Life And Adventures Of A Quaker Among The Indians.

THOMAS C. BATTEY

Publication: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1875, Boston

First Edition. Green Cloth. xii, 339pp. Illustrated with full-page engravings taken from old photographs by William S. Soule, including Kiowa chiefs Kicking Bird, Big Bow, Satanta, and Big Tree, as well as Comanche chief Horseback. "Battey's experiences were among the Kiowa principally, but he was also associated with the Comanches, Apaches, Caddoes, and Kickapoos."--Graff 208. "During the early 1870's Battey taught school at the Wichita Agency (later to become the Riverside Indian School) and then lived on the Kiowa reservation. His account of the last stages of the Kiowa-Comanche wars in Texas and early life on the reservation is excellent."--Tate 2985. Light damp staining to the fore-corners of the first 120 pages and previous owner's name on front free-endpaper. Some staining to fore-edge of front cover. Modest general edge wear. Good-Very good.

Inventory Number: 52645