Mullan Lieut (2 results)

Leather-bound. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. Octavo, 9 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 171. Illustrated with fold-out map (12.25 x 15.75 in.) entitled "The Little Falls of the Spokane by W.W. Johnson". Contemporary brown cloth calf with frame and floral design decoratively stamped in blind to front and back. Spine rebacked with sympathetic calf. White tape repair at hinges of front and rear pastedowns. No preliminary pages. Three inch open tear to pp. 53-54. The report includes an account by P.M. Engle of the Topographical Engineers regarding a reconnaissance from the Saint Regis River (a tributary of Clark's Fork) to Fort Benton in Fall, 1859, and from Fort Benton to Fort Owen during the winter of 1860. Howes M883. Wagner-Camp 378 . Also a report by De Lacy. The map is "Sketch of The Little Falls of the Spokane by W. W. Johnson C. Eng. 1860 Under direction of Lt. Jno. Mullan U.S.A." (26.3x36.5 cm).…

A presentation copy, inscribed "Compliments of Lieut Mullan U.S. Army" on the front free endpaper, and in a black morocco presentation binding. This is Mullan's rare report on Colonel George Wright's "expedition against hostile northern Indians, of his march from Fort Dalles, Oregon, to the Coeur d'Alene mission, via Fort Walla-Walla, during the summer and autumn of 1858." Mullan's detailed "topographical memoir" is composed of correspondence by himself, Colonel Wright, Lieutenant Colonel E.J. Steptoe, and other American military leaders who participated in the battles with the Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Pelouze Indians at Four Lakes and Spokane Plains. The last three pages record distances between various points in the Pacific Northwest "on the line of march followed by the military expedition against the northern Indians under Colonel G. Wright." Mullan's other two major works, Report on the Construction of a Military Road from Fort Walla-Walla to Fort Benton and Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington.Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. came four and six years later, respectively. An early report on the conflicts between the United States Army and Native Americans in Oregon and Washington, with a rare presentation inscription from the major author and compiler of the report. Not in Graff, Field, or Sabin. HOWES W695, "aa." GOODSPEED 549:489. Contemporary black morocco presentation binding, sympathetically rebacked in modern black morocco, front board stamped in gilt. Lightly shelfworn. Very good.…