Captain H E Palmer (4 results)

Comb Bound. Condition: Fine. Compiled from excerpts from various volumes of the Kansas State Historical Society. Book.

Softcover. 21,3 x 14,8 cm. Original booklet with 12 pages. Good condition. --- Originalheft mit 12 Seiten. Guter Zustand, Report about General Connor's attack, Commander of the Powder River Expedition, against the Arapahoe village of Black Bear to keep peace with white intruders. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Lesen Sie etwas Schönes auf einer Bank in der Frühlingssonne! Wir haben die passende Lektüre. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K10702-506808.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association, WY. Fought as part of the Powder River Expedition the battle involved US Cavalry troops with Native American scouts attacking an Arapaho village. Led by Brigadier General Patrick Connor the troops took the village with loss of life to both combatants and women and children. Very good copy of the soft bound booklet. Appears like a xerox copy. No published date. 12 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The Connor Battle was part of the Powder River Expedition meant to punish the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians. In The Connor Battle, about 200 US soldiers backed with 2 mountain howitzers and 70 Omaha and Winnebago scouts attacked an Arapaho village that lacked most of its warriors. The warriors were off raiding the Crow and the US soldiers annihilated a village comprising mostly women and children although some Indian men were present who fought fiercely. The US soldiers captured more than 500 ponies, burned the entire village to the ground, and destroyed the Arapaho's winter supplies. This account is an excerpt from the diary of Captain H. E. Palmer who took part in the battle. His diary was originally published in Coutant's History of Wyoming. Booklet is clean and bright with only minimal wear. Now protected in plastic sleeve. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages.