Publication: 1914, NP
First edition. Cloth, 288 pp., many illustrations, maps. An eyewitness account of the Modoc War, told by a Modoc Indian, the son of Wi-ne-ma, the Modoc woman who saved Peace Commissioner Alfred Meacham when Captain Jack and other Modocs killed General E.R.S.Canby and others during peace negotiations. Cowan II, p.532: "Riddle's eye-witness account of this Indian war, together with the reproductions of rare old photographs which illustrate his text, makes his history one of the most important narratives of the Modoc War, especially in so far as it presents the Indian side of the conflict." Much regarding the treachery of the whites in events leading up to this difficult and protracted war. Very slight wear to spine ends, else an uncommonly clean, fine, bright copy.
Inventory Number: 52407