Journal Kept During a Trip Across the Plains Containing an Account of the Massacre of a Portion of His Party by the Mojave Indians in 1859
by Udell, John
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About This Item
Los Angeles: N.A. Kovach, 1946 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint of the very rare 1868 second edition. Although not indicated, one of 750 copies. Introduction by Lyle H. Wright. Small 8vo. xvii, 87 pp. Title page design, 8 plates. Blue cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Account of the overland trip by the Santa Fe Trail. Udell traveled as far as Santa Fe, thence by Beale's road to California. Of particular interest is the descriptions of the hazards encountered by the first large emigrant party over Beale's new road from Albuquerque, including a violent attack by Mojave Indians. [Mintz, The Trail: 613; Rittenhouse: 592]..
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- Title
- Journal Kept During a Trip Across the Plains Containing an Account of the Massacre of a Portion of His Party by the Mojave Indians in 1859
- Author
- Udell, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- N.A. Kovach
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Overland Journey Gold Rush Santa Fe Trail New Mexico California Mojave Indians Native Americans Western Americana History
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