Wigwam and War-Path 1875 A.B. Meacham ~ History of Indian Modoc War Oregon/California ~ Klamath, Tule

Title: Wigwam and War-Path; or the Royal Chief in Chains

Author: Hon. A. B. [Alfred Benjamin] Meacham

Description: A very worn, shaken copy. Publisher's decoratively stamped brown cloth. Lacking the original frontispiece, title page, and first page of the table-of-contents, else complete (scanned images of the missing pages have been laid-in). Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and flyleaf. Some occasional spots of soiling to pages. Nineteen illustrated plates. xxiii + 700, [1] pages.

An extensive account of Indian affairs in Oregon and of the Modoc War by Alfred B. Meacham (1826-1882), the U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon between 1869 and 1872.

Previous owner was George Wyman Fuller (1859-1914) of Corvallis, Oregon. Fuller, who was originally from Michigan, lived in Corvallis from 1881-1910 and in Terrebonne 1910-1914). He was a well respected man in the community and had a home in the Job's Addition neighborhood (where Corvallis High School is today). In 1906, he was elected to serve both as city councilman and as treasurer of the Corvallis Fire Department.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair/Poor

Publisher: John P. Dale and Company
Place: Boston
Year: 1875

Keywords: Native Americans, Modoc War, Indian Wars, Indian affairs, Oregon, reservation, Klamath, Umatilla, Snake War, Snake Indians, Kintpuash, Captain Jack, Edward Canby, Rogue River, Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Siletz, George Wyman Fuller,