Sketch of a trip to the wilderness in the month of August 1843 [ca. 1843] / by E. Parkinson.

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Sketch of a trip to the wilderness in the month of August 1843 [ca. 1843] / by E. Parkinson.

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Cincinnati, Texas, resident E. Parkinson's account of his August, 1843, journey with Texas president Sam Houston and party from Crockett, Texas, to Bird's Fort, the site of treaty negotiations with the Indians of the Texas frontier. Narrative contains descriptions of the terrain, camping and cooking, a buffalo hunt, and frontier settlements, and also discusses Indian relations.

1 item (11 p.) ; 31 cm.

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