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CROSS, OSBORN. A REPORT, IN THE FORM OF A JOURNAL... OF THE MARCH OF THE REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RIFLEMEN TO OREGON, FROM MAY 18 TO OCTOBER 5, 1849.
In _Message of the President...December 2,1850_, House Ex. Doc. no. 1 (31st Cong 1850. Pp. 126-244 (whole volume, 444, 488 pp.). Marbled boards and gilt leather. 8vo. Covers rubbed, top and bottom of spine leather quite chipped, back cover nearly detached, else very good. Important early exploration over the Oregon Trail. No illustrations in this issue. HOWES C 923. WAGNER-CAMP 181. MINTZ 112: "The whole report revolves around the trip over the [Oregon] trail and Cross gives the reader one of the best descriptions of it." MATTES 415: "This report...is a mine of information, not only about the army's advance to garrison posts along the Oregon Trail, but also about the concurrent pageantry of the California gold rush." This volume also includes: REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (Part I, pp. 35-168). Part II also includes: INDIAN HOSTILITIES IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND CALIFORNIA and CIVIL AFFAIRS IN NEW MEXICO (pp.11-113); D.H. Vinton's report on conditions in California and Oregon in the early gold rush period (pp. 245-291); Th. L. Brent's report on conditions in New Mexico (pp. 291-301); and REPORT OF CAPTAIN S.G. FRENCH...DESCRIPTIVE OF THE ROUTE FROM SAN ANTONIO TO EL PASO (pp. 302-324), which includes early description of El Paso. Plus other reports. GRAFF 4415 notes: "There are large quantities of Western material in this volume and it probably deserves a careful examination."
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