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Wah-to-yah And  The Taos Trail or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire

Wah-to-yah And The Taos Trail or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire

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Wah-to-yah And The Taos Trail or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire

by Garrard, Lewis H

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Cincinnati: H. W. Derby & CO., 1850. Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, first printing, 349 pages, original cloth, corners exposed, minor edge wear, period owner name, housed in a custom clamshell case. Graff 1513, "An important Southwest book by a perceptive observer and a thoroughly captivating writer." Howes G70, Wagner-Camp 182, " Garrard left Westport on September 12, 1846, in a Santa Fe wagon train led by Col. Ceran St. Vrain, and returned to St. Louis in the summer of 1847. His account describes the Taos Massacre, and the trials of the prisoners. Garrard met several well-known figures of the last days of the fur trade including Jim Beckwourth, Kit Carson, and George Ruxton." Rittenhouse 236, Rader 1538..

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Bookseller's Inventory #
020101
Title
Wah-to-yah And The Taos Trail or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire
Author
Garrard, Lewis H
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good -
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
H. W. Derby & CO.
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Date Published
1850
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Mountain men, fur trade, Jim Beckwourth, Kit Carson, George Ruxton, Lewis Garrard, Bent's Fort, exploration, overland travel Taos Massacre, Santa Fe Trail
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