Frank J. North. Pawnee Scout Commander And Pioneer.

RUBY E. WILSON

Publication: Swallow Press, 1984, Athens, Ohio

First edition. 8vo. Blue stiff wrappers, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, x [2], 334 pp., frontispiece, preface, sources, acknowledgments, illustrated from photographs, portraits, appendix, notes. Frank North was the first man who first pioneered cattle ranching in Nebraska's Great Sandhill Grassland and earlier had been the organizer and commander of the renowned Pawnee Scouts of the regular U.S. Army. The Pawnees of Nebraska Territory, serving under North's command variously as a battalion of four companies and in smaller numbers of companies, were the first Indians to be regimented by the government. North was also a lifetime friend of Buffalo Bill Cody. Fine unread copy.

Inventory Number: 52377