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Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire

Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire

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Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire

by GARRARD, Lewis H

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Cincinnati: H. W. Derby & Co, 1850. Rebacked with original spine laid down, new endpapers, foxing. 8vo. Original green blindstamped cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: Edward Everett Ayer, bookplates, presented to the Newberry Library in 1911 and with their deaccession label (sold Parke-Bernet, 4-5 May 1966, lot 419). First edition. Garrard left Westport in 1846 in a Santa Fe wagon train led by Colonel Ceran St. Vrain and returned to St. Louis in the summer of 1847. His account describes the Taos Massacre and the subsequent trials of prisoners. During his travels, Garrard met several well-known figures, notably Jim Beckworth, Kit Carson and George Ruxton. Graff 1513; Howes G-70; Rader 1538; Rittenhouse 236; Sabin 26687; Streeter I:170; Tutorow 3428; Wagner-Camp-Becker 182.

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Title
Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or Prairie Travel and Scalp Dances, with a Look at Los Rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain Campfire
Author
GARRARD, Lewis H
Book Condition
New Rebacked with original spine laid down, new endpapers, foxing
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Publisher
H. W. Derby & Co
Place of Publication
Cincinnati
Date Published
1850
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