Diary, 1853-1854.

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Diary, 1853-1854.

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Lt. Stanley's diary, a mimeograph copy of a typescript (original is lost), is a detailed record of his overland command from Arkansas to California, 1853-1854, and includes his observations on topography, geology, the difficulties of wagon travel, life in encampments, unruly soldiers, water shortages, problems with finding guides, and the frequent loss of mules from starvation and overwork. There are rich descriptions of scenery and the Indian tribes of the region (e.g., the Zuni villages of Arizona, and the Navajo, Delaware, Mojave, and Comanche tribes), their attitudes, appearance, housing, food, and battles with smallpox. Lt. Stanley also refers to stampedes, hunting, travel through the snowy Rockies, life among the residents in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the small settlement along the trail, and the appearance of the California coast from the ship which returned him home.

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Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902

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