Robert Newell's Memoranda: Travles In The Territory Of Missouri, Travle To The Kauyuse War; Together With A Report On The Indians South Of The Columbia River by Newell, Robert (Edited With Notes And Introduction By Dorothy O. Johansen - 1969

[Portland, OR]: Champoeg Press, 1959. Tall 8vo. [8], 159, [1] pp. Title in red & blk. Frntsp. of Fort Walla Walla, large map. Red cloth, beige lettrng & frnt cvr illust. NF largely unopened and uncut copy. First Champoeg Press edition, 1 of 1000 copies, of this exciting memoir by the famed fur trapper, mountain man, very early settler in the Willamette Valley, and the man who managed to broker a deal with the Nez Perce Indians after the Whitman massacre to prevent them from joining forces with the Cayuse.

Portland: The Champoeg Press, 1959., 1959. First edition. First Edition. Cloth, 159pp. Newell joined a Rocky Mountain trapping party in 1829 and continued trapping the Northern Rockies throughout the 1830's. A participant in the famous Battle of Pierre's Hole in 1832, Newell was closely associated with many of the most famous mountain men. An outstanding and well-edited narrative. A fine copy.