vancouver 114 
 
 Van Quickenborne 77 
 
 Van Tramp, John C 188, 285 
 
 Vavassour 136 
 
 Villard, Henry 299 
 
 W 
 
 Wadsworth, W ....261 
 
 Wagner, W. H 306 
 
 Wah-To-Wah and the Taos 
 
 trail 158 
 
 Walker, Joseph 
 
 59, 66, 73, 75, 147, 229 
 
 Wallace 72 
 
 Wallen, H. D 286, 304 
 
 Walter, George 207 
 
 Ware, Joseph E 149 
 
 Ware 183 
 
 Warfield 90, 110 
 
 Warre, H 114, 136 
 
 Warren, Edward 206 
 
 Warren, G. K 217, 240, 262 
 
 Washington, John M 159, 186 
 
 Webb, J. Watson 112 
 
 Webb, T. H 198 
 
 Webb, T. W 208 
 
 Webb, Col 177 
 
 Webber, Charles W 137, 150 
 
 Wells 285 
 
 Wentzel, W. F 6 
 
 Wetmore, Alphonso 60 
 
 Wharton, Capt 51 
 
 Wheelock, T. B 40 
 
 White, Elijah 127 
 
 White, James 185 
 
 Whiteley, Simeon 336 
 
 Whiting, W. H. C 159 
 
 Whitman, Dr 57, 61, 273 
 
 Whipple, A. W 
 
 181. 198, 221, 254 
 
 Wied, Maxmilian, Prinz zu.... 67 
 
 Wilkes, George 106 
 
 Willard, Dr 36 
 
 Williams, Bill 42, 188, 239 
 
 Williams, Ezekiel 116 
 
 Williams, Joseph 78, 92 
 
 Williams. Thomas 163 
 
 Winter, Wm. H 109 
 
 Wizlizenus, F. A 73, 138. 217 
 
 Wood 73, 75 
 
 Woodhouse, S. W 194 
 
 Workman 65, 94, 116 
 
 Wraxall, Sir C. F. Lascelles 332 
 
174 THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES 
 
 Wurtemburg, Paul W i 1 h e 1 m Y 
 
 Herzog yon see 
 
 Paul Wilhelm, Herzog von 
 
 Wurtemburg 49 Yellowstone Park 27 
 
 Wyde 330 Ylarregui, Jose Salazar, see 
 
 Wyeth, John B 38 Salazar Ylarregui, Jose 164 
 
 Wyeth, N. J 38, 41, 70, 98 Young, Brigham 125 
 
 Wynkoop, (Major) 336 Young, Ewing 94