Wild life on the plains and horrors of Indian warfare

being a complete history of Indian life, warfare and adventure in America, making specially prominent the late Indian war, with full descriptions of the messiah craze, ghost dance, life of Sitting Bull : the whole forms an authentic and complete history of the savage races in America : their illustrious leaders, their beliefs, manners and customs, comprising terrible battles, wonderful escapes, thrilling tales of heroism, daring exploits, wonderful fortitude, etc., etc

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Wild life on the plains and horrors of Indian warfare

being a complete history of Indian life, warfare and adventure in America, making specially prominent the late Indian war, with full descriptions of the messiah craze, ghost dance, life of Sitting Bull : the whole forms an authentic and complete history of the savage races in America : their illustrious leaders, their beliefs, manners and customs, comprising terrible battles, wonderful escapes, thrilling tales of heroism, daring exploits, wonderful fortitude, etc., etc

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Excelsior Pub. Co.
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English
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592

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A reprint, with additional chapters, of George Armstrong Custer's "My life on the plains".

Printed in St. Louis in 1891 with the following imprints: Excelsior Publishing Co., Pease-Taylor, Sun Publishing Co., North American, Royal Publishing Co., Continental Publishing Company. Excelsior seems to be the primary publisher.

60 leaves of plates included in paging.

Chapter 28-29. "The Messiah craze" and "The Sioux Outbreak" added to the 1886 edition.

Mountain Meadow Massacre material taken from "Mormonism unveiled" by John D. Lee.

Bound in gilt and black stamped illustrated brown cloth.

HBLL copy 2 is a photocopy.

BOOK REPAIR: detaching cover, hbll c.3.

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St. Louis, Mo

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592 p. :
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