Life and Travels of Josiah Mooso. A Life on the Frontier among Indians and Spaniards, not Seeing the Face of a White Woman for Fifteen Years

Winfield, KS: Telegram Print, 1888. First Edition. 400pp. Octavo [20 cm] Red pebbled cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. About very good. Crown chipped. Minor sunning to backstrip and the adjacent areas of the boards. Gentle rubbing to corners. Internally clean. Mooso trapped for the American Fur Company and in this work he recounts his trips across the plains to Oregon and California. Includes valuable information on the Canadian Rebellion, his time in Santa Fe, his experience among the Mormons - including a description of the Mountains Meadows Massacre, the Galena lead fields, Indians of Lake Superior, trapping on the Columbia and being a captive by the local tribe. Cowan(II) p440. Eberstadt 107:276. Flake/Draper 5459. Graff 2885. Howes M784. Rader 2440. Rittenhouse 421. (Inventory #: 9727)