Published by Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, Washington, 1846
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Senate Executive Document, no. 2. Senate Executive Document, no. 2. Pp. 210-220, with folding map. 1 vols. 8vo. In the summer of 1845, Kearny, with five companies of dragoons, traveled over the Oregon Trail from Fort Leavenworth to Wyoming. Near Fort Laramie he met with the Sioux to try to persuade them not to attack the emigrant wagon trains heading West, and, then returned to Fort Leavenworth by a southern route to Bent's Fort and the Arkansas River, meeting with the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Kearny's expedition greatly added to the Army's knowledge of the terrain and the routes west. Wagner-Camp 117; Graff 4413 Old sheep, red spine label. Worn, joints tender, internally fine Pp. 210-220, with folding map. 1 vols. 8vo.