Description:
St. Joseph, MO: Combe Printing Company, n.d. (1894). Rare. Adams Six-guns 574; Dustin 86; Flake 2743; Graff 1035; Howes D183; Rader 1090. Very nearly the entire edition was lost in a flood, quoting Huntington No. 231. Streeter V-3090, which repeats the flood destruction.
Original blue cloth binding with red, black, and gilt lettering and decoration. Title page and author illustration plate detached and tipped in. Some other pages coming unbound but holding for now. Spine darkened and wear at extremities. While a mail carrier in Montana, Frank Grouard was captured by the Sioux, During the six years he was with them he learned their language and was familiar with Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Grouard served as a scout for Gen. Crook during the Sioux Campaign of 1876. The author relates not only the personal experiences of Grouard but also his account of events such as the Battle of the Little Bighorn as told to Grouard by participants.
