A Condensed History Of The Apache And Comanche Indian Tribes For Amusement And General Knowledge. Prepared From The General Conversation Of Herman Lehmann, Willie Lehmann, Mrs. Mina Keyser, Mrs. A. J. Buchmeyer And Others

JONATHAN H. JONES

Publication: Johnson Bros Printing Co, 1899, San Antonio

First Edition. 8vo. Original Maroon Cloth with blind-stamped front and rear covers, gold gilt vignette on front cover, with the word "Indianology," gold gilt titles on front cover and spine, 235 pp..Frontispiece. Preface. Introductory. Illustrated. Credentials and Testimonials. "It is a first-hand narrative of one of the most famous Texas Indian captivities..."--Bill Reese, The Best Of The West 227. Herman Lehmann and his brother Willie were captured as young boys by the Apaches in 1870. Willie escaped and returned to his white community home, but Herman remained and became a warrior with the Apaches and later with the Comanches, and grew to be a hater of the whites. Lehmann tells the gruesome story of his captivity and his encounters in battles with whites, Mexicans, and soldiers, where he killed some of each. Eventually he was returned to his mother and re-entered white society. Basic Texas Books 124 says "One of the most remarkable accounts of life among hostile Texas Indians, this is also one of the few surviving accounts of life in 19th century Texas from the Indian point of view. A. C. Greene said "that of all the captive narratives, I believe the finest story is Herman Lehmann's." Some general wear and some spotting to cloth, with discrete, professional reinforcement to inner hinges. Brighter gilt imprint on front cover and spine than is usually seen. Very good. A rare account, even more so in original cloth and in this clean, tight condition! Protected in a beautiful half-leather clamshell box, with raised bands on spine and "Indianology", author, place, and year of publication in gilt on spine.