AMONG THE INDIANS. EIGHT YEARS IN THE FAR WEST: 1858 - 1866. EMBRACING SKETCHES OF MONTANA AND SALT LAKE.
Boller, Henry A.:
Philadelphia. 1868. 428pp. plus folding map in rear pocket. Modern half morocco, gilt-stamped spine. Map backed with linen, some wear along folds with partial loss, five crude tape repairs. The text is clean and near fine. Overall a very good copy. Boller entered the fur trade on the Upper Missouri in 1858, in the service of the American Fur Company. Most of the book deals with his experiences with the Indians in Montana as a trader for the Company. His account is one of the most vivid and well written narratives of the trade, and one of the few relating to the period it addresses. At the end of his sojourn in the West, Boller spent some time in Utah among the Mormons. Although this book bears an imprint of 1868, it was probably printed the year before, as Graff owned a copy that was inscribed on Oct. 31, 1867. Wheat describes the map as notable for the places located and described in the text. It shows Montana and the Dakotas with parts of Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. FIELD 147. GRAFF 341. HOWES B579, "b". SABIN 6221. STREETER SALE 3079. FLAKE 582. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 1180.
(Item ID: WRCAM27053B) $3,750.00