Resultados de búsqueda: Indians/Indian Wars from The Wright Collection

N.Y.: Clarkson Potter, 1969. D.j., 361 pp., maps, illus., index. Story of those who could speak to the white man & the Indians, who knew the Indians & their character. Matonabee, Toussaint Charbonneay & Sacajawea, George Drouillard, Jim Beckwith, others. . 1st.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1957. D.j. (clipped), 336 pp.,frontis., photos, illus., map, index. Indian advocate and reformer. Much on Ponca Indians. Battle of Wounded Knee. Written in 1905.. 1st.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Norman: U. of Okla., 1970. D.j. (clipped), 290 pp., illus., maps, index. Very good history of the black soldier in the West. . 1st.. Near Fine/Very Good.

Coll. Sta.: Tx. A&M, 1996. D.j., 190 pp., photos, maps, index. Continues the history of the Caddo Indians and their neighbors begun in his earlier book.. 1st.. Fine/Fine.

Norman: U. Of Ok., 2005. D.j., 378 pp., photos, notes, index. A fine biography of Martha Canary, known as Calamity Jane, dispelling many of the myths about her.. 1st.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Denver: Old West, 1970. D.j., 123 pp., map, sketches, index. Journal of an expedition into Canon De Chelley & the establishment of Ft. Defiance. Rice was a cannoneer in Col. Edwin V. Sumner's 1851 show-of-strength against hostile Indians in newly acquired New Mexico.. . 1st.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Denver: Old West, 1970. D.j., 123 pp., map, sketches, index. Journal of an expedition into Canon De Chelley & the establishment of Ft. Defiance. Rice was a cannoneer in Col. Edwin V. Sumner's 1851 show-of-strength against hostile Indians in newly acquired N.M. . 1st.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Colorado: Whipkey Printing, 1906. Red paper covers, 204 pp., photos. Expanded & best edition. Maltby was one of the first Ranger Captains (Co. E) when the Frontier Battalion was formed. He was an early settler in Burnet County and ranched in the area between service in the Mexican War, Civil War, & with Rangers. Companion to Big Foot Wallace in expeditions against Kiowa & Comanches 1850-1875.. 2nd Ed.. Paper. Fine/No D.j. Issued.

Colorado: Whipkey Printing, 1906. Pictorial paper covers, 204 pp., photos. Expanded & best edition. Spine frayed, o/w near fine copy. He was one of the first Ranger Captains (Co. E) when the Frontier Battalion was formed. He was early settler in Burnet County and ranched in the area between service in the Mexican War, Civil War, & with Rangers. Companion to Big Foot Wallace in expeditions against Kiowa & Comanches 1850-1875.. 2nd Ed.. Paper. Very Good.

Austin: TSHA, 1994. Stiff illus. paper covers, pp. 587-754, cover illus. of Tehuacana Creek Indian Council. Campbell's article pp. 587-596. Also Weiss-The Texas Rangers Revisited pp. 621-642; and Klos-The 1859 Expulsion of the Reserve Indians from Texas. Vol. XCVII, No. 4, April, 1994.. 1st.. Paper. Very Good/No D.j. Issued.

St. Louis: City Art Museum, 1946. frontis., 20 pp. of photos of his paintings. 22 page biography of Wimar preceding a catalog of 103 of his paintings, oil sketches and drawings.. 1st. Edition. Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket.

Press of the Golden Key , 1992. Dec. tan wrs., 10 pp. Limited to 125c. designed & printed for the Roxburgh & Zamorano Clubs. About the removal of the Flathead Indians to a reservation in Montana. Two signed letters from Harrison laid in.. 1st.. Dec. Wrs,. Fine.

Boulder: Preutt Pub. Co., 1975. Cloth, 85 pp., e.p. maps, photos, index. The journey of the Doolittle Committee to conduct an inquiry "into the present condition of the Indian tribes" and their treatment "by the civil and military authorities". A lengthy accoount of the trip from Leavenworth into Santa Fe & almost to Taos.. 1st.. Dec. Cloth. Fine.

Norman: U. Of Ok., 1961. 216 pp., illus., maps, index. Deals with what was essentially Indian frontier during the Civil War including the Sioux uprising of 1862.. 2nd. Prtg.. Fine/Near Fine.

Lincoln: U. of Nebraska, 1989. 255 pp., illus., index. The wife of Benjamin H. Grierson, Col. of the Buffalo soldiers, the Tenth Cavalry. Describes life at frontier posts like Forts Riley, Gibson, Sill, Davis, Grant, with much on Fort Concho. . 1st.. Fine/Fine.

Houston: Union Natl. Bk., 1933. Paper, 10 pp., diagram. Extract from The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas.. 1st.. Paper. Very Good.

Lincoln: U. Of Neb., 1996. D.j., 586 pp., maps, plates, figures, tables, index. A primary source volume for anyone interested in the Comanches. Examines the different ways the Comanche tribes--Yamparikias, Jupes, Kotsotekas, Quahadas, Penetekas, Tenewas & Nokonis--organized & reorganized themselves in response to the changing domains of hunting, trade, warfare, etc.. 1st.. Fine/Fine.

Corpus Christi: Texas News Syndicate Press, 1964. Stiff illus. covers, 28 pp., map, illus. by Gerda McMurry. History of Padre Island---gold at the Devil's Elbow, the Ordeals of Conquest, Savage Karankawas, & Padre Balli's Colorful Ranch.. 2nd Prtg.. Pict. Wrs.. Very Good.

Hillsboro: Hill Junior College, 1979. D.j., 186 pp., illus., index. Activated in 1854, the 2nd U.S. Cavalry or "Jeff Davis's Own" was an elite organization with handpicked officers. Officers included Robert E. Lee, Kirby Smith, Albert Sydney Johnston, Hood, Van Dorn, Geo. H. Thomas, etc. SIGNED by Simpson.. 1st.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Albuquerque: U. Of N.M., 1990. D.j., 441 pp., illus., index. Cushing, from 1879-1884, was a U.S. government ethnologist & "First War Chief" of the Zuni Indians. This book is a compilation of mostly unpublished material including his diaries. . 1st.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.