Reports of Explorations – U.S. War Department – 1855 | Native American Indian Tribes

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Reports of explorations – u. S. War department – 1855 | native american indian tribes | volume viii of the pacific railroad surveys (1855), issued by the u. S. War department, devoted to mammals and illustrated with 43 engraved plates documenting western american species.

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Volume VIII of the Pacific Railroad Surveys (1855), issued by the U.S. War Department, devoted to mammals and illustrated with 43 engraved plates documenting western American species.

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Beginning in 1855, the United States Congress published reports and surveys of certain railroad routes from the Mississippi River westward to the Pacific. This volume from Reports of Explorations and Surveys covers the routes through Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. This includes a report on the 38th and 39th parallels.

Perhaps the best aspect of this book is the descriptions of Native American tribes including Apaches, Lipans, Camanches, Kiowas, Tonkawa, Wacos, and Wichitas

Per Larned,

“Narrative reports of many officers on various routes, giving much information concerning the western country. The publication of the reports being chiefly in the form of original journals, kept day by day, gives them a certain accuracy that might have been lost had the writers more frequently indulged in general descriptions.”

This volume work includes 41 fascinating engraved plates of landscapes, as well as the geology and botany found around several pacific railroad routes.

 

Bibliographic Details

  • Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1853-4, Volume II.
  • Author(s): United States War Department
  • Illustrator(s):
  • Contributor(s):
  • Publisher: Washington, Beverly Tucker
  • Edition: First edition, 1855
  • Format: (4to), single volume
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Size:  11.75 in × 9.5 in ( cm ×  cm)
  • Collation:
    • Report I: 38th & 39th Parallels
      • [4], 128 pp
      • 13 color plates
    • Report II: 41st Parallel
      • [5], 6-132 pp
      • 14 engraved plates
    • Report III: Puget Sound…South Pass to the Mississippi River
      • 45, [3] pp
    • Report IV: The Red River to the Rio Grande
      • iv, [2], 185, [3] pp
      • 12 engraved plates
    • Report V: Geology of the Route – 32nd Parallel
      • 50 pp
      • 2 folding plates
    • Report VI:  Dona Ana, on the Rio Grande, and Pimas Villages, on the Gila
      • 28 pp
    • Report VII: Military Reconnaissance
      • 22 pp
  • Illustrations: 41 engraved plates
  • Contents Include:
    • Botany and geology surveyed across proposed railroad routes
    • Reports based on daily field journals
    • Extensive descriptions of Native American tribes
  • Reference(s): Larned 421

 

Condition:

Very Good. Binding strong, with mild rubbing at edges and corners. Text block remains complete and secure, plates intact and well preserved.

 

Why Collect This?

  • Pacific Railroad Surveys authorized by Congress
  • Contains 41 engraved plates
  • Descriptions of Native American Indian tribes
  • Rare firsthand record of mid-19th century field observations

 

Item Number: #29313

 

Categories

Americana, American History

Military & War

Natural History

Voyages & Exploration & Maps

Authors

United States War Department

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Very Good

Collation

Complete

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