Washakie: An account of Indian resistance of the Covered Wagon and Union Pacific Railroad Invasions of their territory

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. First Edition. 339pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Lengthy inscription on the title page from David W. Moffat describing an encounter with a band of Native Americans. David William Moffat (1870-1944) was Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court. Washakie played a central role in the westward movement of the Euro-Americans. He was a longtime friend of men such as Bridger, Kit Carson, Sublette, Jedediah Smith and many others. He worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, was a neighbor and friend of the Mormons (truncated) and Brigham Young, and served as a scout with General Crook during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux. A chief of the Shoshone Indians, Washakie ruled for sixty years as a benevolent and respected despot. Clark & Brunet 137. Howes H384. Luther 41. Flake/Draper 3938. (Inventory #: 10016)