DEFENCE OF WESTERN FRONTIER.
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1840 · Washington
by WAR DEPARTMENT.
Washington: Blair Rives, 1840. This is Document Number 161, from the House of Representatives, 26th Congress, 1st Session, and dated April 1, 1840. 14pp. A letter from the Secretary of War "relative to a plan for the defence of the western frontier; also, what tribes of Indians inhabit the country immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri". Contains good information on estimates of cost for accommodating troops required, strengths of garrisons, names of tribes with estimations of numbers of warriors in each tribe. 14pp.. Wrappers. Light Soiling.. Octavo. (Inventory #: 011098)