DRAGOON CAMPAIGNS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; BEING A HISTORY OF THE ENLISTMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND FIRST CAMPAIGNS OF THE REGIMENT OF UNITED STATES DRAGOONS; TOGETHER WITH INCIDENTS OF A SOLDIER'S LIFE, AND SKETCHES OF SCENERY AND INDIAN CHARACTER. By a Dragoon

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288pp. Original pebbled purple cloth, gilt pictorial spine. Cloth a bit faded and lightly rubbed. Lacking rear free endpaper. An occasional light fox mark. Very good. "This work recounts the first prairie campaign of the Regiment of Dragoons after its organization in 1833. From Camp Burbees, near Jefferson Barracks, the Regiment visited Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory, in 1833 and the Pawnee villages in 1834. The book includes two letters by George Catlin (pp.122- 27, 183-89), who accompanied the troops on the campaign" - Wagner-Camp. This book also has the distinction of being the first book printed to describe the new game of poker. On page 128 the author describes what he calls "a favorite game of cards at the south and west" between two officers of the regiment, in which "the Major' is said to have lost "some cool hundreds." Wagner-Camp suggests that James Hildreth was not the author but merely arranged for publication, and that the actual author was an Englishman, possibly William L. Gordon Miller. HOWES H471, "aa." SABIN 31769. WAGNER-CAMP 59. FIELD 692. GRAFF 1885. RADER 1874. STREETER SALE 1800. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 66. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM56862

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