Flatboating On The Yellowstone 1877

FRED G. BOND

Publication: New York Public Library, 1925, New York

First Separate Printing. Stiff Printed Wrappers. 22pp. Frontispiece portrait of Fred G. Bond. Appeared serially in consecutive issues of the New York Public Library Bulletins of November and December of 1924. In September and October of 1877, Bond was engaged in shooting buffalo in the Yellowstone and floating them down river to Fort Keogh and Miles City, selling them at lump weight, in the river, at 4 cents a pound. Returning from one of his trips he found that General Miles had arrived at Fort Keogh with his prisoners, Chief Joseph and his band, after their surrender near Bear Paw Mountain, Montana. He received word from the Quartermaster that he was needed to run a flatboat loaded with New Perce prisoners to Fort Buford, on the Missouri River near the mouth of the Yellowstone River. This account relates his experiences in doing so, and ultimately had to continue 400 miles past Fort Buford, to Fort Abraham Lincoln, near Bismarck. "Bond had for passengers twenty-two Nez Perce Indians, and General Miles was on board for the first two days. Bond doesn't appear to have been one of Miles's admirers."--Everett D. Graff. An interesting and very engaging account of Bond's trip. Ex-library copy, with some numbers on upper corner of front wrapper and on verso of title page. Small perforation stamp and withdrawal stamp at bottom of title page, else a very good copy of a scarce work.

Inventory Number: 52178