first edition
1870 · Philadelphia
by LARIMER, Mrs. Sarah L.
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1870. First Edition. 8vo, pp [2], xii, 13-252, [2] + frontis. portrait with tissue guard and 2 other plates. Library bookplate. Bound in blue cloth, rubbed, a good copy. Sabin 39033. Scarce. "A vivid and apparently candid narrative of the terrible experience of a woman, the survivor of the massacre."-Sabin. Mrs. Larimer was captured by "a band of roving, hostile Indians upon a small company of emigrants that were en route to the gold regions of Idaho. The attack was a Little Box-Elder Creek, in Idaho Territory."-author's Preface. (Inventory #: 56203)