Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of Captain H.D. Wallen of his expedition, in 1859, from Dalles City to Great Salt Lake, and back. April 12, 1860 - Referred to the Committee ... April 13, 1860 - Report in favor of printing ... 36th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 34.
[Washington, D.C.]: n.p., 1860. 51 pp. Illus. with 1 folding lithographed map (42 x 55 cm). 8vo. Modern cloth with morocco label with gilt title. First edition. A very good copy, light damp stain along top edge of text, map with a small tear just crossing the neat line into a blank area, else fine, in near fine binding, small bookplate on pastedown. Howes W57. Wagner-Camp 367. Graff 4525. Wheat Transmississippi 972a. Item #40300
36th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 34. "The road was surveyed through new country for the benefit of emigrants and prospective settlers. They departed from The Dalles on June 4, and arrived at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, on August 16. They left Camp Floyd on August 20 and returned to The Dalles. In addition, detachments of the command explored much of central-eastern Oregon. Wallen speaks of travelers being harassed by Indians on the California road during the summer just past," (Wagner-Camp, p. 640-41). Map of "a Reconnoisance for a Military Road from the 'Dalles' of the Columbia River to the Great Salt Lake under the Command of Capt. H.D. Wallen" Also includes the reports of John C. Bonnycastle, Lewis Scholl, Joseph H. Dixon, and D. C. Houston. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate.
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